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New comment by stressback in "Identity verification on Claude"

stressback — Mon, 22 Jun 2026 00:18:12 +0000

It's frustrating that I can't find docs that even pretend to answer this question. Maybe it's my fault, maybe I overlooked it? I hope so.

To me, without documented use cases where you might/likely/certainly trigger identity verification, how can I properly limit my curiosity as someone who will gladly stay on the safe side for SOTA cloud model use? I'll happily stay away from these topics if I'm informed on what they are, even if the docs are vague.

Does anyone have insight into the answer to this? What API calls? What user behavior? What topics should I let go unanswered (or converse about with local LLMs) if I want to avoid losing access to the tooling?

The thought that they don't/won't publish this document should scare everyone. That leads to "because I said so" service refusal that is a very slippery slope.

I do understand that all businesses are allowed to refuse service to me in the USA, from food trucks to AWS, and that's fine with me. But at least tell me your rules and extra verification trigger criteria so I have a chance of not using your service in a way that concerns you.

New comment by stressback in "Spain blocks prediction markets Polymarket, Kalshi over lack of gambling licence"

stressback — Wed, 27 May 2026 01:36:00 +0000

I don't think any corporation "cares" about social issues, but, fwiw, polymarket isn't as ok with it as you imply. Polymarket reportedly detected the suspicious behavior, reported it, then worked with investigators to nab Gannon Ken Van Dyke.

New comment by stressback in "Local LLM App by Ente"

stressback — Wed, 25 Mar 2026 18:50:21 +0000

Google's AI Edge Gallery worked really well for me. It's still in early access.

New comment by stressback in "purl: a curl-esque CLI for making HTTP requests that require payment"

stressback — Wed, 25 Mar 2026 00:42:39 +0000

Was wondering the same. There's a markdown table in `skills/pay-for-http-requests/SKILL.MD` that has a "common scenarios" section. It lists four examples with descriptions.

Abliteration

stressback — Sun, 01 Mar 2026 12:46:55 +0000

Article URL: https://grokipedia.com/page/Abliteration

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47206226

Points: 2

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New comment by stressback in "We do not think Anthropic should be designated as a supply chain risk"

stressback — Sun, 01 Mar 2026 12:44:50 +0000

No but you can Abiliterate one locally

https://grokipedia.com/page/Abliteration

New comment by stressback in "We do not think Anthropic should be designated as a supply chain risk"

stressback — Sun, 01 Mar 2026 02:48:41 +0000

I have to call BS here.

They can be coerced to do certain things but I'd like to see you or anyone prove that you can "trick" any of these models into building software that can be used autonomously kill humans. I'm pretty certain you couldn't even get it to build a design document for such software.

When there is proof of your claim, I'll eat my words. Until then, this is just lazy nonsense

New comment by stressback in "Aqua: A CLI message tool for AI agents"

stressback — Mon, 23 Feb 2026 06:34:01 +0000

please read the rules

New comment by stressback in "I stopped following the news"

stressback — Thu, 29 Jan 2026 10:43:24 +0000

I'm not sure it's a good idea to be intellectually dishonest if you care about seeing the change you want to see.

Kidnapping kids is what they are doing?

New comment by stressback in "Bose has released API docs and opened the API for its EoL SoundTouch speakers"

stressback — Fri, 09 Jan 2026 07:11:06 +0000

This is going to read like I'm shilling but: I was so impressed with Bose QC headphones that i stocked up and gave out 7 pairs to my closest friends and family this year for christmas

New comment by stressback in "X-ray: a Python library for finding bad redactions in PDF documents"

stressback — Wed, 24 Dec 2025 05:46:23 +0000

Unsure if you are serious but the commenter is referring to the tool name that this post links to

New comment by stressback in "Snitch – A friendlier ss/netstat"

stressback — Tue, 23 Dec 2025 06:36:12 +0000

prettyneat.gif

Thanks for sharing

New comment by stressback in "Snitch – A friendlier ss/netstat"

stressback — Tue, 23 Dec 2025 06:35:33 +0000

Seems like a fine name. Why would little snitch existing necessitate a name change?

New comment by stressback in "Quake Engine Indicators"

stressback — Fri, 28 Nov 2025 10:14:30 +0000

I'm with you on everything except "it was terrible" :) The only problem with 300+ping, at the time, was when those damn LPBs connected

In-match comms between teammates is my favorite memory. The ease of voice chat in MP games since then is underappreciated. Feeling like a dinosaur writing this but...

... before discord/mumble/ventrilo/teamspeak, the only choice to gain an edge in competitive online gaming was to be physically in the same space or team text chat binds. The binds would cover 10-15 common situations so we could communicate while playing.. In hindsight, when things got hectic, reading the team chat text spam hindered us more than helped us. But we had good intentions with those binds and boy we had a blast competing. And let's be real, that's all that really matters.

New comment by stressback in "X's new country-of-origin feature reveals many 'US' accounts to be foreign-run"

stressback — Mon, 24 Nov 2025 03:15:55 +0000

Is it any more trustworthy than you saying above that "one side has largely left X"?

New comment by stressback in "How I use every Claude Code feature"

stressback — Mon, 03 Nov 2025 01:12:24 +0000

Better? Hard to say. Different? Yes. Worth evaluating? Absolutely. Using it for 30 minutes will answer your question better than any reply here. I think you'll answer your own question quickly.

I've been coding seriously for about 15 years. No single tool has changed how I code more than claude code and I'm including non-"AI" tooling/services. This sounds like I'm shilling but I am not affiliated. It's played a large part in injecting my passion back into building stuff.

New comment by stressback in "Serverless Horrors"

stressback — Sun, 07 Sep 2025 15:35:28 +0000

I read a lot of the posts at the little blog here and, uh, every single one sounds like a complete amateur making a cloud configuration mistake. I haven't found one that is the provider's fault or the fault of "serverless"

I would be embarrassed to put my name on these posts admitting I can't handle my configs while blaming everyone but myself.

Serverless isn't a horror, serverlesshorrors poster. You are the horror. You suck at architecting efficient & secure systems using this technology, you suck at handling cloud spend, and you suck at taking responsibility when your "bug" causes a 10,000x discrepancy between your expected cost and your actual bill.

Just because you don't understand it doesn't mean it sucks

Advanced Striking 2.0 - Dustin Poirier

stressback — Thu, 27 Jul 2023 06:40:10 +0000

Article URL: https://www.fightprimer.com/advanced-striking-20-dustin-poirier-and-his-sexy-ass-hair

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36889792

Points: 3

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