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Microsoft AI chief on why it's 'dangerous' to call AI 'alive'

timpera — Tue, 09 Jun 2026 16:52:15 +0000

Article URL: https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/947021/mustafa-suleyman-ceo-of-microsoft-ai-said-its-really-really-dangerous-to-speculate-about-ai-consciousness

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48463701

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

Donut Lab's solid-state battery claim debunked by Ziroth

timpera — Tue, 09 Jun 2026 12:24:46 +0000

Article URL: https://www.theverge.com/science/946608/donut-labs-debunk-solid-state-battery

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48460191

Points: 4

# Comments: 1

The mayor of Shelbyville, IN says only 'shitty houses' oppose data center

timpera — Sat, 06 Jun 2026 15:51:46 +0000

Article URL: https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/944984/shelbyville-indiana-mayor-shitty-houses-data-center

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48426165

Points: 23

# Comments: 3

New comment by timpera in "AI outperforms law professors in Stanford Law study"

timpera — Wed, 03 Jun 2026 08:03:20 +0000

You definitely want your AI to search legal databases, and not draw from "memory". This is where AI offerings from Thomson or Lexis could shine, especially in jurisdictions where case law is not freely available online.

New comment by timpera in "AI outperforms law professors in Stanford Law study"

timpera — Wed, 03 Jun 2026 07:59:16 +0000

It depends on the jurisdiction. I'm based in France and all cases here are now freely available online to people and agents [1], but it's very recent for lower courts. However, I recently had to work on Texas case law and we had to purchase access to a (very expensive [2]) database since most of it wasn't public.

[1] https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/

[2] https://legal.thomsonreuters.com/en/westlaw/plans-and-pricin...

New comment by timpera in "Microsoft builds MacBook Pro rival with NVIDIA-powered Surface Laptop Ultra"

timpera — Tue, 02 Jun 2026 08:02:27 +0000

"Offensive trash" is a bit much, most organizations use it without too many issues. I think it's pretty good!

New comment by timpera in "Nvidia RTX Spark"

timpera — Mon, 01 Jun 2026 06:21:43 +0000

We'll need to wait for the benchmarks, but this looks great! Windows 11 ARM64 is already amazing, and if these really are an upgrade from the Qualcomm chips we're going to have even better laptops on the market.

New comment by timpera in "Meta launches Instagram, Facebook, and WhatsApp subscriptions"

timpera — Sun, 31 May 2026 21:58:20 +0000

They do offer a €8/month ad-free Instagram subscription in the EU. I'm subscribed, it's pretty cool.

New comment by timpera in "Cloudflare Turnstile requiring fingerprintable WebGL"

timpera — Sun, 31 May 2026 15:31:00 +0000

Anubis often takes more than 60 seconds to complete on low-end devices (especially old smartphones). It seems like there's no good solution.

New comment by timpera in "Mystery company accidentally blew $500M on Claude AI in a single month"

timpera — Sat, 30 May 2026 20:37:37 +0000

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48307098

Mystery company accidentally blew $500M on Claude AI in a single month

timpera — Sat, 30 May 2026 20:36:21 +0000

Article URL: https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/mystery-company-accidentally-blew-usd500-million-on-claude-in-a-single-month-failed-to-put-usage-limit-on-licenses-for-employees

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48340367

Points: 24

# Comments: 6

New comment by timpera in "Revenge of the Business Idiot"

timpera — Tue, 26 May 2026 17:31:39 +0000

This felt weirdly defensive and written in bad-faith, even with Zitron's standards in mind. Linking to his own 1000+ words premium posts as sources is also very annoying.

The curse of taste

timpera — Tue, 26 May 2026 14:52:50 +0000

Article URL: https://www.adjohu.com/blog/the-curse-of-taste/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48280667

Points: 4

# Comments: 0

New comment by timpera in "Search engines alternatives now that Google isn't Google anymore"

timpera — Mon, 25 May 2026 13:16:04 +0000

Brave Search has its own index which is fine, 10 blue links and no forced AI, and more importantly support for DDG-like "bangs" (like !gi sending you to Google Images), without DDG's performance issues. I highly recommend it for people who don't want to pay for Kagi.

New comment by timpera in "I love my Bluetooth keyboard"

timpera — Mon, 25 May 2026 11:00:12 +0000

I have this specific keyboard, "POP Icon Keys" (not to be confused with "POP Keys"). It's fine. I can confirm that it doesn't fold and is not particularly compact.

New comment by timpera in "Thoughts on People and Blogs"

timpera — Thu, 21 May 2026 21:23:35 +0000

I'm subscribed to People and Blogs by email, I always enjoy it, but I must admit that I would be happy for the series to end. The author is right: "it’s important to remind people that good things can only exist if we all collectively make them happen". We'll see if he follows through.

New comment by timpera in "Goodbye Visa and Mastercard: 130M Europeans switching to sovereign payment"

timpera — Wed, 20 May 2026 13:36:18 +0000

I can only speak from my experience, but yes, multiple people (a few friends, people at work, and my uncle) have suggested to "make [me] a Wero" lately to pay me back small amounts. The fact that's it's integrated into the existing banking apps helps.

New comment by timpera in "Goodbye Visa and Mastercard: 130M Europeans switching to sovereign payment"

timpera — Wed, 20 May 2026 13:33:16 +0000

iDeal is in the process of being replaced by Wero, which is pretty cool!

New comment by timpera in "Goodbye Visa and Mastercard: 130M Europeans switching to sovereign payment"

timpera — Wed, 20 May 2026 13:29:28 +0000

Wero is not French, but it has replaced France's Paylib. It's pretty awesome and seems to quickly have replaced all other apps (Lydia, PayPal) for small payments in my friend and family circles. I'm excited to see it expand to PoS payments.

New comment by timpera in "Which country voted the best at Eurovision?"

timpera — Mon, 18 May 2026 06:49:36 +0000

Great data, thanks for sharing! It's especially interesting since Spain boycotted and didn't compete this year- maybe leaving only the most dedicated viewers watching?