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New comment by trauco in "AI agent bankrupted their operator while trying to scan DN42"

trauco — Fri, 12 Jun 2026 12:39:12 +0000

This kind of early LLM-human interaction is why Skynet will build the terminator to kill us all.

But for now, humans win.

Summary of Key Changes in OMB's Proposed Federal Financial Assistance Rule

trauco — Fri, 29 May 2026 03:39:36 +0000

Article URL: https://elizabethginexi.substack.com/p/summary-of-key-changes-in-ombs-proposed

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48318723

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by trauco in "New Lifetime Plex Pass Pricing"

trauco — Tue, 19 May 2026 15:21:04 +0000

The message seems to be: we really want users on a monthly plan, but if they insist, we’ll gauge them.

This is How We Get Moral A.I. Companies

trauco — Sun, 26 Apr 2026 11:54:28 +0000

Article URL: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/26/opinion/ai-company-good-altruism.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47909603

Points: 3

# Comments: 1

Škoda Duobell bike bell pierces noise-cancelling headphones

trauco — Sat, 11 Apr 2026 12:22:04 +0000

Article URL: https://www.dezeen.com/2026/04/09/skoda-duobell-bike-bell-noise-cancelling-headphones/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47729959

Points: 3

# Comments: 1

AI Coding Tools in a Sandbox: Why Your File System Needs Protection

trauco — Sat, 04 Apr 2026 00:33:56 +0000

Article URL: https://holtwick.de/en/blog/bx-sandbox

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47634230

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

Star Wars Returns in February of 2027 in Its Original 1977 Theatrical Release

trauco — Sat, 06 Dec 2025 15:38:32 +0000

Article URL: https://www.ign.com/articles/star-wars-returns-to-theaters-in-february-of-2027-in-its-original-1977-theatrical-release-form

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46174144

Points: 3

# Comments: 2

New comment by trauco in "Implications of AI to schools"

trauco — Mon, 24 Nov 2025 18:25:41 +0000

This is the correct take. To contrast the Terance Tao piece from earlier (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46017972), AI research tools are increasingly useful if you're a competent researcher that can judge the output and detect BS. You can't, however, become a Terence Tao by asking AI to solve your homework.

So, in learning environments we might not have an option but to open the floodgates to AI use, but abandon most testing techniques that are not, more or less, pen and paper, in-person. Use AI as much as you want, but know that as a student you'll be answering tests armed only with your brain.

I do pity English teachers that have relied on essays to grade proficiency for hundreds of years. STEM fields has an easier way through this.

New comment by trauco in "Terence Tao: At the Erdos problem website, AI assistance now becoming routine"

trauco — Mon, 24 Nov 2025 13:32:45 +0000

The answer is you put the top mathematician in the world to do it, easy peasy.

“The argument used some p-adic algebraic number theory which was overkill for this problem. I then spent about half an hour converting the proof by hand into a more elementary proof, which I presented on the site.”

What’s the exchange rate for 30 minutes of Tao’s brain time in regular researcher’s time? 90 days? A year?

New comment by trauco in "A modern 35mm film scanner for home"

trauco — Sat, 15 Nov 2025 15:20:38 +0000

Yes this is all true but it works well when you know how to deal with these issues. I suspect aging slides would be an odder for any automated system.

New comment by trauco in "A modern 35mm film scanner for home"

trauco — Wed, 12 Nov 2025 12:32:07 +0000

The 4000-5000 series Nikon Coolscans sell for about the same price they did 20 years ago because they still produce excellent scans and there’s nothing quite as good for that $1000-$15000 price out there.