Hacker News: wsgeorge

New comment by wsgeorge in "Internet traffic in Iran increasing"

wsgeorge — Thu, 28 May 2026 08:39:57 +0000

> (Yes, the invader could try to get Mexico to agree to host the invading army, but the US would probably find out about that plan and respond by either blockading Mexico or invading it if it doesn't immediately abandon the plan.)

Curious, how viable would this strategy be when invading via Canada?

Concerning the National Information Technology Authority Bill, 2025

wsgeorge — Mon, 25 May 2026 07:35:09 +0000

Article URL: https://medium.com/sort-of-like-a-tech-diary/concerning-the-national-information-technology-authority-bill-2025-8966b09717c6

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48264378

Points: 2

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Googlebook

wsgeorge — Wed, 13 May 2026 19:36:43 +0000

Article URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Googlebook

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48126410

Points: 2

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The World Inside Neural Networks

wsgeorge — Sat, 09 May 2026 10:18:51 +0000

Article URL: https://www.goodfire.ai/research/the-world-inside-neural-networks

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48073713

Points: 4

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New comment by wsgeorge in "Muse Spark: Scaling towards personal superintelligence"

wsgeorge — Thu, 09 Apr 2026 00:03:12 +0000

Alexandr Wang suggesting this might be open-weights/source in the future gives me hope. Hopefully they stay on this path.

New comment by wsgeorge in "TikTok's 'addictive design' found to be illegal in Europe"

wsgeorge — Fri, 06 Feb 2026 14:59:37 +0000

> a positive reinforcement of not doing it because then the stress goes away and that is nice.

I may be similarly wired, and I've found abandoning Duolingo streaks on my own terms to be very rewarding.

New comment by wsgeorge in "Deno Sandbox"

wsgeorge — Wed, 04 Feb 2026 10:18:57 +0000

What I gather from the announcement: it's part of Deno Deploy (their SaaS offering). I too would love a self-hosted version.

Apple's disregard for security and privacy is mind-boggling (2020)

wsgeorge — Tue, 16 Dec 2025 12:53:01 +0000

Article URL: https://evermeet.cx/wiki/Apple%27s_disregard_for_security_and_privacy_is_mind-boggling

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46287884

Points: 3

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New comment by wsgeorge in "Ask HN: How many screens do you usually work with?"

wsgeorge — Thu, 27 Nov 2025 11:47:38 +0000

2 screens, laptop hooked to a monitor. But I usually have a second laptop next to me, so 3 screens.

Then there's my phone (when testing apps), so sometimes I do 4 screens. That's my limit.

AI and Software Engineering: This time it's different (it never is)

wsgeorge — Mon, 27 Oct 2025 09:54:27 +0000

Article URL: https://edemkumodzi.com/posts/ai-and-software-engineering-this-time-its-different-it-never-is/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45719074

Points: 1

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New comment by wsgeorge in "ElementaryOS – Thoughtful, capable and ethical replacement for Windows/macOS"

wsgeorge — Sat, 11 Oct 2025 23:41:28 +0000

I fell in love with elementaryOS when I first learned about it c. 2013, and followed it closely (used to read commits weekly) for perhaps a year. It was one of the first open source projects I really loved. But I eventually went back to Ubuntu because I was newish to Linux and I needed something that Just Worked™, without the funny business.

I eventually fell out of love with elementaryOS when the team seemed to double down hard on some unpopular design decisions wrt window control buttons/behaviour, for instance.

I always felt that they had taken on more than they could chew, and all the good will of their community wasn't going to change that fact. To this day I maintain that the project should have just been Pantheon, the Desktop Environment. The team seems to have strong opinions about UX, and that's where most of that matters.

I'm not the only one who thought of that, and the team's justifications for their decision to roll their own distro never came across as strong.

I've since moved on (to macOS and Ubuntu one the side), but once in a while I browse the official sub for the latest. I've never shaken off that feeling that the really talented founders could have spent their energy more wisely.

New comment by wsgeorge in "Ollama and gguf"

wsgeorge — Mon, 11 Aug 2025 21:12:26 +0000

There's a reddit thread from a few months ago that sort of explains what people don't like about ollama, that "shadiness" parent references:

https://www.reddit.com/r/LocalLLaMA/comments/1jzocoo/finally...

New comment by wsgeorge in "Stanford to continue legacy admissions and withdraw from Cal Grants"

wsgeorge — Sat, 09 Aug 2025 19:39:11 +0000

> If the elite colleges are not comprised of the rich and well connected it beats the entire point of an elite college.

Depends on how you define "elite", and I assume you mean some sort of hereditary or economic-class-based definition. But elite colleges could (and should) still work if they run on competency-based merit. I believe elite talent in as many fields of endeavour should absolutely be catered to.

> The entire notion of "elite" universities is discriminatory.

Well, when you put it that way, many things are discriminatory, for better or worse.

New comment by wsgeorge in "Ask HN: Have we reached the acceptance phase of generative AI?"

wsgeorge — Sat, 09 Aug 2025 19:34:07 +0000

Your experience mirrors mine. I have found LLMs kludgy to wield, but I deeply appreciate the technology, its pace of improvement and its promise.

And I feel myself getting better at not letting an LLM get in my way when doing anything: writing, coding, etc.

Ask HN: Have we reached the acceptance phase of generative AI?

wsgeorge — Fri, 08 Aug 2025 20:22:32 +0000

In the immediate aftermath of GPT 3.5 and the LlaMA leak, Github Copilot, there was a lot of denial (negative sentiment, barely concealed rejection etc) about the world we were being ushered into.

Then there was a lot of movement by governments and pressure groups to legislate.

Post GPT-5, Grok4 et al, have we ridden the crest and gotten to the other side now?

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44841300

Points: 2

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Three Tiers of Responses to Fact

wsgeorge — Fri, 08 Aug 2025 18:51:33 +0000

Article URL: https://medium.com/on-history/three-tiers-of-responses-to-fact-9b551f2a4fb6

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44840361

Points: 2

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New comment by wsgeorge in "Ask HN: Is Hacker News avoiding criticism of Trump?"

wsgeorge — Mon, 07 Apr 2025 11:54:02 +0000

I tend to see a lot of criticism of the Trump administration when such topics come up. One "standard" HN tends to uphold is not following every single turn of the news cycle. This is why political discussion isn't as active here as it is on, say, political communities on reddit.

Eve Theory of Consciousness v3.0

wsgeorge — Thu, 03 Apr 2025 17:43:12 +0000

Article URL: https://www.vectorsofmind.com/p/eve-theory-of-consciousness-v3

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43573034

Points: 1

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Brief Note on "The Great Chatbot Debate: Do LLMs Understand?"

wsgeorge — Fri, 28 Mar 2025 12:57:25 +0000

Article URL: https://medium.com/sort-of-like-a-tech-diary/brief-note-on-the-great-chatbot-debate-do-llms-really-understand-c5226e8e8dac

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43504818

Points: 2

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Tell HN: GenAI companies stopped gatekeeping product access

wsgeorge — Tue, 04 Mar 2025 23:01:27 +0000

Today OpenAI lets you try ChatGPT even before you logging in. Meta surfaced their models on WhatsApp. You can use a bit of Grok and Perplexity without giving up any personal information.

Huge contrast from Q1 of 2023, when LLamA leaked; when you had to go through hoops just to test drive an open model in a chat setting.

I'm just glad the market is more open now. :)

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43260681

Points: 3

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