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Re:Huntington's disease treated for first time on Wednesday September 24, 2025 @03:13PM (#45364748)
This isn't an mRNA treatment. The m in mRNA stands for "messenger", not micro. mRNA covid vaccines don't mess with the genome anything like this treatment does, and indeed, this treatment is much more dangerous than any vaccine would be.
Re:Rereading on Thursday September 18, 2025 @04:52PM (#45294885)
What did you think of the sequels? Personally, I like Count Zero more than Neuromancer.
No, the user you replied to is correct. Accuracy is indeed a feature, and can be incrementally improved. "Predicting the next word" is indeed a mechanism that can be improved to return increasingly accurate results.

Infallibility is not a feature of any system that operates in the real world. You're arguing against a strawman.

Re:I'm tired of talking about AI on Monday July 21, 2025 @04:18PM (#44639966)
I have been an artist since I was a child and I disagree with you. Some of my favorite works of human creativity have made use of AI, or been inspired by the field.
Re:What's Happening to Reading? on Wednesday July 16, 2025 @02:38PM (#44585494)
I don't see what's missing from Claude's summary. Claude doesn't repeat the word "loom", but does explain that Dickens is comparing the appearance of the lamps to that of the sun.
Re:US Supreme Court Upholds Texas Porn ID Law on Friday June 27, 2025 @02:54PM (#44399288)
Contact vx underground, they'd be happy to help
Re:Attention Spans for Math and Stories on Sunday April 20, 2025 @01:05PM (#43745002)
Anyone familiar with Murderous Maths?
Re:Nuclear Explosions for Large Scale Carbon Sequestration on Friday January 31, 2025 @03:09PM (#42891345)
This delights and concerns me. The best kind of delight, really.

"This paper presents a bold proposal" - don't they mean a modest proposal?

I grew up in the 2000s-2010s with little restriction on internet access and don't regret one bit. Because of this I was able to make friends from all over the world (Europe, Asia, the Middle East, South America, though nobody from Africa) via social media, and self-teach myself programming, art, math, and whatever else interested me. We can't leave out the benefits of social media access from this conversation either.
Re:Ask HN: What are you working on (August 2024)? on Saturday August 24, 2024 @07:36PM (#41342843)
https://www.audiomatic.app/

An automated dubbed translation service. Supports translation into English, French, Spanish, German, Portuguese, Chinese, and Japanese. The other options on the market often have jarring audio artifacts and glitches, which Audiomatic avoids.

My friends and I are currently working on improving the voice quality and adding new features.

Show HN: Audiomatic – dubbed translations for videos preserving voice and tone

https://www.audiomatic.app/

Hey, I’m Lynn. My friends and I spent this summer building Audiomatic, an automated video dubbed translation service. You can try it out free on our website (no credit card, but you’ll need a verified email).Audiomatic preserves the original voice and tone when translating. We can translate videos from nearly any language, into videos using seven common languages: English, French, Spanish,...

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Re:Ask HN: How should I structure my mathematics self-teaching? on Wednesday August 14, 2024 @03:36PM (#41249708)
I enjoyed Art of Problem Solving books as a kid. Some of them are online, and you can probably get them second-hand for relatively cheap. They're better at provoking critical thinking than most math textbooks, and favor puzzle-solving and proofs. They're targeted towards K12, but are much more rigorous than most school curriculum, so they should be a good fit if you're currently reviewing GCSE-level math.

https://artofproblemsolving.com/store/online

Each of their courses have an "Are You Ready" quiz. You can take the quiz associated with the textbook you're interested in to see if it's at an appropriate level.

https://artofproblemsolving.com/school/recommendations

Hey, I think this is a cool idea and looks like it could save a lot of time. It seems like an issue with these apps is that it's hard to determine sugar & oil content. Do you have a way of reducing this kind of uncertainty?
Re:Show HN: ttrpg-9000 Electronic Dice for D&D on Wednesday August 14, 2024 @03:04PM (#41249419)
This is a cool project!