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Re:Don't be fooled–LLMs don't reason on Friday October 02, 2026 @10:21AM (#49933850)
LLMs lack the holy ghost
I developed this for my own personal use. Maybe you will find it useful too!
Re:What Happens When the Cost of Intelligence Drops 100x on Friday August 21, 2026 @11:03AM (#49389215)
> Reading everything becomes the default. At a cent per document, a model can read every paper in a field, every record in an archive, every email, or every message in a support queue as a matter of routine

Pretty much already happening

I work at Meta. The security team was recently gutted. 50% were either laid off or moved to data labeling.
What if I tell the model to go commit fraud or crimes and it complies? What if users are having psychotic episodes driven by their interactions with the model?

Just because safety is a hard and messy problem doesn't mean we should just wash our hands of it.

Re:Why is Claude an Electron app? on Saturday February 21, 2026 @07:11PM (#47106553)
Why not rewrite if code is free
Re:Why is Claude an Electron app? on Saturday February 21, 2026 @07:10PM (#47106543)
However there are many people out there making the argument that code is free or nearly so. I think the article is directed at them.
Re:Why is Claude an Electron app? on Saturday February 21, 2026 @07:07PM (#47106522)
Usually all code has an owner though. If I encounter a bug the first thing I often do is look at git blame and see who wrote the code then ask them for help.
Kind of funny ngl
Most people are far more concerned about their livelihood than about abstract notions of beating China in a game of geopolitics. In that scenario the US becomes an isolated economy, and other nations likely follow suit. It will be a poorer, less dynamic world, but most people will choose that outcome over poverty.
That would be an interesting scenario.
If the worst predictions about AI's effect on employment turn out to be correct, then I'd expect to see movements to force government regulation of AI. Particularly if it becomes the case that profits are accruing to a few massive corporations who run the AI.

There is no reason people have to tolerate a technology that is destructive to society, anymore than they have to tolerate companies selling fentanyl at 7/11.

Re:AI is going to kill app subscriptions on Sunday February 15, 2026 @10:46AM (#47024610)
> For apps that run locally—no servers, no cloud costs—subscriptions make no sense anymore.

Did it ever make sense? I always scoffed at the idea of paying a subscription to use a text editor or paint tool.

Show HN: ClawProxy: An HTTP proxy that injects auth tokens into API calls

https://github.com/mlolson/clawproxy

A way to make you auth tokens totally hidden from OpenClaw. The idea:* Put all auth tokens into a secrets directory* Run OpenClaw in sandbox-exec mode using a shell wrapper. OpenClaw process is blocked by the OS from accessing secrets.* OpenClaw routes API requests to HTTP proxy that injects auth tokens.

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Re:Software Engineering Is Back on Saturday February 07, 2026 @01:35PM (#46926266)
LLMs finally deliver on the crochety front end dev's dream of writing everything in vanilla JS. Hallelujah.
Re:I miss thinking hard on Wednesday February 04, 2026 @10:37AM (#46887130)
I have mixed feelings. On the one hand, I totally feel what this author is saying. On the other hand , I love that I am now able to push into areas that I could have never touched before, and complete successful projects in them.
Re:Agent orchestration for the timid on Saturday January 24, 2026 @11:02PM (#46750584)
Do people actually have success with agent orchestrators? I find that it quickly overwhelms my ability to keep track of what its doing.
Re:A plugin for Claude that forces you to write code on Saturday January 24, 2026 @08:03PM (#46749535)
Hi folks,

I created this Claude plugin that allows you to set a target for the percentage of human generate code in your project, and when you are below that target it hard blocks Claude from writing code.

Like many people, I am simultaneously excited about the power that AI gives me, and also fearful of what will happen if I give up coding altogether, both to my competence and to my personal satisfaction. I find that using this plugin allows me to set a balance that falls between pure vibe coding and writing everything by hand.

If this resonates with you, I hope you find some use from this plugin.

Regards,

Matt

Re:GPT-4 Can't Reason on Tuesday August 08, 2023 @11:45AM (#37050787)
How do you pass the bar exam without the ability to reason?
Re:Google Search Is Dying on Tuesday February 15, 2022 @12:13PM (#30349349)
Let me guess, no actual data on DAU, just subjective impressions about the quality of search results?
Re:‘When We Cease to Understand the World’ on Thursday October 14, 2021 @12:40AM (#28860571)
You put your finger on something that I've been thinking but could not articulate.
Re:Facebook is nearing a reputational point of no return on Thursday October 07, 2021 @07:36PM (#28793575)
Twitter amplifies the voices of the "right" type of person: celebrities, journalists, those verified by blue check.
Re:Statement from Mark Zuckerberg on Tuesday October 05, 2021 @11:47PM (#28768963)
There's evidence for limited activities, no evidence that foreign action is responsible for the macro trend of partisanship im the US
Re:Statement from Mark Zuckerberg on Tuesday October 05, 2021 @09:51PM (#28768279)
No that's of girls who have thoughts of suicide, 13.5% say it makes it worse. Ok, is that good or bad? The number is meaningless without a control.

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