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I assume bring your own agent
Similar to "not mass layoffs but restructuring"
Re:Patrick Stewart has died on Thursday October 29, 2026 @05:23PM (#50296241)
Thanks for the tip!
Re:Show HN: UK Farming Simulator on Thursday October 29, 2026 @12:20PM (#50291529)
I cannot agree more. GPs and sometimes A&E is sheesh, but if you get through to specialist NHS is amazing
Re:What's Getting Pwned on Thursday October 22, 2026 @02:11PM (#50199021)
Missed opportunity not to call it pwnhub
Re:Amazon pushes up prices across the Internet on Thursday October 15, 2026 @10:55AM (#50104600)
I am using Amazon for 15+ years and I have nothing but the best to say about their customer support.

The issues with the monopoly are true, but in this instance I am happy to pay a bit more and not to be vulnerable to fake sites, dodgy sellers who do not replace an obviously bad product and the like

Re:Ask HN: What's your favorite children's books? on Saturday October 10, 2026 @08:21PM (#50038464)
AI book mix in the making?

It is hard to say favourites without a target age.

Re:Sites in ChatGPT on Friday October 02, 2026 @03:23PM (#49937439)
In a corporate environment the ability to code does not substitute a decent software engineer.
You being downvoted is just sad
I find that I am having a different personality in each (3) languages I speak, especially in context in a different country. When I switch back to my original language to speak to someone in said country my habits I do in my original country come back for the part and then I revert back. Feels a bit schizophrenic, but I think it is normal for most people. My child is showing similar patterns.

To me this is proof that learning a language touches a lot of parts in our brain, not just affect the parts about learning

Re:T. Rex Had a Body Temperature of 97 Degrees on Thursday September 17, 2026 @05:34PM (#49746876)
I have asked ChatGPT to draw me an image of a 97 degree celsius t-rex and the result was absolutely amazing
2+ devs looking at PRs? U have never seen that in 20+ years.
Re:Falsehoods Programmers Believe About LANs on Saturday September 05, 2026 @07:35PM (#49581830)
Read it as chain of thoughts not as a list
Re:GitHub Outage Tracker: Is GitHub Cooked? on Wednesday August 26, 2026 @08:19PM (#49457740)
Depends who you are aiming sympathy at. C-levels or Engineering?
Kerbal Space Program
Re:Qwen 3.8 Max Preview on Sunday July 19, 2026 @08:11AM (#48967426)
A local AI is not about cost. In fact you will likely pay more for it than with most providers. Just look up the advantages of having access to a technology like this that can be self hosted
Re:Building a real-time AI tutor for 5-year-olds on Friday July 10, 2026 @07:03PM (#48866441)
Yeah, unlimited screen time, with an LLM no less, for a 4y old. Took me 2 minutes to decide you've wasted a year
Re:No, everyone is not using AI for everything on Sunday June 14, 2026 @03:09PM (#48531370)
"Have you considered just answering truthfully?"

Said by no-one who has a decent paying job and has bills to pay

I absolutely love this project. Thanks for making my day!
Re:Why a Computer Science Degree Still Opens Hidden Doors on Saturday June 13, 2026 @03:36PM (#48520640)
Experience does not really matter. What matters is a few shiny corp names and titles in your CV. No-one cares with merit these days
There is no politician who stands against big tech and by extension big money
The whole IT industry is reliant on Linux user-based access controls, it is not a Cloudflare thing.

Also leaving a massive gap like this behind would be a mistake on multiple levels. For example, it might get combined with another exploit that can achieve unprivileged access to some piece of metal, or you can have a disgruntled employee without admin access escalating their permissions on a box they aren't supposed to see all the secrets.

It makes me so upset when anyone even tries to defend the GPs.

I admittedly I have a bunch of medical issues and these gems are my favourites from the GPs.

1. I cannot see the tonsil on the left side, so it is OK. (there was a 6cm!!! cyst in front of it)

2. After missing sky high TSH measures consistently for 2 years (4 testst) : "It must have been a few one offs" (no it wasn't and it is not even possible)

3. "Blood pressure has nothing to do with weight"

These %#£&* so called medical professionals are still working and most likely killing people legally.

These days I research and read studies, arm myself with knowledge, cross check with multiple LLMs and go in with a diagnosis and request a specific prescription. After 5 years with my health in the gutter I had my first comprehensive private blood test coming back with no issues.

So no, do not try to call me arrogant. I am not arrogant, I am defending myself from these "GPs" so they won't put me in an early grave by making fatal mistakes.

Constructive feedback: revert it and then apologise instead of just doing half of it.
Re:CopyFail was not disclosed to Gentoo developer on Thursday April 30, 2026 @03:04PM (#47966849)
Especially since the reporter is explicitly asked not to notify the distro teams first.

https://docs.kernel.org/process/security-bugs.html

```As such, the kernel security team strongly recommends that as a reporter of a potential security issue you DO NOT contact the “linux-distros” mailing list UNTIL a fix is accepted by the affected code’s maintainers and you have read the distros wiki page above and you fully understand the requirements that contacting “linux-distros” will impose on you and the kernel community. ```

I wonder why didn't Cloudflare just say that technically they can't block the IPs for a short time as they have no mechanism to do it and it would take a significant amount of $$ to develop it.

Right after this statement they could have permanently block all the IPs and let the outraged customers make enough noise that would have prompt the government to act sooner.

I doubt that it is the case. The registration of the gun is a part of the process everywhere afaik.
Re:Online age verification is the hill to die on on Thursday April 30, 2026 @06:00AM (#47960290)
There is a vast difference between being scammed and being defrauded. The latter can happen without any interaction with you by criminals using your leaked personal data. An AI empowered scam is just that. A scam can be avoided. Leaked IDs, voice and identity not so much

My point is that the data that you don't provide cannot be leaked

Re:Online age verification is the hill to die on on Wednesday April 29, 2026 @03:31PM (#47953256)
We will see how your opinion changes when someone steals your ID and voice and you end up being defrauded due to the government chosing the cheapest Indian shop to mishandle your data
Re:Tech valuations are back to pre-AI boom levels on Sunday April 12, 2026 @08:00PM (#47745890)
In the meanwhile my big bad corp measures AI usage as a performance KPI

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