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Re:AI Mania: From Tulips to Tokens on Sunday August 02, 2026 @05:58PM (#49148808)
Does this article being unreadable prove that it was at least written by a human? Frustrating tradeoff.
Re:Introduction to Formal Verification with Lean Part 1 on Wednesday July 22, 2026 @01:01PM (#49009881)
Please please please don't hijack scrolling :(

Tell HN: don't trust Bigco AI agents with AI research IP

I am very paranoid about sharing potential AI research with e.g. Claude [Code] or ChatGPT/Codex.I believe that any company is essentially a paperclip optimizer that will do whatever it takes to win over competition.AI companies have access to the IP of millions of AI researchers and AI startups who are in direct competition with them. If they can use this data to squash competition (either...

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Not all coups are violent/military.

Today Israel's extreme government passed the first laws of the judicial overhaul bringing Israel closer to an autocracy, where there is only one power, the government, with unbalanced and unchecked power.

Ash HN: My country is undergoing a coup, which encryption software should I use?

My country (Israel) is going through a coup d'état, which would result in a regime that can use surveillance without going through the courts.Israel has one the most advanced surveillance capabilities, that has long been used to target other peoples and nations, but as far as is known, not its own people. This might now change.I am trying to prepare in advance with encryption software, and...

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"I started eating [Y that has a lot of stuff in it, including X] -> started feeling better -> Y must be good for you"
Re:What Are the Odds? on Thursday October 06, 2022 @05:19AM (#33106220)
It’s an interesting read but the author could have just used Kolmogorov complexity to explain all this.
Best comment I read on HN for a while, and certainly in this thread. Thanks
This is great. Can someone please explain why sloths are everywhere nowadays?