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Re:US tech stocks see sharp falls over AI cost fears
on Friday October 30, 2026 @02:12PM (#50307940)
I wondered how Claude would do on non-coding/math questions. I want to replace the front end of my truck, from ball joints to bumper, and Claude was hopeless. It didn’t even know bumper weights, what kind of suspension I have, and more. Gemini nailed everything, giving detailed and correct information on how to replace everything including the problematic (on my truck) driver’s side upper control arm. Replacement bumper weights and costs were correct. Even the welding advice was right.
I still find Claude better for learning math but I won’t use it for other everyday things again.
Re:Why is AI generated language so hard to understand?
on Saturday October 24, 2026 @03:54PM (#50224530)
Unlike human languages, computer languages have tightly-specified boundaries so LLMs do a lot better. See also math.
Re:The Mathocalypse
on Thursday October 08, 2026 @10:10AM (#50006027)
As mentioned in the first paragraph, the proofs come with Lean certificates. Lean is a theorem-proving language. If Lean accepts the proof, it’s legit.
Re:Writing Rust code that's fast by asking agents to make the code faster
on Tuesday September 22, 2026 @03:56PM (#49807211)
Around six years ago, I worked for a switch manufacturer and we had insanely optimized networking code that will never see the public light of day.
Re:Commodore 64 released September 1, 1982
on Wednesday September 02, 2026 @04:44PM (#49542282)
SYS 49152
Re:EVE Online moves to Python 3
on Saturday August 29, 2026 @07:12PM (#49494148)
I get that from the Souls games (including Bloodborne and Elden Ring). They are all I can play now.
Re:Cialis is an erectile dysfunction drug. Could it also help you live...
on Monday August 17, 2026 @12:35PM (#49333796)
Cialis is most common and it is typically low dose, like 5mg/day. Can still provoke unwanted “movement” in a gym environment however.
Re:Cialis is an erectile dysfunction drug. Could it also help you live...
on Monday August 17, 2026 @12:33PM (#49333759)
Taking Arimidex (breast cancer treatment drug) to control estrogen levels.
Re:Universal Health Coverage Could Save $1T and 114,000 Lives a Year, ...
on Monday August 17, 2026 @12:28PM (#49333668)
Yes, roughly 30% of health care in Canada, from dental care to cosmetic surgery, is privately funded.
Re:Why is Everyone in Tech so sad?
on Friday August 07, 2026 @06:01PM (#49216749)
This book and the "bullshit jobs" label is discussed extensively in the article.
Re:Launch HN: Hoplite (YC S26) – Effortlessly deploy cloud coding agents
on Monday August 03, 2026 @05:23PM (#49161630)
No. Hoplites are annoying slimy enemies in Demon’s Souls: https://demonssouls.wiki.fextralife.com/Hoplite
Re:The Fabled Flatbreads of Uzbekistan
on Tuesday July 28, 2026 @11:22PM (#49093065)
Uzbekistan has long been one of the largest natural gas exporters in the world and that is set to increase as they have huge untapped reserves. Same story with oil although they aren’t yet a top exporter, so far as I know.
Re:Sarah's Wager
on Tuesday July 21, 2026 @11:22AM (#48993497)
I recall reading similar articles in 1998.
Re:Grok Build is open source
on Wednesday July 15, 2026 @11:54PM (#48930163)
He’s a fast-talking dingbat.
Re:Lost city discovered beneath Egypt's desert with ancient church
on Friday July 10, 2026 @02:09PM (#48863243)
Any well-travelled guy is familiar with women who ask them to pretend to be married to allow them to escape constant, occasionally dangerous male pestering. In Turkey, I even met a woman who carried fake wedding bands for this purpose. We hung out for a few days as a “married” couple so she could get relief from the constant harassment.
Re:Resetting Xbox
on Monday July 06, 2026 @05:52PM (#48810967)
Elden Ring sold 30 million copies. Even Bloodborne, a PS4 exclusive, sold over 9 million copies.
Re:Xonaly – Canada's Independent Search Engine
on Sunday June 28, 2026 @07:32PM (#48712915)
This is the founder: https://xonaly.com/about-the-founder/
I guess he’s psyched about being Canadian? Anyway, nothing about funding. The privacy-first stance is certainly welcome.
Re:If You Can't Hold It, You Don't Own It
on Saturday June 27, 2026 @03:52PM (#48701147)
Maybe not mentioned in the comments, but it gets a full entry in the article.
Re:The Low-Tech AI of Elden Ring
on Tuesday June 23, 2026 @01:45PM (#48648548)
Yeah, I’ve been playing these games since DS1 (currently on my umpteenth DS3 run as I recover from surgery). The quests never fail to make me laugh.
Re:The Low-Tech AI of Elden Ring
on Tuesday June 23, 2026 @12:09PM (#48647212)
Perhaps this explains why Fromsoft npc quests are easily the most inscrutable in all of gaming. Like, okay Hyetta, have another “grape”, aka eyeball, oh now you’ve moved to the bridge in Liurnia, cool. I’ve exhausted your dialogue but you’re stuck. Oh I have to reload the area and exhaust it again to advance your quest. Okay, cool. Now you’re in a random church and you want a “fingerprint grape”. What?
It’s all part of the Fromsoft experience but man, who writes these things?
Re:Crypto in 2026: Oh, This Is the Bad Place
on Tuesday June 23, 2026 @10:37AM (#48645674)
The phrase “financial nihilism” is explicitly mentioned and discussed in the article.
Re:John Carmack on Fabrice Bellard
on Tuesday June 16, 2026 @11:08AM (#48556472)
“Paints the back of the cabinet” is a great analogy. LLM-driven production is so far away from this mindset.
Re:Fox to Buy Roku Streaming Service in $22B Deal
on Monday June 15, 2026 @07:18PM (#48548398)
We use a PlayStation 5. It has all the streaming service apps you’d expect, including YouTube, and the UX is great.
Re:The Jqwik Anti-AI Affair
on Sunday June 14, 2026 @08:01PM (#48534558)
Unpopular opinion I imagine, but this is an awesomely Bureau of Sabotage thing to do. Jorj X. McKie would approve.
Re:Ask HN: Why is there some sort of a scam website being advertised o...
on Friday June 12, 2026 @01:29PM (#48506956)
These guys are run by Bloomtech, one of those scammy coding bootcamp things.
Re:Building an HTML-first site doubled our users overnight
on Wednesday June 10, 2026 @02:24PM (#48480535)
I’ve long thought frontend web developers are the ones most threatened by LLM-assisted programming for a bunch of reasons and now I can add “many don’t understand web fundamentals” to the list.
Re:Zig by Example
on Monday June 08, 2026 @03:10PM (#48450070)
That guy’s entire post and submission history appears to be listicles and slop.
Re:xAI is looking more like a datacentre REIT than a frontier lab
on Monday June 08, 2026 @02:31PM (#48449354)
“It’s different this time”
Re:Encephalitis
on Wednesday June 03, 2026 @09:10PM (#48392439)
> even living in a country with far better healthcare.
FYI I’m not American. Your medical misogyny comment is dead on, in my opinion. This sort of thing can happen anywhere.