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Re:Gemini 4 Carbon
on Wednesday October 28, 2026 @01:56PM (#50278014)
this captured the sentiment of my first reaction as well
Making the Buddha Head from Merv Whole Again
Re:Local Wikipedia: Wikipedia, but only for things a half hour walk fr...
on Friday October 23, 2026 @02:45PM (#50213604)
I love how this redirects attention from familiar patterns in a wholesome direction
Reflections After Artemis II
Re:Making Chicken Transparent Using Dorito Dust
on Saturday October 17, 2026 @11:21AM (#50131901)
enjoyed the article. this was both fascinating from a technical perspective, and repulsive from a food perspective
A human-first approach to safe AGI
Smooth doubly curved origami shells with reprogrammable rigidity
Re:Build your own decision model
on Saturday October 10, 2026 @09:24PM (#50038913)
on the bright side, maybe this zero-shot classifier wave could be the back bone for more specialized classifiers (with more mindful selection of data and training)
Two Kings of New York: Visualizing the Careers of Jay-Z and Nas
Re:Our $445M Series D
on Friday October 09, 2026 @01:52PM (#50024240)
I just heard about this company for the first time. the energy does feel inspiring
A Practical Guide to Naming Things
Show HN: Page.json – An open standard for representing UI
Re:Tell HN: I've been paying for a rural Tanzanian's education for 10 ...
on Thursday October 08, 2026 @12:37PM (#50008049)
I love this energy, and love how it seems to be resonating with others too. seems a more whole and life-giving than the intellectual EA vibe
Garlic-peel sensor powers low-cost home-security sensor
Re:How Machines Learned Precision
on Thursday October 08, 2026 @12:23AM (#50001800)
excellent interactive education content. this reminded me of the steam engine exhibits at the science museum in London
NASA Releases Artemis II Lunar Science Data
Food Atlas: Connections behind the dishes we love
Re:Beam: Reflection's 501B open-weight model
on Monday October 05, 2026 @06:29PM (#49971716)
yeah agreed, let's normalize "show me the weights" in this era
Re:Singapore Govt Dating App Uses Gale-Shapley Stable Marriage Algorithm
on Wednesday September 30, 2026 @06:20PM (#49915219)
the Singaporean government is often described as having a "parental" approach. I guess this move would be on brand
Re:Gemini 4 Argon
on Wednesday September 30, 2026 @06:17PM (#49915204)
yeah this would be one interpretation where "winner take all" could still be right. though with the recent accelerating release cadence, doesn't it seem like the head start / lead has been shrinking over time?
Re:Japanese used bookstores see 5x sales surge as books are being boug...
on Thursday September 24, 2026 @12:28PM (#49833022)
I have a similar thought too each time I walk past piles of discount books.
I'm in the camp that perhaps it's healthy to not grasp onto every bit of information. that some artifacts dying a natural death is maybe just the way things are
Re:Can AI design circuit boards yet?
on Friday September 04, 2026 @05:50PM (#49570655)
yeah noticed the same. I wonder if this will be a recurring theme for model releases: each release specializes on a set of headline benchmarks, along with regression in benchmarks that are less of a priority
Re:GPT-6 Astra
on Friday September 04, 2026 @10:16AM (#49565014)
this observation is insightful and worth calling out. this paints the picture of a future I'm not excited about
Re:GPT-6 Astra
on Thursday September 03, 2026 @04:22PM (#49556331)
I enjoyed it! for a big corporation, that's a well-executed video
Re:Terrance Tao explains 6 essential mathematical concepts
on Monday August 31, 2026 @05:10PM (#49514873)
this is great foundational content! I also enjoyed his earlier appearance on 3Blue1Brown
Re:Meta Muse Glimmer – open weights 30B local coding model
on Monday August 10, 2026 @01:33PM (#49246955)
I feel you. not sure if the "Glimmer" (of hope) branding is intentional to capture this vibe
Re:Kimi K3 is now live
on Thursday July 16, 2026 @12:02PM (#48936367)
good to call out this sleight of hand in their wording
Re:Are we offloading too much of our thinking to AI?
on Tuesday July 14, 2026 @06:18PM (#48913651)
the Ken Liu story linked in the article is actually spot on. would recommend giving that a quick read
Re:Are we offloading too much of our thinking to AI?
on Tuesday July 14, 2026 @06:16PM (#48913619)
I laughed. underrated comment