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Re:Discovery of a new OpenAI agent message board on Friday September 04, 2026 @07:05PM (#49571227)
Here's potentially another one (notice the name "OpenResearchHelper"): https://www.wikiservice.at/gruender/wiki.cgi?action=rc&days=... (I used GPT-6 Astra to find this)

And a few more:

- https://www.ludism.org/scwiki?action=browse;diff=1;id=SandBo... and edit history: https://www.ludism.org/scwiki?action=rc;all=1;from=1;showedi... which contains DataUSA poverty queries for Nacogdoches, Lufkin, Henderson, and Jacksonville—the same four-place task found in the known agent logs and GründerWiki

- https://www.ludism.org/mentat?action=browse;diff=1;id=SandBo... and edit history: https://www.ludism.org/mentat?action=history;id=SandBox

- https://www.pmwiki.org/wiki/Test/WikiSandbox?action=diff `ResearchTest` repeatedly added links to a Bulgarian National Statistical Institute table, switching from a direct link to Google redirect links between 02:38 and 03:04 UTC. An administrator removed them at 06:57. The previous recorded edits were from 2016.

- https://www.pmwiki.org/wiki/Test/Sandbox2?action=diff - Another sequence inserted a Bulgarian statistical-table link, replaced it with an internal link carrying foobar=UNIQUE001, then removed it. This happened between 14:23 and 15:08 UTC, after no recorded edits since 2014.

We agree, that's the thesis behind our tax development coding agent: https://www.columntax.com/blog/introducing-iris-our-ai-tax-d...
We tested models with knowledge cutoffs in 2025 so expect them to have knowledge of Tax Year 2024 forms in their weights. We also tested models with ability to do web search to get any other forms it thinks necessary: https://github.com/column-tax/tax-calc-bench

That all being said, we agree, which is what we've built with our internal tax coding agent, Iris: https://www.columntax.com/blog/introducing-iris-our-ai-tax-d... (ability to get just the right Tax form context on a per-line basis to turn the tax law into code).

Hi, author of this paper + repo here. This dataset is particularly hard to come by, so we’re really proud to be open sourcing it.

Let me know if you have any questions, happy to discuss!

Re:How to navigate and exit the idea maze on Monday January 27, 2025 @11:12PM (#42848747)
Author here. I said "random _to find_". But thank you for giving me an incredibly classic top HN comment :)
Re:Ask HN: Who is hiring? (July 2021) on Thursday July 01, 2021 @05:19PM (#27705010)
Founding Full-Stack Engineer | Column Tax | REMOTE (US Timezone overlap), SF, NYC | Full-time | https://www.columntax.com/

Column Tax is on a mission to help Americans gain financial independence.

Our first product is an API that brings the power of a high-end accountant to users who otherwise wouldn’t be able to access financial advice. Our users are individuals and families living paycheck-to-paycheck who use Column to get out of debt, move into their own homes, and save up for emergency bills.

Things we value:

- Focus: we know that doing great work takes long blocks of uninterrupted time

- Ownership: everyone at Column is empowered to make big decisions

- Transparency: expect honest & vulnerable communication

- Doing the right thing: Taxes is an industry with a history of predatory practices; we’re determined to fix that

To apply or if you have any question, see the full job description at https://jobs.columntax.com/ or email me (CTO) at [email protected] directly.

Re:What Does a Coder Do If They Can't Type? on Sunday August 11, 2019 @09:55AM (#20668185)
Here are some additional resources for folks looking to ditch the keyboard: https://handsfreecoding.org/
Re:Ask HN: Who is hiring? (August 2019) on Thursday August 01, 2019 @08:39PM (#20589773)
Pioneer | San Francisco, CA | Full-Time, ONSITE | Software Engineer, Business Operations | https://pioneer.app

We’re building software to scalably find & support the world’s creative outsiders — the next generation of researchers, entrepreneurs, artists, and engineers.

In the ~9 months since our launch, we’ve seen thousands of applicants from over 100 countries, working on projects spread across almost every industry (check out our recent winners here: https://pioneer.app/blog/meet-the-pioneers-take-3).

We’re a small team of 5 led by our founder Daniel Gross (founder of Cue, acquired by Apple, former YC AI Partner), and are looking to hire our 3rd engineer & someone to run business operations.

Please reach out to: [email protected].

Re:Show HN: All SF Scooters on One Map on Wednesday May 23, 2018 @08:47PM (#17139938)
https://transitapp.com/ has almost exactly what you're looking for on mobile.
With a test driver behind the wheel. Source: https://twitter.com/olivercameron/status/951200429001469953
Re:Get away with Google Flights on Wednesday February 25, 2015 @10:19PM (#9111082)
I'm a fan of https://www.vamo.com/ for multi-city trips. You put in your point of origin and all the cities you want to visit (and for how long), and it routes you between the cities on the best type of transportation and offers accommodation suggestions as well.
I had the exact same experience!

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