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Re:Anthropic's growth just flattened (really) on Monday November 02, 2026 @10:18PM (#50347595)
Astra is not the OpenAI analogue to Opus 5.5. Sol 6.1 is.
Re:Astra can read and write weights to improve Qwen on Monday November 02, 2026 @06:34PM (#50345751)
This is a really useful and succinct explanation, I'll be using it, thanks!
Post-AI?
Re:Ask HN: Which TV do you recommend for privacy? on Sunday November 01, 2026 @10:53PM (#50332936)
Not sure about the US experience, but here in Australia there are no dumb TVs for sale in our retail electronics stores. Every TV comes with some sort of "smart" OS.
Re:French national assembly votes 0.055€/GB internet tax on Sunday November 01, 2026 @08:07PM (#50331771)
Oh that sucks, definitely more annoying to separate then. But still I think this is unlikely to kill the project.
Re:French national assembly votes 0.055€/GB internet tax on Friday October 30, 2026 @07:26PM (#50311468)
Thanks, this should be the top comment. I think literally no-one in this thread bothered to translate or read the article lol.
Re:French national assembly votes 0.055€/GB internet tax on Friday October 30, 2026 @07:23PM (#50311449)
I wouldn't "kill" anyone though right? They just block French IPs and forget about it?
Re:Amazon's "Digital Pacifier" for Toddlers on Friday October 30, 2026 @02:40AM (#50300526)
Yup exactly. My analogue would be the `turtle` library in Python. In fact when I started teaching kids Python that was what I reached for, the level up over the bee!
Re:Apple introduces the new 14‑inch MacBook Pro with M6 on Friday October 30, 2026 @02:35AM (#50300506)
Hmm ok. I'll keep an eye out. New chassis is interesting and no notch is cool. I don't care for the touchscreen idea at all.
Re:Herdr has released native app on Friday October 30, 2026 @02:34AM (#50300497)
Agreed. I was really sceptical of it and was in the camp of "tmux does all I need" but it is honestly fantastic and ever since they added the ability to access multiple ssh machines from one herdr session I just live inside it.
Re:Binance-hacker-1029 – $5.6B stolen from Binance on Thursday October 29, 2026 @08:19PM (#50298216)
I don't think this counts as takesies backsies. This incident clearly followed the code is law principle, the whole point is that a majority forms the chain of truth. In this case, a majority decided to splinter and use a different chain where the incident never occurred.

As far as I understand blockchain, that is the system working as intended. Some nodes choose to run Ethereum Classic and some choose to run Ethereum. Isn't that the whole point? Decentralisation?

Re:Genie 4 on Tuesday October 27, 2026 @07:31PM (#50267374)
You are a shell of a human being.
Re:Genie 4 on Tuesday October 27, 2026 @07:28PM (#50267342)
Yes this is right. Something about the way it works under the hood means it wants: 1. bust falls 2. it crushes the watermelon 3. it teeters 4. it settles on the plinth. It is sort of interpolating between these states, which it feels are a realistic sequence of events, not actually attempting to model what would happen in a real "world".
Re:Genie 4 on Tuesday October 27, 2026 @07:22PM (#50267295)
If only there was some way we could create some sort of arrangement of 3D models and place a virtual camera within the arrangement. We could introduce some physics simulation and make the position of the virtual camera move and render what it sees to the user.

If such a system were possible, it seems like it would be far better at consistency and realism, since it could be fine tuned and hand crafted to best represent the desired world. It could be used to make interactive experiences, games, perhaps even feature films!

Alas.

Re:Genie 4 on Tuesday October 27, 2026 @07:18PM (#50267266)
> It's very good at maintaining consistency for things that stay in frame

I noticed several inconsistencies in things that stayed in frame. See the wall on the bridge in the Van Gogh example as they walk past it to see the other side.

Re:Apple introduces the new 14‑inch MacBook Pro with M6 on Tuesday October 27, 2026 @07:12PM (#50267205)
> Just has an OLED panel with touchscreen

I must be out of the loop, you skimmed over this. A Mac with a touchscreen??

Re:Apple introduces the new 14‑inch MacBook Pro with M6 on Tuesday October 27, 2026 @07:07PM (#50267165)
Does DisplayLink work?
Re:Apple introduces the new 14‑inch MacBook Pro with M6 on Tuesday October 27, 2026 @07:06PM (#50267151)
Also M1 Pro here. Any reason why you're planning to upgrade at M7 Pro? I still don't feel the need to upgrade, as much as I wish I could justify it.

I like to factory reset my devices every couple of years, it really gives them a new lease on life. My M1 Pro feels as smooth and fast as the day I got it.

Re:JetBrains Thinkrail on Monday October 26, 2026 @02:53AM (#50240036)
Such an idiotic take. You can't possibly have ever built anything yourself that you actually cared about. If you had, you would know what you're saying makes no sense at all.
Re:What goes into making an animated film? on Monday October 26, 2026 @02:42AM (#50239948)
The fact that someone can honestly say this is anywhere near the level of any professional animation is truly baffling.

Just the first two shots alone are full of horrible, stilted and morphing animation, no consistency between shots, no particular art style at all.

This is not a creative work or art in any form I recognise.

Re:Why I Am a Programmer on Monday October 26, 2026 @02:00AM (#50239685)
Do you have any advice for loving the job as it is today?

I grew up programming and being obsessed with computers too, though in a very different world. I started working full time as a programmer this year and I haven't written a line of code. I just set the agent going and read reminiscent posts on HN like this about how great things used to be.

I feel like most of what I loved about programming has disappeared just as I truly began.

Re:Amazon's "Digital Pacifier" for Toddlers on Monday October 26, 2026 @01:41AM (#50239572)
I guess I should have clarified that I meant a robot made to look like a bee...

https://www.teaching.com.au/product/rechargeable-bee-bot

These were a rite of passage here in Australia for any kid who showed an interest in maths or computers.

Re:Amazon's "Digital Pacifier" for Toddlers on Monday October 26, 2026 @01:39AM (#50239561)
You brought me back to hand-drawing platformer puzzle levels for my fictional game as a kid. Good times.
Re:Amazon's "Digital Pacifier" for Toddlers on Sunday October 25, 2026 @09:58PM (#50238160)
Was it a bee?
Re:Amazon's "Digital Pacifier" for Toddlers on Sunday October 25, 2026 @09:57PM (#50238155)
This is awesome, great work! I'll be back in a few years ;)
Re:No Signs of AI Payoff Outside the Tech Sector on Sunday October 25, 2026 @09:20PM (#50237869)
I'm sorry this was your experience with maths in school. My experience was nothing like it, but it could be to do with where I live, my particular teachers or the classes I took.

> Imagine asking a high-school math teacher to compute i^i. Almost none will be able to.

Mine could. And of those who couldn't they would have leveraged the technology available to them (Google) to find the answer with me, and would be able to make it make sense to me. This is an example of technology bettering my education.

Re:Quad9 (DNS Resolver) to Exit France on Friday October 23, 2026 @12:29AM (#50204529)
This is hilarious, thanks for sharing. I had no idea.
Re:Every AI model has the same "controversial" take on humans on Thursday October 22, 2026 @09:25PM (#50203404)
> There's a certain type of knowledge that machines definitely can't have - experiential

Can you justify this? Do you mean currently or ever?

I can certainly imagine a future architecture where I would describe a machine as capable of accruing knowledge through its experiences (read: experiential knowledge).

> When you watch Star Wars do you start with The Phantom Menace?

I might be a heretic but yes, as a surface level Star Wars fan I watch them in the order they are numbered: episode I through episode IX.

However I don't think it applies to LoZ at all and there is literally no reason to care about a timeline between the games for your enjoyment of them.

Nothing. Most of us played OoT without any knowledge about the story. Everything is explained. As many others have said in this thread, the story is a background to excellent gameplay, and you won't get anything extra out of it by "preparing".

I hope you enjoy it!

Obligatory link to Ship of Harkinian for anyone else interested in playing or replaying OoT: https://www.shipofharkinian.com/

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