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Re:Biology Might Not Be Quantum, but Its Math Is Quantumlike on Sunday September 27, 2026 @12:30AM (#49863369)
That's fair. Quantum is an extremely fragile state - any perturbance will collapse the field state into an observed classical physics value. This is why complex machinery and near absolute zero temperatures are required to maintain it. I guess 'quantumlike' just felt like an affront to the science of it all.
Re:Breaking Up with Google Play: Why Conversations Is Now Free on Saturday September 26, 2026 @09:49AM (#49856542)
> I was in a toxic relationship with Google[/Apple/Amazon/X/Instagram/Facebook/TikTok], and the only reason I stayed was economic dependency.

That just about sums up Big Tech

Re:Biology Might Not Be Quantum, but Its Math Is Quantumlike on Friday September 25, 2026 @10:22AM (#49845098)
> Don’t be fooled: The states that these networks produce are not truly quantum; they’re only “quantumlike.”

Quantumlike - what a dumb term, like "almost pregnant".

Re:The Lamentable Later Life of Lemmings on Sunday September 20, 2026 @11:11AM (#49776650)
I was waiting for mention of a cliff
Re:San Francisco Onion Futures Company on Saturday September 19, 2026 @11:10AM (#49767189)
> How are prices determined? ... using a proprietary algorithm.

How is this article HN newsworthy?

Re:AI-generated posters don’t have to be horrible on Saturday September 19, 2026 @11:01AM (#49767120)
Anecdotally, I was reading https://www.quantamagazine.org/mathematicians-build-long-awa... from another HN post and I could have sworn the image was AI generated but https://www.pangram.com/ said was legit human created. Sad that my new default is assuming everything is AI created or vibed nowadays.
> Pixels are now significantly harder to support than many other devices. ... It will be far easier for us to support upcoming Motorola devices than Pixels.

The Motorola transition can't come soon enough, IMHO

Scry, keyword action that allows a player to look at a specific number of cards from the top of their library and then arrange those cards in any order, placing any number of them on the bottom of the library and the rest on top.
Re:Bend 2 and the Vibe-Coding Trap on Friday September 18, 2026 @09:05AM (#49753864)
> To be fair to Bend, I completely vibe-coded this, I just told a LLM to recreate the demo in SPARK

A vibe-coded retort to a vibe-coding tool? Ugh.

Agreed. "Java version 9" says it all.
Re:Autism is genetic – and why this information matters now on Thursday September 17, 2026 @10:08AM (#49741000)
> Until recently, ideas about what causes autism have been vague, and this sense of uncertainty has allowed misinformation to escalate. ... Autism is genetic. You’re born autistic and you’re autistic for life. Most autistic people are autistic because of genes they got from their parents. This is why autism often runs in families. Much less commonly, other factors can play a role, but usually in combination with genes from parents.

Psst, words like "most", "often", and "usually" aren't helping your "vague" problem.

So you highlight "Not AI Gen" but you call the solution "Agent"? :D
Neat app, lame post title. This has nothing to do with replacing project managers. IMHO, drop the link bait and let the app speak for itself.
"Another researcher[/artist/writer/musician/programmer/doctor/director/etc] says OpenAI trained on conversations[/imagery/books/songs/code/classifications/videos/etc], then claimed breakthrou[gh/original art/bestselling books/chart-topping songs/unique applications/medical advice/free special effects/etc]"

Welcome to the party, with the rest of humanity.

Re:Kale: A Transformation-Safe Spreadsheet System on Saturday September 05, 2026 @09:57AM (#49576555)
At least I won't be tempted to eat it.
Re:IBM Bob on Friday September 04, 2026 @09:34AM (#49564416)
Totally reminds me of "HP Offers 'That Cloud Thing Everyone Is Talking About'"

https://youtube.com/watch?v=9ntPxdWAWq8

Re:Introducing Muse Spark 1.3 on Wednesday September 02, 2026 @03:55PM (#49541561)
Re:A Beginner's Deep Dive Guide to Entra Passkeys on Wednesday September 02, 2026 @10:02AM (#49536417)
wordy ad
Re:OpenShot 4.0: Record, Edit, and Color Like Never Before on Monday August 31, 2026 @09:36AM (#49509637)
I absolutely love Avidemux but it doesn't preserve subtitles when removing a middle clip like lossless cut can.
Re:SiFive's First Server Platform on Tuesday August 25, 2026 @10:08AM (#49434424)
> SiFive isn’t trying to beat x86 or Arm with the BigSky platform and it doesn’t have to. This is a development system

A 2U dev unit? Seems a bit premature..

Re:Fast drilldown dashboards from a single Parquet file on Monday August 24, 2026 @10:38AM (#49420436)
A clever repurposing of technologies but realistically only worthwhile for static datasets with range payloads small enough to fit into a web response.

> your pipeline has to rebuild each customer’s file fast enough to meet the update cadence. ... data that updates on a coarse schedule rather than in realtime

Re:We Rebuilt the Linux MicroVM Stack on Apple Silicon on Friday August 21, 2026 @09:09AM (#49387543)
LOL, I hadn't heard "AI;DR" before. Definitely adding to my acronym toolbox :)
Re:Small, native web tricks worth remembering on Friday August 21, 2026 @09:01AM (#49387460)
I'm always googling how to center with CSS.. bookmarked.
"[GrapheneOS] lost most interest in that hardware due to the poor way privacy, security, updates and marketing based on these things has been handled."

https://discuss.grapheneos.org/d/28825-is-there-any-chance-o...

Re:Gakutensoku on Monday August 17, 2026 @09:28AM (#49330502)
Picture of the rebuilt robot: https://www.nippon.com/en/views/b00906/
Good for them! Glad they have the resources to do so. The free Brave Origin on Linux also has good native ad-blocking in my experience.
"Andy Stone, a Meta spokesman, said in a statement that the company disagreed with the ruling and planned to appeal."

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/06/technology/meta-new-mexic...

Nice to read about, but will be appealed to eternity.
Re:Quantego: A Family of Lego Models of IBM Quantum Computers on Thursday August 06, 2026 @09:01AM (#49196085)
At least it's tangible progress :D

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