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Re:I Quit OpenAI Because Its Culture Is Broken on Saturday October 03, 2026 @10:19AM (#49944500)
Idk why anyone thinks there can be AGI and alignment, seems almost like an oxymoron to me.
ASML sold nothing in Europe in 2026, they would implode if they stopped selling to US companies
Re:Claude Opus 5.5 on Wednesday September 23, 2026 @11:27AM (#49817594)
> the only way to have influence on the pace of the race is to be one of the winning players

Yeah I don't buy that, every additional player is just adding fuel to the fire.

Would the cold war be "safer" if it were US, Russia and a 3rd player? Of course not, it would just make it harder to coordinate any safety measures.

Re:Claude Opus 5.5 on Wednesday September 23, 2026 @04:43AM (#49813263)
So they care more about being 1st place than slowing down the race.
Re:Claude Opus 5.5 on Wednesday September 23, 2026 @01:52AM (#49812147)
If they're trying to slow down AI progress why did they release a new model? What's the rush?
Re:Claude Opus 5.5 on Tuesday September 22, 2026 @12:41PM (#49804106)
That's just false.

Less companies involved means less pressure to go fast.

Re:Claude Opus 5.5 on Tuesday September 22, 2026 @12:33PM (#49803955)
What happened to "slowing down"?
If it works but the design is terrible - is that still success?
Re:Mamdani Bans AI in NYC Schools on Wednesday September 02, 2026 @06:22PM (#49543409)
But I assume students already aren't allowed to just submit genAI output and afaik most classes don't involve computer use, so what's really the change?
Which is why they are rushing to an IPO.
Re:Iranian hackers shut down UK power plant for 4 days on Sunday August 23, 2026 @11:29AM (#49409611)
Did iran win? Their economy is on the brink of collapse with no relief in sight, and countries are investing in infrastructure to bypass the strait.

And sure oil prices have gone up, but not doomsday scenario prices.

A bit of a pyrrhic victory if you insist on defining that as a victory.

Sometimes everyone's a loser.

Doesn't Europe already have a digital service tax?
Re:The Lost Treasure of Sid Meier's Pirates on Friday August 21, 2026 @09:48AM (#49388034)
Bitmap brothers are also responsible for one of the most underrated RTS games imo: "Z"
I don't understand how come monorepos never just got "solved", and why git didn't expand in that direction.

I switched from a company with a monorepo to one without, and it just feels like going back to the stone age.

I feel like almost every standout product in the world was a result of someone with good instincts and not the results of XFN communication.

Unfortunately it is still the job...

Re:The next chapter of our AI momentum on Wednesday August 05, 2026 @12:40PM (#49185290)
Why would they do this extra step if that were the case?
Moving resources within an organization isn't exactly robbing.
> A fourth person familiar with the matter said that while Central Command — which oversees U.S. forces in the Middle East — has nearly used up the land-based missiles it had before the war began, it has been able to reload from U.S. military supplies elsewhere in the world.

The title seems fairy inaccurate

I was using Opus 4.6 until 2 days ago with no CLAUDE.md or anything and it was great.

Tried out Opus 5 and it's been a super annoying experience out of the box.

Re:ARC-AGI Leaderboard on Saturday July 25, 2026 @10:02AM (#49047656)
You really think they saw the jump in arc-agi-3 (which they reported in their official card), and didn't even bother to check?

They maybe have not intentionally benchmaxxed, but they certainly know that's what happened .

Re:IRGC Claims It Destroyed Amazon's Bahrain Data Center on Saturday July 25, 2026 @08:20AM (#49046977)
And what in the deal will stop them? It's a deal about nuclear capabilities - the previous deal certainly didn't prevent their conventional armament.
Re:IRGC Claims It Destroyed Amazon's Bahrain Data Center on Saturday July 25, 2026 @08:19AM (#49046967)
So again, let's say the agreement doesn't hold - how exactly is that worse than before?
Yes, it's as simple as that, Trump just wants his name on the deal.
Maybe because signing a new deal is better for your country and your people?

Like what's the worst case scenario that happens to iran if they just signed a new deal? How would it have been any worse than the current situation?

The deal doesn't even require a high level of trust - worst case they just go back to the previous situation. Making a deal only has an upside, even without trust.

Just like employment at will - and yet having a job is better than no job in most cases.

Doesn't this already fall under consumer protection laws? False advertisement & consumer fraud.
Re:US and Iran announce deal to end military operations on Sunday June 14, 2026 @07:41PM (#48534351)
I didn't say they would, just refuting the claim that:

> What is surprising is how co-opted the Biden admin was by Israel, that they didn't even bother to even consider reentering it

Re:US and Iran announce deal to end military operations on Sunday June 14, 2026 @07:34PM (#48534283)
Except Biden did try to restart the talks.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran%E2%80%93United_States_rel...

Israel would be deeply impacted by the results of the negotiations, so is this surprising or unexpected? Any nation including the US would most likely do the same in a similar scenario over what is considered to be almost existential negotiations.
Re:Expertise in the Age of AI on Friday May 29, 2026 @02:29PM (#48327331)
Are proctored in-person exams not the default for most places anyway?
Re:Is This Sustainable? on Friday May 29, 2026 @12:51PM (#48325812)
But you still have the commit/pr history.

Not sure what adding the ramblings with an LLM will add.

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