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>>> the cost of building AI will always be more than the cost of humanity.

Wow! Well said! so shouldn't we focus on ... fixing humanity first?

Re:OpenAI's WebRTC Problem on Friday May 08, 2026 @10:35PM (#48071208)
Yes,agreed. I also found it apparently obvious that they have proven their experts worth on this subject matter. Many times, over and over.
Re:Bitter Lessons from the ISSpresso on Friday May 08, 2026 @10:26PM (#48071146)
The flow diagram provided for fracture control is incredible. Quite a work of art. [1]

[1] https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!AOMG!,f_auto,q_auto:...

Update: After staring at this flow diagram for quite some time, I realize it's actually the most robust, "complete-seeming" finite state machine I have seen used in the real world.

Re:The React2Shell Story on Friday May 08, 2026 @10:04PM (#48071023)
>> Amazingly, despite being a weekend, the Meta team triaged, reproduced, and confirmed my submission in around 17 hours.

Incredible. Realize what you have done from start to finish (with confirmation) in < 24 hours.

Re:OpenAI's WebRTC Problem on Friday May 08, 2026 @10:02PM (#48071015)
>> ... I say hi to <strike> Scarlett Johansson <strike>

Had a nice chuckle.

I don't understand why they would go in this inversely-progressive direction.

Shouldn't we be aiming to increase e2e encryption for the most regularly used communication platforms?

Anyone else immediately notice that.. this is so built with angular.
Re:A new spam policy for "back button hijacking" on Tuesday April 14, 2026 @07:26PM (#47772782)
That's only because SPAs routing maybe internal for that particular app. In that case, the UI/UX to end user is *only* possible and smooth when they hijack the back button as such.
Re:A new spam policy for "back button hijacking" on Tuesday April 14, 2026 @02:31PM (#47769405)
Finally! (For this feature to be shipped).

Almost unrelated, but.. I wonder ..if there was an APM intern[1] behind this, or maybe this was this project. Because, this, would have been an excellent one!

[1] I had the fortune to be one myself in June 2012 for the Chrome Team.

Modern 2026 click bait:

1. Provide “distinct” proof 2. Title it as the antithesis

This is just the most oxymoronic article. It’s like it knew we would all be like… wait.
Absolutely agreed. I am using this term on overdrive the next 24 hours.
Re:Show HN: I made an email app inspired by Arc browser on Friday March 20, 2026 @09:20PM (#47463077)
I really hope the OP reads the following comment.

And, Hey, I promise, I wouldn't willingly... go *out of my way ON A late FRIDAY EVENING (EST)* -- as I low key peruse HN on some sh* mobile browser at a dinner event --

This is really awesome. It took me a second, but then I realized I'm inline tinkering with the product.

Don't let these "pitter, patter" HN minor critiques get in the way of delivering a novel product that is currently on the top of HN.

If it auto-went to dark mode, I would've probably been even more "whoa, i get it..". I know it makes no sense, but, default to dark-mode w/ a fallback header "light" option?

Also, for someone who has dark mode configured on their most visited websites, the light is a little overwhelming. Not at your fault by any means. It's just this may be your average visiting user on your app. I could be the only one, of course.

Excited to see where this goes.

Re:Show HN: Will my flight have Starlink? on Thursday March 19, 2026 @07:41AM (#47437716)
Wicked, I wonder what the most juiced option would cost amongst your upgrade options.

“When in Wisconsin.”

I strongly feel that each board should display pricing in two ways 1. Market price. buy now price. 2. Get it used (used market price).
I wonder what (api?) creators are using to programmatically calculate this pricing.
Yeah my defact is to run 5k at my pace (mild jog is fine), and just not use my screens + do not disturb mode, until i have a series of thoughts that invokes me to use my phone as a "lifeline" to quickly look up what I need to get to my next thought.

5km goes by fast! And orange juice tastes great after.

Wow, Charlottes Web is such unique strain. I'm always on another planet no matter what the THC is advertised.

I feel like that strain is for EXPERTS. You can always mold it to the vibe you are aiming to reach in that present (ofc in the appropriate environments).

Do you feel like the anxiety just the cascaded result of ... "poor planning" over an extended, day-over-day staggering, sleep-deprived, period of time? I consider my self naturally the poorest of poor planners. My brain is just RAM with zero cache that i always imagine that I have. I've had weeks wiz by if I do not get on top of a fun, MJ propagandized base routine / schedule in place.

Apologies! Worse case, this could just be a swing and a miss. Empathies attempted.

So this is all pretty much theoretical, but very tightly woven strictly bounded protocols to be brought to production-- perhaps an accelerated alternative to perceive a much sooner ETA of 18months...

Maybe its moreso about reaching out to the right people about this "white paper" worthy research.

AFAIK, billions of dollars are poured into tennis mechanics at the highest level.

Introduce this to the right group of people, I truly can see this funded to play Janik Sinner where he would pay as a service to play against his worst nightmare.

Re:TUI Studio – visual terminal UI design tool on Friday March 13, 2026 @11:19AM (#47365661)
It won't let me reply to parent's child comment, but i wanted to say:

That is what HN is for!

I can’t be the only one blasting killing in the name of in my noise canceling headphones the moment I read your comment..
Re:Moltbook on Monday February 02, 2026 @09:33PM (#46865679)
Oh man, this got me. Nice. Hilarious.
Wow, thank you for the effort in typing out that this synopsis! Seems like quite the compelling read.

I have already retrieved the book & will start it tonight.

Re:SoundCloud Data Breach Now on HaveIBeenPwned on Tuesday January 27, 2026 @02:55PM (#46785549)
Shout out to lil b and those parties at Berkeley he would perform at in ‘12, ‘13.

Those were the golden sound cloud years.

Re:Tech Is Fun Again: The Tech Monoculture Is Finally Breaking on Saturday January 24, 2026 @11:27AM (#46744899)
The certs need to be updated for this URL.

or can mod update the URL to redirect to http vs https://[1]

[1] http://www.jasonwillems.com/technology/2025/12/17/Tech-Is-Fu...

https://archive.ph/WVeb0

Re:Claude Is Down on Friday November 07, 2025 @10:47AM (#45847598)
Oh wow, I actually had no idea. It would be super nice to see all the AI API's statii on a single page.

Is that too much to ask for in 2025?

Re:Claude Is Down on Friday November 07, 2025 @10:42AM (#45847561)
everyone, switch to open ai for 50% off. today only!
Re:The Geometry of Schemes [pdf] on Thursday November 06, 2025 @09:46PM (#45843061)
oh yeah! that is insane.
Re:Open AI launches browser Vibe Check on Tuesday October 21, 2025 @02:20PM (#45659529)
Quite curious how the naming discussion went for the browser to be agreed to be named “vibe check”.

I feel a disconnect, it could be solely me… hence, I’m truly curious.

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