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The title assumes that the point of a museum is simple being able to see the work; it ignores the interpretive benefits of a curated exhibit.
Re:Hittite royal archive found in Turkey on Tuesday October 13, 2026 @07:57AM (#50070252)
isn't everything?
Congrats to you on prompting
Re:GPT‑6 and Intelligent UI for everyone on Thursday October 08, 2026 @08:27AM (#50005001)
What's the core functionality?
Re:Living off-grid: Hundred Rabbits on Thursday October 08, 2026 @08:17AM (#50004910)
This perspective only makes sense if you deny that our native environment is society.
Re:GPT‑6 and Intelligent UI for everyone on Thursday October 08, 2026 @07:58AM (#50004765)
What did you expect from a profit-driven company?
Re:GPT‑6 and Intelligent UI for everyone on Thursday October 08, 2026 @07:54AM (#50004744)
Hasn't published anything in a year and a half. Hasn't posted on socials in over a year.
Re:The Four Horsemen of Agentic Coding on Friday October 02, 2026 @01:51PM (#49936429)
Have you said "If I wanted the AI's response, I would have asked the AI"?
Re:Mathematical Origami on Wednesday September 30, 2026 @10:07AM (#49909206)
You didn't scroll past the first section before commenting?
Re:Pirating the Pirates on Monday September 28, 2026 @02:29PM (#49882331)
Are you speaking purely of the technical difference, or do you know what that particular community calls itself?
Re:GPT-6 Sol and Luna on Wednesday September 23, 2026 @08:20AM (#49815013)
It doesn't have to, sure, maybe, but what indication do you see that the owners of these companies have any future in mind other than one in which they are in control of the majority of the wealth and power? These are private companies, not publicly owned infrastructure.
We need a legal structure to make companies liable for the actions of the agents they've made.
Re:Navier-Stokes – Tristan Buckmaster [pdf] on Wednesday September 09, 2026 @07:56AM (#49625038)
> I consider OpenAI to be as economically motivated as any other actor in this space and playing around with user data like that would destroy their business.

It's a gamble that this would be overlooked compared to the reputation they build for solving the thing

Re:Mechanical Watch on Tuesday June 16, 2026 @08:07AM (#48553952)
It's been more than a year since his last post. Anyone know what's up?
Re:Rumors of my death are slightly exaggerated on Friday May 08, 2026 @01:59PM (#48066584)
You know, he's the perfect subject for a kind of Chuck-Norris-joke-esque thing
What a failure of university leadership to allow or even encourage that practice
Re:Southwest Headquarters Tour on Monday May 04, 2026 @09:01AM (#48008179)
> Ask them about the chickens hanging from the bottom.

Maybe you should tell me about the chickens, since I am unlikely to ever get to ask anyone at Southwest HQ.

Re:An amateur historian's favorite books about the Silk Road on Thursday April 23, 2026 @10:26AM (#47876152)
This list is just a promo blog post for the author's book
Re:ChatGPT Images 2.0 on Wednesday April 22, 2026 @08:17AM (#47862521)
The periodic table in the "Create Everything At Once" collage is not so impressive.
Re:Human Accelerated Region 1 on Friday April 17, 2026 @09:03AM (#47805490)
What did you think it was before you read this brief Wikipedia article?
> Our electricity is unmetered and included in our rent. My unit has an individual circuit breaker box, but how would solar power be fed into such a system

I don't understand. These systems just plug into wall outlets. The big difference is that, instead of saving yourself money, you'd be saving your landlady money on the bill.

Re:Emperor penguin and Antarctic fur seal now endangered on Thursday April 09, 2026 @12:26PM (#47705701)
It's not as though people intentionally made these endangered because they have insufficient love for penguins. We have unintentionally done it because we have insufficient love (care) for them and many, many other things, creatures, people, etc.
Yeah but HN commenters are not a representative sample of the ebook consumer base
It's not a shallow dismissal; it's a dismissal for good reason. It's tangential to the topic, but not to HN overall. It's only curmudgeonly if you assume AI-written posts are the inevitable and good future (aka begging the question). I really don't know how it's "sneering", so I won't address that.
So you're saying Pangram isn't worth much?
Re:I'm Getting a Whiff of Iain Banks' Culture on Monday March 09, 2026 @12:38PM (#47311404)
The key line "I’m getting a similar sense for the recent US foreign interventions and wars. They all seem to work slightly better than they should."

There is no measurement of efficacy here. It feels like these things are working better because the US military is now doing big public things, but that is not necessarily a good change over not-doing-big-public-things.

Re:Gemini 3 Deep Think on Friday February 13, 2026 @10:10AM (#47003588)
Wait where does the idea of consciousness enter this? AGI doesn't need to be conscious.
Re:Is Beef Tallow making a comeback? on Tuesday January 13, 2026 @09:49AM (#46601679)
It's not a liquid, but it's pretty soft.
But can he speak Italian lawn games?

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