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Re:Wikipedia's Cleanup of AI-Generated Content on Tuesday October 27, 2026 @07:00PM (#50267088)
Re:GLM-5.3-Flash on Wednesday August 26, 2026 @12:43PM (#49452084)
What about the current situation, where serious API payers are increasingly OK with using open-weight models running on US providers?

https://www.ft.com/content/32a70a3c-7d28-40b4-808e-36edb58c7...

> which was hosted by Apple’s App Store
Re:Norway Should Buy OpenAI on Wednesday August 19, 2026 @01:11AM (#49357115)
“Norway should be the bag holder”
Re:The American Sports Plutocracy Is Bullshit on Saturday August 15, 2026 @01:22AM (#49307889)
As the saying goes:

“Republicans vote socialist on football”

I forgot they were still working on a device, any guesses what it is?

I’m guessing a wrist wearable

Re:Why isn't the U.S. better at soccer? on Monday June 08, 2026 @05:30AM (#48443101)
As for how these requirements were determined… no clue. Never received an answer. Jury’s still out on that…

https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/us-soccer-must-face...

https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/23/23-120/274688/2023...

Re:Why isn't the U.S. better at soccer? on Monday June 08, 2026 @12:21AM (#48441299)
some good points such as lack of promotion/relegation but ultimately misses the root cause

Requirements to forming a division 1 league, as determined by the ‘US Soccer Professional League Standards’:

- minimum 12 teams (14 by year 3)

- each team’s principal owner has individual net worth of $40M

- 75% of teams located within major metro markets (at least 1M people)

- 15,000 seat stadium (and enclosed)

- teams located in each of the Eastern, Central and Pacific time zones

https://www.ussoccer.com/organization-members-directory/pro-...

Re:Meta is reportedly developing an AI pendant on Sunday May 31, 2026 @03:30AM (#48343773)
The Swarovski™ Meta AI Amulet… brilliant!

The world desperately needs more products conceived under sweaty moonlight at burning man!

Re:Edit store price tags using Flipper Zero on Wednesday April 22, 2026 @01:29PM (#47866603)
More often than not, they’re aware but let it slide because they pity you
With every passing headline, Windows sounds less and less like an Operating System, and more like a hobbyists revival project for a dead game I’ve never heard of

What the hell is going on at Microsoft?

Don’t be discouraged. The work that you enjoy doing is still here, and will still be here after you’ve graduated.

My best advice to you would be to learn CS the hard way (without AI).

Ignore the “AI learning tools” see on HN or mentioned by peers. Learning should be challenging so if it feels like a shortcut, it probably is. Don’t fall into that trap and you’ll be a more competent developer as a result, both with and without AI

Yep. Not just copyright but patents as well

> The Supreme Court previously rejected Thaler's request to hear his argument in a separate case involving prototypes for a beverage holder and a light beacon concerning whether AI-generated inventions should be eligible for U.S. patent protection. His patent applications were rejected by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office on similar grounds.

https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/us-supreme-court-de...

Re:I Ported Coreboot to the ThinkPad X270 on Tuesday February 24, 2026 @01:31AM (#47133569)
on HN in 2026, I’d say it’s never mattered more lol
Re:Jellyfin LLM/"AI" Development Policy on Thursday January 29, 2026 @01:07AM (#46806395)
> This is the internet. Real offenders will just submit the next PR with a new alt account.

Than it escalates to a platform issue so you just report them in that case. GitHub enforcement staff handles it

“- Creating alternative accounts specifically to evade moderation action taken by GitHub staff or users”

https://docs.github.com/en/site-policy/acceptable-use-polici...

Re:Proton Spam and the AI Consent Problem on Friday January 23, 2026 @03:22PM (#46737373)
This is what’s called a “customer complaint” at real businesses with real paying customers lol
Scale IS a problem, just not the only one.

Consequences are the inevitable solution. Accountability starting with authors, followed by organizations/institutions.

Warning for first offense, ban after

Re:OpenAI could reportedly run out of cash by mid-2027 on Sunday January 18, 2026 @04:55AM (#46666385)
Strategies such as this would accelerate said endeavor:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46577464

Re:Ask HN: Are diffs still useful for AI-assisted code changes? on Saturday January 17, 2026 @10:29PM (#46664561)
Whether you or someone/something else wrote it is irrelevant

You’re expected to have self-reviewed and understand the changes made before requesting review. You must to be able to answer questions reviewers have about it. Someone must read the code. If not, why require a human review at all?

Not meeting this expectation = user ban in both kernel and chromium

Re:PCs refuse to shut down after Microsoft patch on Saturday January 17, 2026 @07:20PM (#46663567)
Microsoft isn’t going to declare death of the PC and pivot to “cloud computers”/virtual desktops (again) just because of temporary RAM/SSD supply shortages lol

> And Amazon CEO just said it out loud about cloud computers.

And Google said Stadia would have “negative latency”

Re:Claude Cowork Exfiltrates Files on Wednesday January 14, 2026 @08:45PM (#46626838)
Command/“prompt” injection is correct terminology and what they’re typically mapped to in the CVE

E.g. CVE-2026-22708

Re:Ask HN: Are diffs still useful for AI-assisted code changes? on Wednesday January 14, 2026 @03:52PM (#46623162)
> How do you review large AI-assisted refactors today?

just like any other patch, by reading it

During winter outages, do you stick to the heat pump or switch to a backup heat (e.g. furnace)?

I regrettably removed our old furnace/tank when installing the air source heat pump we have now (northeast), but that’s been my biggest concern power wise

> My spouse and I work at home and after the first couple multi-day power outages we invested in good UPSs and a whole house standby generator.

What setup did you go with for whole house backup power?

Re:Tell HN: Merry Christmas on Wednesday December 24, 2025 @12:56PM (#46377674)
Merry Christmas!
Re:Backing Up Spotify on Saturday December 20, 2025 @05:06PM (#46340074)
> Stealing means you have a thing, I steal it, now I have the thing and you do not.

that seems like an overly narrow definition… what about identity theft, or IP theft?

https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndca/pr/superseding-indictment-...

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