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Re:Tell HN: 2x PHP RCE CVEs with CVSS 10.0 Incoming on Tuesday October 20, 2026 @06:43PM (#50173697)
This was supposed to be embargoed.

So your reliable source can't keep a secret.

Re:What shall I teach my son? on Tuesday October 20, 2026 @03:54PM (#50171767)
School is half about babysitting while the parents work. So... yes. Kids will still have to go somewhere during the day. Might as well be a school.
Re:GPT-6 Astra Solves a WWI German Radio Cipher on Saturday September 19, 2026 @06:17PM (#49770551)
Also the letters of the word were rearranged to alphabetical order. And duplicate letters were removed.

So it's not just a dictionary attack. It's that plus modifying the word before using it.

This is brilliant. Future enhancements can match the inner design of the plane to the actual plane used for that route by that airline, and the ability to choose economy, premium plus, busines class, etc...
Re:GPT-6 Astra on Thursday September 03, 2026 @05:34PM (#49557408)
The 486 chip came out in 1989. The 586 came out in 1993.

The pace of change ("practically obsolete") is different then and now.

Re:How accurate have Ed Zitron's AI skeptic predictions been? on Wednesday September 02, 2026 @09:33AM (#49535991)
If you ever listen to more than a couple of Zitron interviews, it's clear that he's not the "reasonable centrist" viewpoint on AI. He's the doom-and-gloom guy.

Maybe there is someone out there positive on AI itself and calling out reasonable objections to some of the extreme things. But that's not Zitron.

Re:How accurate have Ed Zitron's AI skeptic predictions been? on Wednesday September 02, 2026 @09:31AM (#49535962)
I think cable news channels like CNN and CNBC like to have a "counterpoint" on to make their coverage seem balanced. There's always a guy saying the stock market is about to crash. There's always a guy saying oil will hit $200 per barrel. There's always a guy saying AI is a bubble.

Zitron is never right but he exists so that media can claim to be balanced.

Or smarter yet, not bare. Looks like a normal phone - innocent-looking vacation photos, innocent-looking social media accounts, innocent-looking email....
He is charged with obstruction. Not "erasing data". Was he intentionally trying to hinder a search that was being legally conducted?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obstruction_of_justice_in_the_...

The worst case of refusing to unlock your phone is that they keep your phone for some days/weeks/months while they investigate.
One is destroying evidence and the other is not.
Re:What AI did to stackoverflow in a graph on Saturday July 18, 2026 @11:25AM (#48958982)
I will say, moderation is a valuable thing on websites that intend to be useful for people. Wikipedia being another example. Ynews also has moderation.

Sites like Quora don't have good moderation (nor social media sites) and they become less useful for "how do I do X" questions.

LLMs do the moderation of the underlying source and just give you the answer.

Re:What AI did to stackoverflow in a graph on Saturday July 18, 2026 @11:23AM (#48958961)
I just went to the Stack Overflow homepage, showing newest questions first, and the latest question just asked 13 minutes ago is already closed.

And the majority of the questions on page 1 have negative votes.

Re:What AI did to stackoverflow in a graph on Saturday July 18, 2026 @09:26AM (#48957978)
How eager people are to find something better IS a factor in the decline of websites/businesses. Not just that there is something better that exists.
Re:U.S. government will decide who gets to use GPT-5.6 on Saturday June 27, 2026 @10:41AM (#48698712)
I believe OpenAI actually wanted their next model to be seen as a potential cybersecurity threat because they were jealous that Mythos got that label
Re:We Need VAT and UBI on Sunday June 07, 2026 @09:07AM (#48434440)
I don't think this "infinite loans" narrative holds water. The richest people in society pay the most taxes, not zero.
Re:We Need VAT and UBI on Sunday June 07, 2026 @09:06AM (#48434432)
It's Sunday
Re:We Need VAT and UBI on Sunday June 07, 2026 @09:04AM (#48434414)
I think the main problem is that this will not survive very long once implemented.

Politician A will promise "no VAT on bread" to get elected. The next guy will promise "no VAT on essentials". The next guy will promise "no UBI for the rich". And so on.

And you end up with the next politician dismantling the whole system as unfair.

Re:The Dead Economy Theory on Friday May 29, 2026 @03:04PM (#48327803)
Cause it's developed. It's been a stable product for a decade. It's like having 10,000 construction workers on a completed building.
Re:YC's Biggest Scandals on Sunday May 10, 2026 @05:47PM (#48088440)
"Official archive" it says.

Seems unofficial. Actually, the domain name is probably a trademark violation.

Some things always happen too. You need to avoid certain terms.
Re:Malus – Clean Room as a Service on Thursday March 12, 2026 @03:31PM (#47355896)
I think of this in reverse. It's legal for the government to track mail - who sent a message, and who it's going to. They have access to the "outside of the envelope". But it's not legal for them to read the message inside.

And this same principle allows them to build massive friend/connection networks of everyone electronically. The government knows every single person you've communicated with and how often you communicate with them.

It was never designed for this originally.

Re:I'm 60 years old. Claude Code has ignited a passion again on Saturday March 07, 2026 @10:06AM (#47288289)
I wonder if the pace of change in AI will push you back to the "ready to retire" state.

Sure, AI is exciting, and it reignites a passion. But everything you learn today will be obsolete a year from now. And that might tire you out again.

Re:The Internet Is No Longer a Safe Haven on Sunday November 16, 2025 @12:32PM (#45946794)
Given that the World Wide Web was invented in 1989... are you saying that the Internet was safer when only FTP and Usenet existed?
Re:Affinity Studio Now Free on Thursday October 30, 2025 @05:25PM (#45765581)
Open Source absolutely stops being maintained. And worse.
Re:OpenAI Launches LinkedIn Competitor on Friday September 05, 2025 @04:50AM (#45136415)
LinkedIn deserves some disruption. OpenAI announces a jobs platform to put employers in contact with people with AI skills. And an academy to teach AI skills that businesses need. They hope to certify 10 million Americans by 2030.
Re:US Wholesale Inflation Rises by Most in 3 Years on Thursday August 14, 2025 @09:08AM (#44899934)
A 0.9% month-over-month increase is significant.
Re:I'd rather read the prompt on Sunday May 04, 2025 @05:33PM (#43889772)
Looks like a "GPT text output condenser" might be a good project to work on.
Re:Meta antitrust trial kicks off in federal court on Monday April 14, 2025 @03:59PM (#43685646)
The government is claiming that Facebook bought Meta and Whatsapp because it couldn't compete with them.

Is that illegal? I don't understand! Every company that buys another company buys it because it adds something to their business. It's a ridiculous claim.

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