Doesn't it swap to a lower power model after that?
Not automatically but you can switch to a lower power model and access more free requests. I think Gemini 2.5 Flash is 250 requests per day.
Readit Newsacjacobson commented on How I code with AI on a budget/free wuu73.org/blog/aiguide1.h... · Posted by u/indigodaddy
> Something had to start increasing the demand to enable that.
Diamonds are used in all kinds of things besides jewelry. Industry needs that economy of scale.
True but industrial grade natural diamonds are very inexpensive in comparison to jewelry quality ones.
acjacobson commented on Research suggests Big Bang may have taken place inside a black hole port.ac.uk/news-events-an... · Posted by u/zaik
There needs to be some kind of hackernews library or goodread. I have enjoyed many books (and some no so much) but always on the look out for books.
You'd like this then: https://hackernewsbooks.com
acjacobson commented on Interviewing a software engineer who prepared with AI kapwing.com/blog/what-its... · Posted by u/justswim
I've run into something similar twice now in the last month. A candidate pauses or says 'let me think about that' on a relatively simple question as if to give an LLM time to respond. After the pause they give an overly long detailed answer - again like an LLM response.
One candidate was absolutely stumped and could not answer why and when they became interested in technology. They couldn't say anything about themselves personally. It was baffling.
acjacobson commented on U.S. pauses all military aid to Ukraine wsj.com/politics/national... · Posted by u/ZeroCool2u
It seems like Ukraine is insisting on a “security guarantee.” Can someone explain how the U.S. providing a security guarantee wouldn’t increase the risk of american boots on the ground in Ukraine?
Of course it increases the risk - it's the whole point of the ask.
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acjacobson commented on Europe's flying taxi dreams falter as cash runs short bbc.com/news/articles/c33... · Posted by u/ZeljkoS
Maybe once, as a novelty, but if you're using the airport a lot, the train is probably less fuss.
Manhattan is a better example - there is no fast alternative route between the city and airport, and that's why you see a lot of helicopter transfers. I can see this working in a lot of US cities where public transport is poor and the airport is far away - Seattle, LA, Bay Area etc.
acjacobson commented on Ask HN: What books should I read to improve as a software engineer? · Posted by u/hopa
I went on a long email back and forth with the author because this was the one book that opened my eyes so much that I did't know why the Ruby community (of which I was a part of then, but am no longer) would break so many of the principles of the book.
Maybe the only book that has actual made me a better programmer that I can objectively measure.
Would you mind clarifying which one you found so helpful? The parent commenter mentioned two books
acjacobson commented on Fentanyl is fueling a record number of youth drug deaths washingtonpost.com/dc-md-... · Posted by u/wslh
A significant issue with fentanyl related mortality is accidental consumption. Fentanyl is so potent and because of its relative ease of synthesis and a careless illegal drug supply chain, contamination is common. Not all but many of these deaths are a result of teens consuming a drug that they percieve as "safe" like marijuana or "adderall" or "oxy" etc but through careless handling by dealers or intentional misrepresentation, end up receiving a fatal dose of fentanyl. I think it is an important point as many comments reference decrimilization and other "fentanyl policy" items.
I keep reading this, but I haven't been able to find much data on intentional vs. accidental consumption with the exception of people who thought they were taking heroin. Do you have any sources on how many deaths can be attributed to laced or misrepresented non-opiates (e.g. marijuana, adderall, mdma)?
This is a compromise of allowing some of your wishes to be fulfilled after your death while preventing long term 'dead hand' control over property and resources. You can set up a foundation dedicated to "thing" but can't control what that foundation does until the end of time.
We probably don't want to live in a world that is controlled by the wishes of someone gone for 500 years who had a view of the world completely at odds with the present. It centralizes power and ties the hands of those living in the present.