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crystaln commented on Show HN: NanoClaw – “Clawdbot” in 500 lines of TS with Apple container isolation   github.com/gavrielc/nanoc... · Posted by u/jimminyx
TacticalCoder · a month ago
I understand that things can go wrong and there can be security issues, but I see at least two other issues:

1. what if, ChadGPT style, ads are added to the answers (like OpenAI said it'd do, hence the new "ChadGPT" name)?

2. what if the current prices really are unsustainable and the thing goes 10x?

Are we living some golden age where we can both query LLMs on the cheap and not get ad-infected answers?

I read several comments in different threads made by people saying: "I use AI because search results are too polluted and the Web is unusable"

And I now do the same:

"Gemini, compare me the HP Z640 and HP Z840 workstations, list the features in a table" / "Find me which Xeon CPU they support, list me the date and price of these CPU when they were new and typical price used now".

How long before I get twelve ads along with paid vendors recommendations?

crystaln · a month ago
Seems much more likely the cost will go down 99%. With open source models and architectural innovations, something like Claude will run on a local machine for free.
crystaln commented on Why I left iNaturalist   kueda.net/blog/2026/01/06... · Posted by u/erutuon
crystaln · 2 months ago
I am not inclined to read this longwinded post. Anyone who writes a headline like this is not worthy of it's subject, and the popular comments would tend to agree.

I'm sure the author is well intentioned and filled with integrity, however trashing a thing you created because you feel dejected is inherently self-interested and unworthy of attention.

crystaln commented on Unexpected patterns in historical astronomical observations   su.se/english/news/unexpe... · Posted by u/XzetaU8
crystaln · 4 months ago
A widespread theory among et believers is that nuclear explosions bring the attention of et intelligence around the universe as a sign of sufficiently advanced life to investigate, and that aliens are here to make sure we develop without self-destructing and join the intergalactic world peacefully.
crystaln commented on Bots are getting good at mimicking engagement   joindatacops.com/resource... · Posted by u/simul007
crystaln · 5 months ago
It's definitely better to know what traffic is real for many reasons, however won't clicks just lower the value of a click and conversion numbers, but leave overall conversion the same?

If conversion rate drops 90%, the value of a click should also drop 90% as companies adjust the bids for ads.

I'm sure this isn't always true in practice and it takes time for bids to adjust. I'm just wondering how much impact this actually has.

And on the other side, if ad companies were better at filtering bots, their clicks become more valuable and companies should be willing to pay more.

crystaln commented on That Secret Service SIM farm story is bogus   cybersect.substack.com/p/... · Posted by u/sixhobbits
ajross · 6 months ago
Why would you need to target "vulnerable UN delegates" from blocks away from the UN, though? Literally anywhere in the US would do. It's literally SMS, the location of the transmitter says nothing about the location of the recipient.

No, they put this in lower manhattan because of the cell density there. It makes the fraud harder to detect in all the noise of normal usage.

crystaln · 6 months ago
I believe if you connect directly to the tower a phone is connected to you can bypass central spam filters.
crystaln commented on Signal Secure Backups   signal.org/blog/introduci... · Posted by u/keyboardJones
amluto · 6 months ago
Wow, maybe as a side effect users will be able to migrate between Android and iOS without losing their message history.

Seriously, why is the migration protocol completely different on the two platforms?

crystaln · 6 months ago
This is mentioned as a future feature.
crystaln commented on The warning signs the AI bubble is about to burst   telegraph.co.uk/business/... · Posted by u/taimurkazmi
Havoc · 7 months ago
Really dislike the "AI bubble" term conceptually. The mostly probable outcome here (imo) is absolute bloodbath among the startups that are essentially wrappers while the core tech keeps going without missing a beat and does eventually deliver.
crystaln · 7 months ago
Yes bubbles always have survivors. They will be hurt and also one day worth much more than they are now.
crystaln commented on The warning signs the AI bubble is about to burst   telegraph.co.uk/business/... · Posted by u/taimurkazmi
crystaln · 7 months ago
Bubbles burst when the media and public are finally bought in that they burst. This article is a good sign we aren’t there yet.
crystaln commented on The warning signs the AI bubble is about to burst   telegraph.co.uk/business/... · Posted by u/taimurkazmi
anothermathbozo · 7 months ago
Given how much capital has already been committed to infrastructure development I find it very unlikely that even a Black Monday style market correction will do much to alter the medium and long term outlook for ai development and investment.

Too many people talk about a bubble almost wish-casting that such a thing will make this all go away. It’s probably safest to assume your political enemies won’t be hoisted on their own petard anytime soon.

crystaln · 7 months ago
Yeah. This time it’s different.
crystaln commented on Sleeping beauty Bitcoin wallets wake up after 14 years to the tune of $2B   marketwatch.com/story/sle... · Posted by u/aorloff
throw0101d · 8 months ago
Personally I think that this can be considered on the "bug" side of Bitcoin's finite number coins: if, over time, they are lost, then there's a smaller quantity† of currency that is useable to actually do stuff with.

This can make the 'rate of deflation' that occurs worse:

* https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Deflationary_spiral

* https://isps.yale.edu/news/blog/2014/06/the-perils-of-bitcoi...

* https://crypto.bi/deflationary/

† I am aware of satoshis.

crystaln · 8 months ago
Deflation is what you want for investment assets. Btc is primarily a value store and commodity like gold, not a currency. Deflation is a good thing when you are parking value.

u/crystaln

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