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cue_the_strings commented on Hostile Volume – A game about adjusting volume with intentionally bad UI   hostilevolume.com/... · Posted by u/Velocifyer
burgerone · 5 hours ago
Prwtty neat. Unfortunately wasn't able to solve the UI desync one :/
cue_the_strings · 5 hours ago
It's inverted, 100 == 0, 75 == 25
cue_the_strings commented on I traced $2B in nonprofit grants for Meta and Age Verification lobbying    · Posted by u/theseusares
gnabgib · a day ago
There's got to be a better way to share this than:

  - a 16 hour old HN account sharing
  - an 18 hour old github account with
  - a 17 hour old repo
Where your HN post says "several months of work" but your repo doesn't have months of commits, and claims you started researching... 2 days ago.

> Research period: 2026-03-11 to present

cue_the_strings · a day ago
Yeah, a way where they hand you all their personal info for profiling, cyberbullying and threats?
cue_the_strings commented on The engine of Germany's wealth is blocking its future   europeancorrespondent.com... · Posted by u/mariuz
edgolub · 5 days ago
"distributed neural network" is just AI-bro speak, most likely generated by an LLM.

So I would just ignore that whole comment.

What you said is the truth.

Cheap, efficient, fast manufacturing process. I am a software dev, I happen to have worked with Chinese software APIs related to manufacturing and logictics. Move fast and ship broken stuff on monday, and forget to fix it - that is the reality, but somehow people expect they maintain some level of quality now.

Just try working with products like TikTok, their APIs and documentation, the endless headache you will get will show you how they do itterate, but quality is still only barely a factor.

cue_the_strings · 4 days ago
I've worked in the automotive industry, as an embedded dev, some years ago.

The software used by the automotive industry, mostly German-written, is absolutely terrible.

Funnily enough, I've worked with some Chinese mobility startups, and I'd say it's exactly the same. Not worse, not better either.

cue_the_strings commented on The Brand Age   paulgraham.com/brandage.h... · Posted by u/bigwheels
renewiltord · 9 days ago
To everyone else who reads this and thinks to themselves "Man, this guy has a refined palate that PG doesn't have. PG can't appreciate beauty", go take a look at the Nautilus yourself https://glennbradford.com/products/patek-philippe-nautilus-0...

It looks like an Aliexpress Timex.

cue_the_strings · 9 days ago
I was not expecting it to be this ugly.
cue_the_strings commented on U.S. science agency moves to restrict foreign scientists from its labs   science.org/content/artic... · Posted by u/JeanKage
collabs · 13 days ago
It makes no sense. Foreign scientists usually can't work on classified projects because they require clearance that is very difficult if not impossible for non citizens to obtain. Restricting foreign scientists from US labs is in my opinion a stupid move. What am I missing?
cue_the_strings · 13 days ago
You're missing the preparation for WW3.
cue_the_strings commented on President Trump bans Anthropic from use in government systems   npr.org/2026/02/27/nx-s1-... · Posted by u/pkress2
throwaw12 · 15 days ago
I guess Sama is happy.

Also I wonder what's happening with democracy in the US, with this level of presidential control to mess up everything, is US moving towards dictatorship?

cue_the_strings · 15 days ago
Probably war.
cue_the_strings commented on Statement from Dario Amodei on our discussions with the Department of War   anthropic.com/news/statem... · Posted by u/qwertox
lebovic · 16 days ago
I used to work at Anthropic, and I wrote a comment on a thread earlier this week about the RSP update [1]. It's enheartening to see that leaders at Anthropic are willing to risk losing their seat at the table to be guided by values.

Something I don't think is well understood on HN is how driven by ideals many folks at Anthropic are, even if the company is pragmatic about achieving their goals. I have strong signal that Dario, Jared, and Sam would genuinely burn at the stake before acceding to something that's a) against their values, and b) they think is a net negative in the long term. (Many others, too, they're just well-known.)

That doesn't mean that I always agree with their decisions, and it doesn't mean that Anthropic is a perfect company. Many groups that are driven by ideals have still committed horrible acts.

But I do think that most people who are making the important decisions at Anthropic are well-intentioned, driven by values, and are genuinely motivated by trying to make the transition to powerful AI to go well.

[1]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47145963#47149908

cue_the_strings · 16 days ago
Don't attribute to ideals what is simple self-preservation.

No sane person wants to become a legitimate military target. They want to sleep in their own beds, at home, without risking their families lives. Just like the rest of us.

cue_the_strings commented on European Commission Trials Matrix to Replace Teams   euractiv.com/news/commiss... · Posted by u/Arathorn
dreamteam1 · a month ago
* open source

* don’t suck (too much)

* no planned rug pulls

* not infested by US or Chinese spyware

Are there any?

cue_the_strings · a month ago
Only Matrix.
cue_the_strings commented on European Commission Trials Matrix to Replace Teams   euractiv.com/news/commiss... · Posted by u/Arathorn
cue_the_strings · a month ago
As I've said before, Matrix really is the only viable open source solution for in-company communication.

Every other solution (Zulip / Mattermost / whatever) is too risky, they could easily bait-and-switch you like Gitlab did, by moving important features to different tiers, or engage in other shenanigans afforded by the open core model.

Matrix has a bad reputation because it used to be downright terrible (first time I tried it, in like 2018-2019), but is a lot better now.

cue_the_strings commented on European Commission Trials Matrix to Replace Teams   euractiv.com/news/commiss... · Posted by u/Arathorn
Arathorn · a month ago
When did you try it? Both Matrix the protocol and implementations like Element X have improved immeasurably over the last year or so.
cue_the_strings · a month ago
This cannot be overstated. It used to be a pile of trash, now it's quite decent (but with lots of room for improvement).

u/cue_the_strings

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