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davidcbc commented on A teen was suicidal. ChatGPT was the friend he confided in   nytimes.com/2025/08/26/te... · Posted by u/jaredwiener
TillE · 3 days ago
I would've thought that explicit discussion of suicide is one of those topics that chatbots will absolutely refuse to engage with. Like as soon as people started talking about using LLMs as therapists, it's really easy to see how that can go wrong.
davidcbc · 3 days ago
You don't become a billionaire thinking carefully about the consequences about the things you create.
davidcbc commented on A teen was suicidal. ChatGPT was the friend he confided in   nytimes.com/2025/08/26/te... · Posted by u/jaredwiener
davidcbc · 3 days ago
This is a clear example of why the people claiming that using a chatbot for therapy is better than no therapy are... I'll be extremely generous and say misguided. This kid wanted his parents to know he was thinking about this and the chatbot talked him out of it.
davidcbc commented on We regret but have to temporary suspend the shipments to USA   olimex.wordpress.com/2025... · Posted by u/CTOSian
jordanpg · 3 days ago
> But I also have no doubt these decisions aren't being made for the long-term benefit of the US as a whole

Then why are they being made? That is the real question that in my opinion is not being discussed enough. A lot of reacting to what's happening in the US, but not enough pondering about what the real goals are here.

I have my own views about this, which I used to think were somewhat conspiratorial and hyperbolic, but no more.

davidcbc · 3 days ago
The goal is to enrich Donald Trump, his family, and associates. Given the amount of open bribes and shady crypto dealings that we already know about it is doubtful that we will ever know the true extent of corruption in this administration.
davidcbc commented on We regret but have to temporary suspend the shipments to USA   olimex.wordpress.com/2025... · Posted by u/CTOSian
jrochkind1 · 3 days ago
Even aside from the advisability of the tariffs -- it turns out there might be a reason that tarrifs haven't usually been imposed with like weeks notice, after months of back and forth, with no real advance implementation planning on the government's part and not enough time or reliable info for anyone else to do so either?

It is very strange to me that the government seems to be going for maximum shock and uncertainty on the US economy. Again, apart from the advisability of the actual tarrifs, they could have been implemented in the usual way to allow people to plan for them (and possibly give feedback on them), but they were not.

davidcbc · 3 days ago
If your goal was to see the US recede as the global economic leader you couldn't create a better playbook than the one being done by this administration.
davidcbc commented on Self-driving cars begin testing on NYC streets   amny.com/nyc-transit/self... · Posted by u/pkaeding
Fricken · 6 days ago
Driver pay comprises about 60% of the cost of owning and operating a public transit bus.
davidcbc · 6 days ago
Driver pay or labor? Because drivers are not the only labor
davidcbc commented on Self-driving cars begin testing on NYC streets   amny.com/nyc-transit/self... · Posted by u/pkaeding
madamelic · 6 days ago
"Self driving cars" is better termed as "autonomous vehicles".

There will be many modalities of autonomous vehicles and one of them will be buses. Autonomous vehicles will hopefully be a large boon to public transport or just transport for people in general as it should drive down prices along with making it more accessible as it can run 24/7/365

davidcbc · 6 days ago
The bus driver's salary is not the primary reason busses don't run 24/7
davidcbc commented on AWS CEO says using AI to replace junior staff is 'Dumbest thing I've ever heard'   theregister.com/2025/08/2... · Posted by u/JustExAWS
abullinan · 8 days ago
Junior engineers see better results than senior engineers for obvious reasons.
davidcbc · 7 days ago
Junior engineers think they see better results than senior engineers for obvious reasons
davidcbc commented on AI tooling must be disclosed for contributions   github.com/ghostty-org/gh... · Posted by u/freetonik
rane · 8 days ago
> I doubt a PR is going to be buried if it's useful, well designed, good code, etc, just because of this disclosure

If that were the case, why would this rule be necessary, if it indeed is the substance that matters? AI generated anything has a heavy slop stigma right now, even if the content is solid.

This would make for an interesting experiment to submit a PR that was absolute gold but with the disclaimer it was generated with help of ChatGPT. I would almost guarantee it would be received with skepticism and dismissals.

davidcbc · 8 days ago
The author explains why

> While we aren't obligated to in any way, I try to assist inexperienced contributors and coach them to the finish line, because getting a PR accepted is an achievement to be proud of. But if it's just an AI on the other side, I don't need to put in this effort, and it's rude to trick me into doing so.

If it's bad code from a person he'll help them get it fixed. If it's bad code from an AI why bother?

davidcbc commented on Texas law gives grid operator power to disconnect data centers during crisis   utilitydive.com/news/texa... · Posted by u/walterbell
latchkey · 11 days ago
Seems to violate a bunch of guidelines, take your pick.

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

davidcbc · 11 days ago
Then flag it I guess, but adding intentionally wasteful load to the power grid so that you can turn it off when the grid is overloaded is equally as silly as my example

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KarmaCake day3344November 19, 2009View Original