>>But, he said, “I haven’t seen any plausible example of an L.L.M. coming up with a genuinely new idea and/or concept.”
Readit Newskeernan commented on Mathematicians Are Putting A.I. To the Test nytimes.com/2026/02/07/sc... · Posted by u/o4c
keernan commented on ICE urged to explain memo about collecting info on protesters arstechnica.com/tech-poli... · Posted by u/pseudolus
A retired US citizen emailed a DHS attorney urging mercy for an asylum seeker he had read about. Five hours later he received an email from Google advising him the federal government had served Google with a subpoena demanding information about him. Then they followed up by knocking on his door.
The federal government's concerted effort to intimidate citizens should concern every American.
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Any post that is positive about his muskness gets flagged as well, and even harder IIRC.
I hear you about privileges and I don't disagree, but we're mostly just trying to optimize for interesting discussions.
>but we're mostly just trying to optimize for interesting discussions
Thanks for taking the time to respond - and I certainly agree with the above. It's what makes HN pretty unique.
You've replied before I even had a chance to add a second sentence! Edit: admittedly it is taking longer than usual...
I've answered that point many times, e.g. recently here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46378818. If you take a look at that and have a question that isn't answered there (or here), I'd be happy to take a crack at it.
I haven't had a chance to look at the flaggers of these recent stories to verify that they fit the same pattern, but the pattern is so well-established that it would be shocking if they didn't. Btw, when you say "anything that goes against MAGA", the converse is the case as well (possibly even a bit more so). And when I say (quoting the comment I just linked to):
> There are some accounts that abuse flags in the following sense: they only ever flag political stories, and their flags are always aligned with the same political position. When we see accounts doing that, we usually take away their flagging rights.
... I didn't add that we do this the same way in either political direction, because that goes without saying, or ought to. But I'm saying it explicitly here.
>>When we see accounts doing that, we usually take away their flagging rights.
I have observed that any post that is negative about Musk gets flagged. Almost 100% of the time. In that regard, it has certainly occurred to me that someone with Musk's wealth would find it trivial to hire millions of people to monitor and attempt to influence his image on social media - and imo it would be quite surprising if he didn't have massive numbers of people whose full time job was to do precisely that.
In that regard, I find it obnoxious someone of his wealth should be entitled to such personal privileges on HN. I don't mean to imply HN is actively supporting that - just that I believe HN should be taking affirmative steps to prevent the removal of 100% of things that would annoy Musk from ever reaching the front page.
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keernan commented on ICE using Palantir tool that feeds on Medicaid data eff.org/deeplinks/2026/01... · Posted by u/JKCalhoun
> Who is most responsible for stopping Trump from doing horrible shit?
The Supreme Court. Then congressional leadership of both parties. After that perhaps we could look to governors of large states like New York or California.
>>The Supreme Court
Please explain how the Supreme Court has any power to stop a President surrounded by heads of the FBI, Homeland Security - all of whom have sworn allegiance to the Man ( Trump ) and not to the Office?
As a trial attorney for 40+ years ( now retired ), it is my impression that SCOTUS is acutely aware of their powerless position vis-a-vis Trump and has tried to avoid decisions that prompt him to finally declare that SCOTUS can only offer non-binding advice to the Executive Branch.
Note: I say this while painfully aware that some ( eg Thomas and Alito ) have their own agenda and no misgivings that the pro-Trump rulings have changed the balance of power between SCOTUS and the Executive. While I am suspicious of the intentions of the other conversative Justices, I lean towards believing that they voted as they did because they knew the alterative was to deal with the crisis of the President declaring SCOTUS has zero authority over the Executive.
keernan commented on What Will You Do When AI runs Out of Money and Disappear? louwrentius.com/what-will... · Posted by u/louwrentius
Go back to asking people for help deciphering the Bash Manual
>>no one has ever remotely taken control of Tesla vehicles