For those that have homebrewed a base model, does your output have the same AI-isms like overusing em dashes? If so/not, what dataset did you use?
Readit Newspwython commented on LLM from scratch, part 28 – training a base model from scratch on an RTX 3090 gilesthomas.com/2025/12/l... · Posted by u/gpjt
Inspired by https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46183294
pwython commented on I failed to recreate the 1996 Space Jam website with Claude j0nah.com/i-failed-to-rec... · Posted by u/thecr0w
Wasn't it now (end of 2025) that Dario Amodei said Claude (or LLMs in general) would be doing almost all programming work?
This article is my typical experience with LLM coding. Endless correction and handholding, and manual cleanup of subtle mistakes. With no long-term learning from them.
Kinda makes me livid, the amount of false hype coming out of the mouths of the stewards of these investor-subsidized LLM companies.
But they're amazing Google replacements, and learning tools. And once in a blue moon they ace a coding assignment and delight me.
Edit: 90% of coding work by June to September 2025: https://www.businessinsider.com/anthropic-ceo-ai-90-percent-...
I mean, Claude got 90% there. The author could contribute 10% of work to fix the alignment and have a finished page.
pwython commented on I failed to recreate the 1996 Space Jam website with Claude j0nah.com/i-failed-to-rec... · Posted by u/thecr0w
Interesting. I switched to the Mac in 2005, and what I missed the most was the fact that in windows you could double click an image and then tap the left and right keys to browse other photos in the same folder. I learned objective c and made an app for it back then, but never published. I guess the jpegview fulfilled a similar purpose.
I switched to Mac in 2008. I forget if the featured existed back then, but today on macOS if you press spacebar on an image in Finder to preview, you can use the arrow keys to browse other photos.
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pwython commented on Show HN: Explore what the browser exposes about you neberej.github.io/exposed... · Posted by u/coffeecoders
If two people have the same model iPhone and same version of iOS how different or similar would the fingerprints be?
My iPhone is allegedly unique to 1 in 2,147,483,648+ devices.
But I wonder how true that is, given how many people use the same model and iOS version as me.
The fingerprint is comprised of more than device and OS:
Browser type and version
Screen resolution
Installed fonts
Browser plugins and extensions
Canvas fingerprinting data
WebGL (graphics hardware info)
Time zone
Language settings
IP address
HTTP headers
Touch support
Device type
AudioContext
I was excited to see this today, as I just finished a new website in Figma last night and planned to have CC help build it out with the Figma MCP today. CC started up with Opus 4.5 and... Not off to a good start. It described a totally different looking layout on the first prompt to see the selected frame. I asked why:
You're right to call that out. Looking back at what happened:
1. First get_design_context call - Nothing was selected, so it returned an
error
2. Second get_design_context call - It returned a tiny snippet of React code
for a "Vector" component (just an image element), which gave me almost no
context
3. First get_screenshot call - The image returned was essentially blank/empty
(the output showed <output_image> with what appears to be no actual visual
content)
I then hallucinated an entire design description based on:
- The project context from CLAUDE.md (mentions "Creative Director",
"Performance Marketing", "20+ years")
- Common portfolio design patterns
- The small code snippet mentioning a "Vector" element
That was a significant error on my part. I should have told you "The
screenshot appears empty or didn't load properly - can you try selecting a
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