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Camerion DARPA heavy lift challenge ends with winner at a 3.84:1 payload to weight ratio

I wonder if there’s a way to hide comments regarding AI in HN, complaints included.

Camerion Docker Sandboxes – Disposable, isolated sandboxes for AI agents

I was going to try it but signing commits with GPG using a Yubikey is not supported.

The option left is to use SSH to sign commits which is a no-go for a different reason.

Camerion Show HN: I'm a 15 Year Old Wannabe Engineer, This Is a Cycloidal Gearbox I Built

You are an engineer

Camerion I Fired My AI Assitant

Claude Code let's you add/change it's output style.

On the article: the author seems to be overly sensitive to remarks made by an LLM. Instead of looking inward and finding out why that bothered them in the first place and grow, they "fire" the tool.

Camerion New York to tax luxury second homes in NYC

If you are just looking to massage the numbers so there are more first homes vs second homes percentage-wise without creating new first homes, then taxing luxury second homes may work. It has great potential to change the numbers on a spreadsheet.

Decreasing the number of secondary homes for the wealthy _does not_ create more first homes people can realistically afford though.

Camerion "People who don't use AI will be left behind"

“People who rely on AI are the ones who will be left behind.”

And that’s exactly what happened to those who started using an abacus, a calculator, or a computer.

Camerion I don't want your PRs anymore

Exactly! Documenting how others can contribute to your project, if you accept contributions, is the only way to go.

Camerion I don't want your PRs anymore

This guy fails to communicate properly how others can and should contribute to his project. I see this all the time where the standards of a project aren't properly documented so the reviewer/maintainer just wastes time reviewing the same thing thousands of times until they give up.

Camerion Ask HN: Client took over development by vibe coding. What to do?

This is likely the best answer so far. It would be the same as if they had subcontracted some software factory where many junior devs produced and shipped low quality code that “works”.

Camerion Grammarly is offering ‘expert’ AI reviews from famous dead and living writers

The writer of the article confesses to using LLMs to improve their grammar. Writer is then upset Grammarly correctly attributes the recommendation he is getting to someone they know. A nothing burger essentially.

Camerion Claude Code Remote Control

Yup, it's very broken at this time, that's if you manage to get a reliably connection or the session to even show up.

Camerion 'It's surreal': How US sanctions lock ICC judges out of daily life

Ofcom should probably be added to the US Sanctioned list.

Camerion Contributing to open-source should be required, like jury duty

Sure, let's make free labor required (not a preference) for everybody

Camerion A change of address led to our Wise accounts being shut down

As if shaming people for using ChatGPT to write articles will have any meaningful effect. It's also quite fatiguing having to read the same complaint over and over when the solution is so simple yet many fail to grasp it.

Camerion Show HN: Nostr Web – decentralized website hosting on Nostr

Bitcoin's market cap begs to differ.

Camerion California passes law to ban ultra-processed foods from school lunches

Probably they will just find a new name for ultra-processed foods and continue their business as usual. We've been here before countless times.

Camerion Nearly 20 Percent Fewer International Students Traveled to the U.S. in August

This is a huge win for the rest of the world. This won’t stop the bleeding of top talent to the US but put a significant dent in it.

Camerion Answering questions about Android developer verification

“Don’t be evil”

Camerion People want platforms, not governments, to be responsible for moderating content

We want protocols, not platforms.

Camerion Docker Hub Is Down

same

Camerion Nostr

> Do you wanna change social media? Try and find and effective way to bring them down.

You don't change social media by building yet another closed protocol. You'd be building more of the same. The only option left is to build open protocols, and nostr is another attempt. Checkmate.

Camerion Nostr

Could you elaborate on "JSON is not a cryptographer's best friend"? JSON is not a dog, for example, but that doesn't tell much.

Camerion Nostr

For identities to be truly decentralized, there's no one you could run to to ask permission to change your password. Either you own your identity, or someone else does.

Your identity, BinaryIgor only exists in ycombinator, and for as long as ycombinator allows it, and only ycombinator can allow you to change your password. I can't recall how accounts are created here, but likely it also depends on linking it to your email identity as well. If ycombinator disappears, your identity goes down with it.

Camerion A new experimental Google app for Windows

Would this be Google not admitting that AI/ChatGPT are eating into Search usage?

Camerion PayPal to support Ethereum and Bitcoin

With their history of freezing clients funds, no thanks PayPal.

Camerion Ask HN: What software did you purchase that positively impacted your family life

- Bitwarden: took a couple of “lost my password” to convince everyone to use it - Bring: we collaborate on shopping list with this - ChatGPT Plus: we use it for work and even to organize our meals for camping - Home Assistant: useful automations around the home - Splitwise: great way to split bills back when I lived with a roommate… Now mostly use it for trips with friends & family

Camerion Tell HN: Please stop sending AI-generated job applications (whoishiring threads)

Get rid of cover letters.

Camerion The saga of the Closure compiler, and why TypeScript won

Google has a history of killing its own products and services. It is not wise to build on top of depending on their tools. It's likely that you'll get rugged next quarter.