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EcommerceFlow··on Evidence of a spying operation by ICE against left-wing social movements
The logical conclusion for republicans is to import their own illegals (east germans, venezualians, etc) and play the same game.
EcommerceFlow··on Solar power is becoming bigger than nuclear
Actually, Texas is leading the way on Solar and it has been exploding under the Trump administration too. California has too much regulations and grifting to scale solar compared to Texas, so hopefully we see a pivot from the left soon.
EcommerceFlow··on Desire to Move Permanently to U.S. at New Low
This is excellent for us Americans. As LLMs and Robotics scale, the need for immigration will continue to drop.
EcommerceFlow··on Decisions API is in public beta
I'd love to see benchmarks on Decisions API vs an actual LLM call.

Luna is so cheap it's borderline free (without tool use), so I'm struggling to figure out where to use this/Jev.

For example product categorization. Why 'risk' using this/Jev when a Luna LLM call will be smarter (in theory)?

EcommerceFlow··on Web Search API
Spent a few months building a product scraper using a mad mash up of various LLMs, OCR, etc. The pricing for their providers is 3x-8x higher than something like Luna 5.6 w/ Web Search. Not sure what their differentiator is, unless they just wanted to launch something.
EcommerceFlow··on Google's first Suncatcher orbital data center test launches October 1
Elon Musk supports it and will be the main beneficiary if it succeeds. That's it.
EcommerceFlow··on ChatGPT ad targeting is garbage
It's interesting the ChatGPT referrals conversions match Googles. Shows once they tune a few knobs, they could have a cashcow on their hands.
EcommerceFlow··on Air Conditioning Is Not a Luxury, It Is a Necessity
This is all a trickle down effect of energy policies fyi.
EcommerceFlow··on New York becomes the first state to impose a data center moratorium
Instead of blaming the energy supply restrictions those states have imposed, the politicians are now blaming datacenters.
EcommerceFlow··on Europe's Largest Unions Demand Right to Cancel Work on Days Above 30C
99.9% of all mass in the solar system is the Sun, a giant nuclear reactor. No one should ever accept energy conservation.
EcommerceFlow··on Resetting Xbox
This is great news for gaming. Xbox, which has ruined Halo, Gears of War, Mass Effect, and countless other IPs, needs to be burnt to the ground.
EcommerceFlow··on U.S. science is in chaos
Private enterprise is vastly more competitive than public institutions in every single facet of society. Defund all public science funding so we can have another 50 SpaceXs.
EcommerceFlow··on Cuba says it has run out of fuel, blames U.S. embargo
The current advancement of technology and warfare has opened up fascinating opportunities for powerful nations (USA). For example, given the extremely sophisticated targeting capacities of Palantir, how out of realm would taking out the entire Castro family be? I'm not talking about the morality, but simply the military options now available to the President.
EcommerceFlow··on How ChatGPT serves ads
If highly targeted/tailored LLM ads on free accounts aren’t good enough for HN, are any ads acceptable?

Let’s be reasonable.

EcommerceFlow··on All phones sold in the EU to have replaceable batteries from 2027
What percent of iphone users would take a sleeker, slimmer phone over a replaceable battery?
EcommerceFlow··on Sam Altman may control our future – can he be trusted?
Like I said, as it currently stands the evidence is 5,000 with Sam and like 5-15 against him (from the article).

We can theorize on motivations all day, but since the hitpiece didn't bother contacting any 'pro Sam' employees, it's a moot point.

EcommerceFlow··on Sam Altman may control our future – can he be trusted?
Yet when he was fired, 99% of OpenAi employees backed him and were ready to resign. That actual event/evidence is more telling than any hit piece article.
EcommerceFlow··on Solar and batteries can power the world
Disappointed the article doesn't transmission of electricity and how little the loss is. People are quite surprised that it's like 3.5% per 1000 km.

We could just build out huge solar farms in AZ and transmit it accordingly. We did it for railroads, why not here?

EcommerceFlow··on Austin’s surge of new housing construction drove down rents
Why do people accept that supply/demand works in so many industries when the private market is allowed to flourish, but won't accept it for healthcare, education, etc?
EcommerceFlow··on Polymarket gamblers threaten to kill me over Iran missile story
Same thing has been happening with sports bets for years, this particular point (threats) isn't unique to political betting.
EcommerceFlow··on U.S. Navy turns down Hormuz escort requests because of high risk
You can't really gauge 'tone' via text, I was just referring to the mission success reality on the President's side.
EcommerceFlow··on U.S. Navy turns down Hormuz escort requests because of high risk
This isn't a military decision but more a public opinion one. Should an American ship take a hit, have casualties, become disabled, etc it would put immense pressure on the administration to settle/end the war, even though on a military objective level it makes a lot of sense. This is a reality of the instant informational world we live in.
EcommerceFlow··on Oil is near a price that hurts the economy
And it's already down to $95 lol
EcommerceFlow··on Claude Opus 4.6
I didn't compare to that level, just had it create a plan first then implemented it.
EcommerceFlow··on Claude Opus 4.6
Anecdotal, but it 1 shot fixed a UI bug that neither Opus 4.5/Codex 5.2-high could fix.
EcommerceFlow··on Much of the World Facing 'Water Bankruptcy,' U.N. Report Warns
Or we just scale up energy, allowing people to live everywhere!
EcommerceFlow··on Much of the World Facing 'Water Bankruptcy,' U.N. Report Warns
I see this as an energy problem. We have 'unlimited' water from the Oceans, and distillation technology exists, it's just not economically viable (enough) because of the high energy costs of distillation. Elon's solution to this is solar panels everywhere, since they're so incredibly scalable (imagine an automated solar factory). Hopefully this comes to fruition sooner rather than later.
EcommerceFlow··on 25 Years of Wikipedia
The Wikipedia "reliability" list shows wild, almost laughable biases.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Reliable_sources/Per...

Surely people don't think sources such as Mother Jones are more 'reliable' than The New York Post, Fox News, or The Heritage Foundation? Not a coincidence there.

Having such obvious biases does nothing but damage the Wikipedia brand, and at this point has me anticipating Ai replacements.

EcommerceFlow··on The most banned books in U.S. schools
Filtering content for children is not 'banning books'.

By this definition, The Bible is the most "banned book" across the country, even though it's probably the most consequential piece of literature ever written.

This continuous doublespeak is even more humorous considering the site has actual shopping links to every 'banned book'.

EcommerceFlow··on Mapping the US healthcare system’s financial flows
The more free market an industry/service, the more efficient the outcome.

Why do people readily accept this for everything else, but don't see the reality in regards to healthcare?

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