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VortexLain··on I will no longer upload to NEW
As somebody who's actually a proponent of providing an AI-review before human review, I think making AI review optional could be a solution.
VortexLain··on I built a programming language that LLMs can't use
Hopefully, somebody finetunes an LLM specifically to program on that language.
VortexLain··on Steam Client is now faster than Epic's new vibe coded launcher
At the end of the day, software speed wars are a good thing for the end users.
VortexLain··on Just say no to OpenAI and Anthropic
Access to the Internet is also, technically, not a human right. Yet, having no access means being much less capable then those who have access.
VortexLain··on ArtCraft Apps – open-source Adobe compatible suite written in Rust
Hopefully the suite will not be abandoned in one month, and it'll become actually production-ready one day. Although this seems like slop for now (at least it's rust, not electron), enough contributions may (hopefully) make it worth something.
VortexLain··on AI safety is mostly a sex cult
As a polyamorous person, it seems quite concerning that effective altruism people are labeled as members of a sex cult, due to their private lives. Intellectuals should be attacked on the basis of their ideas, not based on their private lives.
VortexLain··on Claude Cowork and chat are now one Claude
I really hope ChatGPT doesn't follow suit. Chat and Work serve 2 distinct tasks, and unifying Chat and Codex limits will cause the users to avoid using Chat in order to save the tokens for Codex.
VortexLain··on Apple Reference Image: A New Approach for Verified Photography
I already can see this to be used in an effort to force everyone to use smartphones with proprietary corporate spyware.
VortexLain··on Ask HN: Can we please limit the AI news flood?
AI-related news are very much relevant nowadays, so limiting them would be excessive. But introducing tags to make it possible to filter out specific topics seems like a good idea.
VortexLain··on I think I hate the internet
> For racists to find other racists and amplify their unsavoury views. For paedophiles for groom children with anonymity.

Sounds like yet another call for government overreach to amplify mass censorship even more (which is also used against things like abortion information), and ban anonymity to "protect the children".

VortexLain··on Pixel Watch 5
I've considered Garmin for Garmin pay, but seems like it supports much less banks, and I didn't want to gamble with checking for myself if it'd work with virtual crypto cards. Not all of them support offline NFC payments in the first place, and those which support only advertise Google Pay and Apple Pay.
VortexLain··on Pixel Watch 5
As a GrapheneOS user, I've had to buy pixel watch 2 in order to be able to pay via Google Pay abroad (since I unfortunately happen to reside in an internationally sanctioned country, local cards work only inside the country, some crypto exchanges provide Visa/Mastercard cards, but virtual only, so Google/Apple pay is the only choice). I really wish I haven't had to own this android-certified™ device in the first place. Have had to disable as much GMS system permissions as possible, such as pulse, GPS, physical activity via ADB.

P. S. Since it's not even possible to add a new card if the watch is paired to a device that doesn't pass SafetyNet, I've had to add cards with a stock android device, and then re-pair the watch to GrapheneOS device. This almost seems like a deliberate choice by Google.

VortexLain··on ChatGPT Desktop (Codex Desktop) for Linux
Heads up: unlike Codex CLI, Codex Desktop is proprietary, and thus can't be audited for Claude Code style hidden anti-user behavior.
VortexLain··on AI fuels more than half of cybercrime in Africa as scams surge – Interpol
The Internet fuels 100% of cybercrime in Africa as scams surge.
VortexLain··on US citizen charged after GrapheneOS phone wipes during airport search
At this point, GrapheneOS must introduce a feature to delete only specific data (apps & files) when the decoy password is entered, and then unlock the phone.
VortexLain··on Codeberg Bans Cryptocurrency Projects
If Codeberg becomes a place where you cannot just host any of your projects without caring about its politics like you can host on GitHub, GitHub monopoly will continue. This is very unfortunate, and despite I prefer Forgejo web UI to GitHub's web UI, I'll have to stay off codeberg out of concerns they'll wipe my repos in case, for example, they decide any LLM-assisted code is suddenly disallowed on the platform.
VortexLain··on Frame – Linux X server in Assembly
This guy vibecodes his whole stack, from X server, WM, terminal emulator, to shell and text editor. It would've been weird not to have an AI-generated image in an article =)
VortexLain··on Frame – Linux X server in Assembly
This person's idea is that if LLMs can create personalized and efficient software on the fly, it's good enough to use such software instead of more bloated, existing software which has to accommodate for usecases outside of his.

Sortof like suckless.org, but vibecoded on the fly.

I've found his Rust android development framework quite interesting, and will probably try using that to vibecode some software I've always wanted to have for my own personal use, but I've never had the time to code properly, especially considering it won't be useful for anyone else. Of course, I'll probably release it under a FOSS license, in case somebody finds it useful anyways.

VortexLain··on Frame – Linux X server in Assembly
They can navigate that, if specifically targeted towards that, with proper adversarial reviews (including human reviews).

The question is, if one takes their time and has enough competence to do that.

VortexLain··on What xAI's Grok build CLI sends to xAI: A wire-level analysis
If a harness wants to upload the whole codebase in one batch, it should explicitly inform the user about it. Instead of exfiltrating the data without consent.
VortexLain··on What xAI's Grok build CLI sends to xAI: A wire-level analysis
After this, I reconsider whether I want to use grok 4.5 just over an API at all.
VortexLain··on How the terrorist group Boko Haram uses frontier AI
Trying to prevent this will cause the same outcome as trying to prevent terrorists from using search engines: it'll only disproportionately harm regular users. Imagine if current AI misuse paranoia would've been applied to search engines, internet libraries (knowledge is useful for planning acts of terrorism), and computing in general.
VortexLain··on Show HN: Getting GLM 5.2 running on my slow computer
Probably yes, use an external drive for that sort of thing
VortexLain··on Alibaba to ban Claude Code in workplace over alleged backdoor risks, source says
In my personal, subjective opinion GLM-5.2 is on par with GPT-5.3
VortexLain··on Alibaba to ban Claude Code in workplace over alleged backdoor risks, source says
Depends on a lab, but they do have plenty of compute and engineering. So this would only slow down the progress.
VortexLain··on Kimi K2.7 Code is generally available in GitHub Copilot
What is the average monthly token price for daily reasonix use?
VortexLain··on Fable 5 Is Back
Nope
VortexLain··on Physical disc production ending in Jan 2028 for new games on PlayStation
A lot of lost media used to be considered garbage before it has gotten completely lost. Culture is always worth preserving, at least for historic purposes.
VortexLain··on Claude Code is steganographically marking requests
This is a problem of trust towards a software which runs on the user's machine and secretly conducts malware-like stenographic data exfiltration.
VortexLain··on Claude Code is steganographically marking requests
Anthropic does their best with banning accounts. As the result, shady API reselling market emerges. OpenAI on the other hand doesn't really discriminate based on a country like that (but a VPN is required nevertheless).
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