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hackernewds··on Character.ai to bar children under 18 from using its chatbots
People are lonely and desire connection.
hackernewds··on Character.ai to bar children under 18 from using its chatbots
If they are banning a large part of their current and future market, with competitors serving the space, how does it not affect their bottom line?
hackernewds··on Show HN: MacOS Live Screensaver – A screensaver that plays live video streams
We have become so wasteful with energy. at a mass scale this will consume a lot of electricity but we only think of dollar cost now
hackernewds··on Show HN: MacOS Live Screensaver – A screensaver that plays live video streams
if you read the article, it says it is entirely vibecoded
hackernewds··on Claude Memory
Why do you expect they should have your homegrown MCP supported? This is uncommon in any piece of software
hackernewds··on Counter-Strike's player economy is in a freefall
How does that enable money laundering? Steam deck is also bound to AML rules
hackernewds··on Ovi: Twin backbone cross-modal fusion for audio-video generation
This model is from Character AI and they have distribution. Although they open sourced it so no consideration for moat.
hackernewds··on NASA chief suggests SpaceX may be booted from moon mission
burden of truth is on you. not them
hackernewds··on DoorDash and Waymo launch autonomous delivery service in Phoenix
Multiple deliveries are indeed handled per trip. I order daily, and it is quite obvious. Perhaps it is because of density where I live.

What convinces you that it weren't the case?

hackernewds··on DoorDash and Waymo launch autonomous delivery service in Phoenix
To be really honest, neither of these reasons add up. Are you really suggesting that restaurants are losing large chunks of dollars yearly in every order to keep their staff and themselves "passionate"?

Doordashes filings as a public company have stated that the average revenue share with restaurants is 18% and maximum is 30%

hackernewds··on DoorDash and Waymo launch autonomous delivery service in Phoenix
Sure but you're blurting generic talking points that don't address the evidence of Doordash hosting millions of restaurants obviously profitably for the restaurants
hackernewds··on DoorDash and Waymo launch autonomous delivery service in Phoenix
If the numbers didn't add up Doordash wouldn't have millions of restaurants signed up nor drivers. If not for Doordash, they would've gone out of business during COVID.

Now I wonder what conscientious delivery app you've worked for, and if they are still around

hackernewds··on Beliefs that are true for regular software but false when applied to AI
The retitling now by HN appears more accurate
hackernewds··on Jeep pushed software update that bricked all 2024 Wrangler 4xe models
what makes you make this very broad and general statement which is most likely untrue
hackernewds··on Daniel Kahneman opted for assisted suicide in Switzerland
It absolutely does not. Jainism is even stricter than Hinduism, to be co-opted with a faithless belief system
hackernewds··on Daniel Kahneman opted for assisted suicide in Switzerland
Which is highly illegal, especially as a form of monetizing pain and lack of agency from elders incapable of decision making but flush with money and inheritors
hackernewds··on Daniel Kahneman opted for assisted suicide in Switzerland
How did they medicate for pain for millennia before the advent of painkillers?
hackernewds··on Superpowers: How I'm using coding agents in October 2025
what you are suggesting is 1-shot, 2-shot, 5-shot etc prompting which is so effective that it's how benchmarks were presented for a while
hackernewds··on US Launches Financial Rescue of Argentina, Treasury Buys Pesos
They are not onboard. But the oligarchs and kings need a foreign residence to loot.
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hackernewds··on US anti-fascism expert blocked from flying to Spain at airport
So there is an illegally enforced secret government list of individuals. first they attack the universities, govt institutions. now prominent scholars, individuals and voting systems.
hackernewds··on Python 3.14 is here. How fast is it?
Old logo is impossible to resize and present on any assets that aren't rectangular. Flask isn't a country podunk restaurant
hackernewds··on Python 3.14 is here. How fast is it?
Love the new one
hackernewds··on Bank of England flags risk of 'sudden correction' in tech stocks inflated by AI
That's what people have said about technologies in every decade, Sam
hackernewds··on SEC approves Texas Stock Exchange, first new US integrated exchange in decades
It would be helpful for readers to know what Equinix is

> Equinix's infrastructure supports the digital services businesses rely on, from cloud computing and enterprise applications to content delivery and financial trading platforms.

hackernewds··on SEC approves Texas Stock Exchange, first new US integrated exchange in decades
Arbitrage and the agents conducting these transactions is good for open rational markets. In fact they are essential
hackernewds··on Qualcomm to acquire Arduino
Not everything in life is about money.
hackernewds··on BYD builds fastest car
By dinosaur companies, you mean Tesla and Elon Musk
hackernewds··on Fire destroys S. Korean government's cloud storage system, no backups available
Not sure where you got that info. only physical documents were burned (intentionally by the incumbents you could argue) however the digital backups were untouched
hackernewds··on Fire destroys S. Korean government's cloud storage system, no backups available
why would you not be fine about it?
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