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scotth

1,111 karma · joined December 4, 2008

My name is Scott Hyndman.

https://github.com/shyndmanrgb(104, 31, 104)

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scotth··on Gemini 4 Carbon
Worth it.

Check out tern, if you get the chance. Made by the omp folk(s). Early days, but I'm finding it very nice to use.

scotth··on Gemini 4 Carbon
Antigravity provider in oh-my-pi
scotth··on Gemini 4 Carbon
It sounds like people have been having problems, but at least with the way I like to work on some projects (still in the weeds, and making sure that important aspects of code are treated with respect), Argon has been completely unmatched in performance. It participates in my process exactly as I ask it to, doesn't run off and "solve" what I haven't asked for, spots bugs and opportunities in situations where the others are confused and crashing out. It's the first time I have ever been happy with the code quality. And I don't give two shits that it can't design a picturesque voxel pagoda -- this thing can code, and talk about it like a pro. I'm excited to try Carbon.
scotth··on Show HN: Daemons – we pivoted from building agents to cleaning up after them
I think I'm supposed to do that on an issue maybe? I'll try that.
scotth··on Show HN: Daemons – we pivoted from building agents to cleaning up after them
I feel like I must have missed something important, but I don't feel like I skipped anything.

It seems like everything is telling me to talk to Charlie to get setup. _How_ do I talk with Charlie?

scotth··on Ask HN: Codex 5.3 broke toolcalls? Opus 4.6 ignores instructions?
I've encountered this as well. My multi-lingual text is different than yours.

It's Armenian and Mandarin. When asked about it, Codex will translate the Armenian, the but Mandarin causes it to go into a frenzy, repeatedly attempting to maybe perform the same task again? It will not translate it. Even if mentioned in a sentence, the frenzy begins. I tried it four or five times in a row, with conversation in between. It feels like the Manchurian Candidate or something.

In a new session, Codex is unaffected when encountering the text.

scotth··on Improving 15 LLMs at Coding in One Afternoon. Only the Harness Changed
I'm into it! This looks like an experimentation platform. OpenCode is beginning to feel like handcuffs. Let me hack!
scotth··on Show HN: Zuckerman – minimalist personal AI agent that self-edits its own code
Does this do anything to resist prompt injection? It seems to me that structured exchange between an orchestrator and its single-tool-using agents would go a long way. And at the very least introduces a clear point to interrogate the payload.

But I could be wrong. Maybe someone reading knows more about this subject?

scotth··on High-Fidelity 3D Shape Generation
I'm super curious. Is the demo not working for anybody else?
scotth··on Ask HN: How does modern FreeCAD compare with Solidworks?
I'm a daily OnShape user, and a big fan. Initially I was hesitant to use a web-based tool, but honestly, it's a joy to use.
scotth··on The Arctic Is Warming Four Times Faster Than the Rest of the World
Ah, I stand corrected.
scotth··on The Arctic Is Warming Four Times Faster Than the Rest of the World
Can't tell if this is a joke — the arctic is floating ice, not land.
scotth··on Alexa leaks private wishlists
This is a device shared by members of a household. It leaks.
scotth··on Social media influencer/model created from AI lands 100 sponsorships
Not scholarship. Sponsorship. Product representation.
scotth··on Unity to acquire Parsec for $320M
How long do you think it will be before "good network speed" is available widely enough to be profitable?
scotth··on Mexico to sue U.S.-based gunmakers over flow of arms across border
The one created by the illegal drug demands of Americans?
scotth··on Man dies of a heart attack after minors swatted him over his rare Twitter handle
Why exclude gang violence? The US has armed gangs.
scotth··on Jeff Bezos will fly on the first passenger spaceflight of Blue Origin in July
Was your comment an argument? Looked like an opinion. Responded in kind.
scotth··on Jeff Bezos will fly on the first passenger spaceflight of Blue Origin in July
That's a pretty gross way of thinking. Yuck.
scotth··on Jeff Bezos will fly on the first passenger spaceflight of Blue Origin in July
How easily is that question answered?
scotth··on World Now Likely to Hit Watershed 1.5 °C Rise in Next 5 Years
Super interesting. Thank you.
scotth··on World Now Likely to Hit Watershed 1.5 °C Rise in Next 5 Years
Had no idea. Any links? (I want to feel hopeful)
scotth··on Renewable Energy Is Suddenly Startlingly Cheap
I'm realizing that the loss in the system means this wouldn't make sense. Better to use existing light.
scotth··on Renewable Energy Is Suddenly Startlingly Cheap
And while I'm thinking about it (and I'm way out of my depth here), but sunlight is a lot more powerful than growlights, is it not? Could power be siphoned to an extent, to supplement growth?
scotth··on Renewable Energy Is Suddenly Startlingly Cheap
Could there be a balance?

Some grasses grow with partial light. With the right inter-panel spacing, could it be that a grazing animal might require more space, but not to an unreasonable degree? (I assume there are other considerations for the pasture...ease of finding the animals, moving them around, etc)

scotth··on Renewable Energy Is Suddenly Startlingly Cheap
Can livestock live under solar installations?
scotth··on 4chan founder Chris Poole has left Google
And three positions inside the company seems about right as well.
scotth··on ‘Counter Strike’ Bug Allows Hackers to Take over a PC with a Steam Invite
I agree with you. I also found it to be at the limit of my scary tolerance.

...but I also sort of liked that. :)

scotth··on ‘Counter Strike’ Bug Allows Hackers to Take over a PC with a Steam Invite
HL:A was one of the first games I played on VR, and teleport was a necessity.

Now I can handle smooth locomotion, but at the time it'd make my stomach lurch.

scotth··on ‘Counter Strike’ Bug Allows Hackers to Take over a PC with a Steam Invite
Did you try Half-Life: Alyx? It was incredible, imho. I can't stop going back to it.
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