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unreal37

6,868 karma · joined January 13, 2011

http://getcloudskills.com is my focus these days. Teaching software architecture and cloud computing to 1,000,000 students in 200 countries.
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unreal37··on RIP, Harvest
Or you're just wrong.
unreal37··on RIP, Harvest
It's 2026. You don't need to pay for simple integration stuff anymore. You don't need to pay for a Stripe wrapper.

Have you tried any of the agentic AIs?

unreal37··on Tell HN: 2x PHP RCE CVEs with CVSS 10.0 Incoming
This was supposed to be embargoed.

So your reliable source can't keep a secret.

unreal37··on What shall I teach my son?
School is half about babysitting while the parents work. So... yes. Kids will still have to go somewhere during the day. Might as well be a school.
unreal37··on GPT-6 Astra Solves a WWI German Radio Cipher
Also the letters of the word were rearranged to alphabetical order. And duplicate letters were removed.

So it's not just a dictionary attack. It's that plus modifying the word before using it.

unreal37··on Show HN: I made a flight simulator, except you're just a passenger
This is brilliant. Future enhancements can match the inner design of the plane to the actual plane used for that route by that airline, and the ability to choose economy, premium plus, busines class, etc...
unreal37··on GPT-6 Astra
The 486 chip came out in 1989. The 586 came out in 1993.

The pace of change ("practically obsolete") is different then and now.

unreal37··on How accurate have Ed Zitron's AI skeptic predictions been?
If you ever listen to more than a couple of Zitron interviews, it's clear that he's not the "reasonable centrist" viewpoint on AI. He's the doom-and-gloom guy.

Maybe there is someone out there positive on AI itself and calling out reasonable objections to some of the extreme things. But that's not Zitron.

unreal37··on How accurate have Ed Zitron's AI skeptic predictions been?
I think cable news channels like CNN and CNBC like to have a "counterpoint" on to make their coverage seem balanced. There's always a guy saying the stock market is about to crash. There's always a guy saying oil will hit $200 per barrel. There's always a guy saying AI is a bubble.

Zitron is never right but he exists so that media can claim to be balanced.

unreal37··on Felony charges for citizen deleting phone data at US Border
Or smarter yet, not bare. Looks like a normal phone - innocent-looking vacation photos, innocent-looking social media accounts, innocent-looking email....
unreal37··on Felony charges for citizen deleting phone data at US Border
He is charged with obstruction. Not "erasing data". Was he intentionally trying to hinder a search that was being legally conducted?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obstruction_of_justice_in_the_...

unreal37··on Felony charges for citizen deleting phone data at US Border
The worst case of refusing to unlock your phone is that they keep your phone for some days/weeks/months while they investigate.
unreal37··on Felony charges for citizen deleting phone data at US Border
One is destroying evidence and the other is not.
unreal37··on What AI did to stackoverflow in a graph
I will say, moderation is a valuable thing on websites that intend to be useful for people. Wikipedia being another example. Ynews also has moderation.

Sites like Quora don't have good moderation (nor social media sites) and they become less useful for "how do I do X" questions.

LLMs do the moderation of the underlying source and just give you the answer.

unreal37··on What AI did to stackoverflow in a graph
I just went to the Stack Overflow homepage, showing newest questions first, and the latest question just asked 13 minutes ago is already closed.

And the majority of the questions on page 1 have negative votes.

unreal37··on What AI did to stackoverflow in a graph
How eager people are to find something better IS a factor in the decline of websites/businesses. Not just that there is something better that exists.
unreal37··on U.S. government will decide who gets to use GPT-5.6
I believe OpenAI actually wanted their next model to be seen as a potential cybersecurity threat because they were jealous that Mythos got that label
unreal37··on We Need VAT and UBI
I don't think this "infinite loans" narrative holds water. The richest people in society pay the most taxes, not zero.
unreal37··on We Need VAT and UBI
It's Sunday
unreal37··on We Need VAT and UBI
I think the main problem is that this will not survive very long once implemented.

Politician A will promise "no VAT on bread" to get elected. The next guy will promise "no VAT on essentials". The next guy will promise "no UBI for the rich". And so on.

And you end up with the next politician dismantling the whole system as unfair.

unreal37··on The dead economy theory
Cause it's developed. It's been a stable product for a decade. It's like having 10,000 construction workers on a completed building.
unreal37··on YC's Biggest Scandals
"Official archive" it says.

Seems unofficial. Actually, the domain name is probably a trademark violation.

unreal37··on Nothing Ever Happens: Polymarket bot that always buys No on non-sports markets
Some things always happen too. You need to avoid certain terms.
unreal37··on Malus – Clean Room as a Service
I think of this in reverse. It's legal for the government to track mail - who sent a message, and who it's going to. They have access to the "outside of the envelope". But it's not legal for them to read the message inside.

And this same principle allows them to build massive friend/connection networks of everyone electronically. The government knows every single person you've communicated with and how often you communicate with them.

It was never designed for this originally.

unreal37··on Tell HN: I'm 60 years old. Claude Code has re-ignited a passion
I wonder if the pace of change in AI will push you back to the "ready to retire" state.

Sure, AI is exciting, and it reignites a passion. But everything you learn today will be obsolete a year from now. And that might tire you out again.

unreal37··on The internet is no longer a safe haven
Given that the World Wide Web was invented in 1989... are you saying that the Internet was safer when only FTP and Usenet existed?
unreal37··on Affinity Studio now free
Open Source absolutely stops being maintained. And worse.
unreal37··on OpenAI Launches LinkedIn Competitor
LinkedIn deserves some disruption. OpenAI announces a jobs platform to put employers in contact with people with AI skills. And an academy to teach AI skills that businesses need. They hope to certify 10 million Americans by 2030.
unreal37··on US Wholesale Inflation Rises by Most in 3 Years
A 0.9% month-over-month increase is significant.
unreal37··on I'd rather read the prompt
Looks like a "GPT text output condenser" might be a good project to work on.
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