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  1. Comment on Anthropic takes legal action against OpenCode in ~tech

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    It is worth noting that Anthropic never did intend for their subscription to be used this way, and this was always a back door in. You were always meant to use token pricing. Of course, it’s...

    It is worth noting that Anthropic never did intend for their subscription to be used this way, and this was always a back door in. You were always meant to use token pricing. Of course, it’s obvious to see why (substantially cheaper, especially in the modern era of “shove as much text into the model as possible”).

    6 votes

  2. Comment on Quentin Tarantino and Sylvester Stallone are teaming for a 1930s-set series filming in black and white with “1930s cameras” in ~tv

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    Watch "The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly", if you want proto-Tarantino without Tarantino. "Proto-Tarantino" is doing it a massive disservice.

    Watch "The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly", if you want proto-Tarantino without Tarantino. "Proto-Tarantino" is doing it a massive disservice.

    2 votes

  3. Comment on Dox with Grok in ~tech

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    Almost all major LLMs will be trained using reddit corpuses like PushShift, so they’ll all have historical data from there.

    So apparently it can still figure out what your old posts and comments were to some extent.

    Almost all major LLMs will be trained using reddit corpuses like PushShift, so they’ll all have historical data from there.

    4 votes

  4. Comment on I don’t know if my software engineering job will still exist in ten years in ~comp

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    I still remain in two minds about this. Having followed the evolution of agentic programming for the past year and a bit (god, I remember signing up for the closed initial release of Claude Code),...

    I still remain in two minds about this. Having followed the evolution of agentic programming for the past year and a bit (god, I remember signing up for the closed initial release of Claude Code), the models have clearly gotten way better, increasing the breadth, depth & accuracy of what you can do. God knows we have no idea how far this technology can be scaled: despite hoping the pessimists were right, the functionality continues to get better.

    With that being said, these models still require a lot of human steering, and still make many of the hare-brained mistakes I've seen for a year. phoenixk's comment on what was wrong with Cloudflare's vinext fork is right on the money at least in terms of what happens when you let the thing off the leash too much. Or the section entitled Slop Loop Cults from Armin Ronacher's blog post.

    It doesn't seem as if the human component is ready to disappear yet. I hope (for my own sake) that it may never.

    9 votes

  5. Comment on Hacker used Anthropic's Claude chatbot to attack multiple government agencies in Mexico in ~comp

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    Even during curl's frustrations, there were good AI-assisted bug finds for the project. It was always that people who had no competency at finding bugs (and probably writing software) were abusing...

    Even during curl's frustrations, there were good AI-assisted bug finds for the project. It was always that people who had no competency at finding bugs (and probably writing software) were abusing these tools in search of a quick payday.

    6 votes

  6. Comment on The US Pentagon says it’s ‘lethalitymaxxing’. Why has ‘incel’ slang crossed into the mainstream? in ~society

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    I thought the bite would be taken out of incel language after it was mainstreamed about a year or two ago. But, no, I was sorely mistaken.

    I thought the bite would be taken out of incel language after it was mainstreamed about a year or two ago. But, no, I was sorely mistaken.

    6 votes

  7. Comment on The Claude C Compiler: what it reveals about the future of software in ~tech

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    It’s also simultaneously true that the author is Chris Lattner, who is one of the most experienced people in the world to be commenting on compilers. You can interpret the article with both lenses.

    It’s also simultaneously true that the author is Chris Lattner, who is one of the most experienced people in the world to be commenting on compilers. You can interpret the article with both lenses.

    6 votes

  8. Comment on Phil Spencer is leaving Microsoft/Xbox in ~games

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    Hot take: can't be the best without gyro.

    Hot take: can't be the best without gyro.

    6 votes

  9. Comment on Hold on to your hardware in ~tech

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    The JS file is pretty easy to read, although it's actually just a copy of what is on disable-javascript.org. Or in table format! Title Favicon Official Church of Scientology: Difficulties on the...

    The JS file is pretty easy to read, although it's actually just a copy of what is on disable-javascript.org.

    Or in table format!
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    7 votes

  10. Comment on Phil Spencer is leaving Microsoft/Xbox in ~games

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    Bond definitely got fired. As for Asha Sharma, Microsoft also threw away their lead in AI in quite a massive way, so not particularly impressed by anyone attached to that.

    Bond definitely got fired. As for Asha Sharma, Microsoft also threw away their lead in AI in quite a massive way, so not particularly impressed by anyone attached to that.

    9 votes

  11. Comment on Hold on to your hardware in ~tech

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    Very true. I bought a PC from a system integrator that wasn't immediately passing on the price increases (i.e. they were selling their parts inventory based on what they paid for it, not the...

    Also, realize that the best time to upgrade your hardware was yesterday and that the second best time is now. If you can afford sensible upgrades, especially RAM and SSD capacity, it may be worth doing sooner rather than later.

    Very true. I bought a PC from a system integrator that wasn't immediately passing on the price increases (i.e. they were selling their parts inventory based on what they paid for it, not the market value), largely because of the Moore's Law is Dead article. It has, effectively, doubled in value in the month I've had it.

    16 votes

  12. Comment on Reddit overtakes TikTok in UK thanks to search algorithms and gen Z in ~tech

  13. Comment on Reddit overtakes TikTok in UK thanks to search algorithms and gen Z in ~tech

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    One of the interesting subtle things about modern reddit is that new subreddits can grow rapidly. The end result is that, if a subreddit has moderation that even a small % of the userbase find...

    One of the interesting subtle things about modern reddit is that new subreddits can grow rapidly. The end result is that, if a subreddit has moderation that even a small % of the userbase find annoying, they can rapidly spin up an alternative that tears down those rules. The continual effect of this is that moderation on the site has plummeted. (I've been ranting about this for a minute).

    16 votes

  14. Comment on The Wes Cook archive in ~arts

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    Strong recommendation to watch the video, it is fantastic.

    Strong recommendation to watch the video, it is fantastic.

    3 votes

  15. Comment on CBS News pulls report on “brutal and torturous conditions” at El Salvador prison where Donald Trump Administration sent deportees in ~tv

  16. Comment on Formula 1 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix 2025 - Race Weekend Discussion in ~sports.motorsports

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    Watching Oscar's meltdown was so painful I had to stop watching F1 for a bit. Was really rooting for him to win it. Oh well. At least it wasn't Max, again.

    Watching Oscar's meltdown was so painful I had to stop watching F1 for a bit. Was really rooting for him to win it.

    Oh well. At least it wasn't Max, again.

    3 votes

  17. Comment on I fixed my lactose intolerance -- by chugging all the lactose in ~health

  18. Comment on Building the perfect Linux PC with Linus Torvalds in ~tech

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    It’s explained in the pinned comment.

    It’s explained in the pinned comment.

    1 vote

  19. Comment on The realities of being a pop star in ~music

  20. Comment on Battlefield 6 developer issues report on kernel-level anti-cheat, citing success in ~games

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    Anti-cheats are some of the most audited software in the world. That's because they are under constant surveillance by cheat developers. 11 years ago, VAC came under scrutiny, because cheat...

    Anti-cheats are some of the most audited software in the world. That's because they are under constant surveillance by cheat developers. 11 years ago, VAC came under scrutiny, because cheat developers found that Valve was checking users' DNS cache, and spread the word around. Cheat developers actively want to sow mistrust here.

    3 votes