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I don't think AGI is right around the corner

news.ycombinator.com Dwarkesh Patel 2026-02-08 04:45:20

“Things take longer to happen than you think they will, and then they happen faster than you thought they could.” - Rudiger Dornbusch I’ve had a lot of discussions on my podcast where we haggle out timelines to AGI. Some guests think it’s 20 years away - others 2 years. Here’s where my thoughts stand as of June 2025. Continual learning Sometimes people say that even if all AI progress totally stopped, the systems of today would still be far more economically transformative than the internet.

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Nobody has a personality anymore: we are products with labels

news.ycombinator.com Freya India 2026-02-08 06:16:37

Therapy-speak has taken over our language. It is ruining how we talk about romance and relationships, narrowing how we think about hurt and suffering, and now, we are losing the words for who we are. Nobody has a personality anymore. In a therapeutic culture, every personality trait becomes a problem to be solved. Anything too human—every habit, every eccentricity, every feeling too strong—has to be labelled and explained. And this inevitably expands over time, encompassing more and more of us,

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If You’re a Prime Member, This Lenovo ThinkPad Laptop (Ryzen 7, 32GB RAM, 1TB SSD) Is 70% Off on Amazon

gizmodo.com Gizmodo Deals 2026-02-08 05:25:05

Prime Day is the year’s top day for getting Amazon’s rock-bottom prices, even better than Black Friday. If electronics are what you’re looking for on your shopping list, you should shop Amazon, especially for laptops. To begin Prime Day, there’s an unbelievable deal on a Lenovo ThinkPad that sounds too good to be true: 70% off, which is more than $2,100 savings upfront on a powerful laptop. The Lenovo ThinkPad E16 Gen 2 (Windows 11 Pro, 1TB SSD, 32GB DDR5 RAM, AMD Ryzen 7 processor) laptop is n

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If You’re a Prime Member, This Blink Wire-Free Video Doorbell Is Almost Free on Amazon

gizmodo.com Gizmodo Deals 2026-02-08 05:08:03

The new Blink video doorbell is finally getting its first deep discount and it’s coming as one of Amazon’s early Prime Day deals. This wireless model has yet to be discounted at all so this is a unique opportunity to beef up the security on your home at a fraction of its usual cost. Currently, Prime members can get the newest Blink video doorbell for as little as $34, a decrease from its original price of $69. That’s 50% off which is the lowest the price has ever been on this device. If you’re

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Bose Soundlink Plus Review: Compromise Never Sounded So Good

wired.com Ryan Waniata 2026-02-07 20:03:00

With so many Bluetooth speakers out there, and more arriving almost daily, it can be easy to underestimate one that dwells in the middle ground. Sandwiched between the packable Soundlink Flex and the beefy Soundlink Max (9/10, WIRED Recommends), Bose’s new midsize Soundlink Plus (no, these aren’t streaming services) carves out its own niche thanks largely to winning sound with equal parts nuance and bravado. Like its siblings, the Plus looks and feels like a premium speaker with an accordingly

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The 11 Best Healthy Beverages for Staying Hydrated in the Heat

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-02-07 21:54:00

When it comes to picking the right healthy beverage for your taste and preferences, there are multiple factors to consider. Below, we outline them so you can find the right drink for you. Dietary notes If you follow a specific diet or are looking for specific ingredients, this can help you narrow down the best drink for you. Examples include gluten-free, vegan, nut-free, low-sugar or zero-sugar, and no artificial flavors or sweeteners. You’ll also want to think about what is added to the drink

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How AI can help you navigate layoffs, according to one executive producer at Xbox

engadget.com Unknown 2026-02-08 14:00:08

Can an LLM "help reduce the emotional and cognitive load that comes with job loss?" It's been a rough week at Microsoft. Following the news that 9,000 people are being laid off at the company, one Xbox executive offered some questionable words of advice for people on their way out: Find solace in Microsoft Copilot. As reported by Aftermath , Matt Turnbull, an executive producer at Xbox Game Studios Publishing who clearly did not lose his job recently, took to LinkedIn to let folks know, "You'r

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Being too ambitious is a clever form of self-sabotage

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-02-08 14:11:24

There is a moment, just before creation begins, when the work exists in its most perfect form in your imagination. It lives in a crystalline space between intention and execution, where every word is precisely chosen, every brushstroke deliberate, every note inevitable, but only in your mind. In this prelapsarian state, the work is flawless because it is nothing: a ghost of pure potential that haunts the creator with its impossible beauty. This is the moment we learn to love too much. We becom

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Forget Mac Mini, 2025 New 13th Intel Twin Lake-N150 Mini PC Drops to Its Lowest Price Ahead of Prime Day

gizmodo.com Joe Tilleli 2026-02-10 04:10:50

The top of your desk is precious real estate. You can use what little you have effectively by switching over to a mini PC. The Beelink Mini S13 is a mini PC that fits the bill for any student, business owner, or casual user. And speaking of bills, yours will be drastically less that it would have been if you paid for it last week. This mini PC is part of a limited time deal at Amazon which has shaved its price down by a solid 26%. Normally, priced at $229, it’s been brought down to just $169. Th

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Neither AI nor E Ink can make touchscreen trackpads a good idea

engadget.com Unknown 2026-02-11 14:25:05

E Ink, the company behind the highly readable displays you'll find in ereaders the world over, has created a new touchscreen trackpad for some reason. And rather than act as an extension of your laptop's screen, E Ink thinks it should be a dedicated home for AI interactions. The new touchscreen trackpad appears to use a color E Ink display, not unlike what you'll find on the Kobo Libra Colour or the Kindle Colorsoft, and is supposed to offer the normal swiping, tapping, dragging and clicking fu

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‘Foundation’ Star Lee Pace Teases Season 3’s Brand-New Flavor of Brother Day

gizmodo.com Cheryl Eddy 2026-02-11 18:30:58

If you’ve been tuning into Foundation for the sci-fi intrigue, detailed world-building, and the way the characters wield math like a superpower—you’ll be very pleased with season three. But if you’ve also been enjoying the hell out of Lee Pace’s performance as Brother Day, the middle brother among Foundation‘s ever-revolving ruling trio of clones named Cleon, well… let’s just say you’re in for quite the delight when the Isaac Asimov adaptation returns to Apple TV+. And Pace himself agrees: this

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E Ink is turning the laptop touchpad into an e-reader for AI apps

theverge.com Andrew Liszewski 2026-02-12 04:37:33

is a senior reporter who’s been covering and reviewing the latest gadgets and tech since 2006, but has loved all things electronic since he was a kid. E Ink has developed a new touchpad for laptops featuring the same electronic paper technology found in e-readers. It’s not the first company to look at the ever-growing size of laptop touchpads and see the potential of additional functionality, but instead of serving as a second smaller screen for the computer’s OS, E Ink is positioning its touch

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This affordable Lenovo ThinkPad rivals laptops twice the price - and now it's even cheaper

zdnet.com Kyle Kucharski 2026-02-13 11:00:19

ZDNET's key takeaways The Lenovo ThinkPad E14 Gen 6 has configurations that start at $1,069. It's a solid budget business laptop with a wide range of configurations. The display and webcam might not be good enough for most users, and opting for higher-end hardware can nearly double the price. View now at Lenovo As part of a new Black Friday in July sales event, the sixth-generation ThinkPad E14 is on sale for $829. On the surface, Lenovo's sixth-generation ThinkPad E14 doesn't look much diff

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Starlink Plans to Send 42K Satellites Into Space. That Could Be Bad News for the Ozone

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-02-13 14:02:00

Satellites like the ones used for Starlink's internet service could be depleting the Earth's ozone layer when they're deorbited, according to a study funded by NASA and published in Geophysical Research Letters in June. 2024. When Starlink's satellites reach the end of their lives, they burn up in the Earth's atmosphere and leave behind small particles of aluminum oxide. These travel down into the ozone layer, which absorbs harmful ultraviolet radiation. Researchers from the University of South

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What James Gunn’s ‘Superman’ Tells Us About the Future of the DC Universe

gizmodo.com Germain Lussier 2026-02-13 20:00:43

It’s been years since James Gunn and Peter Safran first announced their plans for the future of the DC Universe. In that time, plans have changed slightly, and work is ongoing, but, with one exception, we have yet to see exactly how things are going to play out. That changes July 11 with the release of Superman. Not only is the film our first introduction to this brand-new, reimagined version of Superman, it’s our first look at what Gunn and Safran’s DC Universe looks like on the big screen. Sp

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Nearly 500 Starlink Satellites Have Incinerated in Earth's Atmosphere So Far This Year

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-02-14 04:08:00

According to a filing with the Federal Communications Commission on Tuesday, 472 Starlink satellites burned up in the atmosphere between December 2024 and May 2025, as SpaceX deorbited around 6% of its active fleet. Starlink satellites are built to last around five years. After that, they're steered into the Earth's atmosphere to burn up. SpaceX, the rocket company owned by Tesla and X CEO Elon Musk, launched the first Starlink satellites in 2019, which means we're now seeing its first full-sca

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Dominique Thorne Breaks Down That Shocking ‘Ironheart’ Cliffhanger

gizmodo.com Germain Lussier 2026-02-14 09:30:22

Heroes don’t usually do what Riri Williams does at the end of Ironheart. In fact, most superhero stories would have the main character doing the exact opposite of what Riri does in the closing moments of Disney+’s latest Marvel show. And yet, it was specifically that decision and the thought behind it that got star Dominique Thorne most excited. At the end of Ironheart, Riri (Thorne) makes a literal deal with the devil, agreeing to partner with the evil Mephisto (Sacha Baron Cohen) in exchange

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Evolution of Minimum Viable Product

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-02-14 12:51:34

The Oxford dictionary definition of a Minimum Viable Product (MVP) is: An early, basic version of a product (such as a piece of technology, a computer program, etc.) which meets the minimum necessary requirements for use but can be adapted and improved in the future, esp. after customer feedback; Here's a proposed improved definition: An early, basic version of a product (such as a piece of technology, a computer program, etc.) which meets the minimum necessary requirements for use by its cre

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I'm dialing back my LLM usage

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-02-15 05:48:22

From the Agentic Engineering Sessions | Aired on July 1st, 2025 We invited Alberto Fortin, a seasoned software engineer with 15 years of experience, to share his candid journey with AI. Alberto initially embraced LLMs with genuine enthusiasm, hoping they would revolutionize his development workflow. However, after encountering significant challenges while rebuilding his infrastructure with Go and ClickHouse, he wrote a thoughtful blog post reflecting on the gap between AI hype and reality. For

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Why I'm Dialing Back My LLM Usage

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-02-15 11:48:22

From the Agentic Engineering Sessions | Aired on July 1st, 2025 We invited Alberto Fortin, a seasoned software engineer with 15 years of experience, to share his candid journey with AI. Alberto initially embraced LLMs with genuine enthusiasm, hoping they would revolutionize his development workflow. However, after encountering significant challenges while rebuilding his infrastructure with Go and ClickHouse, he wrote a thoughtful blog post reflecting on the gap between AI hype and reality. For

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Don’t use “click here” as link text (2001)

news.ycombinator.com The Qa Team 2026-02-15 16:39:12

Don't use "click here" as link text What a link means When calling the user to action, use brief but meaningful link text that: provides some information when read out of context explains what the link offers doesn't talk about mechanics is not a verb phrase An example For instance, avoid the following sentence on your page: To download W3C's editor/browser Amaya, click here. or: To download Amaya, go to the Amaya Website and get the necessary software. Both of these sentences divulg

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Airplane Wi-Fi Is Now … Good?

wired.com Jaclyn Trop 2026-02-15 18:00:00

Expensive and erratic, in-flight Wi-Fi has been more of a punchline than a pipeline over the past decade. But 2025 has marked a sea change for the skies: the rollout of fast, and free, connectivity on most of the world’s major airlines. Satellite technology has enabled leaps in speed and bandwidth. SpaceX’s Starlink network of low Earth orbit satellites, for example, can deliver a connection capable of downloading more than 200 megabits per second—twice as fast as most basic home internet plans

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Wallpaper Wednesday: More great phone wallpapers for all to share (July 2)

androidauthority.com Unknown 2026-02-15 23:30:01

C. Scott Brown / Android Authority Welcome to Wallpaper Wednesday! In this weekly roundup, we’ll give you a handful of Android wallpapers you can download and use on your phone, tablet, or even your laptop/PC. The images will come from folks here at Android Authority as well as our readers. All are free to use and come without watermarks. File formats are JPG and PNG, and we’ll provide images in both landscape and portrait modes, so they’ll be optimized for various screens. For the newest wall

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Don't use "click here" as link text – W3C (2010)

news.ycombinator.com The Qa Team 2026-02-15 22:39:12

Don't use "click here" as link text What a link means When calling the user to action, use brief but meaningful link text that: provides some information when read out of context explains what the link offers doesn't talk about mechanics is not a verb phrase An example For instance, avoid the following sentence on your page: To download W3C's editor/browser Amaya, click here. or: To download Amaya, go to the Amaya Website and get the necessary software. Both of these sentences divulg

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I've tested dozens of ThinkPads: Here's the Lenovo model I keep coming back to

zdnet.com Kyle Kucharski 2026-02-16 08:15:16

ZDNET's key takeaways Lenovo's ThinkPad X1 2-in-1 Aura Edition is available now starting at $2,419. It combines all the utility of a ThinkPad with exceptional battery life. It's expensive, and some of the Aura Edition features are being discontinued. $2,419 at B&H Photo-Video Lenovo's 10th-generation ThinkPad X1 2-in-1 Aura Edition is a business-minded laptop with a few design perks to differentiate it from the crowd. We're talking a convertible form factor, pen support, ample I/O, and fantas

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Starlink’s Wi-Fi Is Faster in the Air Than on the Ground

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-02-16 18:14:00

Starlink is nearly twice as fast as any other in-flight Wi-Fi option, according to a new report by the speed test site Ookla. (Ookla is owned by the same parent company as CNET, Ziff Davis.) Starlink’s speeds in the air are faster than some internet providers on the ground. The satellite internet company from SpaceX clocked median download speeds of 152Mbps and upload speeds of 24Mbps. Those download and upload speeds were nearly twice as fast as any other in-flight internet option, but latenc

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You can snag T-Mobile's Starlink satellite service on any carrier - how to get it for free

zdnet.com Lance Whitney 2026-02-17 23:10:01

Kaye Marie Christofferson / 500px/Getty T-Mobile will officially launch its public Starlink satellite service on Wednesday, July 23. Currently in beta testing, the service will be available for any mobile phone user with a compatible device, including AT&T and Verizon subscribers. In its Monday news release, the Uncarrier explained what Starlink will offer. From the get-go, iOS and Android users alike will be able to send SMS text messages. Other features include MMS (Multimedia Messaging Serv

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Show HN: Jobs by Referral: Find jobs in your LinkedIn network

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-02-18 06:47:06

Find jobs in your LinkedIn network JobsByReferral analyzes your LinkedIn network to find job openings at companies where you have connections. Get referred by people you already know and dramatically increase your chances of landing interviews.

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Unpacking Our Conversation With a Former DOGE Staffer

wired.com Zoë Schiffer 2026-02-20 04:08:11

Vittoria Elliott: Can you tell me about your interactions with the other DOGE people? Did you make friends? Did you make colleagues- Sahil Lavingia: Yeah. Vittoria Elliott: ... at least? Do you know... What was your relationship with the other DOGE people, and what were your impressions of them? Sahil Lavingia: It was pretty friendly. I mean, it was kind of joining a little troop. We were working together 12 hours a day, and we laugh and joke and you had to because a lot of the work itself wa

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Insta360’s face-tracking Link 2 webcam is more affordable than ever

theverge.com Sheena Vasani 2026-02-20 14:58:13

The Insta360 Link 2 is more than just a webcam — it’s a smart camera that actively follows your movements whether you’re presenting, streaming, or pacing during a call. It’s also packed with an impressive array of productivity features. And right now, it’s available at a new all-time low of $149.99 ($50 off) at Amazon. The webcam is a modest upgrade over the original Link, which was our favorite 4K webcam when it launched in 2022, boasting all the same impressive features with slight refinement

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I don't think AGI is right around the corner

Nobody has a personality anymore: we are products with labels

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If You’re a Prime Member, This Blink Wire-Free Video Doorbell Is Almost Free on Amazon

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Neither AI nor E Ink can make touchscreen trackpads a good idea

‘Foundation’ Star Lee Pace Teases Season 3’s Brand-New Flavor of Brother Day

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This affordable Lenovo ThinkPad rivals laptops twice the price - and now it's even cheaper

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Don't use "click here" as link text – W3C (2010)

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