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People Are Using AI Chatbots to Guide Their Psychedelic Trips

wired.com Mattha Busby 2025-08-30 20:00:00

Trey had struggled with alcoholism for 15 years, eventually drinking heavily each night before quitting in December. But staying sober was a struggle for the 36-year-old first responder from Atlanta, who did not wish to use his real name due to professional concerns. Then he discovered Alterd, an AI-powered journaling app that invites users to “explore new dimensions” geared towards psychedelics and cannabis consumers, meditators, and alcohol drinkers. In April, using the app as a tripsitter—a

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OpenAI says GPT-5 will unify breakthroughs from different models

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2025-08-30 14:22:40

OpenAI has again confirmed that it will unify multiple models into one and create GPT-5, which is expected to ship sometime in the summer. ChatGPT currently has too many capable models for different tasks. While the models are powerful, it can be confusing because all models have identical names. But another issue is that OpenAI maintains an "o" lineup for reasoning capabilities, while the 4o and other models have multi-modality. With GPT-5, OpenAI plans to unify the breakthrough in its lineu

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Uncommon Uses of Python in Commonly Used Libraries (2022)

news.ycombinator.com Eugene Yan 2025-08-27 13:12:07

To learn how to build more maintainable and usable Python libraries, I’ve been reading some of the most widely used Python packages. Along the way, I learned some things about Python that are off the beaten path. Here are a few things I didn’t know before. Using super() in base classes Python’s super() lets us inherit base classes (aka super or parent classes) without having to explicitly refer to the base class. It’s usually used in the __init__ method. While this might be simply a nice-to-ha

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I Ported SAP to a 1976 CPU. It Wasn't That Slow

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-08-30 19:39:17

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Today's NYT Mini Crossword Answers for Monday, July 7

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-08-30 17:26:17

Gael Cooper CNET editor Gael Fashingbauer Cooper, a journalist and pop-culture junkie, is co-author of "Whatever Happened to Pudding Pops? The Lost Toys, Tastes and Trends of the '70s and '80s," as well as "The Totally Sweet '90s." She's been a journalist since 1989, working at Mpls.St.Paul Magazine, Twin Cities Sidewalk, the Minneapolis Star Tribune, and NBC News Digital. She's Gen X in birthdate, word and deed. If Marathon candy bars ever come back, she'll be first in line.

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1945 TV Console Showed Two Programs at Once

news.ycombinator.com Allison Marsh 2025-08-29 06:43:53

As I try to write this article, my friend and I have six different screens attached to three types of devices. We’re working in the same room but on our own projects—separate yet together, a comfortable companionship. I had never really thought of the proliferation of screens as a peacekeeping tool until I stumbled across one of Allen B. DuMont’s 1950s dual-screen television sets. DuMont’s idea was to let two people in the same room watch different programs. It reminded me of my early childhood

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I don't think AGI is right around the corner

news.ycombinator.com Dwarkesh Patel 2025-08-30 15:45:20

“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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I extracted the safety filters from Apple Intelligence models

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-08-30 14:50:02

Decrypted Generative Model safety files for Apple Intelligence containing filters Structure decrypted_overrides/ : Contains decrypted overrides for various models. com.apple.*/ : Directory named using the Asset Specifier assosciated with the safety info Info.plist : Contains metadata for the override AssetData/ : Contains the decrypted JSON files : Contains decrypted overrides for various models. get_key_lldb.py : Script to get the encryption key (see usage info below) : Script to get the en

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Beats Headphones With 50-Hour Battery Life Are Almost Free, Amazon Sells Them at Cost to Clear Stock

gizmodo.com Gizmodo Deals 2025-08-30 15:09:01

Prime Day has become the biggest shopping moment of the year, far outpacing Black Friday, thanks to Amazon’s willingness to slash prices to levels you simply won’t find anywhere else. For this event, Amazon often drops its margins to zero or even sells at a loss, all to attract shoppers with deals that are too good to pass up. One of the best offers right now in the Electronics category is on the Beats Solo 4 wireless headphones and the best part is that this deal is open to everyone—Prime memb

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Today's Wordle Hints, Answer and Help for July 7, #1479

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-08-30 15:00:06

Gael Cooper CNET editor Gael Fashingbauer Cooper, a journalist and pop-culture junkie, is co-author of "Whatever Happened to Pudding Pops? The Lost Toys, Tastes and Trends of the '70s and '80s," as well as "The Totally Sweet '90s." She's been a journalist since 1989, working at Mpls.St.Paul Magazine, Twin Cities Sidewalk, the Minneapolis Star Tribune, and NBC News Digital. She's Gen X in birthdate, word and deed. If Marathon candy bars ever come back, she'll be first in line.

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After 9,000 Layoffs, Microsoft Boss Has Brutal Advice for Sacked Workers

futurism.com Unknown 2025-08-30 10:45:37

Microsoft has laid off about 9,000 workers in the midst of a newly-announced $80 billion AI investment — and apparently, those who just lost their jobs should be talking to ChatGPT about it. As Aftermath reports, an executive producer at Microsoft-owned Xbox ended up with egg on his face after suggesting that laid off workers pour their hearts out to AI. "These are really challenging times, and if you’re navigating a layoff or even quietly preparing for one, you’re not alone and you don’t have

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Tesla Fans Rage Against Elon Musk as They Lose Money on Polymarket After Doing Exactly What He Told Them to Do

futurism.com Unknown 2025-08-30 12:15:40

Elon Musk's fanboys are furious at the billionaire for giving them bad betting advice on Polymarket. Back when there was still a slight chance that Tesla might pull off a public Robotaxi launch by the end of June, the multi-hyphenate billionaire prognosticated on X-formerly-Twitter that betting against the haters on the crypto-based prediction platform would be a "money-making opportunity." Obviously, that didn't happen — the program remains glitchy and not open to the public — and now that th

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Pixel 10 Pro’s new display tackles eye strain, but it’s not the leap I wanted

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-08-30 13:00:49

Robert Triggs / Android Authority Google Pixel 10 rumors are coming thick and fast these days as we close in on the launch date in just a few months. Last week, we learned the upcoming phone’s Pro models will likely ship with a 480Hz PWM display — a first for the Pixel series. High PWM (Pulse-Width Modulation) rates aren’t new to smartphone displays; we’ve already seen phones boasting thousands of Hz. The Xiaomi 15 Ultra offers a 1,920Hz PWM rate, the OnePlus 13 clocks in at 2,160Hz, and the H

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This 9-in-1 off-grid portable power station has a 17-year lifespan - and it's over 50% off

zdnet.com Adrian Kingsley-Hughes 2025-08-31 11:00:00

ZDNET's key takeaways The Bluetti Elite 200 V2 is a powerful yet compact portable power station, about half the size of most 2kWh units The automotive-grade LiFePO4 cells offer a 6,000 recharge cycle lifespan Despite the compact size, this unit still weighs almost 60 pounds. View now at Amazon Ahead of Amazon Prime Day, the Bluetti Elite 200 V2 is on sale for 47% off, and you can get an additional 5% off using the code ZDNETBLUETTI at checkout. I admire companies that work to make a better p

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On latency, measurement, and optimization in algorithmic trading systems

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-08-26 16:10:59

"The speed of light sucks." - John Carmack ‍ Software engineers within the world of low-latency automated trading (colloquially known as "high-frequency trading" or HFT) obsess over speed. From purchasing private bandwidth between microwave towers to analyzing x86 instructions from different compiler versions, those with experience in this industry have seen colossal time and expense committed to the problem of optimizing code and network paths for minimal execution times. But how does one

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Reinforcement Learning from Human Feedback (RLHF) in Notebooks

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-08-30 14:23:12

Reinforcement Learning from Human Feedback (RLHF) in Notebooks This repository provides a reference implementation for Reinforcement Learning from Human Feedback (RLHF) [Paper] framework presented in the RLHF from scratch, step-by-step, in code YouTube video. Overview of RLHF RLHF is a method for aligning large language models (LLMs), like GPT-3 or GPT-2, to better meet users' intents. It is essentially a reinforcement learning approach, where rather than directly getting the reward or feedba

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Elon Musk Is Selling His Political Party Like a Tesla

gizmodo.com Luc Olinga 2025-08-30 13:53:58

Less than 24 hours after launching his political party, Elon Musk is already playing hype man for the movement he claims will disrupt America’s broken political system. The richest man in the world took to X (formerly Twitter), the platform he owns, early Saturday morning to promote and to articulate the need for The American Party, his newly announced third party aimed at breaking what he calls the “uniparty” stranglehold of Democrats and Republicans. The move has drawn sharp criticism from su

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The New Corporate Memo: Let AI Ease The Pain

gizmodo.com Luc Olinga 2025-08-30 14:28:42

A troubling new trend is crystallizing in the tech industry. A company at the forefront of AI development lays off thousands of its human employees, then encourages them to seek comfort from the very technology supplanting them. It’s the automation of suffering, and it’s happening now. This week, Matt Turnbull, an Executive Producer at Xbox Game Studios Publishing, became a case study. Following Microsoft’s decision to cut thousands jobs from its gaming division, Turnbull took to LinkedIn. With

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Apple Didn’t Approve, but Amazon Is Clearing Out AirPods Pro 2 at a Record Low for Prime Day

gizmodo.com Gizmodo Deals 2025-08-30 15:52:07

AirPods Pro 2 are in stores just a year but already they set the benchmark by which other wireless earbuds with active noise cancellation are judged. On the subject of sound quality, nothing else comes close to holding a candle right now. Normally these earbuds cost $249, but Amazon is offering them over 30% off early Prime Day, reducing the price to as low as $169. This deal is for everyone (and not just Prime members) and it is a rarity for an Apple device. Remember, Apple never really offers

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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 2025-08-30 16:08:03

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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This Dell 15″ Laptop (i5, 1TB PCIe SSD, 32GB RAM) Is 75% Off, Amazon Is Going Nuts for Prime Day

gizmodo.com Gizmodo Deals 2025-08-30 16:44:00

There is no better time to shop for laptops on Amazon than Prime Day. As the biggest shopping event of the year for the retailer, Prime Day is when Amazon slashes prices on everything – even going as far as selling best-selling items at a loss. This year, the Dell 15-inch 3530 laptop (Intel 10-Core i5-1334U, 1TB PCIe SSD, 32GB DDR4 RAM) is the best example of just how low these prices can go: You can pick up this beast of a machine right now for only $649, a whopping 73% off its regular price o

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Watch TikTok Sensations Savannah Bananas Free on Your Roku Screen

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-08-30 10:00:05

There's a chance your TikTok feed has slipped in a few clips of the Savannah Bananas, an exhibition baseball team whose antics and gameplay style may remind you of the Harlem Globetrotters. In a league of their own, -- they play Banana Ball and no longer belong to other leagues -- the team can be seen dancing, singing and throwing curveballs on social media and your TV screen. This weekend, you can stream a game for free on the Roku Channel. If coordinated choreography for songs like the Cupid

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Volvo delivers 5,000th electric semi

news.ycombinator.com Jo Borrás 2025-08-30 07:29:04

With the Tesla Semi making headlines consistently since its first public appearance waaay back back in 2017, you might think they were some kind of market leaders. Meanwhile, Volvo Trucks has quietly delivered its 5,000th electric semi truck … and they’re just getting started. Volvo delivered its first all electric semi truck 2019. Since then, Volvo customers in more than 50 countries around the world have logged more than 100 million miles (170 million km – and almost half of that in the last

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Nothing's untestable

news.ycombinator.com Vidhi Katkoria 2025-08-27 09:04:49

Vidhi Katkoria Technical Writer Nothing's untestable As the co-founder of HashiCorp, Mitchell has been instrumental in the development of tools that many of us use daily, like Vagrant, Terraform, Vault, and more. He also helped shape the initial testing strategies for them, gaining hard-won insights into testing complex software along the way. At BugBash, where everyone is a testing nerd (or at least wants to be), most of us have come across that one piece of code that cannot be tested. What d

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Take Two: Eshell

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-08-27 13:58:09

30 Jun 2025 Charles Choi This is a contribution to the Emacs Carnival 2025-06: Take Two collection of posts on Christian Tietze’s blog. My first take with Eshell many years back did not leave a good impression. My early expectations was that it should act like any other shell, only to be unpleasantly surprised by it. It took a long time for me to warm up to Eshell. Upon reflection, it was because I wasn’t ready for it. Now Eshell is an inseparable part of my Emacs experience. Paradoxically th

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A Canadian's AI hoax duped the media and propelled a 'band' to success

news.ycombinator.com Digital Writer 2025-08-30 11:56:56

A Canadian who duped journalists in an elaborate AI music hoax says he apologizes to anyone hurt by his experiment but that it's been "too fascinating" to turn away from. A man using the pseudonym Andrew Frelon posed as the spokesperson for a band called The Velvet Sundown — which he later said he had no involvement with — creating a media frenzy that propelled the AI-assisted "band" to a million monthly listeners on Spotify. He spoke with CBC News over the phone Friday on condition that his r

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Yet Another Zip Trick

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-08-26 22:01:59

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Volvo delivers 5,000th electric semi with little fanfare

news.ycombinator.com Jo Borrás 2025-08-30 12:29:04

With the Tesla Semi making headlines consistently since its first public appearance waaay back back in 2017, you might think they were some kind of market leaders. Meanwhile, Volvo Trucks has quietly delivered its 5,000th electric semi truck … and they’re just getting started. Volvo delivered its first all electric semi truck 2019. Since then, Volvo customers in more than 50 countries around the world have logged more than 100 million miles (170 million km – and almost half of that in the last

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Today's NYT Mini Crossword Answers for Sunday, July 6

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-08-30 12:54:31

Gael Cooper CNET editor Gael Fashingbauer Cooper, a journalist and pop-culture junkie, is co-author of "Whatever Happened to Pudding Pops? The Lost Toys, Tastes and Trends of the '70s and '80s," as well as "The Totally Sweet '90s." She's been a journalist since 1989, working at Mpls.St.Paul Magazine, Twin Cities Sidewalk, the Minneapolis Star Tribune, and NBC News Digital. She's Gen X in birthdate, word and deed. If Marathon candy bars ever come back, she'll be first in line.

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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says he's 'politically homeless' in July 4 post bashing Democrats

cnbc.com Salvador Rodriguez 2025-08-29 06:50:52

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman posted on X Friday, saying he finds himself "politically homeless" as the Democratic party is no longer aligned with encouraging a "culture of innovation and entrepreneurship." Altman, whose company is a leader in artificial intelligence, made the post in celebration of the Fourth of July, saying he is "extremely proud to be an American" and believes the U.S. "is the greatest country ever on Earth." He used the post to share some of his political ideology, saying he belie

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People Are Using AI Chatbots to Guide Their Psychedelic Trips

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This 9-in-1 off-grid portable power station has a 17-year lifespan - and it's over 50% off

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Volvo delivers 5,000th electric semi

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Yet Another Zip Trick

Volvo delivers 5,000th electric semi with little fanfare

Today's NYT Mini Crossword Answers for Sunday, July 6

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says he's 'politically homeless' in July 4 post bashing Democrats

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