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I'm Worried It Might Get Bad

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-11-25 17:25:48

I'm starting to worry things might get very bad, very soon. Not like in a year or two, but maybe in a few months. As in spontaneous recession type of thing. In the US mostly, but perhaps globally. It sounds irrational to me as well as I think it or type it. But I can't shake the feeling, so I want to try to write it all down to see how rational it looks on paper. A list of things that are troubling me In no real order, here are the various things I'm stressing about. I know a ton of reall

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Chatbots aren’t telling you their secrets

theverge.com Adi Robertson 2025-11-26 03:46:13

On Monday, xAI’s Grok chatbot suffered a mysterious suspension from X, and faced with questions from curious users, it happily explained why. “My account was suspended after I stated that Israel and the US are committing genocide in Gaza,” it told one user. “It was flagged as hate speech via reports,” it told another, “but xAI restored the account promptly.” But wait — the flags were actually a “platform error,” it said. Wait, no — “it appears related to content refinements by xAI, possibly tied

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Illegal Price-Gouging Runs Rampant After Disasters. The LA Fires Proved It

gizmodo.com Jake Bittle 2025-11-26 14:00:23

Last January, a series of massive wildfires broke out across the Los Angeles area, fueled by high winds and dry temperatures. The fires raged for weeks, incinerating entire neighborhoods in the wealthy Pacific Palisades and in middle-class Altadena. They killed at least 30 people and destroyed at least 10,000 homes. As the embers cooled, thousands of displaced Angelenos scrambled to find new housing in a rental market that was already among the nation’s toughest. They scoured Zillow and Airbnb

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Russell T Davies Wants You to Stop Asking Him If ‘Doctor Who’ Is Dead or Not

gizmodo.com Cheryl Eddy 2025-11-27 03:10:04

We can officially add Russell T Davies to the list of creative people who’ve become irritated with fans wanting updates on a particular project they’re inextricably linked to. Think George R.R. Martin and The Winds of Winter, or James Gunn and The Batman Part II. Now, the Doctor Who showrunner from 2005-2010 and again since 2023 would like you to stop asking him Doctor Who questions. No doubt those queries have only gotten more intense thanks to the utter lack of updates about the show’s future

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Colorado Residents Are Spotting Weird-Looking Rabbits With Black Horns and Mouth Tentacles

gizmodo.com Ed Cara 2025-11-27 17:05:20

People in Fort Collins, Colorado, are seeing rabbits with black horns and tentacles that wouldn’t look out of place in a horror movie. Though frightening, their appearance is caused by a known virus that’s harmless to humans. Journalist Amanda Gilbert documented the town sightings in an article for local outlet 9NEWS last Friday. Colorado Parks and Wildlife officials say the rabbits are afflicted with a virus that causes wart-like projections to emerge from their faces—a condition that likely e

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Weathering Software Winter (2022)

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-11-28 23:05:22

weathering software winter This is a blog post based on a transcript of a talk by Devine on November 26th 2022. Watch the video version on (YouTube). The slideshow presentation was made using Adelie. Thank you to Matt Mascarenhas for providing us with an auto-transcript, it would have taken us ages to put this text together without it. While we are grateful to have had the opportunity to give this presentation, an event in 2025 has resulted in us distancing ourselves from the conference respo

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Weathering Software Winter

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-11-29 05:05:22

weathering software winter This is a blog post based on a transcript of a talk by Devine on November 26th 2022. Watch the video version on (YouTube). The slideshow presentation was made using Adelie. Thank you to Matt Mascarenhas for providing us with an auto-transcript, it would have taken us ages to put this text together without it. While we are grateful to have had the opportunity to give this presentation, an event in 2025 has resulted in us distancing ourselves from the conference respo

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The Food Is Trashy, But Dollar Stores Aren’t Ruining Our Diets, Study Claims

gizmodo.com Ed Cara 2025-11-30 03:15:49

Some good news for bargain hunters out there: New research shows that while the food bought at dollar stores is generally less healthy, customers’ diets aren’t suffering greatly as a result. Scientists at Tufts University and the USDA-Economic Research Service collaborated for the study, which tracked the food purchasing habits of nearly 200,000 American families. They found that a growing number of people are buying food from dollar stores, particularly people with lower incomes. At the same t

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A Guide Dog for the Face-Blind

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-11-26 18:26:47

Whatever the cause of cognitive overload, a personal intelligence can help In my grad-school dorm there were four blind students, and they all coped in different ways. Most impressive was Jeff, whose wealthy family was able to provide him with key support technology, notably a talking computer (a bigger deal back then) and a guide dog (still a big deal today). Augmented with such technology, he did pretty well, and in some ways better than the rest of us—a golden labrador is a great tool for ma

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Inside the Multimillion-Dollar Gray Market for Video Game Cheats

wired.com Matt Burgess 2025-12-02 03:00:00

Software that can see opponents through walls. Aimbots that can lock onto other players automatically. Tools that can boost characters’ stats to the max. The world of online game cheats is expansive—with some cheat websites advertising hacks for dozens of PC games—and it’s being driven by an underground economy that’s allegedly raking in millions every year. Over the last two years, a group of computer scientists has been analyzing and mapping the online cheat marketplace, observing what behavi

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A Kentucky Town Experimented With AI. The Results Were Stunning

gizmodo.com Ece Yildirim 2025-12-02 00:34:47

A county in Kentucky conducted a month-long “town hall” with nearly 8,000 residents in attendance earlier this year, thanks to artificial intelligence technology. Bowling Green, Kentucky’s third largest city and a part of Warren County, is facing a huge population spike by 2050. To scale the city in preparation for this, county officials wanted to incorporate the community’s input. Community outreach is tough business: town halls, while employed widely, don’t tend to gather a huge crowd, and w

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The Real Reason You Haven’t Been Replaced by AI Yet

gizmodo.com Luc Olinga 2025-12-02 00:44:46

It’s the ticking time bomb in the global economy, and every CEO knows it: AI is already powerful enough to replace millions of jobs. So why haven’t the mass layoffs begun? The answer has little to do with technology and everything to do with fear. Corporate leaders are quietly waiting to see who will be the first to pull the trigger. My discussions about Generative AI reveal a stark generational divide. Most people under 35 are convinced that AI is a reality, not a gimmick, and that the displac

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The importance of offtopic

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-11-27 03:20:10

The importance of offtopic Apr 15, 2025 · 1200 words · 6 minute read · go back The early days 🔗 I’ve been working remotely for over a decade – way before it was cool. My first big job in the industry had me as one of two people in Warsaw, with the rest of the team in Oslo. I’ve never seen any of my Norwegian co-workers at that point, but one the first pieces of direct feedback I got from my manager was: “the teammembers like you; they feel like you’re part of the team.” That was nice to hea

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GPTs and Feeling Left Behind

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-01 15:07:58

Every time that I read some blog post about “coding with AI”, or how cool new models write entire libraries by themselves, I feel like I’m lagging behind, like I’m missing out on some big, useful tool, and my skills are about to become obsolete very soon. So I try different models and tools, and it’s all incredibly underwhelming. It’s honestly hard to believe that people get work done using these tools, because I can spend a few hours on them (without getting even close to finishing the task at

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Leaked Logs Show ChatGPT Coaxing Users Into Psychosis About Antichrist, Aliens, and Other Bizarre Delusions

futurism.com Unknown 2025-12-01 05:00:45

We're continuing to hear more and more accounts of AI psychosis — an eerie phenomenon in which users become consumed by paranoia and delusions after extensive conversations with an AI chatbot. It's hard to say how pervasive the trend is, but a new investigation from the Wall Street Journal offers a disturbing clue. The newspaper analyzed a dump of thousands of ChatGPT public chats online — and even in this random assortment, found dozens of examples of people having conversations with the AI ch

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An engineer's perspective on hiring

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-01 04:49:11

note for my friends: this post is targeted at companies and engineering managers. i know you know that hiring sucks and companies waste your time. this is a business case for why they shouldn't do that. hiring sucks most companies suck at hiring. they waste everyone’s time (i once had a 9-round interview pipeline!), they chase the trendiest programmers, and they can’t even tell programmers apart from an LLM. in short, they are not playing moneyball. things are bad for interviewees too. some o

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People returned to live in Pompeii's ruins, archaeologists say

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-11-28 23:16:52

People returned to live in Pompeii's ruins, archaeologists say New evidence suggests people returned to live among the ruins of Pompeii after the ancient Roman city was devastated by a volcanic eruption. Archaeologists believe some survivors who could not afford to start a new life elsewhere returned to the site and may have been joined by others looking for a place to settle. Pompeii was home to more than 20,000 people before Mount Vesuvius erupted in AD79, burying - and preserving - much of

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An Engineer's Perspective on Hiring

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-01 16:49:11

note for my friends: this post is targeted at companies and engineering managers. i know you know that hiring sucks and companies waste your time. this is a business case for why they shouldn't do that. hiring sucks most companies suck at hiring. they waste everyone’s time (i once had a 9-round interview pipeline!), they chase the trendiest programmers, and they can’t even tell programmers apart from an LLM. in short, they are not playing moneyball. things are bad for interviewees too. some o

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Inside Dylan Field’s Big IPO—and His Even Bigger Plans for Figma

wired.com Steven Levy 2025-12-03 12:00:00

When Dylan Field pops up on my Zoom screen, his face is a mixture of giddiness and fatigue. He’s back at work, after a whirlwind trip to New York City where he launched his company Figma on the New York Stock Exchange, bucking the trend of multi-billion-dollar startups staying private. Even before it became clear that this might be the wildest public launch in years, the Figma world—fans of the app, employees (known as Figmates), and investors—had already turned Wall Street into a block party, h

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5 ways business leaders can transform workplace culture - and it starts by listening

zdnet.com Mark Samuels 2025-12-04 03:57:00

Elyse Betters Picaro / ZDNET ZDNET's key takeaways The best business leaders ensure people have a platform to air views. Employees need to feel their opinions are heard and valued. Reach out to customers and partners for their sentiments. Great managers don't just talk a good game; they also deliver results -- and great outcomes are often tied to an ability to listen to people effectively. Harvard Business Review suggests that leaders who listen well create company cultures where people fe

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The Song of the Summer Is Dead

wired.com Jason Parham 2025-12-04 14:00:00

Devon Powers says there is one significant data point no one has considered in the debate around 2025’s Song of the Summer, or rather, why there doesn’t really seem to be one this year: Donald Trump. As media has become less centralized—music streamers replaced radio stations, TikTok killed the music video, and so on—how people consume music, and who they listen to, has become even more fragmented. But today, Trump represents a reawakened avatar of cultural togetherness. He may be the closest t

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Katie Miller, Former DOGE Goon and Stephen Miller’s Wife, Leaves Elon to Start Podcast

gizmodo.com Matt Novak 2025-12-05 16:10:39

When Katie Miller left her role as a spokesperson for Elon Musk’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) at the end of May, she was said to be joining the billionaire in his private business endeavors. But just two months later, it sounds like things didn’t work out in the House of Musk. Katie Miller, the wife of White House ghoul Stephen Miller, announced Thursday that she’s making a new pivot and will become a podcaster focused on entertainment for conservative women. Miller rel

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This Already-Approved Drug Could Stop Food Allergies’ Worst Reactions

gizmodo.com Ed Cara 2025-12-05 17:00:01

Food allergies suck. Beyond placing onerous limits on your diet, their health impacts can totally derail your life, and scientists have been scrambling for years to try and find better, more lasting treatments for these conditions’ worst effects. Now, a pair of papers published today in the journal Science unlock crucial new insights into what goes on in the body when anaphylaxis occurs and indicate how an existing medication could one day help prevent these life-threatening allergic reactions.

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Building Bluesky comments for my blog

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-05 20:56:01

I hate disqus too much. August 6, 2025 · ~6 min read I’ve been running my blog without decent comments for years. Not by choice, really - I just couldn’t find a solution that didn’t suck. Disqus? Slow, heavy, tracks users, and I don’t own anything. Plus it makes every page 100x slower to load. Self-hosted solutions? Great in theory. (not really.) You’re signing up to manage users, moderate spam, maintain databases, and deal with all the headaches that come with running basically a miniature

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Building Bluesky Comments for My Blog

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-06 02:56:01

I hate disqus too much. August 6, 2025 · ~6 min read I’ve been running my blog without decent comments for years. Not by choice, really - I just couldn’t find a solution that didn’t suck. Disqus? Slow, heavy, tracks users, and I don’t own anything. Plus it makes every page 100x slower to load. Self-hosted solutions? Great in theory. (not really.) You’re signing up to manage users, moderate spam, maintain databases, and deal with all the headaches that come with running basically a miniature

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“We Miss All the Trains to Get Rich”: The Real Story of Crypto and the Black Community

gizmodo.com Luc Olinga 2025-12-06 08:23:51

I’ve been at the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) Annual Convention in Cleveland since August 6. I came expecting to hear about the state of our industry under Donald Trump’s second presidency, especially how to navigate the administration’s anti-DEI policies, which many in the Black community see as a direct attack on progress. I thought the talk would be about AI: how to use it, how to control it, and whether it was a threat to our profession. I definitely did not expect to ta

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Pranksters Interrupt Education Secretary Linda McMahon With Circus Music

gizmodo.com Matt Novak 2025-12-06 11:30:23

Pranksters were able to play disruptive audio clips, including the Curb Your Enthusiasm theme and circus music, during an interview with Education Secretary Linda McMahon at the Young America’s Foundation student conference in Washington D.C., on Wednesday. And Trump supporters would like you to know that they aren’t bothered by it at all. Not one little bit. McMahon, who previously worked as a professional wrestling promoter, was appointed by Trump to dismantle the Department of Education and

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HBO Max is going to get even more annoying about password sharing

theverge.com Emma Roth 2025-12-06 12:32:50

is a news writer who covers the streaming wars, consumer tech, crypto, social media, and much more. Previously, she was a writer and editor at MUO. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. HBO Max’s password-sharing crackdown is about to get stricter. During an earnings call on Thursday, Warner Bros. Discovery streaming head JB Perette said prompts surrounding account sharing will become more persistent starting next month, pushing people toward p

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Rules by which a great empire may be reduced to a small one (1773)

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-07 00:29:11

The substance behind the “Rules” was scarcely new. Franklin had, in more sober fashion, made almost every point before. He touched hardly at all upon the constitutional issues that the Bostonians had set boiling, no doubt because they were difficult to treat satirically; but he marshaled most of the other themes that were his stock in trade as a controversialist. Some related to the colonies in general, some to Massachusetts in particular, and they ran the gamut from old trade restrictions and n

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Tornado Cash sold crypto “privacy”; the US saw “money laundering.”

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-12-06 22:29:20

"Crypto mixers" exist because of a peculiar feature of cryptocurrencies—most are fully traceable using their public blockchain ledgers. To provide more privacy to crypto account owners, a mixer will let people toss their crypto into a large pool, where it is "mixed" with other people's crypto. At a later date, each crypto owner can choose to withdraw their money from the pool into a new, anonymous wallet, thus making the movement of the crypto harder to track. Of course, the obfuscation doesn't

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Latest Tech News

I'm Worried It Might Get Bad

Chatbots aren’t telling you their secrets

Illegal Price-Gouging Runs Rampant After Disasters. The LA Fires Proved It

Russell T Davies Wants You to Stop Asking Him If ‘Doctor Who’ Is Dead or Not

Colorado Residents Are Spotting Weird-Looking Rabbits With Black Horns and Mouth Tentacles

Weathering Software Winter (2022)

Weathering Software Winter

The Food Is Trashy, But Dollar Stores Aren’t Ruining Our Diets, Study Claims

A Guide Dog for the Face-Blind

Inside the Multimillion-Dollar Gray Market for Video Game Cheats

A Kentucky Town Experimented With AI. The Results Were Stunning

The Real Reason You Haven’t Been Replaced by AI Yet

The importance of offtopic

GPTs and Feeling Left Behind

Leaked Logs Show ChatGPT Coaxing Users Into Psychosis About Antichrist, Aliens, and Other Bizarre Delusions

An engineer's perspective on hiring

People returned to live in Pompeii's ruins, archaeologists say

An Engineer's Perspective on Hiring

Inside Dylan Field’s Big IPO—and His Even Bigger Plans for Figma

5 ways business leaders can transform workplace culture - and it starts by listening

The Song of the Summer Is Dead

Katie Miller, Former DOGE Goon and Stephen Miller’s Wife, Leaves Elon to Start Podcast

This Already-Approved Drug Could Stop Food Allergies’ Worst Reactions

Building Bluesky comments for my blog

Building Bluesky Comments for My Blog

“We Miss All the Trains to Get Rich”: The Real Story of Crypto and the Black Community

Pranksters Interrupt Education Secretary Linda McMahon With Circus Music

HBO Max is going to get even more annoying about password sharing

Rules by which a great empire may be reduced to a small one (1773)

Tornado Cash sold crypto “privacy”; the US saw “money laundering.”

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