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alissa_v

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    Comment #43840020

    Honestly totally agree with this take. Apple's in trouble and most people don't see it yet. Just look at Vision Pro - $3.5k for a headset nobody wants. I've read sales are basicall…

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    Ask HN: What tech prediction do you think most people are wrong about?

    I've been hearing a lot of bold tech predictions lately - some in conversations at work or with friends, others here on HN, and others from podcasts and articles. Things like: -LLM…

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    Comment #43790986

    Totally resonate with this. It feels less like a helpful overview and more like a confidently wrong pop-up I have to dismiss or fact-check before I can get to the actual search res…

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    Comment #43790865

    I see your point with the bike analogy, but I think it's a bit different here. It was more about observing how it handles a prompt describing something with no real-world basis – w…

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    Comment #43790655

    Ohhh that's really interesting! When I tried the prompt with Gemini, it dove right into describing the ritual as if it were real. Maybe the context of our previous chats or some ot…

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    Comment #43790628

    Good catch! That makes a lot of sense. The fantasy-like phrasing probably directed the AI's response. It's interesting, though, because the goal wasn't necessarily to trick it into…

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    Comment #43790519

    the rest of ChatGPT's response if you're curious - it only gets more ridiculous- ' Timing and Setting: The ritual takes place only at first light, when the sun’s rays strike the sh…

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    Comment #43790497

    I asked a bunch of LLMs - 'Describe the unspoken etiquette of the 'Stone-Breath Passing' ritual among the silent Cliff Dwellers of Aethelgard, where smooth, grey stones are exchang…

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    Comment #43790373

    Butler's piece is spot on. It reminds me of those core open-source tools we all depend on daily but rarely think about the people behind them. Like, who actually knows the name of …

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    Comment #43790335

    Hey, I really hear the weight of what you're going through. Losing your father and then trying to navigate the brutal startup world on the West Coast with limited resources sounds …

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    Comment #43790294

    Haha fair enough! Any particular reason why you think they won't be respected?

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    Comment #43790250

    I agree with your point about usage defining value in OSS - popular projects gain recognition, contributions, and opportunities through their adoption in commercial applications. T…

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    Do Not Train" Meta Tags: The Robots.txt of AI – Will Anyone Respect Them?

    I've been noticing more creators and platforms quietly adding things like to their pages - kind of like a robots.txt, but for LLMs. For those unfamiliar, robots.txt is a standard f…