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How is what aguaviva said in the GP propaganda? You picked an odd comment to make that criticism.
it is a global community, not everyone here drank the western kool aid
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Ask HN: Predictions for 2025?
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no, it'll be because it's aligned with rich people's interests. robot police holding back the unwashed masses is in our near future.
Same difference. The point is that it won’t be the AI’s choice, it will be caused by human misuse of it, whether by incompetence or malice.
you'll still be bitten by the parrot.
Re: Ask HN: Predictions for 2025?
#453I'm going to get older and gain weight.
aidenn0 goes to gym, buys a 10 day pass, and starts using the machines on the lowest weight after watching a series of Youtube videos on how to safely use the equipment. After increase the weight every few weeks because it has become too easy, aidenn0 has washboard abs that get shown off at the beach or pool in summer 2025. lol
I go to the gym 2-3 times a week. A good workout can't defeat a bad diet.
Re: Ask HN: Predictions for 2025?
#454Lets get creative - There will be a "Predictions for 2026" thread. (Hehehe) - OpenAI announces GPT-5 will be the last model of the GPT-n series (As in they won't release a GPT-6) - Apple will sell a backpack (With some sort of technology included of course) - Magnus Carlsen will lose his 1st place in the FIDE top ranking. ("He has held the No. 1 position in the FIDE world chess rankings since 1 July 2011") - E.T. wil…
Why would apple release a backpack?
I would be surprised if there's ever a GPT5. o3 seems like it'd be superior in every way
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I don't care if they have 100 lights, I just want us to go back to the soft yellow bulbs, instead of whatever we use now that pierces my retinas.
Best you can probably do is to put mirrors on the perimeter of your vehicle. I've noticed that I am quicker to drop my high beams when I approach an 18-wheeler at night with chrome mud-flaps.
i bought mirror reflective tint for my back window a couple years ago so that super bright headlights people would get a taste of their own medicine, but decided against it because i didn't want to be a dick just because others were being thoughtless
it would have been pretty effective i think because i drive a hatchback with a very vertical back window
Re: Ask HN: Predictions for 2025?
#456Earlier quoted context omitted.
Same difference. The point is that it won’t be the AI’s choice, it will be caused by human misuse of it, whether by incompetence or malice.
you'll still be bitten by the parrot.
Whatever. The point was clear in the first message; if you refuse to understand the idea even after multiple explanations, that’s your prerogative. Your nitpick is unproductive and boring and doesn’t advance the conversation either way, it’s just contrarian for the sake of contrarianism. I have no desire to fuel a conversation whose replies amounts to nothing more than “no, you”.
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I'm still not sure how they plan to enforce this. Even now, I see an age verification popup on both illicit sites and even sites I feel are innocuous. But I can just click that I'm old enough to move on. If the social media companies are only trying to shift blame, this makes sense. They're not liable if the customer lies. But if that loophole is closed, the only way to enforce age approved sites would be a global id…
Government backed SSO is probably how this ends up. I suspect we get to it because it also solves the election influencing issues that western democracies are seeing
Wouldn’t solve anything, social media would just fragment even more. People will move to unregulated sites. Full on dictatorships can’t even prevent people from using the internet so how does anyone think this would work?
Re: Ask HN: Predictions for 2025?
#458Earlier quoted context omitted.
you'll still be bitten by the parrot.
Whatever. The point was clear in the first message; if you refuse to understand the idea even after multiple explanations, that’s your prerogative. Your nitpick is unproductive and boring and doesn’t advance the conversation either way, it’s just contrarian for the sake of contrarianism. I have no desire to fuel a conversation whose replies amounts to nothing more than “no, you”.
that makes sense, thank you for explaining. you win.
Re: Ask HN: Predictions for 2025?
#459Re: Ask HN: Predictions for 2025?
#46090% confidence level, Hottest weather in recorded history. Extreme weather in many places not seen before. No one is prepared for this commonplace outlier, Globally common, locally outlier. Huge insurance payout but most not fullfilled. 90% CL: Top search engine results completely inundated by LLM text, we none the wiser. SEO solved. Search engine switches to new algorithm based on LLM. 90% CL: AI with tool use that…
Renewable energy has been the cheaper option in remote areas for a while now, solar demand in Pakistan has skyrocted recently. Solar powered water pumps and water purification has been a commodity and charity item since 2023 (that I recall) eg: https://nrsp.org.pk/hand-operated-and-solar-powered-portable... https://www.bondheshams.org/
I read a piece about how abundant solar in rural Afghanistan strengthened the Taliban as poppy and therefore opium production skyrocketed because they were able to install electric wells.