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". While it represents one bit of information, it is typically implemented as 1 byte in arrays, and often 4 bytes (an int) or more as a standalone variable on the stack "

This is why asking for medications based on the last thing you saw on social media is a really bad idea.

Run your LLM locally.

That is the only way to avoid being held captive by Anthropic / Meta / Google.


Just use Calibre to sideload books into any reader or tablet.

That’s like saying just carry physical hardback books around wherever you go. Missed the point.

"97% of participants couldn’t tell the difference between fully AI-generated music and human-made music."

Is this the new Coke vs Pepsi challenge?

On the other hand, stuff happens.

Depends on your risk appetite and your systems tolerance for the inevitable consequences of errors...

A 5 year old free range kid on a scooter died outside a nearby school a few months ago.

Hit by a SUV

Was riding back from primary school on a scooter, without the mother.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11-14/islah-metcalfe-rouse-...

A massive investigation, police, social services, traffic consultants, a million plus spent on upgrading safety, mother and father demonised in the community,etc ...

Teachers involved who responded or gave CPR ( I know some of them) given counselling.

The mother is likely to have lost custody of her other children.


There was no support in the link for your assertion that the mother is likely to lose custody. Money was raised in support of the parents. Your link says two other children were struck at the same intersection before this, and the municipality didn't take notice. Yet you blame the parents for not driving to school instead of the driver of the truck, and the traffic situation?

This is really the problem.


As a counter example, I witnessed 3 months ago a similar scene in my neighborhood, where a kid on a bike, crossing on pedestrian stripes, was hit by a taxi. It was a bad accident but luckily he didn't die. His dad was following right behind him. I'm leaning to think that "shit happens" in any case, but overprotection adds on top another layer of subtle, long term risks.

חַלְּצֵ֣נִי יְ֖הֹוָה מֵֽאָדָ֣ם רָ֑ע מֵאִ֖ישׁ חֲמָסִ֣ים תִּנְצְרֵֽנִי

https://www.chabad.org/library/bible_cdo/aid/16361/jewish/Ch...


Сколько дивизий, вы сказали, у Папы?

Context:

" Then Stalin turned to Churchill and asked that famous question after taking a tug at his moustache: "How many divisions did you say Pope has?"


Marvelous...

Finally a good reason to assume a spherical cow!


Some of us enjoy intellectual challenges....

The Bornat book looks great.

The fact that it is in BCPL is ultra cool.


Liking intellectual challenges on Hacker News is very 2008. It's 2026, the AI will write a compiler in 5 minutes, no headache required.

If you're still playing with Rubik's cubes you're going to get left behind.


> you're going to get left behind.

What's wrong with that? Why do you fear getting left behind? This is just fearmongering.

Mind you these are legitimate interests of people and in most of cases probably not related to professional work.

And lol @ "It's 2026, the AI will write a compiler in 5 minutes, no headache required.", no it will not, have you seen Anthropic's post about Claude writing the "C compiler"?


I think this chap is just joking.

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