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I believe it's more that the library contains the finite set of all books which have a (unique) permutation of the language's characters to size N. The challenge to finding the cure to cancer in such a collection of sufficiently large N is indeed finding which book it is in.

Whistle 2 months ago

I still whistle. I whistle when I'm happy, when I listen to music, and when I'm summoning the dog. I'll whistle while I work, and I'll continue to whistle until I physically can't make the sound anymore.

Leave Me Behind 2 months ago

I'm glad that you find achievement in the personal challenge. At home, I'm just getting things done. Small things, bigger things, and best of all I get to pet the dog more while it works in the background.

Don't consign us here in Mississippi, voting in every election, to not be represented in a democratic society. It's hard enough living here without getting dogpiled by external people who never visit and think that just because our "representatives" are a certain way that everyone here is like them, instead of the messier reality that power structures here are misaligned with the actual population's collective will.

EFF is leaving X 3 months ago

I'm sorry, you didn't say anything about your reasoning behind your ad hominem attack, so I can't properly evaluate your point. I eagerly await your clarification as to the relevance of your observation with regards to this HN topic.

If you haven't experienced a spinthariscope, I can highly recommend it. I bought one as a Christmas present for a buddy and we both enjoy its demonstration of radioactivity.

Nearby Glasses 5 months ago

I believe The Light of Other Days has slow-glass that you expose to a scene, it drinks it in, and then plays it back later.

The Purpose Of a System Is What It Does. Whether it is stated (or even designed) to protect kids, if it does anything more or different from that goal, it will perform those actions regardless of what is said about what the System should be doing.

A year of vibes 7 months ago

I don't care about industry metrics when I'm building my own AI research robotics platform and it's doing what I ask it to do, proving itself in the real world far better than any performative best-practice theatrics in the service of risible MBA-grade effluvia masquerading as critical discourse.

A year of vibes 7 months ago

>"I think 2025 was less productive"

I think 2025 is more productive for me based on measurable metrics such as code contribution to my projects, better ability to ingest and act upon information, and generally I appreciate the Anthropic tax because Claude genuinely has been a step-change improvement in my life.

Instead of casually dismissing the idea, perhaps they considered it and found recharging had its own engineering costs, namely the potential for a swelling battery on your finger, a long life which means you probably would lose a custom charger, and the increased size for the extra requirements.

Surely reading comprehension is still required for, well, reading AI-generated text.

Found the optimist. (no, it unfortunately not required. Imagine, if you will, the world's worst version of the Telephone game...)