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tempestn

14,385 karmajoined 14 years ago
Hey, I'm Nathan, founder of autotempest.com and searchtempest.com. Feel free to get in touch. Email is my first name at either of those domains.

Submissions

Critical Atlantic current significantly more likely to collapse than thought

theguardian.com
3 points·by tempestn·3 months ago·0 comments

Blue-LIRIC in rabbit cornea: efficacy, effects, and repetition rate (2022)

pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
2 points·by tempestn·4 months ago·0 comments

Nobel laureate invents machine that harvests water from dry air

theguardian.com
3 points·by tempestn·5 months ago·0 comments

Tesla Robotaxis Reportedly Crashing at a Rate That's 4x Higher Than Humans

gizmodo.com
45 points·by tempestn·5 months ago·12 comments

China Floating Turbine Passes Testing and Completes a Grid-Connected Flight

cleantechnica.com
1 points·by tempestn·5 months ago·1 comments

China to ban hidden car door handles on all EVs over crash safety concerns

theguardian.com
6 points·by tempestn·5 months ago·5 comments

Y Combinator removes Canada from list of places where it invests

nationalpost.com
5 points·by tempestn·5 months ago·3 comments

Suicides Were Frequent at the Golden Gate Bridge. Not Anymore

nytimes.com
4 points·by tempestn·6 months ago·1 comments

US agency asks Tesla about 'Mad Max' driver assistance mode

reuters.com
8 points·by tempestn·9 months ago·0 comments

OpenAI, AMD Announce Computing Deal, Marking New Phase of AI Boom

wsj.com
1 points·by tempestn·9 months ago·0 comments

Ask HN: Times the world has dodged a bullet

17 points·by tempestn·10 months ago·19 comments

comments

tempestn
·42 minutes ago·discuss
Yeah, I mean obviously. Who among us hasn't received a casual £5M from friends now and again? Why would it have anything to do with his political campaign?
tempestn
·19 hours ago·discuss
Same reason as always. Someone found it interesting and submitted it. Others found it interesting and up voted it within a period of time.
tempestn
·2 days ago·discuss
The thing I've been struggling with recently is how to sign off. When "Thanks" isn't called for, I always feel awkward using any of the standard sign-offs, like "Cheers", "Best", "Regards"... I'm somewhat leaning toward just using Thanks when it makes sense, and if it doesn't, then just "-Myname" is probably fine.
tempestn
·4 days ago·discuss
I like a fair bit of what the EU does, and in the past they've been behind some significant advances in vehicle safety, but boy do I hate most of what's coming out of there lately as far as driving . All these driver "assistance" features that arguably do more harm than good for competent drivers and are forced to be enabled by default on every drive. And now this. Bleh.
tempestn
·24 days ago·discuss
I once accidentally got a version of this. Was asking it to change the wheels on a picture of a car, and provided a link to the original image. I guess it was blocked from accessing the url, but it assumed that it could and generated a random car image with the wheels in the color I'd requested. I imagine the same approach would work for making it think you'd provided an image here.
tempestn
·last month·discuss
Isn't that kind of good then? It's probably valuable for the public to know that this is how he sees himself.
tempestn
·last month·discuss
> If Claude gives me poor or incorrect advice while I’m working on an AI component, I have no way of knowing whether the model was confused, whether my problem is unsolvable, or if some invisible policy restriction quietly kicked in.

You should be able to know if your problem was solvable by using your own expertise and judgement, no? If you're relying on LLMs as a substitute for those, I wouldn't expect great results.
tempestn
·last month·discuss
I honestly feel like that's a counter-example. With AI he'd be tweeting some other nonsense. It's not like anyone saw the image and thought he actually was orange Jesus.
tempestn
·last month·discuss
And this is mostly thanks to the oil sands. Will that always be the economic engine it is today?
tempestn
·2 months ago·discuss
I'd hoped this would be a post about Giro Galoppo, which is a fantastic little board game if you have kids (and can find a copy). It's easy enough for small children to learn, but the mix of strategy and luck is such that an adult can put real effort into winning, but will still probably only win 2/3 to 3/4 of games, not every time. And it's quick to play. Great game.
tempestn
·2 months ago·discuss
I expect the more significant concern would be OpenClaw opening your front door for someone else.
tempestn
·2 months ago·discuss
But don't we know that some of the vulnerabilities being discovered predate ai coding?
tempestn
·3 months ago·discuss
This is a reference to RJK Jr's pronouncement that Trump has a "different way of calculating percentages". Seems apt to me in this context.
tempestn
·3 months ago·discuss
How is it an anomaly? Global stocks go up (or at least have positive total return) over time on average because companies produce value. Ultimately it's true that that money has to come from somewhere, so you can say printing it is monetary policy, but the reason it can be done without runaway inflation is the tangible value produced by the firms.
tempestn
·3 months ago·discuss
Do you think carrying a gun gives the child soldier power to change his circumstances? It's a problem of organization and collective action, not lack of arms.
tempestn
·3 months ago·discuss
If they wanted it to persist, why would they give up a portion of their income to end it? Are you suggesting the 40% is just more honest than the 60?
tempestn
·3 months ago·discuss
Their point was that violence is sometimes justified, using the French Revolution as an example. I'm pointing out that the FR wasn't just a matter of "killing the rulers". Many, many people were killed. It wasn't such an unambiguous good as they seemed to be implying. Also, other countries have transitioned to democracy without such bloodshed.
tempestn
·3 months ago·discuss
Are you familiar with the details of the French Revolution? Some of the eventual outcomes were indeed positive, but a lot of what actually went on was pretty horrific.
tempestn
·3 months ago·discuss
That's actually a fun little puzzle.
tempestn
·3 months ago·discuss
It doesn't prevent it. It gives you a way to potentially recover after the disk fills. Many operations become impossible once the disk is full, so this buys you some temporary breathing room to solve the problem.