>The US has gotten tremendous value from AI agents

Any quote on that part...

I read this with a large /s on the end...

Fair point - yet the very official US stance is to reduce regulation and what not. If it was the sarcasm, it'd be the "US population". I could contribute 'tremendous' for obvious reasons but still.

That would likely the 1st time to miss sarcasm... need few more words not the '/s' (I never use /s)

Hah, also fair point - there are plenty of people who would say this completely earnestly! :)

>Mac chess app with the release of the M1.

That would be exceptionally sloppy development. Phones have had more than enough power for long enough. 4 core Skylake (Mac 2016) would be well beyond human capabilities, if it's just raw power.

The "thinking" (difficult) limit should be considered moves ahead, both depth and count. With a possible limit to time, if there is any time control.

You can code review it for yourself, it’s open source: https://github.com/apple-oss-distributions/Chess/tree/Chess-...

IIRC it does just set a time limit on thinking

> 4 core Skylake (Mac 2016) would be well beyond human capabilities

Not if the computer's time limit is set at 15 microseconds. It's not a question of whether the computers have "enough power"; just whether they are more powerful now than they were previously.

And yes, obviously that's a very sloppy and error-prone way to implement a difficulty control.

I'm guessing the app got better precisely because there was a time limit.

Even a computer from 20+ years ago will comfortably crush Carlsen, it really goes down to the specific engine used, chess engines have evolved a lot during the years.

Carlsen knows how to play anti-bot chess where some engines may struggle, but that only applies to amateurish engines.

If it's any help women appreciate confidence; Yet, the article is not about chatgpt

...and the cited source is AI generated video(s). There are summaries that say exactly the opposite of the correct result.

significantly less likely in cases of mass shootings, e.g. schools.

PSA - if you delete your cookies, HN gets it easier. Or just test it in a private window.

It did work without being logged on. The auth service appeared to be down as the log in attempt (just showing the page) failed.

Now it makes sense. I was puzzled about why it was working on the phone browser and not on my system. I'm logged into HN on my system.

esp32 with 'free' (built-in) wifi/bluetooth is just so much easier to work with. That was my experience a few years back.

The first esp8266 I bought was as a dedicated wifi chip for an arduino (or something) project. I discovered after getting it, that it came with a 'free' MCU (that was default flashed with a UART/AT-command firmware to allow other MCUs to get wifi)

funny indeed, as the add-on card (esp8266) is a lot more powerful than an Arduino.

Java is easy - named after the coffee beans of the coffee they used to drink...

CVS (noticed already mentioned by a sibling comment) is just an abbreviation.

Python - well Monty Python

Java was originally called Oak but its creator because he could see an oak from his office, but marketing people at Sun thought Java would be more catchy. Yes it's named after coffee beans, but it has no relation whatsoever to the language or the way it was created, it's just a marketing name.

I can totally see how that was an obvious decision in the 90s, the coffee shop craze was just taking hold in America, and it was such an exciting and fashionable thing to do to sip espressos and lattes.

And before the rise of heavy IDE, you need some coffee to write all those SomeObscureWord.longLongStuf.notSoShortOne.LastSentence()

Imagine a parallel world in which Java is called Oak and it's actually nice from inception, not just like nice after decades.

compared to C, java was quite nice

Yes, I am simply highlighting that programmers have not used descriptive names consistently... well, ever (reinforcing the point the GP made).

The entire premise of the OP is simply wrong.

The assumption implies the median of the people's age who frequent HN is higher.

> I'm considered old here, in my mid 30

That's absolutely not true. It was awkwardly funny to read that.

I've been the oldest guy on several teams in row now, starting in my early 30s. FAANG/startup culture skews very young