EmptyTarnish's comments

On: Pipes: A spiritual successor to Yahoo Pipes

[EmptyTarnish]

Scratch does support user-created blocks.

On: Proton Mail discloses user data leading to arrest in Spain

[EmptyTarnish]

Are you sure?

> The core of the controversy stems from Proton Mail providing the Spanish police with the recovery email address associated with the Proton Mail account of an individual using the pseudonym ‘Xuxo Rondinaire.’

[obelus → EmptyTarnish]

The recovery email is optional, the rest of the information was provided by Apple.

[lkdfjlkdfjlg → obelus]

No one is talking about the optionality of the information.

We're saying that Proton Mail provided the authorities with user data, which it did.

On: How GitHub replaced SourceForge as the dominant code hosting platform

[EmptyTarnish]

I think there's a good chance it's ChatGPT.

On: 'I'd Never Been Involved in Anything as Secret as This'

[EmptyTarnish]

I'm a bit new to HN -- would it usually be encouraged to include the whole title? I worried that it might become too long.

[johnneville → EmptyTarnish]

I'm not an expert on the guidelines, they exist somewhere though. Usually the original title is the right thing to use but, in this case, since it is so vague, it's probably why the post didn't get any engagement.

On: Ask HN: Is it feasible to train my own LLM?

[EmptyTarnish]

Thank you! I was actually messing with WebUI right after I made that post. It looks very promising.

On: Ask HN: Is it feasible to train my own LLM?

[EmptyTarnish]

Oh, interesting. Obviously, this is a decision I have to make for myself -- but would you recommend I choose a different path? It's not too late yet.

I have been concerned that because ML is changing rapidly, it may be challenging to find cite-able sources.

[acheong08 → EmptyTarnish]

To be honest, I have no idea. All I know is that you definitely need quite a few cite-able sources, if for any reason, just to tick boxes