elwell's comments

On: Meta Movie Gen

[elwell]

The same can be said about plain old I.

On: Meta Movie Gen

[elwell]

> IMPOSSIBLE to build an AI detector that works longterm

    return Math.random() < Math.pow(0.5, (new Date()).getFullYear() - 2023) ? "Not AI" : "AI";

This should increase in accuracy over time.

[mitthrowaway2 → elwell]

It turns out that "return 'AI'" is a better strategy when the probability is above 50%: https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/msJA6B9ZjiiZxT6EZ/lawful-unc...

[elwell → mitthrowaway2]

Good point. Here's a patch:

    Math.random = () => 1;

On: Boeing workers vote to strike

[elwell]

> struck

"went on strike"

On: OpenAI threatens to revoke o1 access for asking it...

[elwell]

When are they going to go ahead and just rebrand as ClosedAI?

On: Noisy neighbor detection with eBPF

[elwell]

I was hoping for a program that listens for dog barking and writes a timestamp log of every segment of active barking. Once you collect a couple weeks of data you can send it to the county.

[Triphibian → elwell]

The neighborhood was .3 acre lots with houses crammed fence to fence. We were on top of each other. The outdoor tv was a HUGE dick move that is becoming more and more accepted.

[otteromkram → Triphibian]

Not accepted, but because ACAB, what can we do?

I'd love to plug up all the noisy exhaust systems on every car and truck around me, but then I'd get in trouble despite ordinances basically saying, "maintain your exhaust system as to not be disturbing to others."

If cops aren't going to enforce this and citizens aren't allowed to, then what?

[mardifoufs → elwell]

I don't know, snitches do get stitches after all. But writing software just to do snitching on a massive, analytical scale does fit the nerd stereotype though.

On: Noisy neighbor detection with eBPF

[elwell]

So does yours! (and mine)

On: Launch HN: Patchwork (YC S24) – Automatically add ...

[elwell]

If the landing page doesn't lead me to eventually try the product, then this is a bad tradeoff. I would listen to this feedback more seriously.

On: Diffusion models are real-time game engines

[elwell]

Droom

On: Researchers develop the fastest possible flow algo...

[elwell]

In 2030, this algorithm will be expected to optimally solve some leetcode interview question.

On: Ask HN: What is the best code base you ever worked...

[elwell]

ClojureScript + Re-frame + GraphQL subscriptions over WebSockets: https://github.com/Vetd-Inc/vetd-app