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One thing that is NOT intuitive to me at all, is that right handed guitarists do their most technically complex work with their left hand, while the right hand can often get away with just really repetitive strums, whose only job is to stay on beat.
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GPT-5.6 Sol Ultra produces proof of the Cycle Double Cover Conjecture [pdf]
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1h ago
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Claude Code on desktop now has an in-app browser. Claude can pull up docs, designs, or any other site. It can read, click through, and interact the same way it does with your local dev servers. It's sandboxed and configurable: you choose whether sessions persist.
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I recommend using GPT-5.6 Sol Medium as your daily driver, and for really hard problems to switch to Extra High. If you want the absolute best and are not afraid to burn usage fast, then Ultra is a beast.
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Write code like a human will maintain it
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You're Not a Better Engineer Because You Type Git Commands by Hand
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SpaceX wants to launch 100k more Starlink satellites – for 100x the bandwidth
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Or a generational run. We will continue to make tweaks and we have a TON coming for developers. Meanwhile traffic yesterday sat at ~2X previous peak, team is scrambling to keep everything up and reliable. Time will tell, but I have conviction that attempting to build the one int
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Punk, or why I don't stream anymore
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🔴 ⚠️ BREAKING: Trump: Have agreed to Iran talks, but united states has stated to them, in no uncertain terms, that cease fire is over.
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QuadRF can spot drones and see WiFi through my wall
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Late Bronze Age Collapse
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Amazing chart from today's episode: It's not just that US household exposure to equities is at a record high, but that the stock market is a SIGNIFICANTLY greater component of total household net worth than real estate now, which blows my mind. The stock market is the economy.
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Snails' Teeth Beats Spider Silk as Nature's Strongest Material (2015)
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SK Group Chairman: Open to More Investments, Including Building Chips in the U.S. – CNBC SK Group Chairman: Even if production capacity doubles over the next five years, customers still expect memory supply to remain insufficient.
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New York City to become first in US to ban deceptive subscription practices
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Europe's Largest Unions Demand Right to Cancel Work on Days Above 30C
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6h ago
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Footage of Ukrainian forces hitting another 13 Russian vessels near Crimea overnight, including another 10 oil/fuel tankers. Ukrainian attack drones have hit 48 Russian ships in the Black Sea over the past 5 days.
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Anyone else get a vague GitHub shakedown notice?
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2h ago
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If you’re a creative not using AI you’re fcked. Introducing Melius: the world’s first creative canvas for agents. Here’s how it works:
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4h ago
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Zero regrets about the cost of living in CA. The joy of walking to this anytime I want can’t be overstated. Touch grass therapy is strong here.
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How the Terrorist Group Boko Haram Uses Frontier AI
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The tech of 'Terminator 2' – an oral history (2017)
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2h ago
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Just set it to “high” and stop worrying so much. The model already adapts thinking levels really well.
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37m ago
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A Love Letter to Flashcards
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4h ago
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Trump: Agreed to Keep Negotiations With Iran Going
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I love Sol but you definitely should keep it on a leash. It’s a bit too willing to do anything to complete its work
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if you want to help beta test OpenCode 2.0 v2.opencode.ai - data in separate db which we might wipe - stuff will be broken - use /report to send us issues - v1 plugins won't work, v2 api not final there is a built in skill that you can ask for basically anything
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v2.opencode.ai
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2h ago
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Scarf has moved away from Haskell
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6h ago
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We desperately need a smart model router. 1. We’re seeing a model explosion: GPT-5.6, Grok 4.5, Muse Spark 1.1, GLM-5.2, and Fable 5 all launched within the past month. 2. Even for a single model family like GPT-5.6, there're 3 (Sol, Terra, Luna) and 5 reasoning-effort levels.
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How do you use Vim in the era of AI?
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For agentic coding, one can say: - Unless you need Terra Ultra perf, it's always better to use a Luna model with higher effort setting (same or better performance but cheaper). - Forget everything below Sol High, use Luna with higher effort settings here - Forget Sol Extra Hig
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Gas prices in Russia's Stavropol have risen to 150 rubles per liter, or $7.50 per gallon. Most Russian regions are currently facing a fuel crisis after Ukrainian attack drones crippled Russian refining capacity.
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The moment you realize that X >> Threads for anything tech-related in reach / engagement Mark Zuckerberg posted the exact same launch post here and on Threads (I never understood how Threads claims more users than X. Feels like a tech ghost town there)
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Ask HN: What was the last task where only a frontier model could do it?
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Computation as a Universal and Fundamental Concept
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With Atlas being retired in favor of the browser embedded in the ChatGPT app I wonder if the whole category of AI-enhanced browsers is coming to a close The security/privacy issues remain unsolvable IMO - I want my AI to use its own separate browser and stay out of the one I use
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Successful Companies Go Blind
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Ryanair Passenger Sucked Toward Broken Window After Midair Engine Failure
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Trump on Iran: The ceasefire is over - Truth Social
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The Russian government in Novosibirsk has requested that businesses switch employees to remote work due to the fuel shortage caused by Ukraine's drone campaign.
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Hands-On with the AMD Ryzen AI Halo
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US President Donald Trump says it has agreed to continue talks with Iran. But he also reiterates the cease fire is over.
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RUSSIA TEMPORARILY STOPS SHIPPING THROUGH DON-AZOV CHANNEL, TWO INDUSTRY SOURCES SAY
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War Atlas: An interactive cartography of every named war in human history
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Anyone know if ChatGPT Codex (in the new ChatGPT desktop app) is a strict superset of ChatGPT Work? Liked if you're a software engineer who isn't intimidated by Git features is there any reason you'd ever want to switch to ChatGPT Work Mode?
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One of the most confusing aspects of GPT-5.6 is figuring out which model to use at which reasoning effort - sounds like Sol on Medium might be a good new default for coding work, if it's an upgrade from my previous favorite 5.5 xhigh
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SK Hynix revenue trajectory: 2028E: $377.3B 2027E: $346.2B 2026E: $237.2B 2025: $64.6B 2024: $44.0B 2023: $21.8B
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Claude Code can now open any website inside the desktop app. Claude can use your production app, open the links it sends you, check Twitter, and even watch the FIFA World Cup!
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I haven’t successfully found a use case for Sol Ultra yet. I’ve run two days of side by side xhigh and ultra runs for planning and impl and I haven’t noticed any tangible quality change. I can see the difference in execution and token usage. Maybe I’m holding it wrong, but how?
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