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P2P crypto exchange development company

1•sonniya•9m ago•0 comments

Vocal Guide – belt sing without killing yourself

https://jesperordrup.github.io/vocal-guide/
1•jesperordrup•14m ago•0 comments

Write for Your Readers Even If They Are Agents

https://commonsware.com/blog/2026/02/06/write-for-your-readers-even-if-they-are-agents.html
1•ingve•14m ago•0 comments

Knowledge-Creating LLMs

https://tecunningham.github.io/posts/2026-01-29-knowledge-creating-llms.html
1•salkahfi•15m ago•0 comments

Maple Mono: Smooth your coding flow

https://font.subf.dev/en/
1•signa11•22m ago•0 comments

Sid Meier's System for Real-Time Music Composition and Synthesis

https://patents.google.com/patent/US5496962A/en
1•GaryBluto•29m ago•1 comments

Show HN: Slop News – HN front page now, but it's all slop

https://dosaygo-studio.github.io/hn-front-page-2035/slop-news
4•keepamovin•30m ago•1 comments

Show HN: Empusa – Visual debugger to catch and resume AI agent retry loops

https://github.com/justin55afdfdsf5ds45f4ds5f45ds4/EmpusaAI
1•justinlord•33m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Bitcoin wallet on NXP SE050 secure element, Tor-only open source

https://github.com/0xdeadbeefnetwork/sigil-web
2•sickthecat•35m ago•1 comments

White House Explores Opening Antitrust Probe on Homebuilders

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-02-06/white-house-explores-opening-antitrust-probe-i...
1•petethomas•35m ago•0 comments

Show HN: MindDraft – AI task app with smart actions and auto expense tracking

https://minddraft.ai
2•imthepk•40m ago•0 comments

How do you estimate AI app development costs accurately?

1•insights123•41m ago•0 comments

Going Through Snowden Documents, Part 5

https://libroot.org/posts/going-through-snowden-documents-part-5/
1•goto1•42m ago•0 comments

Show HN: MCP Server for TradeStation

https://github.com/theelderwand/tradestation-mcp
1•theelderwand•45m ago•0 comments

Canada unveils auto industry plan in latest pivot away from US

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvgd2j80klmo
3•breve•46m ago•1 comments

The essential Reinhold Niebuhr: selected essays and addresses

https://archive.org/details/essentialreinhol0000nieb
1•baxtr•48m ago•0 comments

Rentahuman.ai Turns Humans into On-Demand Labor for AI Agents

https://www.forbes.com/sites/ronschmelzer/2026/02/05/when-ai-agents-start-hiring-humans-rentahuma...
1•tempodox•50m ago•0 comments

StovexGlobal – Compliance Gaps to Note

1•ReviewShield•53m ago•1 comments

Show HN: Afelyon – Turns Jira tickets into production-ready PRs (multi-repo)

https://afelyon.com/
1•AbduNebu•54m ago•0 comments

Trump says America should move on from Epstein – it may not be that easy

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy4gj71z0m0o
6•tempodox•54m ago•4 comments

Tiny Clippy – A native Office Assistant built in Rust and egui

https://github.com/salva-imm/tiny-clippy
1•salvadorda656•59m ago•0 comments

LegalArgumentException: From Courtrooms to Clojure – Sen [video]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cmMQbsOTX-o
1•adityaathalye•1h ago•0 comments

US moves to deport 5-year-old detained in Minnesota

https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/us-moves-deport-5-year-old-detained-minnesota-2026-02-06/
8•petethomas•1h ago•3 comments

If you lose your passport in Austria, head for McDonald's Golden Arches

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/us-embassy-mcdonalds-restaurants-austria-hotline-americans-consular-...
1•thunderbong•1h ago•0 comments

Show HN: Mermaid Formatter – CLI and library to auto-format Mermaid diagrams

https://github.com/chenyanchen/mermaid-formatter
1•astm•1h ago•0 comments

RFCs vs. READMEs: The Evolution of Protocols

https://h3manth.com/scribe/rfcs-vs-readmes/
3•init0•1h ago•1 comments

Kanchipuram Saris and Thinking Machines

https://altermag.com/articles/kanchipuram-saris-and-thinking-machines
1•trojanalert•1h ago•0 comments

Chinese chemical supplier causes global baby formula recall

https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/nestle-widens-french-infant-formula-r...
2•fkdk•1h ago•0 comments

I've used AI to write 100% of my code for a year as an engineer

https://old.reddit.com/r/ClaudeCode/comments/1qxvobt/ive_used_ai_to_write_100_of_my_code_for_1_ye...
3•ukuina•1h ago•1 comments

Looking for 4 Autistic Co-Founders for AI Startup (Equity-Based)

1•au-ai-aisl•1h ago•1 comments
Open in hackernews

The Internet Is Better on Comet

https://www.perplexity.ai/hub/blog/comet-is-now-available-to-everyone-worldwide
4•alvis•4mo ago

Comments

mikeweiss•4mo ago
Remind me to not trust this company
kamranjon•4mo ago
Yea this is some real tech bro up ranting at 3am kind of vibes - definitely AI assisted copy too…

Kind of a bummer cause I got excited when it started out with the promise of a new browser and then fizzled out with another “we shoved AI into something that absolutely didn’t need it” types of sales pitches.

Just because you added AI to something doesn’t make it valuable, and in most cases I’m going to assume you’re lazy and what you built is bad.

snackbroken•4mo ago
This blog post would fit perfectly into a "is it meaningless marketing drivel or meaningless AI generated drivel?" game.
AlexErrant•4mo ago
What do real people use Comet for? I'm looking at their examples here and find none of them realistic or compelling https://www.perplexity.ai/comet

> How are different news outlets covering this differently?

I want less news, not more.

> Organize my tabs by category and close the ones that are distractions

I use a tree-style tab manager. You will close my tabs over my dead body.

> Build a basic website for me using the best website generator tool

Are you fucking serious?

> Draft a reply that shares my upcoming schedule

Emails _could_ be useful, but I'm not sure how I feel about Comet reading my emails. From their privacy policy:

When you use Comet, we collect and store certain information locally on your system, including: Interaction data, including browsing history information, such as URLs of pages that you visit, text, images, and other resources from those pages...

> Create a study plan given this syllabus for the next week to help me on my test

This does not need to be in a browser.

> Buy a high quality, comfortable yet cheap office chair

...is anyone really doing this???

orochimaaru•4mo ago
I use a Linux laptop so although I was interested in this I could not use it.

That being said, I’ve moved to using perplexity over Google for personal use. I still use google maps, drive, etc. but if I need research on anything my first stop is perplexity.

I’m not about to trust an Llm with purchasing of goods just yet. However, I do see the allure of building study plans, flash cards, Etc. from your school syllabus.

AlexErrant•4mo ago
I tend to use google 1st, then ChatGPT 2nd for things that are ungoogleable. (E.g. my most recent query: "why does RFC 2822 allow emails without a `to`?" was too much for my googlefu.) My style is to use the simplest tool for the job. I avoid AI as my default because Google is faster. I'm curious what Comet can do that your typical frontier model cannot. I personally would not install Comet for doing something that chatgpt.com can already do.

I _suppose_ that Comet would save me from copy/pasting, but the fact that they would read my emails is quite deterring.

I suppose what I'm asking is: what is Comet's unique value prop?

AlexErrant•4mo ago
I asked chatGPT the above question and found nothing compelling https://chatgpt.com/share/68e3c365-94a8-800e-91ca-9b5a9337b2...

Worse, GPT hallucinated: "To alleviate concerns, Comet is designed so that much data is stored locally by default. For example, by default email/calendar content etc. is not uploaded unless you explicitly request an action that requires it."

From its citation: "Comet may process some local data using Perplexity’s servers to fulfill your queries. This means Comet reads context on the requested page (such as text and email) in order to accomplish the task requested."

Perhaps I'm too cynical, but chatGPT is farrrr more generous than what Comet's FAQ states.

orochimaaru•4mo ago
So, I resisted getting off of Google but did find perplexity very compelling especially for q&a, comparisons, research, etc. I don’t work for them, just a satisfied user. They allow you to switch between foundation models if you want to.

They are not free like Google. It’s a paid subscription. So they don’t share your data (yet) for advertising, etc.

Terretta•4mo ago
>> Buy a high quality, comfortable yet cheap office chair

> ...is anyone really doing this???

To get this right is much harder than it should be given the optimization of selling not-good chairs. Our office returned literally dozens before landing on a couple $80-$120 chairs that beat $600-$800 range leaders. I doubt perplexity is really succeeding here.

BrenBarn•4mo ago
It's so tragicomic to see a page that says "the internet is broken" and then offers AI as the solution. It's like saying "Oh, you have a headache? You'll surely want this hammer to bash your skull with."
phyzome•4mo ago
Previously featured on HN as https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45004846

"Comet AI browser can get prompt injected from any site, drain your bank account"