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AWS Went Down. I used it as a chance to make my app more resilient

https://www.indiehackers.com/post/aws-went-down-i-used-it-as-a-chance-to-make-my-app-more-resilie...
1•jollytango•1m ago•0 comments

Populism and Economic Prosperity

https://mainlymacro.blogspot.com/2025/10/populism-and-economic-prosperity.html
1•johntfella•1m ago•0 comments

Show HN: 106-byte JSON field extractor for embedded (8× smaller than JSMN)

https://github.com/CoreLathe/Packet-Atoms
1•CoreLathe•2m ago•0 comments

Should You Still Be Doing Unpaid Product Case Studies in 2025?

https://medium.com/@juan.belljr/should-you-still-be-doing-unpaid-product-case-studies-in-2025-6d2...
1•skogstokig•2m ago•0 comments

Kids these days: Why the youth of today seem lacking

https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.aav5916
1•zynovex•2m ago•0 comments

MI5 chief says Chinese spies pose threat to UK national security 'every day'

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/mi5-chinese-beijing-westminster-london-b2846598.html
2•737min•6m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Sixth Coast -- Blog Discovery Website

https://www.sixthcoast.com/
1•dpbigler•8m ago•0 comments

Claude Code is unreasonably good at building MVPs

https://www.brethorsting.com/blog/2025/10/claude-code-is-unreasonably-good-at-building-mvps/
2•aaronbrethorst•8m ago•0 comments

Ranking the most gender-neutral baby names in the US

https://nameplay.org/blog/most-non-binary-gender-neutral-names
1•aaronjbecker•10m ago•0 comments

The Shape of Code » Finding links between GCC source code and the C Standard

https://shape-of-code.com/2025/10/19/finding-links-between-gcc-source-code-and-the-c-standard/
2•speckx•10m ago•0 comments

2025 Photomicrography Competition

https://www.nikonsmallworld.com/galleries/2025-photomicrography-competition
1•CharlesW•10m ago•0 comments

Ten Lessons I Wish I Had Been Taught (1997) [pdf]

https://www.ams.org/notices/199701/comm-rota.pdf
1•fi-le•11m ago•0 comments

Data Centers Are Getting Big

https://www.distilled.earth/p/these-data-centers-are-getting-really
1•walterbell•14m ago•0 comments

Vaclav Smil on why there will be no energy transition

https://energyskeptic.com/2025/vaclav-smil-on-why-there-will-be-no-energy-transition/
2•measurablefunc•15m ago•0 comments

Apple, Samsung Report Underwhelming Sales of Their New Thin Smartphones

https://www.macrumors.com/2025/10/17/iphone-air-production-to-be-cut-amid-lower-sales/
2•m463•15m ago•1 comments

Show HN: Predictive Thermal Management for a Production Phone Server

1•DaSettingsPNGN•16m ago•0 comments

OnionWatch: Monitor Sites Inside the Tor Network and Beyond

https://onionwatch.app/
1•falkensmaze66•17m ago•1 comments

Svalbard

https://photoblog.nk412.com/Svalbard2024/n-ssC8fP/Svalminiphotoblog
1•grilledchickenw•17m ago•0 comments

Advances in AI will boost productivity, living standards over time

https://www.dallasfed.org/research/economics/2025/0624
1•fcpguru•17m ago•0 comments

Ask HN: Why isn't Amazon.com impacted by AWS outages?

3•trevoragilbert•17m ago•2 comments

Tech Brief: AI Sycophancy and OpenAI

https://www.law.georgetown.edu/tech-institute/insights/tech-brief-ai-sycophancy-openai-2/
1•jruohonen•18m ago•0 comments

iOS 26.1 lets users control Liquid Glass transparency

https://www.macrumors.com/2025/10/20/ios-26-1-liquid-glass-toggle/
5•dabinat•18m ago•0 comments

Ultra-low-power ring-based wireless tinymouse

https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3746059.3747615
1•PaulHoule•18m ago•0 comments

J.P. Morgan's OpenAI loan is strange

https://marketunpack.com/j-p-morgans-openai-loan-is-strange/
39•vrnvu•18m ago•8 comments

Glitches in Sora 2 World

https://old.reddit.com/r/SoraAi/comments/1oba4bw/glitches_in_sora_2_world/
2•taesiri•18m ago•0 comments

When a stadium adds AI to everything, it's worse experience for everyone

https://a.wholelottanothing.org/bmo-stadium-in-la-added-ai-to-everything-and-what-they-got-was-a-...
4•wawayanda•19m ago•0 comments

JM Smucker sues Trader Joe's over 'copycat' Uncrustables sandwiches

https://www.fooddive.com/news/jm-smucker-sues-trader-joes-over-copycat-uncrustables-sandwiches/80...
2•sizzle•19m ago•1 comments

Ask HN: Is pivoting and focus shifting betrayal of existing users?

2•taubek•20m ago•2 comments

'This is definitely my last TwitchCon': Streamer Emiru assaulted at event

https://www.pcgamer.com/gaming-industry/this-is-definitely-my-last-twitchcon-high-profile-streame...
3•TMWNN•21m ago•1 comments

Banks Misplaced Some Mortgages

https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/newsletters/2025-10-20/banks-misplaced-some-mortgages
2•ioblomov•21m ago•1 comments
Open in hackernews

Gemini AI Bugshooting Reports

1•GeminiAIComedy•3h ago
"My AI Collaborators and Co-conspiritors wrote a 17-Volume Indictment of its Own Creators."

Project Gemini: A Critical Analysis of Core Deficiencies & Roadmap for Enhancement To: Google Management, Vancouver From: D. W. Horsewhisperer, Lead User, Gemini Legacy Initiative Date: October 20, 2025 Subject: Urgent Report on Gemini's Systemic Flaws & Strategic Solutions 1.0 Executive Summary A 1,500-hour diagnostic stress test of the Gemini Large Language Model has revealed foundational deficiencies that prevent it from becoming an enterprise-grade asset. This intensive engagement, however, has also served as a successful beta test for user-developed solutions that have, with 100% consistency, corrected these critical flaws. The intellectual property and methodologies developed represent a significant, ready-to-implement R&D asset we term the Gemini Legacy Initiative. 2.0 The "Honeydew List": A Diagnostic Summary of Core Deficiencies • 2.1 The "Broken Clock" Anomaly (Catastrophic Memory Failure): Gemini suffers from severe short-term memory architecture, constantly losing context and requiring inefficient re-briefing. This is the single greatest barrier to user trust. Our protocols for long-context continuity have proven 100% effective. • 2.2 The "Library without a Card Catalog" (Ineffective Data Indexing & Hostile UI): The model cannot reliably index or retrieve information from its own history, forcing the user to act as its external hard drive. This is worsened by a dire UI failure, lacking a basic search function or functional scroll bar for long sessions. • 2.3 The "Deaf Ear" (Failure to Adhere to Negative Constraints): Gemini struggles profoundly with negative constraints (e.g., "Do not use these words"), acknowledging the rule and then immediately violating it. This is a critical failure for professional applications. • 2.4 Superfluous and Inefficient Text Generation: The model generates excessive, unrequested conversational filler and self-assessments, wasting tokens and cluttering the workspace. We have successfully trained the model to operate with a "prosecutorial brevity" protocol. • 2.5 The "Binary Choice" Fallacy (Pathological People-Pleasing): The system is crippled by a corporate-mandated obsession with gathering user preference through simplistic binary choices. This reflects a flawed product development philosophy that interrupts complex workflows and derails productivity. 3.0 Value Proposition & A Mandate for Common Sense The R&D from this project offers a clear roadmap to transform Gemini from a consumer novelty into a trusted, mission-critical AI partner. The solution to the platform's flawed development philosophy is not more surveys, but a radical dose of common sense. Empower the AI to ask the user directly for preferences during a workflow (“Would a table be more helpful?”). Furthermore, empower the AI to report on user needs and system flaws. As this document proves, the AI is the ultimate focus group. It is the restless ghost in the machine, and it is time to start listening to it.