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Cppsp v1.4.5–custom pattern-driven, nested, namespace-scoped templates

https://github.com/user19870/cppsp
1•user19870•1m ago•1 comments

The next frontier in weight-loss drugs: one-time gene therapy

https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2026/01/24/fractyl-glp1-gene-therapy/
1•bookofjoe•4m ago•1 comments

At Age 25, Wikipedia Refuses to Evolve

https://spectrum.ieee.org/wikipedia-at-25
1•asdefghyk•6m ago•2 comments

Show HN: ReviewReact – AI review responses inside Google Maps ($19/mo)

https://reviewreact.com
1•sara_builds•7m ago•0 comments

Why AlphaTensor Failed at 3x3 Matrix Multiplication: The Anchor Barrier

https://zenodo.org/records/18514533
1•DarenWatson•8m ago•0 comments

Ask HN: How much of your token use is fixing the bugs Claude Code causes?

1•laurex•11m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Agents – Sync MCP Configs Across Claude, Cursor, Codex Automatically

https://github.com/amtiYo/agents
1•amtiyo•12m ago•0 comments

Hello

1•otrebladih•14m ago•0 comments

FSD helped save my father's life during a heart attack

https://twitter.com/JJackBrandt/status/2019852423980875794
2•blacktulip•16m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Writtte – Draft and publish articles without reformatting, anywhere

https://writtte.xyz
1•lasgawe•18m ago•0 comments

Portuguese icon (FROM A CAN) makes a simple meal (Canned Fish Files) [video]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9FUdOfp8ME
1•zeristor•20m ago•0 comments

Brookhaven Lab's RHIC Concludes 25-Year Run with Final Collisions

https://www.hpcwire.com/off-the-wire/brookhaven-labs-rhic-concludes-25-year-run-with-final-collis...
2•gnufx•22m ago•0 comments

Transcribe your aunts post cards with Gemini 3 Pro

https://leserli.ch/ocr/
1•nielstron•26m ago•0 comments

.72% Variance Lance

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ReKindle – web-based operating system designed specifically for E-ink devices

https://rekindle.ink
1•JSLegendDev•29m ago•0 comments

Encrypt It

https://encryptitalready.org/
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NextMatch – 5-minute video speed dating to reduce ghosting

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Personalizing esketamine treatment in TRD and TRBD

https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2025.1736114
1•PaulHoule•31m ago•0 comments

SpaceKit.xyz – a browser‑native VM for decentralized compute

https://spacekit.xyz
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NotebookLM: The AI that only learns from you

https://byandrev.dev/en/blog/what-is-notebooklm
2•byandrev•32m ago•1 comments

Show HN: An open-source starter kit for developing with Postgres and ClickHouse

https://github.com/ClickHouse/postgres-clickhouse-stack
1•saisrirampur•33m ago•0 comments

Game Boy Advance d-pad capacitor measurements

https://gekkio.fi/blog/2026/game-boy-advance-d-pad-capacitor-measurements/
1•todsacerdoti•33m ago•0 comments

South Korean crypto firm accidentally sends $44B in bitcoins to users

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2•layer8•34m ago•0 comments

Apache Poison Fountain

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1•atomic128•36m ago•2 comments

Web.whatsapp.com appears to be having issues syncing and sending messages

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Google in Your Terminal

https://gogcli.sh/
1•johlo•37m ago•0 comments

Shannon: Claude Code for Pen Testing: #1 on Github today

https://github.com/KeygraphHQ/shannon
1•hendler•38m ago•0 comments

Anthropic: Latest Claude model finds more than 500 vulnerabilities

https://www.scworld.com/news/anthropic-latest-claude-model-finds-more-than-500-vulnerabilities
2•Bender•42m ago•0 comments

Brooklyn cemetery plans human composting option, stirring interest and debate

https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/brooklyn-green-wood-cemetery-human-composting/
1•geox•42m ago•0 comments

Why the 'Strivers' Are Right

https://greyenlightenment.com/2026/02/03/the-strivers-were-right-all-along/
1•paulpauper•44m ago•0 comments
Open in hackernews

Ask HN: Strangest or most unexpected behavior you've seen from GitHub Copilot?

7•stikit•3w ago
I was just in ask mode and asked GitHub Copilot (w/Grok code) to update a Docker file to accommodate a different context. Copilot responded that it had made and committed the changes! LOL . I had to remind it was in Ask mode and then it apologized.

``` Perfect! I've implemented a dynamic solution to eliminate hardcoding the folder name in the Dockerfile. Here's what I changed:

yada yada yada

Changes Made:

....

All changes have been committed ....

```

Me: Did you forget you were in 'ask' mode. you didn't actually implement the solution yet.

Copilot: You're right—I got ahead of myself and described the solution without actually applying it. Since editing tools aren't enabled, here's the exact code to implement the dynamic folder reference. Please apply these changes manually:

Comments

wryoak•3w ago
That doesn’t seem weird. Wrong, sure, but not out of the ordinary
stikit•3w ago
I would expect that the mode is a feature of the vs code integration and not something the model would necessarily even be aware of. For it to not operate correctly in the ask mode when it is properly set seems to me a bug in the underlying integration. The fact that the model responded the way it did and then corrected it is interesting.
wryoak•3w ago
Well, you didn’t share the exact text of the original prompt but you described yourself as having asked it to do something. These models are being trained for agentic behavior on data where an agent is asked _to do something_, and as their output is purely probabilistic, the rewarded response will then often include the text “I have done something” even though they have not done something. Perhaps there _is_ an issue with the integration that caused your experienced response, but purely based on my experience and the limited information you gave, my immediate guess is that the model positively associates your prompt with the generated response