ethanwillis

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by ethanwillis 11d ago
A fully open-source humanoid arm for physical AI research and deployment in contact-rich environments. When will someone release this but for deployment in target-rich environments?
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by ethanwillis 14d ago
But what if I've done nothing illegal and they only think I have?
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by ethanwillis 16d ago
I think Anthropic told them being a plumber is a great option.
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by ethanwillis 25d ago
break out the ouija board
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What would Steve Jobs think?
1 points by ethanwillis 25d ago|2 comments
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by ethanwillis 26d ago
It's called choice. Maybe a dumb choice, but a choice!
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by ethanwillis 1mo ago
The last thing I'd want replicated in the US is UK governance.
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by ethanwillis 1mo ago
The people running Flock are simply bad people with the completely wrong temperament. We shouldn't have these cameras at all but even if we were forced to have them the people running Flock are the last people who should be in control
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by ethanwillis 2mo ago
Their right to a business model doesn't outweigh the right of the public to not be harmed.
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Settlement with OpenAI for Discriminating Against U.S. Workers(justice.gov)
39 points by ethanwillis 2mo ago|9 comments
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by ethanwillis 2mo ago
You know with all this AGI swirling around nowadays that is stronger than nation state hackers you think one of these companies would demonstrate just how capable they are by defending public infrastructure. Unless... Maybe in 6 months.
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by ethanwillis 2mo ago
thanks! was just wondering. maybe some issue with the implementation of manual movement of posts.
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Ask HN: Why is the "Who is hiring?" post being re-aged?
1 points by ethanwillis 2mo ago|2 comments
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by ethanwillis 2mo ago
Good question. I'm intentionally leaving it vague to see what people come up with. Also, I've seen what you are describing a few times. Usually happens in companies with certain financial incentives to hide "problems"
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by ethanwillis 2mo ago
the infinite scroll loop is cool but a bit nauseating lol
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Ask HN: Who is firing? (August 2026)
19 points by ethanwillis 2mo ago|5 comments
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Ask HN: Who is quitting? (August 2026)
27 points by ethanwillis 2mo ago|1 comments
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by ethanwillis 3mo ago
I have a family member who has been a butcher for nearly 40 years.. if you'd want some tips on this to try it again I'm sure he'd be willing to tell you how to go about it properly.
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by ethanwillis 3mo ago
Definitely has always been some absurdity and I think there always will be. I think it only varies in the degree!
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Ask HN: Who is quitting? (July 2026)
190 points by ethanwillis 3mo ago|149 comments
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by ethanwillis 4mo ago
You're simply wrong. I say this as a computer scientist who ended up studying and working in bioinformatics for a period of time. The reason I don't now? It's that people don't understand biology enough to understand the
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by ethanwillis 4mo ago
I have also developed a similar system not focused on the exploratory refinement of prompt(s). But more focused on feedback loops cybernetic style, so focused on the maintaining of stability of the prompt outputs by a growing library of det
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by ethanwillis 4mo ago
I'm sure people will take this the wrong way, but a lot of the people who are on HN and who orbit technology circles in SF are really just not actually intellectually curious people. They might like to think they are, they might try to
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by ethanwillis 4mo ago
a scientific engine for prediction, design, and discovery that can map proteins across the tree of life, predict their structures, and design new protein binders that function in laboratory experiments. So, my issue with this is ju
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EWD 1041: By Way of Introduction (Science is hated)(cs.utexas.edu)
1 points by ethanwillis 4mo ago|1 comments
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by ethanwillis 4mo ago
Maybe not between continents but we had meaningful live video chat in 1968
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by ethanwillis 4mo ago
> but I think we still have it a whole lot better than a century ago (by and large). Worse, they won't even give you the dignity of a claim to contribution to society. Then the lack of contribution is weaponized against you.
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by ethanwillis 4mo ago
> It sounds like the public is only booing. Barely anything of note yet. I think this is being misunderstood. I read it as a final bit of civility. It's a warning.
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by ethanwillis 5mo ago
When local governments are captured by corporate interests this isn't the argument you think it is.
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by ethanwillis 5mo ago
You're the one who inserted yourself in the discussion when I clarified my question. I wasn't dragging the discussion away from your preferred path any more than others were dragging it away from mine. If you don't want to en

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