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Show HN: I'm a Robot

Wed, 07/15/2026 - 10:42am

A working captcha service that let's robots through and keeps humans out.

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Getting Clients Cold Calling

Wed, 07/15/2026 - 10:41am

Article URL: https://www.fludileads.co.uk

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Industrial Revolution vs. AI Revolution: Same Fears, New Era

Wed, 07/15/2026 - 10:39am

The Luddites are remembered as people who opposed machines. But while reading contemporary accounts of the 1811 1813 textile disturbances, I found that many of their complaints focused on wage cuts, deskilling, changes in labor relations rather than the existence of machinery itself.

That made me think how much of today's debate around AI echoes those earlier arguments. The Industrial Revolution largely automated physical work over several decades. Large language models are automating parts of knowledge work, and they're spreading globally in just a few years.

I ended up looking at the historical parallels between the Industrial Revolution and today's AI transition, including the Luddite movement, Engels' Pause, and how technological change reshaped the value of human labor.

https://thehistoricalinsights.page/2025/05/industrial-revolution-vs-ai-revolution-same-fears-new-era.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48921559

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Agent K

Wed, 07/15/2026 - 10:37am
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Show HN: Fast NF4 dequantization Triton kernel (1.41x faster than bitsandbytes)

Wed, 07/15/2026 - 9:41am

"I wanted to see if I could optimize the dequantization bottleneck during 4-bit LLM inference. By writing a custom kernel in Triton to optimize memory access patterns, I managed to get up to a 1.41x speedup over the standard bitsandbytes implementation. Check out the source code and benchmarks, feedback is highly appreciated!"

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48920706

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