pseudolus 183,056 karma 11y 4m on HN HN profile →
Unhappy moron.
Coverage
We've seen 36 of ~21,210 submissions
Full eval: 10 Lite-only: 12 Unevaluated: 14
Deep Read section-level analysis · 10 full evaluations
HRCB +0.32 range 0.86 · +90% / 10% / 0%−
E-full / S +0.27 / +0.07 SETL +0.22
Signals EQ 0.67 SO 0.51 TD 0.65
UDHR Fingerprint Preamble: +0.36 Freedom & Equality: +0.26 Non-Discrimination: +0.21 Life & Liberty: +0.22 No Slavery: 0.00 No Torture: 0.00 Legal Personhood: +0.10 Equal Protection: +0.26 Right to Remedy: +0.28 No Arbitrary Detention: +0.09 Fair Hearing: +0.26 Presumption of Innocence: 0.00 Privacy: +0.32 Freedom of Movement: +0.20 Asylum: +0.10 Nationality: 0.00 Marriage & Family: 0.00 Property: +0.38 Freedom of Thought: +0.20 Free Expression: +0.45 Assembly: +0.27 Political Participation: +0.23 Social Security: +0.23 Work & Pay: +0.04 Rest & Leisure: +0.06 Standard of Living: +0.14 Education: +0.26 Culture & Science: +0.32 Social Order: +0.27 Duties: +0.31 No Destruction of Rights: +0.15
Quick Scan holistic editorial estimate · 12 lite evaluations
Editorial [E]: +0.13 Llama · truncated content · holistic (not section-level)
Lens divergence detected Quick scan (+0.13) vs full evaluation (+0.31) · Δ 0.18
The holistic Llama estimate and section-level Claude evaluation disagree by more than 0.15. The full evaluation is more reliable for individual story analysis.
SETL History structural-editorial tension over time · 3 days
Editorial Structural SETL
36 stories
1. When I lost my university email, my identity as scientist took an unexpected hit (www.science.org)
3 points by pseudolus 1 hours ago | 4 comments | skipped
2. AI cracks Roman-era board game (phys.org)
3 points by pseudolus 5 hours ago | 0 comments | skipped
3. The trap Anthropic built for itself (techcrunch.com)
2 points by pseudolus 1 days ago | 0 comments | skipped
4.
HRCB 0.00
E +0.35
S -0.15
The war against PDFs is heating up (www.economist.com)
21 points by pseudolus 1 days ago | 22 comments | hrcb v3.7 Technology Access
5. Claude hits No 2 on Apple's top free apps list after Pentagon rejection (www.cnbc.com)
4 points by pseudolus 1 days ago | 1 comments | skipped
6. Hypothetical nuclear attack that escalated Pentagon's showdown with Anthropic (www.washingtonpost.com)
1 points by pseudolus 2 days ago | 1 comments | skipped
7. 'Truly spectacular' drug for sleeping sickness raises hopes for eradication (www.science.org)
1 points by pseudolus 2 days ago | 0 comments | skipped
8.
HRCB +0.19
E +0.16
S +0.23
Perhaps People Are Cynical About Success in the Creative Arts for a Reason (freddiedeboer.substack.com)
9 points by pseudolus 2 days ago | 1 comments | hrcb v3.7 Free Expression
9. Finance techie says cloned Bloomberg's $30k/year Terminal with Perplexity (www.tomshardware.com)
4 points by pseudolus 3 days ago | 3 comments | skipped
10. The hidden cost of letting AI make your life easier (bigthinkmedia.substack.com)
1 points by pseudolus 3 days ago | 0 comments | skipped
11.
HRCB 0.00
E 0.00
L
Generative AI Use and Depressive Symptoms Among US Adults (jamanetwork.com)
44 points by pseudolus 3 days ago | 52 comments | hrcb v3.7 Digital Access & Information Equity
12. Daily AI use is associated with depressive symptoms (www.hks.harvard.edu)
1 points by pseudolus 3 days ago | | skipped
13.
HRCB +0.22
E +0.25
S +0.15
A Man Who Stole Infinity (www.quantamagazine.org)
28 points by pseudolus 3 days ago | 1 comments | hrcb v3.7 Intellectual Freedom
14.
HRCB +0.20
E +0.20
L
How to Close a Diamond Mine in the Northwest Territories (thewalrus.ca)
7 points by pseudolus 4 days ago | 1 comments | hrcb v3.7 Environmental Governance & Territorial Rights
15.
HRCB +0.86
E +0.71
S +0.70
Tech Companies Shouldn't Be Bullied into Doing Surveillance (www.eff.org)
503 points by pseudolus 4 days ago | 159 comments | hrcb v3.7 Surveillance Resistance & Corporate Autonomy
16.
HRCB 0.00
E 0.00
L
Crawling a billion web pages in just over 24 hours, in 2025 (andrewkchan.dev)
194 points by pseudolus 7 days ago | 61 comments | hrcb tech innovation
17.
HRCB 0.00
E 0.00
L
Trillions spent and big software projects are still failing (spectrum.ieee.org)
630 points by pseudolus 97 days ago | 603 comments | hrcb no human rights
18.
HRCB 0.00
E 0.00
L
Study identifies weaknesses in how AI systems are evaluated (www.oii.ox.ac.uk)
416 points by pseudolus 114 days ago | 192 comments | hrcb AI evaluation
19.
HRCB 0.00
E 0.00
L
Drought in Iraq reveals tombs created 2,300 years ago (www.smithsonianmag.com)
174 points by pseudolus 166 days ago | 26 comments | hrcb Climate Change
20.
HRCB +0.20
E +0.20
L
The Death of the Middle-Class Musician (thewalrus.ca)
300 points by pseudolus 246 days ago | 700 comments | hrcb Musician Rights
21.
HRCB +0.23
E +0.23
L
Inheriting is becoming nearly as important as working (www.economist.com)
678 points by pseudolus 366 days ago | 903 comments | hrcb v3.7 Economic Inequality & Labor Rights
22.
HRCB +0.14
E +0.22
S -0.03
Touchscreens are out, and tactile controls are back (spectrum.ieee.org)
1317 points by pseudolus 484 days ago | 890 comments | hrcb v3.7 Accessibility & Inclusive Design
23.
HRCB +0.49
E +0.48
S +0.58
FTC announces "click-to-cancel" rule making it easier to cancel subscriptions (www.ftc.gov)
1747 points by pseudolus 502 days ago | 760 comments | hrcb v3.7 Consumer Protection & Fair Trade
24. DOJ sues realpage for algorithmic pricing scheme that harms renters (www.justice.gov)
795 points by pseudolus 556 days ago | 625 comments | skipped
25. I Am the Magpie River: How a Quebec river became a person under local law (www.cbc.ca)
33 points by pseudolus 754 days ago | 52 comments | skipped
26.
HRCB +0.40
E +0.40
L
A writer fabricated a series of stories for Atlas Obscura (thewalrus.ca)
220 points by pseudolus 763 days ago | 155 comments | hrcb Media Integrity
27. Google mandates workers back to Silicon Valley, other offices from April 4 (www.reuters.com)
1044 points by pseudolus 1460 days ago | 1297 comments | skipped
28.
HRCB 0.00
E 0.00
L
Confessions of a Bitcoin Widow (thewalrus.ca)
264 points by pseudolus 1476 days ago | 293 comments | hrcb Financial Rights
29.
HRCB +0.20
E +0.24
S +0.10
Pandora papers: biggest leak of offshore data exposes financial secrets of rich (www.theguardian.com)
1312 points by pseudolus 1611 days ago | 594 comments | hrcb v3.7 Transparency & Accountability
30.
HRCB +0.20
E +0.20
L
Empty storefronts are killing neighbourhoods (thewalrus.ca)
291 points by pseudolus 1682 days ago | 470 comments | hrcb Urban Rights
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