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Have You Seen the New Excel?

jnord — Thu, 30 Apr 2026 01:46:08 +0000

Article URL: https://idiallo.com/blog/have-you-seen-the-new-xl-ai-parody

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47957110

Points: 13

# Comments: 3

Craig Venter has died

rdl — Thu, 30 Apr 2026 01:44:56 +0000

Article URL: https://www.jcvi.org/media-center/j-craig-venter-genomics-pioneer-and-founder-jcvi-and-diploid-genomics-inc-dies-79

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47957101

Points: 98

# Comments: 22

Claude.ai and API unavailable [fixed]

rob — Thu, 30 Apr 2026 01:21:03 +0000

https://status.claude.com/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47956895

Points: 96

# Comments: 85

Claude.ai down again?

zh_code — Thu, 30 Apr 2026 01:20:39 +0000

Please run /login · API Error: 403 {"type":"error","error":{"type":"permission_error","message":"Account is no longer a member of the organization associated with this token."}}

Can't reach Claude Check your connection.

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47956890

Points: 21

# Comments: 18

Joby Kicks Off NYC Electric Air Taxi Demos with Historic JFK Flight

Jblx2 — Thu, 30 Apr 2026 01:01:55 +0000

Article URL: https://www.flyingmag.com/joby-nyc-electric-air-taxi-jfk-airport/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47956781

Points: 26

# Comments: 34

Mike: open-source legal AI

noleary — Thu, 30 Apr 2026 00:56:23 +0000

Article URL: https://mikeoss.com/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47956739

Points: 19

# Comments: 5

China pushes EU capitals to scrap 'Made in Europe' law or face retaliation

ericmay — Thu, 30 Apr 2026 00:50:07 +0000

Article URL: https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2026/04/29/china-pushes-eu-capitals-to-scrap-made-in-europe-law-or-face-retaliation

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47956687

Points: 11

# Comments: 1

USDA rejects women picked for soybean board, appoints men instead

petethomas — Thu, 30 Apr 2026 00:30:09 +0000

Article URL: https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/trump-administration-rejects-women-picked-soybean-board-appoints-men-instead-2026-04-29/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47956499

Points: 14

# Comments: 7

8647 Is a Prime Number

bryan0 — Wed, 29 Apr 2026 22:43:17 +0000

Article URL: https://www.numberempire.com/8647

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47955689

Points: 20

# Comments: 4

Be Alexandra Elbakyan

DanielleMolloy — Wed, 29 Apr 2026 22:39:34 +0000

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandra_Elbakyan

https://twitter.com/MushtaqBilalPhD/status/20490573440138815...

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47955655

Points: 102

# Comments: 10

Ask HN: Anyone feel like they're just opting out of tech these days?

moomoo11 — Wed, 29 Apr 2026 22:27:29 +0000

I would love to really understand if I will ever change my outlook now. Until 2019/2020 I was super into tech, gadgets, and keeping up with trends.

At some point in the last 5-6 years, I have pretty much adopted an opt-out view on tech.

I just don't care anymore, and I don't think it is because I got older... I got into tech in my mid/late 20s so I wasn't a born nerd like most of you guys tinkering with stuff since childhood.

The rate as products/services enshittify has intensified, and most products/services I use have so many issues that require workarounds, hacks, or just dealing with terrible UX.

I used to spend 10s of thousands of dollars on tech back then, like the latest stuff both software and hardware.

These days, I just use whatever free smartphone I get from Verizon for 2-3 years. When I look at old photos I can't really tell the difference between photos from my iPhone 7 and my iPhone 15 or whatever (I don't even know the model).

I bought a used M1 Max for $950 and I'm still using that, and I feel like this will work for me for another 3-5 years. I still use my beefy gaming/workstation with a 5950x and 128gb ram. I used to drop like $5k on a new mac..

I used to have Teslas and cool cars, I sold them all and just walk. I bought better shoes instead.

My last home was filled with smart home tech and other stuff, now I live in a completely analog old home which is nice (and much smaller!).

The only subscriptions I have now are Prime and Youtube.

I've tinkered enough with AI with 1b plus tokens spent to build loads of cool stuff, but if I'm being totally honest I feel like I now know its limitations and benefits. I don't really find it that interesting anymore because it sucks ass at image generation (what I actually want, regardless of # of iterations and time spent), reliably organizing notes, and stuff like that. It is great as a code slave but that is again boring when it doesn't work..

So what's next? Or do I just opt-out completely at some point like I've already started?

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47955552

Points: 10

# Comments: 6