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New comment by 6stringmerc in "Sal Khan's AI revolution hasn't happened yet"

6stringmerc — Thu, 16 Apr 2026 12:31:39 +0000

Until he shows a comparative study, and also any disaster information like mental health effects, then his entire claims three years in should be treated as bullshit.

Honest question: how many of you tech bros have used this platform with your own children? If you won’t dog food it, quit claiming it’ll help the disadvantaged. Please.

New comment by 6stringmerc in "Sal Khan's AI revolution hasn't happened yet"

6stringmerc — Thu, 16 Apr 2026 12:29:47 +0000

> Musall no longer uses Khanmigo in her class. She says there’s been more enthusiasm for the product among administrators than teachers in her school

…sounds a lot like Investors versus those who actually perform “work” as it’s defined in research literature.

But I’m sure a shoe company pivoting to AI isn’t a sign of a bubble about to burst, nope.

New comment by 6stringmerc in "Amazon worker dies on warehouse floor. Workers told to keep going"

6stringmerc — Thu, 16 Apr 2026 05:41:04 +0000

Why do I get the feeling Bezos will try to lobby to have the law allow Amazon to harvest dead employees’ organs and sell them for profit if they die in a warehouse?

Logical extension of standard business mentality, if you’re honest enough.

New comment by 6stringmerc in "Amazon worker dies on warehouse floor. Workers told to keep going"

6stringmerc — Thu, 16 Apr 2026 05:32:08 +0000

The utter contempt you express for human life is abhorrent. Cloaking it in math only exacerbates your cruel disregard for, well, lacking shame in expressing such mental illness in public. I’d recommend therapy but you probably have a formula to justify not going to that either. Disgusting.

New comment by 6stringmerc in "Amazon worker dies on warehouse floor. Workers told to keep going"

6stringmerc — Thu, 16 Apr 2026 05:28:49 +0000

That is not a viable solution in the United States. Perhaps you live in India or Brazil where such solutions are legal? If not, when are you moving to such a country?

New comment by 6stringmerc in "Amazon worker dies on warehouse floor. Workers told to keep going"

6stringmerc — Thu, 16 Apr 2026 01:38:02 +0000

How much do you have set aside for a service or burial or cremation? It came up during an argument recently with a family member, so if your outlook is that bleak, try not to shuffle off this mortal coil and leave us in the hole to put you in one. Please.

New comment by 6stringmerc in "Two Months After I Gave an AI $100 and No Instructions"

6stringmerc — Tue, 14 Apr 2026 14:17:19 +0000

Counterpoint: When is the last time you, as a human being, honestly did that?

This isn’t trying to be glib or contentious, it’s a commentary on the nature of human existence. If you have, then your answer will show it. If you have not, your silence or excuses will also.

New comment by 6stringmerc in "I run multiple $10K MRR companies on a $20/month tech stack"

6stringmerc — Sun, 12 Apr 2026 08:35:09 +0000

What a fascinating article. I especially love the part about writing extremely detailed requests which only cost $0.04 versus the token approach most “vibe code” devs use. Fortunately his tactic is almost impossible to emulate for 90% of the YCombinator audience / HN commentators.

Why do I know this? Because there had to be a declaration here to stop using ChatGPT and other Agents to write YOUR OWN GODDAMN POSTS. Thinking isn’t your strong suit, Greed is, and taking the time to learn the power of English doesn’t satisfy the latter, so you minimize it to your own detriment.

Don’t get mad at me. Go punch a mirror.

New comment by 6stringmerc in "AI that copied musical artist files copyright claim against artist [updated]"

6stringmerc — Sun, 05 Apr 2026 13:53:09 +0000

AI music can not be copyrighted.

She should sue them for damages, lost wages, etc.

Otherwise ALL OF YOU ARE NEXT.

New comment by 6stringmerc in "Man pleads guilty to $8M AI-generated music scheme"

6stringmerc — Sat, 21 Mar 2026 11:19:44 +0000

Right and it going on for years and based on his blatant communications, there was a minimal fraud control - deliberate indifference in my opinion - to the harm caused by the services exploited.

You don’t have a stake in this game, I do.

Indie rights holders like me only get a slice of the revenues after Spotify pays like 75% to the RIAA firms. He gutted our pool. I’ll never see any of the pennies I’m rightfully owed even with great info from DistroKid.

I’ve come around. Copyright is dead, effectively. Just in time too. I WAS planning to sue Smart Communications for engaging in wholesale copyright infringement at scale, as they have unauthorized copies of poetry I wrote in jail - I have proof and trapped an asshole ex cop working for them into admitting they did what I suspected - but I’m moving on with life, still wounded, still sore.

Oh well, much bigger things are coming my way than worrying about money. Little people stand on piles of money to look big. They will never be able to look me eye to eye, as I’m a giraffe by comparison.

Facts.

Houston Woman sues Tesla for $1B following self-driving crash [video]

6stringmerc — Sat, 21 Mar 2026 06:56:39 +0000

Article URL: https://www.wfaa.com/video/news/local/a-houston-woman-sues-tesla-claiming-her-truck-crashed-while-she-was-in-self-driving-mode/287-88820407-65bd-45af-ac5b-25a33dab493f

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47464627

Points: 5

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New comment by 6stringmerc in "US national debt surges past $39 Trillion"

6stringmerc — Thu, 19 Mar 2026 17:33:46 +0000

Rebranding does not fix rot.

New comment by 6stringmerc in "US national debt surges past $39 Trillion"

6stringmerc — Thu, 19 Mar 2026 17:33:06 +0000

…add on another $1T for the student loans that will never be repaid. Those aren’t counted? There’s a shocker. Mr. Market lost his Marker up his ass a long time ago y’all. Plan accordingly.

New comment by 6stringmerc in "If you thought code writing speed was your problem you have bigger problems"

6stringmerc — Tue, 17 Mar 2026 19:02:03 +0000

Because the way the world is currently and this is trending, let me jump in and save you a lot of time:

Expedience is the enemy of quality.

Want proof? Everyone as a result of “move fast and break things” from 5-10 years ago is a pile of malfunctioning trash. This is not up for debate.

This is simply an observation. I do not make the rules. See my last submission for some CONSTRUCTIVE reading.

Bye for now.

New comment by 6stringmerc in "Music Generation AI Suno CEO Is a Failed Bassist"

6stringmerc — Thu, 26 Feb 2026 11:55:27 +0000

It’s a much more fair headline than the milquetoast AP News pseudo-promotional tone. This reads like an advertisement. The only worthwhile fact in the article is the motive of Shulman.

He’s a failure so he decided to profit and pocket money by hurting those he could never join. What a sad piece of shit. Your opinion may differ, but have you considered you might also share some of his shitty motivations?

As for the Udio guy…grew up an Opera singer in NY??? Tell me you’re fucking rich and entitled without having a household last name. Jesus. All that’s missing is a quote from Jack Antonoff, whose Daddy bought him a career with MLM funds.

The music industry deserves to die and maybe taking Suno and Udio with it is for the best. Team Napster. Hah.

Music Generation AI Suno CEO Is a Failed Bassist

6stringmerc — Thu, 26 Feb 2026 11:53:17 +0000

Article URL: https://apnews.com/article/suno-udio-ai-music-record-labels-849a2d59eab89072154ab32b4db06284

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47164849

Points: 2

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New comment by 6stringmerc in "Jury told that Meta, Google 'engineered addiction' at landmark US trial"

6stringmerc — Tue, 10 Feb 2026 14:36:16 +0000

Yes I’m eagerly awaiting the internal emails acknowledging the priorities of revenue over user health too!

New comment by 6stringmerc in "Why is the sky blue?"

6stringmerc — Tue, 10 Feb 2026 09:18:25 +0000

I grew up with Mr Rogers

Gen Z grew up with Mr Beast

We are proper doomed mate.

New comment by 6stringmerc in "Why is the sky blue?"

6stringmerc — Tue, 10 Feb 2026 09:17:42 +0000

Hard truths are not desirable and I pity and envy your naitivity.

New comment by 6stringmerc in "Frontier AI agents violate ethical constraints 30–50% of time, pressured by KPIs"

6stringmerc — Tue, 10 Feb 2026 09:16:04 +0000

“Help me find 11,000 votes” sounds familiar because the US has a fucking serious ethics problem at present. I’m not joking. One of the reasons I abandoned my job with Tyler Technologies was because of their unethical behavior winning government contracts, right Bona Nasution? Selah.