Hacker News: AlecSchueler

New comment by AlecSchueler in "Sixty percent of US consumers say 'AI' in brand messaging is a turnoff"

AlecSchueler — Wed, 17 Jun 2026 16:32:19 +0000

I think the only place so far where I have actually preferred the AI version was when my phone provider switched from a "dumb" chat bot that ostensibly used natural language but rarely parsed anything successfully.

New comment by AlecSchueler in "Hetzner Price Adjustment"

AlecSchueler — Tue, 16 Jun 2026 10:06:13 +0000

The shortage is currently caused by the big players refusing to up their output because it seems likely the current increased demand is only a spike which will flatten out again in a year or two. I imagine that's the same reason it isn't appealing for new players as, indeed, by the time they get over the humps of "sheer expertise, capital, and time" etc. the bubble might have burst.

New comment by AlecSchueler in "Under-16s to be banned from social media, Starmer announces"

AlecSchueler — Mon, 15 Jun 2026 18:06:03 +0000

Doesn't it?

New comment by AlecSchueler in "Windows 11 users are tired of MS account requirements creeping into everything"

AlecSchueler — Mon, 15 Jun 2026 17:59:30 +0000

Could you share them?

New comment by AlecSchueler in "Noise infusion banned from statistical products published by Census Bureau"

AlecSchueler — Sat, 13 Jun 2026 17:55:50 +0000

> How is the IRS supposed to know how much tax to expect from you? How is SNAP supposed to determine your eligibility? How is unemployment supposed to know if you're ripping them off or not?

How does knowing your religious affiliation help them with any of this?

New comment by AlecSchueler in "Statement on US government directive to suspend access to Fable 5 and Mythos 5"

AlecSchueler — Sat, 13 Jun 2026 06:26:25 +0000

> Imagine a super intelligent speed reading human in a library.

If human abilities were different then human laws would be different. We don't have speed limits for joggers but we do for cars because their abilities are materially different.

New comment by AlecSchueler in "Claude Fable 5"

AlecSchueler — Wed, 10 Jun 2026 10:42:30 +0000

No, relative performance between Python and Java can absolutely be measured.

New comment by AlecSchueler in "Ask HN: What are tools you have made for yourself since the advent of AI?"

AlecSchueler — Tue, 09 Jun 2026 08:47:38 +0000

You can already share Claude artifacts this way.

New comment by AlecSchueler in "Ask HN: What are tools you have made for yourself since the advent of AI?"

AlecSchueler — Tue, 09 Jun 2026 08:45:00 +0000

I downloaded the database of traditional Irish tunes from thesession.org and now I have a tool that lets me search with fuzzy search and instantly pull up full screen renderings of every setting for each tune. I can also add tags and set my preferred setting.

It's really removed all the pain points from my practice hours, especially when internet access is shaky.

New comment by AlecSchueler in "MiMo-v2.5-Pro-UltraSpeed: 1T model with 1000 tokens per second"

AlecSchueler — Tue, 09 Jun 2026 08:38:25 +0000

Who watches the watchers?

New comment by AlecSchueler in "MiMo-v2.5-Pro-UltraSpeed: 1T model with 1000 tokens per second"

AlecSchueler — Mon, 08 Jun 2026 18:28:46 +0000

No, but nor can you keep track of what 10 agents are doing simultaneously. Hence the multitasking regret.

New comment by AlecSchueler in "Pentagon raised threat of Israeli spying on U.S. to highest level, sources say"

AlecSchueler — Sun, 07 Jun 2026 18:33:43 +0000

So? The claim was "Everyone does this to everyone else"

New comment by AlecSchueler in "New York just passed a one-year temporary ban on data centers"

AlecSchueler — Sat, 06 Jun 2026 12:04:08 +0000

Will they also pay for rolling back the infrastructure and restoring the land to its previous state after they go bust and no longer need the data centre?

New comment by AlecSchueler in "Tracing a powerful GNSS interference source over Europe"

AlecSchueler — Sat, 06 Jun 2026 11:57:58 +0000

> Currently Europe seems to be more interested in breaking away from the US

The efforts taken to move away from Russia in the past 5 years clearly dwarf any de-Americanisation efforts to the point that it's difficult to take your comment seriously after this sentence.

New comment by AlecSchueler in "Do we need billionaires?"

AlecSchueler — Fri, 05 Jun 2026 16:07:12 +0000

Do they really need however many billions to encourage their vision?

New comment by AlecSchueler in "AI outperforms law professors in Stanford Law study"

AlecSchueler — Wed, 03 Jun 2026 09:58:07 +0000

> the study where it beats our highest caliber of knowledge workers may have some methodological deficits

The point is that if the study can't validate the claims being made then we can't actually extrapolate from that claim. What you're predicting may or may come true, but the study (which is the topic at hand) isn't useful for supporting the assertion.

New comment by AlecSchueler in "DuckDuckGo makes its 'no-AI' search engine easier to access as its traffic booms"

AlecSchueler — Mon, 01 Jun 2026 19:00:44 +0000

But the reality is that DDG has had an influx of users, and You've Got Mail was a work of fiction.

New comment by AlecSchueler in "It's Not Just X. It's Y"

AlecSchueler — Mon, 01 Jun 2026 10:47:57 +0000

> perfectly normal language

Define "normal language?"

New comment by AlecSchueler in "The solution might be cancelling my AI subscription"

AlecSchueler — Sun, 31 May 2026 16:52:09 +0000

Has it been part of a longer term shift or just something for the past few weeks? What will happen once all the rough edges are filed down?

New comment by AlecSchueler in "I'm Tired of Talking to AI"

AlecSchueler — Wed, 27 May 2026 17:06:24 +0000

Did you ever meet up again afterwards?