Hacker News: AlexeyBrin

New comment by AlexeyBrin in "It's hard to justify buying a Framework 12"

AlexeyBrin — Fri, 29 May 2026 21:26:10 +0000

You may have more luck with Omarchy - apparently they test against most Intel Mac based models.

New comment by AlexeyBrin in "Nobel laureate Olga Tokarczuk used AI while writing her latest novel"

AlexeyBrin — Wed, 20 May 2026 16:55:52 +0000

The author said that she used AI for research which I find reasonable. I just ordered two of her books House of Day, House of Night and Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead.

New comment by AlexeyBrin in "Eric Schmidt speech about AI booed during graduation"

AlexeyBrin — Mon, 18 May 2026 14:52:32 +0000

> It's basically like someone in the pre-industrial age complaining that the industrial revolution will lead to the permanent underclass of people who currently live on welfare in developed countries. But this is surely a wonderful outcome from the pre-industrial peasant's perspective - even poor people in the western world live better than middle age kings!

Wow, it took more than a century to get to live better than middle age kings. Do you think the people that lost their means to make a good living in 1800s care that we live so much better today ? It is incredible how so many tech people lack empathy for how regular people think or want to live.

I liked the Culture series too, but how they got to the presented post scarcity world is never described. How many generation lived a worse life than their predecessors? Do you think the current or future bi and trillionaires are willing to pay everyone a decent wage to live through this transition period ?

New comment by AlexeyBrin in "Eric Schmidt speech about AI booed during graduation"

AlexeyBrin — Mon, 18 May 2026 14:41:54 +0000

It is only spectacular because of the free tiers and the artificially lowered costs of the services. Put the real prices on the OpenAI and Anthropic services, remove the free tier and only than you will have a true picture of how many people are willing to pay to use it.

New comment by AlexeyBrin in "Eric Schmidt speech about AI booed during graduation"

AlexeyBrin — Mon, 18 May 2026 13:24:47 +0000

> I see AI exactly as what will help future generations, the possibilities it provides in terms of learning, research, analysis are huge.

Do you really think a 20 years old that is afraid of not finding a good job today cares about potential benefits 10 or 20 years from now ?

New comment by AlexeyBrin in "Eric Schmidt booed at University of Arizona after praising AI"

AlexeyBrin — Sun, 17 May 2026 22:00:36 +0000

Honest answer: nobody knows. You will need to create a poll large enough of people representing all society and ask the questions. Most people in tech (I include myself here) just speculate and project their own bias on the entire population.

Boriel BASIC

AlexeyBrin — Sat, 09 May 2026 12:49:52 +0000

Article URL: https://zxbasic.readthedocs.io/en/docs/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48074589

Points: 68

# Comments: 26

New comment by AlexeyBrin in "Ask HN: How do you feel about AI assisted blogging?"

AlexeyBrin — Fri, 01 May 2026 13:44:45 +0000

It depends how the AI is used.

I have no problem with something like "Check this text for grammatical errors, do not change the writing style: < chunk of text here > ".

If one is using an AI to do the actual writing, I'm not interested in wasting my time reading it.

New comment by AlexeyBrin in "The More Young People Use AI, the More They Hate It"

AlexeyBrin — Thu, 30 Apr 2026 15:27:49 +0000

> I don’t understand why people act like we just have to submit to the AI revolution.

Some people are genuinely interested and excited about this new technology. Other people have an interest that the AI will succeed. At least on the surface it seems that these two groups are louder (or more successful) than the ones that oppose AI.

> We can make this technology illegal, and shut it down completely. Why don’t we?

Because there are not many (if any) lobby groups that pour money into making it illegal and also because of fear of not being left behind. There are also plenty of lobby groups that invest a lot of money into putting AI into everything.

Getting Started [with Retro Computing]

AlexeyBrin — Sun, 26 Apr 2026 12:05:00 +0000

Article URL: https://smallcomputercentral.com/articles/getting-started/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47909670

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

Is Fahrenheit 451 becoming relevant again?

AlexeyBrin — Sun, 26 Apr 2026 11:42:14 +0000

Article URL: https://kevinboone.me/fahrenheit451.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47909520

Points: 2

# Comments: 1

New comment by AlexeyBrin in "Iliad fragment found in Roman-era mummy"

AlexeyBrin — Fri, 24 Apr 2026 23:56:41 +0000

Many cultures bury their dead with objects that the person enjoyed during their lifetime.

This is present even today, I saw a burial in Eastern Europe where the parents put a game of chess and toys in the coffin. While it will do no good to the deceased my theory is that it is a way for the living to deal with the loss.

New comment by AlexeyBrin in "You don't need advice from editors on rejected manuscripts"

AlexeyBrin — Wed, 22 Apr 2026 19:39:15 +0000

How is this relevant to his opinion on writing fiction ?

Z80 CP/M emulator for Windows

AlexeyBrin — Sun, 19 Apr 2026 14:12:38 +0000

Article URL: https://github.com/avwohl/z80cpmw

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47824454

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

New comment by AlexeyBrin in "90% of CEOs Say AI Changed Nothing. The Other 10% Have a PR Team"

AlexeyBrin — Tue, 14 Apr 2026 18:47:36 +0000

It would be great to give anti-capitalists a forced one year vacation in a paradisiac communist country at the end of the 80's in say Eastern Europe or USSR. To say nothing of life during the "revolution" years in the 20's USSR.

New comment by AlexeyBrin in "Hungary's Orban, a Beacon to the Right Wing, Concedes Election Defeat"

AlexeyBrin — Sun, 12 Apr 2026 20:24:14 +0000

> How this affects geopolitics by removing a bloated Tic of pro Russian propaganda and veto voting is worth watching. I'm hopeful it has some immediate effect regarding funds and support for Ukraine, but Poland and Slovakia remain.

I don't follow, Poland is anti-Russian and pro-Ukraine. Where do you see the similarity between Orban regime and current Poland government ?

QB64 Tutorial A beginner's introduction to game programming

AlexeyBrin — Sat, 11 Apr 2026 14:26:10 +0000

Article URL: https://www.qb64tutorial.com

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47730916

Points: 7

# Comments: 0

New comment by AlexeyBrin in "Ubuntu MATE Is Seeking a New Primary Maintainer"

AlexeyBrin — Mon, 30 Mar 2026 20:59:24 +0000

Worst case scenario if Ubuntu MATE is discontinued, you can switch to Linux Mint MATE. AFAIK, Linux Mint MATE does not depend on Ubuntu MATE.

New comment by AlexeyBrin in "Musketeer d'Artagnan's remains believed found under Dutch church"

AlexeyBrin — Thu, 26 Mar 2026 00:05:50 +0000

AFAIK, babies can survive on goat milk (barely). I think I read that this was used in the past when the mother died and there was no wet nurse available.

New Edition of FreePascal from Square One (2025)

AlexeyBrin — Sat, 21 Mar 2026 12:14:08 +0000

Article URL: https://www.contrapositivediary.com/?p=5399

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47466327

Points: 5

# Comments: 1