Hacker News: Clent

New comment by Clent in "LLMs Are Closer to Religion Than They Appear"

Clent — Mon, 01 Jun 2026 12:54:48 +0000

If there are enough people who want a Christian LLM, why hasn't one been made one?

New comment by Clent in "Trump Mobile exposed customers' personal data"

Clent — Fri, 22 May 2026 16:43:06 +0000

There are regulatory rules on when disclosure must occur. They're saying they're not going to bother if it's not required.

New comment by Clent in "HP trialed mandatory 15-minute support call wait times (2025)"

Clent — Fri, 20 Mar 2026 15:40:42 +0000

Isn't that the opposite though? Having a store for the customer to get face-to-face support is sometimes necessary even those who prefer it all to be online. It acts as a stop gap to people otherwise low support customers.

The newer upstarts you mention are self selecting for customers who would do everything they can to never make a support call. They are just another form of having a 15 minute wait time because online only is it's own customer service barrier.

New comment by Clent in "After outages, Amazon to make senior engineers sign off on AI-assisted changes"

Clent — Tue, 10 Mar 2026 17:10:52 +0000

Who is the media you're accusing here? This is a twitter post. As far as I can tell they do not work a media company.

What is worth being pointed out is how quickly people blame "The Media" for how people use, consume and spread information on social networks.

New comment by Clent in "Workers who love ‘synergizing paradigms’ might be bad at their jobs"

Clent — Fri, 06 Mar 2026 14:48:16 +0000

Outcome: Fail to think about it, only do stupid shit.

New comment by Clent in "AT&T, Verizon blocking release of Salt Typhoon security assessment reports"

Clent — Mon, 09 Feb 2026 17:17:21 +0000

No, it's pointless to complain about the existence of a backdoor, locked or unlocked because there is a front door that is not being locked.

New comment by Clent in "Why didn't AI “join the workforce” in 2025?"

Clent — Tue, 06 Jan 2026 04:59:56 +0000

Seems like a good test to see if the person who is ask should be fired. It's a test that clearly proves they are not a team player.

New comment by Clent in "RAM is so expensive, Samsung won't even sell it to Samsung"

Clent — Thu, 04 Dec 2025 14:33:07 +0000

This is a crazy out of touch perspective.

Depending on salary, 2 magnitudes at $5k is $500k.

That amount of money for the vast majority of humans across the planet is unfathomable.

No one is worried about if the top 5% can afford DRAM. Literally zero people.

New comment by Clent in "IBM CEO says there is 'no way' spending on AI data centers will pay off"

Clent — Wed, 03 Dec 2025 14:50:53 +0000

It global warming exists, why is there snow?

Same thing here. You're dismissing a flood because it rains.

New comment by Clent in "Proximity to coworkers increases long-run development, lowers short-term output (2023)"

Clent — Tue, 02 Dec 2025 15:10:14 +0000

It's quite telling that this is nothing more than an abstract but it has gained votes so fast it hit the top link.

New comment by Clent in "Google Antigravity"

Clent — Tue, 18 Nov 2025 21:23:23 +0000

They still aren't learning. You're learning and then telling them to incorporate your learnings. They aren't able to remember this so you need to remind them each day.

That sounds a lot like '50 First Dates' but for programming.

New comment by Clent in "Rebecca Heineman has died"

Clent — Tue, 18 Nov 2025 14:15:24 +0000

This implies the US is subsidizing the world's healthcare system and sacrificing it's own citizens for the benefit of every non-American.

You're ok with that?

New comment by Clent in "Digital ID, a new way to create and present an ID in Apple Wallet"

Clent — Wed, 12 Nov 2025 18:54:26 +0000

Apple also supports select state drivers license.

I would definitely expect Google to follow quickly.

New comment by Clent in "iOS 26.2 to allow third-party app stores in Japan ahead of regulatory deadline"

Clent — Wed, 05 Nov 2025 20:39:02 +0000

You went with a cynical view of the situation and that view got you upset. That's interesting.

New comment by Clent in "Amazon strategised about keeping water use secret"

Clent — Mon, 27 Oct 2025 17:21:30 +0000

Almond milk is 2% almond. Cow milk is 100% cow milk.

An gallon of raw almonds requires a massive amount of water.

Using numbers to create illusions of comparison is the marketing equivalent of parsley in your tooth.

New comment by Clent in "Some users have noticed settings that let Meta analyze and retain phone photos"

Clent — Fri, 29 Aug 2025 13:17:14 +0000

Agreed. The feature set is in desperate need of the search option both on approved photos and when attempting to approve additional photos. Very often I have to go into the photos app, find the photo, make a mental record of approximately where it is in history and scroll scroll scroll. Obnoxious and cumbersome.

New comment by Clent in "Wild pigs' flesh turning neon blue in California"

Clent — Thu, 07 Aug 2025 14:25:01 +0000

Look at that blue sky through sun glasses. It may longer be blue to you but I assure you the sky is still blue to everyone else.

New comment by Clent in "Why the rich paid less tax in the 1970s – despite 98% tax rates"

Clent — Thu, 08 May 2025 16:13:27 +0000

I find it quite strange than we know admit the randomness of the economies feedback but accept that with today's advanced data collection and powerful modeling absolutely no surprised have developed and the randomness remains.

Very peculiar.

Economic theory is showing itself to be more a dogma than a science.

New comment by Clent in "Charging electric vehicles 5x faster in subfreezing temps"

Clent — Mon, 07 Apr 2025 13:18:51 +0000

People who experience range anxiety have an internalized incentive to seek out these options.

New comment by Clent in "What made the Irish famine so deadly"

Clent — Tue, 11 Mar 2025 13:15:42 +0000

The problem is it compares humans to wild animals. If you feed wild animals they'll see you as a food source and often expect you'll continue to feed them forever.

The question then is do you agree (certain) people are wild animals.

If so are you too not a wild animal and if not, what makes you special?