Hacker News: HappySweeney

New comment by HappySweeney in "Ask HN: Has anyone replaced Claude/GPT with a local model for daily coding?"

HappySweeney — Mon, 15 Jun 2026 16:26:17 +0000

I have an optane and lots of ram, so I tried full-fat models for writing some function overnight, as I get about 0.7 t/s. My current go-to test is to update a scalar function to transpose a bit-matrix to one using avx512. the cloud models all play with that like its nothing. Kimi 2.6 and GLM 5.1 both failed miserably.

New comment by HappySweeney in "My automated doubt development process"

HappySweeney — Sun, 07 Jun 2026 22:58:52 +0000

I think its common to develop an adversarial-collaborative approach to getting some semblance of quality out of AI. I personally favour using multiple models for different roles, having a bunch of continuity documentation maintained, and having the plan surface human-verifiable deliverables as soon as feasible. It does involve more attention than most people would tolerate probably.

New comment by HappySweeney in "AI has a multiplying effect on existing technical skills"

HappySweeney — Fri, 22 May 2026 14:33:10 +0000

Code review is the main thing I use LLMs for. I have found it to be remarkably candid when you tell it the code came from another LLM (even name it). I was running Kimi K2.6 Q4 locally, seeing if it could SIMD a bit-matrix transpose function, and it was slow enough that I would paste its thinking into Gemini every few minutes. Gemini was savage.

New comment by HappySweeney in "Zero-native – Build native desktop apps with web UI"

HappySweeney — Wed, 13 May 2026 11:05:29 +0000

They are redeveloping much of that electron-based code back to Win32 as part of their quality improvement initiative.

New comment by HappySweeney in "Vibe-Coded Ext4 for OpenBSD"

HappySweeney — Fri, 27 Mar 2026 19:48:17 +0000

Haven't there already been a few cases, each of which found that mechanically-produced works are not copywritable?

New comment by HappySweeney in "USA bans all new routers for consumers"

HappySweeney — Tue, 24 Mar 2026 15:52:06 +0000

If I had to guess it would be "campaign contributions".

New comment by HappySweeney in "Why Are Viral Capsids Icosahedral?"

HappySweeney — Mon, 16 Mar 2026 17:58:51 +0000

Are buckyballs organic?

New comment by HappySweeney in "The EU moves to kill infinite scrolling"

HappySweeney — Sat, 14 Feb 2026 11:59:20 +0000

Agreed. I believe it's well within Google's ability to auto-edit the sponsored segments out within an acceptable error margin.

New comment by HappySweeney in "Technocracy 2.0"

HappySweeney — Wed, 04 Feb 2026 22:48:10 +0000

fwiw Penn Gillette no longer calls himself a libertarian.

New comment by HappySweeney in "The 70% AI productivity myth: why most companies aren't seeing the gains"

HappySweeney — Tue, 30 Dec 2025 15:26:40 +0000

If you don't exclude your build folders from the scan it will slow everything down tremendously.

New comment by HappySweeney in "210 IQ Is Not Enough"

HappySweeney — Thu, 20 Nov 2025 15:06:09 +0000

Don't legitimate IQ tests top out at 160 for adults?

New comment by HappySweeney in "Don't panic yet, investors say as high-flying AI stocks tumble"

HappySweeney — Wed, 05 Nov 2025 15:33:01 +0000

Do investors ever say "ok, time to panic"? Aren't they always just going to shill their bags? Why should we listen to them?

New comment by HappySweeney in "Canadian bill would strip internet access from 'specified persons', no warrant"

HappySweeney — Tue, 07 Oct 2025 14:25:20 +0000

It's in the article. I'm happy to read the bill and watch your linked video once my workday is over.

New comment by HappySweeney in "Canadian bill would strip internet access from 'specified persons', no warrant"

HappySweeney — Tue, 07 Oct 2025 14:08:58 +0000

> In the sense that you can sue to have the order challenged?

That's a good question. The article doesn't say and I haven't read the bill.

> Were the bank accounts seized before or after the conviction?

Before, of course. That was one of the justifications for invoking the emergency powers, and it wouldn't have been controversial otherwise. This is a digression, though, as there is no mention of any legislative changes to bank account seizures in the article.

New comment by HappySweeney in "Canadian bill would strip internet access from 'specified persons', no warrant"

HappySweeney — Tue, 07 Oct 2025 13:14:27 +0000

While I agree with most of this and oppose this bill, your last two lines are a mischaracterization. There is judicial oversight, but only after the order is implemented. Second, the bank accounts seized did not belong to protestors, as the leaders of that siege were convicted of mischief, two of which are being sentenced today. In general, protests do not engage in torturing the local populace with 95db of air horn for 16 to 20 hours a day. The account seizure also required emergency powers.

New comment by HappySweeney in "[dead]"

HappySweeney — Sun, 21 Sep 2025 00:37:21 +0000

Headline buries the lede, which is that the DOJ shut it down for being a "deep state" probe. Basically, officials working for this administration can now legally receive bribes.

New comment by HappySweeney in "Realtek RTL8127 10GbE PCIe cards and M.2 modules are starting to show up"

HappySweeney — Sat, 06 Sep 2025 18:39:59 +0000

I bought one of the Iocrest ones from Aliexpress so I didn't block my gpu's intake, with the AQC113 chip, and it worked perfectly right out of the box - much better than the Asus XG-C100C which made me configure it to get max 2.5gbps. I thought it was windows. Note it gets super hot (like 90°C even with the heatsink).

New comment by HappySweeney in "The “Wow!” signal was likely from extraterrestrial source, and more powerful"

HappySweeney — Wed, 27 Aug 2025 01:55:04 +0000

I would caution applying our current understanding and limitations onto alien civilizations. I don't believe they will break the light barrier, but they may develop telescopes that can detect life from light-years away, and the stupendous travel times are possible with suspended animation or by stopping the aging process.

Detached Point Arithmetic

HappySweeney — Tue, 29 Jul 2025 12:49:14 +0000

Article URL: https://github.com/Pedantic-Research-Limited/DPA

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44722701

Points: 12

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New comment by HappySweeney in "Military leaders aghast as Zuck crashes classified Oval Office meeting"

HappySweeney — Fri, 04 Jul 2025 16:57:09 +0000

I'm a bit surprised the entire thing isn't in a faraday cage.