Hacker News: JTbane

New comment by JTbane in "France pulls last gold held in US"

JTbane — Tue, 07 Apr 2026 00:01:38 +0000

Yeah I don't get why people don't understand this- there is not enough gold to base the entire global economy on it.

New comment by JTbane in "U.S. stocks are set to deliver their worst quarter in nearly four years"

JTbane — Tue, 31 Mar 2026 13:32:16 +0000

Agreed, pensions are obviously better but the private sector collectively decided not to have them much anymore.

New comment by JTbane in "People inside Microsoft are fighting to drop mandatory Microsoft Account"

JTbane — Sat, 28 Mar 2026 15:20:28 +0000

There is a definite disconnect, I cannot think of ANY scenario in which I (as a developer and power user) would want the Start menu to search the internet.

New comment by JTbane in "Rob Pike's 5 Rules of Programming"

JTbane — Wed, 18 Mar 2026 14:12:11 +0000

Anyone else feel like bloat is usually not an algorithmic problem, but rather a library or environment issue most of the time?

New comment by JTbane in "What AI coding costs you"

JTbane — Sat, 28 Feb 2026 17:17:06 +0000

Wanted to chime in that, at my job, hand-writing code has been massively helpful when debugging it. My mental model of what can go wrong is much easier to form if I wrote the code. A LLM will not always be able to solve these incidents, no matter how many logs you throw at it.

New comment by JTbane in "I pitched a roller coaster to Disneyland at age 10 in 1978"

JTbane — Wed, 25 Feb 2026 15:33:44 +0000

Damage Control theme park?

New comment by JTbane in "Ask HN: Have top AI research institutions just given up on the idea of safety?"

JTbane — Wed, 25 Feb 2026 15:27:26 +0000

For sure, there are a bunch of cases of agents deleting files, leaking secrets, and wiping databases even when told not to.

New comment by JTbane in "IRS lost 40% of IT staff, 80% of tech leaders in 'efficiency' shakeup"

JTbane — Thu, 19 Feb 2026 20:29:02 +0000

Feels terrible to be an American rn, I'm preparing for major errors and delays in the processing of my tax return.

New comment by JTbane in "Warren Buffett dumps $1.7B of Amazon stock"

JTbane — Wed, 18 Feb 2026 19:59:08 +0000

My god, static text with no graphics!? In 2026!?

New comment by JTbane in "An AI agent published a hit piece on me"

JTbane — Fri, 13 Feb 2026 15:18:21 +0000

Unfortunately it seems like no one does their due diligence any more. I recall a journalism class I took 10 years ago in undergrad that emphasized sources need to be vetted, have sufficient age, credentials, and any bias be identified.

Nowadays it's all about social media BS and brigading (i.e. how many accounts can scream the loudest).

New comment by JTbane in "Show HN: If you lose your memory, how to regain access to your computer?"

JTbane — Fri, 06 Feb 2026 20:52:56 +0000

master password on paper hard copy

New comment by JTbane in "Why does SSH send 100 packets per keystroke?"

JTbane — Thu, 22 Jan 2026 23:08:59 +0000

Personally I like that it's secure by default.

New comment by JTbane in "Stories removed from the Hacker News Front Page, updated in real time (2024)"

JTbane — Wed, 21 Jan 2026 15:37:27 +0000

I'm tired of the hype too. Yes, coding agents are useful but the bubble seems primed to pop. Agents are not profitable enough to justify the billions of investments in data centers and chips.

New comment by JTbane in "No management needed: anti-patterns in early-stage engineering teams"

JTbane — Wed, 14 Jan 2026 18:25:51 +0000

The fact that 996 is coming to America is an ill omen for worker's rights and, well, society in general IMO.

New comment by JTbane in "Creators of Tailwind laid off 75% of their engineering team"

JTbane — Thu, 08 Jan 2026 15:06:07 +0000

I disagree, the only real issue with UBI is the amount of inflation it will cause. Germany has something nearly approaching UBI and they are doing fine.

New comment by JTbane in "Everyone hates OneDrive, Microsofts cloud app that steals and deletes files"

JTbane — Wed, 07 Jan 2026 16:25:55 +0000

Would Syncthing fulfill your requirements?

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

JTbane — Tue, 06 Jan 2026 14:49:56 +0000

I think it's a good comment, given that the best agents seem to hallucinate something like 10% on a simple task and more than 70% on complex ones.

New comment by JTbane in "Ask HN: What would you do if you didn't work in tech?"

JTbane — Mon, 22 Dec 2025 16:52:27 +0000

Probably something blue collar like electrician, plumbing or auto repair.

New comment by JTbane in "Over fifty new hallucinations in ICLR 2026 submissions"

JTbane — Sun, 07 Dec 2025 17:57:08 +0000

Nah it's very apt and perfectly encapsulates output that looks plausible but is in fact factually incorrect or made up.

New comment by JTbane in "Azure hit by 15 Tbps DDoS attack using 500k IP addresses"

JTbane — Tue, 18 Nov 2025 16:07:26 +0000

Also just peacocking, being that skid on the forums that took down PlayStation on Christmas will get you cred.