Hacker News: MrGilbert

New comment by MrGilbert in "Meta blocks human rights accounts from reaching audiences in Arabia and the UAE"

MrGilbert — Wed, 20 May 2026 14:12:59 +0000

Your first paragraph set a tone that I would interpret as a "who do you think you are?". But that might just be written text and cultural differences.

New comment by MrGilbert in "Map of Metal"

MrGilbert — Wed, 20 May 2026 14:08:39 +0000

The descriptions are a bit more tongue-in-cheek, though. I love it.

New comment by MrGilbert in "Restore full BambuNetwork support for Bambu Lab printers"

MrGilbert — Wed, 13 May 2026 06:11:12 +0000

There is some context missing, which this video [0] explains.

tl;dr: The original developer does not (or cannot) go into legal battle with Bambu Lab, so Louis Rossmann's project picked up the fight and hosts the (allegedly) troublesome code on their organization. As they have more financial resources, they look forward to the C&D letter.

The point he has (and I agree with that): The original developer is using the un-modified AGPL-code to talk to the cloud API. Bambu Lab states that the modified client pretends to be a Bambu lab client. But in fact, the modified client just uses the code as-is, which is perfectly fine from a AGPL perspective. From my non-lawyer point of view: If Bambu Lab would have made the User Agent a configurable variable, which gets set by some configuration files from outside the code, that get bundled with the binary version, but not the source code, they wouldn't have this leverage.

[0]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1jhRqgHxEP8

New comment by MrGilbert in "Task Paralysis and AI"

MrGilbert — Sun, 10 May 2026 21:04:00 +0000

> But I felt no accomplishment. It felt just the same as if I downloaded the tool from someone else's repo (and who had an overly eager maintainer that would implement my GitHub issue requests).

I get that. I recently watched a "talking head" style video by javid9x, where he said something along the lines of disconnecting from the code emotionally [0]. He has to get into the code to understand that. I get the same feeling, however, for me, it feeds my curiosity and my need of exploration. At least for now, I might add.

[0]: https://youtu.be/1qjn1QRxlng?si=_75-J51UnZ0eJyb7&t=705

New comment by MrGilbert in "Task Paralysis and AI"

MrGilbert — Sun, 10 May 2026 19:37:40 +0000

Appreciate your nitpick. As I dislike recipes that introduce you to the fine art of wheat milling before getting to the recipe itself, I tried to keep that section short(-ish). I felt the need to provide some context and thoughts, that's why I included it. Not sure what I'll do next time: Either put the conclusion at the beginning and offer some more context and thoughts at the end (then you can drop out if you don't want it), or just leave it out completely. I'll reflect on that.

New comment by MrGilbert in "Task Paralysis and AI"

MrGilbert — Sun, 10 May 2026 11:34:21 +0000

> [...] considering we're asking people who struggle with avoiding quick dopamine to use it professionally in their daily work life.

It's so wild that it never dawned on me, why some people around me were so quick with "Let AI do that!". I'm not saying that each and everyone has ADHD, but I think I underestimated a) the flow of dopamine a successful prompt can set free and b) the craving for it by folks that I deemed more stable than myself.

Task Paralysis and AI

MrGilbert — Sun, 10 May 2026 06:20:50 +0000

Article URL: https://g5t.de/articles/20260510-task-paralysis-and-ai/index.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48081469

Points: 262

# Comments: 130

New comment by MrGilbert in "Distributing Mac software is increasing my cortisol levels"

MrGilbert — Sat, 09 May 2026 19:27:24 +0000

You can configure it in a way that it won't allow you to run it at all, but out of the box, you will receive a message which forces you through three clicks. Enough to scare off people with no deep knowledge.

And yes, you can turn all of that off.

New comment by MrGilbert in "A desktop made for one"

MrGilbert — Mon, 04 May 2026 12:43:32 +0000

With the current situation on the hardware market, it makes me sad the we discover it only now. If things continue the way they are, there will be no Personal Computer any longer.

New comment by MrGilbert in "Game devs explain the tricks involved with letting you pause a game"

MrGilbert — Sun, 19 Apr 2026 22:10:33 +0000

But if you were a game dev, you would understand why it‘s not as easy as it seems to outsiders. :)

New comment by MrGilbert in "MAGA Is Winning Its War Against U.S. Science"

MrGilbert — Sun, 19 Apr 2026 19:59:20 +0000

I cannot help but wonder how many decades it will take the U.S. to recover from the damage that the current administration is causing, both economically and in trust on a global scale. While in no way comparable, as a German, that topic feels familiar non the less - and to this day, it's a long and rocky road.

New comment by MrGilbert in "The buns in McDonald's Japan's burger photos are all slightly askew"

MrGilbert — Thu, 16 Apr 2026 09:00:51 +0000

That was my first thought, too. Never ever looked a burger from any of the well-known chains the way it looks on photos.

New comment by MrGilbert in "Artemis II crew take 'spectacular' image of Earth"

MrGilbert — Fri, 03 Apr 2026 22:07:44 +0000

Yeah, it is - unfortunately, it is rather cloudy in my area at the moment. Luckily, the weather was better during the 19./20. January event, which I'll carry forever in my heart.

New comment by MrGilbert in "Artemis II crew take “spectacular” image of Earth"

MrGilbert — Fri, 03 Apr 2026 21:31:21 +0000

I love the fact that you can see the aurora at both poles!

New comment by MrGilbert in "Why Sora Failed: $15M/day inference cost vs. $2.1M lifetime revenue"

MrGilbert — Thu, 26 Mar 2026 10:06:18 +0000

> If this is the case, it's just a matter of time until costs can be reduced.

Is it, though? We cannot predict technological advancement, and the times of ̶M̶u̶r̶p̶h̶y̶'̶s̶ ̶L̶a̶w̶ Moore's Law* for computational power are long gone. There is simply no guarantee that the costs will go down enough.

* thanks lucianbr!

New comment by MrGilbert in "Why Sora Failed: $15M/day inference cost vs. $2.1M lifetime revenue"

MrGilbert — Thu, 26 Mar 2026 10:03:31 +0000

I would assume that the economic reasoning, if looked at it without dollar bills covering their eyes, would apply to AI in general the way we are using it.

New comment by MrGilbert in "Buying a retro game console"

MrGilbert — Thu, 26 Mar 2026 09:39:43 +0000

I went down this rabbit hole, and am now the proud owner of a PS2 (Slim), a PS2 (Fat), a PS3 (Fat), a PS4 Pro and a PS5. I also own a Nintendo Switch and a Gaming PC.

After installing a custom firmware on the PS3, I am now able to play my PS2 games, and also have the benefit of using HDMI without an expensive upscaler.

Turns out, the PS3 satisfied my needs to relive childhood memories, although I never had one as a kid growing up.

Also, I started reading books again. A pretty hassle-free childhood memory, to say the least.

New comment by MrGilbert in "Conway's Game of Life, in real life"

MrGilbert — Thu, 19 Mar 2026 13:26:31 +0000

I mean - that sounds like an awesome project in itself!

New comment by MrGilbert in "Conway's Game of Life, in real life"

MrGilbert — Thu, 19 Mar 2026 11:42:43 +0000

I wonder if going for keyboard switches with RGB could bring the price down, if you then either print the keycaps yourself, our use a 3d printing service. 23 Cherry MX switches cost 20€, that‘s roughly 260€ for a 17x17 matrix.

New comment by MrGilbert in "I ported Linux to the PS5 and turned it into a Steam Machine"

MrGilbert — Sun, 08 Mar 2026 17:15:11 +0000

If the current trend continues, there won’t be much left to reverse engineer, as your appliances will use the internet for computation, as RAM and processing power are consumed by AI data centers, so…