Hacker News: PKop

New comment by PKop in "I Won't Buy You a Coffee"

PKop — Sat, 13 Jun 2026 12:54:39 +0000

> but that doesn't mean that every instance of creativity should be a venue for profit

This guy doesn't know what profit means.

No one is "profiting" off one-off donations on blogs, obviously these mechanisms are simply to allow some sustainability in volunteer efforts, below break-even at best.

New comment by PKop in "Every AI Subscription Is a Ticking Time Bomb for Enterprise"

PKop — Sun, 17 May 2026 13:20:24 +0000

> is not a rounding error. It is

Who said it was?

> Pull out the napkin. This matters.

The article wouldn't exist if you didn't think it mattered, just tell us why.

> the question is not whether they got a good deal. The question is

Who said that was the question?

> This Is Not One Company's Problem

Who said it was?

Stop telling us what thing aren't, just speak like a normal human and convey your own thoughts. It's an insult to your audience to throw constant AI slop at them.

> thousands of companies have woven AI subscriptions deep into their operations. Marketing teams draft copy through ChatGPT Plus.

Yea I bet you do..

New comment by PKop in "[dead]"

PKop — Thu, 07 May 2026 21:42:43 +0000

AI slop

New comment by PKop in "Photoshop's challenges with focus, pt. 2"

PKop — Thu, 07 May 2026 13:48:43 +0000

> Shipping software is in perennial tension between getting it perfect and getting it out the door.

First do no harm. Changing functionality that works is not in tension with getting regressions out the door. Assure it is working before shipping by hiring testers that use the product to the level or extent of most users.

> We do use Photoshop (though not to the level or extent of most users) and noticed the regressions.

Is there something you want to tell us about management? This is crazy, if what you mean is you know you broke this for power users but shipped it anyways, or that you don't have power-users on payroll to constantly test your product that you can call "part of the team".

New comment by PKop in "Photoshop's challenges with focus, pt. 2"

PKop — Thu, 07 May 2026 13:42:40 +0000

> the people who make Photoshop

Obviously they should have a few power users on payroll that find these obvious regressions quickly, and we can call them part of the team who make Photoshop. I'm not sure why this, and what the lead scientist said is valid justification. Just hire "people that use Photoshop". If they already do this, then the people that make Photoshop use Photoshop to a sufficient degree.

But moreover, if one has developed Photoshop for 15 years, I'm pretty sure they are aware of power user table-stakes features.

And then one more point:

> Why?

Because that's what it takes to develop high quality software tools. This shouldn't even be up for debate when charging money for software.

New comment by PKop in "Photoshop's challenges with focus, pt. 2"

PKop — Thu, 07 May 2026 13:17:22 +0000

What was the point of this upgrade? Do you not actually use Photoshop yourself, or have people on your team that use Photoshop? Aside from the mea culpa and assurance it will be fixed, user deserve an explanation for why this basic, obvious buggy functionality wasn't discovered immediately during development? Like seriously, you should explain yourself.

New comment by PKop in "Colombia hosts talks on exiting fossil fuels as global energy crisis deepens"

PKop — Wed, 06 May 2026 18:28:12 +0000

The use of fossil fuels equates directly to higher standard of living, military power, wealth, prosperity, and advanced economies. As well, transportation is heavily dependent on fossil fuels. "Exiting" fossil fuels means either nothing, or it means impoverishing your people.

New comment by PKop in "Zig → Rust porting guide"

PKop — Tue, 05 May 2026 12:04:11 +0000

Or, even if they 100% expected to be acquired before Bun touches 1.0, you could see how they might not care about this type of tech debt.

New comment by PKop in "Microsoft and OpenAI end their exclusive and revenue-sharing deal"

PKop — Mon, 27 Apr 2026 20:20:46 +0000

No I think it's made up, there is no policy, and the lawyers couldn't care less, it's just something people do to massage their own ego.

New comment by PKop in "Microsoft and OpenAI end their exclusive and revenue-sharing deal"

PKop — Mon, 27 Apr 2026 18:39:23 +0000

Exactly. There is no scenario where we should expect some random anon to be speaking for Google. When that is the case a disclaimer is warranted, not the common case of speaking for oneself. He can write it once in his profile if he's so worried about it, not every other comment like he does. It's just inflated self importance

New comment by PKop in "Microsoft and OpenAI end their exclusive and revenue-sharing deal"

PKop — Mon, 27 Apr 2026 18:37:25 +0000

Why would they be speaking on behalf of their employer? That is what would need a disclaimer not the common case. Besides, he can put it one time in his profile, not over and over again in every comment like he does. There is no expectation that some random employee is a spokesperson for Google on tech message board comment threads. It's just a way to brag.

New comment by PKop in "Microsoft and OpenAI end their exclusive and revenue-sharing deal"

PKop — Mon, 27 Apr 2026 18:09:50 +0000

Because it's been a massively expensive failure. They can't just will their own platform into existence just because it would be good to have, consumers have a say and they've rejected it completely.

New comment by PKop in "Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (April 2026)"

PKop — Sun, 12 Apr 2026 23:52:31 +0000

I'm building an immediate mode GUI Win32 app on top of Windows.UI.Composition visuals, maybe building up a library with it along the way. Just a hobby project / experiment. I hate this problem [0] so I went down a rabbit hole trying to solve it.

https://github.com/microsoft/microsoft-ui-xaml/issues/5148

New comment by PKop in "Dropping Cloudflare for Bunny.net"

PKop — Tue, 07 Apr 2026 17:11:00 +0000

Why would you be a useful target market for a business running these services then? Seriously, if you can't pay anything at all, of what value is catering product offerings to you? It is thus irrelevant that you aren't happy with not being offered a free service.

New comment by PKop in "Tell HN: Anthropic no longer allowing Claude Code subscriptions to use OpenClaw"

PKop — Sat, 04 Apr 2026 23:21:56 +0000

Then you mean the API, and if that's not sufficient, then you do have an issue with wanting something for nothing.

New comment by PKop in "OpenClaw privilege escalation vulnerability"

PKop — Fri, 03 Apr 2026 20:58:57 +0000

Name 2 things you actually do with OpenClaw. And don't swear in your response.

New comment by PKop in "OpenClaw privilege escalation vulnerability"

PKop — Fri, 03 Apr 2026 18:28:04 +0000

First words out of your mouth are to accuse OP of not seriously asking the question. Then you write paragraphs saying nothing much at all. You could have simply answered the question in a simple straightforward manner.

New comment by PKop in "Artemis II will use laser beams to live-stream 4K moon footage at 260 Mbps"

PKop — Thu, 02 Apr 2026 17:12:49 +0000

SpaceX coverage is much better! lol This is such nonsense. How much does a professional videographer cost? It's a rounding error given what they spend. It's just bad planning and decision-making. This is a damn mission to the moon, not little league baseball, why would you ever compare the two?

New comment by PKop in "Artemis II will use laser beams to live-stream 4K moon footage at 260 Mbps"

PKop — Thu, 02 Apr 2026 17:10:23 +0000

This is nonsense excuse making. Regardless of how much money you want NASA to have, are you not yourself upset that the billions they do get were not sufficient to use cameras correctly? How much money do you think it costs to do this right?

New comment by PKop in "Significant raise of reports"

PKop — Thu, 02 Apr 2026 12:47:01 +0000

Sort of a tautology to just assert that someone saying good things about AI is an AI enthusiast and therefore their opinion should be dismissed. He also happens to have been a kernel maintainer, his experience as he's describing it should count for something.