Hacker News: PKop

New comment by PKop in "The Amazon tax"

PKop — Tue, 18 Aug 2026 20:11:23 +0000

Kagi is comparable to pre-semantic, no-ad Google. Because they don't have ads you just pay for the product. It's great.

New comment by PKop in "What Happens If OpenAI Dies?"

PKop — Tue, 18 Aug 2026 16:32:18 +0000

I don't think they need to be voluntary to be pessimistic about the implication of the departures. It can be argued just as easily that so may high level execs being fired because of underperformance means OpenAI isn't achieving their goals. Revenue targets not being met is a large part of AI bubble promoters' thesis.

New comment by PKop in "Robinhood lets your invest in YC startups now"

PKop — Wed, 05 Aug 2026 19:08:57 +0000

@SangLee you compare it to RVI, which went to 77, 3.5x in 2 months. Why would that not be a comparison that screams "buy" and to sell the pump?

Robinhood Private Company Fund to Back Y Combinator Startups

PKop — Mon, 03 Aug 2026 23:42:45 +0000

Article URL: https://finance.yahoo.com/small-business/articles/robinhood-private-company-fund-back-145137332.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49162775

Points: 3

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New comment by PKop in "AI's Wildest Spenders Are Hitting the Accelerator"

PKop — Fri, 31 Jul 2026 18:31:44 +0000

https://archive.ph/yVaTZ

AI's Wildest Spenders Are Hitting the Accelerator

PKop — Fri, 31 Jul 2026 18:31:34 +0000

Article URL: https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2026-07-31/ai-s-massive-spenders-google-meta-and-oracle-are-only-getting-started

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49126927

Points: 7

# Comments: 2

New comment by PKop in "Show HN: I was tired of opening 2 tabs for every HN link, so I made a userscript"

PKop — Thu, 30 Jul 2026 13:11:20 +0000

@twalichiewicz, why do you use a fake AI generated pfp across all of your online accounts?

New comment by PKop in "My thoughts on the Bun Rust rewrite"

PKop — Fri, 10 Jul 2026 14:11:52 +0000

> If I told you to your face

That's not even the extent of it. Saying something in private face to face at least keeps it between 2 people. He posted it publicly for the world to see, so it's a massively bigger "attack".

New comment by PKop in "Anonymous GitHub account mass-dropping undisclosed 0-days"

PKop — Sat, 27 Jun 2026 17:01:30 +0000

Either the fear of the consequences of breaking the law, or that the most effective way to reduce crime is to remove criminals from the population so over time these people being in jail or worse decreases the crime rate. They don't have to care about breaking laws in the abstract for the law, properly enforced, to reduce crime.

Border Enforcement Does Affect American Workers' Wallets

PKop — Wed, 17 Jun 2026 22:37:53 +0000

Article URL: https://www.wsj.com/opinion/border-enforcement-does-affect-american-workers-wallets-cc45d6b0

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48577962

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

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