Hacker News: Rodeoclash

New comment by Rodeoclash in "Incident Report: Railway Blocked by Google Cloud (Resolved)"

Rodeoclash — Wed, 20 May 2026 02:25:43 +0000

Exactly the same experience for us as well. I just don't bother with them.

New comment by Rodeoclash in "Electrostatics and High Voltage Links"

Rodeoclash — Mon, 27 Apr 2026 22:59:45 +0000

These come around like clockwork. Even prior to the EmDrive something similar was being spruiked in the early 2000s

New comment by Rodeoclash in "Flipdiscs"

Rodeoclash — Mon, 27 Apr 2026 07:16:50 +0000

You've confabulated a reason why they replaced them, linked it to initiative then complained about them doing it all in two sentences. A gold medal in mental gymnastics is warranted here!

New comment by Rodeoclash in "Dad brains: How fatherhood rewires the male mind"

Rodeoclash — Sun, 19 Apr 2026 02:14:42 +0000

I couldn't watch Black Mirror after having my son.

New comment by Rodeoclash in "GitHub Stacked PRs"

Rodeoclash — Tue, 14 Apr 2026 04:21:29 +0000

Thanks for your work on Rdio. I miss it. Were you around when that guy managed to spam plays to get fake albums to the top of the charts?

New comment by Rodeoclash in "Warez Scene"

Rodeoclash — Sat, 11 Apr 2026 07:50:38 +0000

Used to hang out on IRC servers in the late 90s. #zeraw on Undernet was a classic. We'd exchange compromised FTP server details where other users had uploaded games.

New comment by Rodeoclash in "Musician says AI company is cloning her music, filing claims against her"

Rodeoclash — Mon, 06 Apr 2026 00:04:06 +0000

AI generated music has started to ruin most music on YouTube for me. My feed is starting to get crammed with artists and DJ sets of things like "1 Hour of Cowboy Western Songs to Listen to While Traveling Through the Frontier".

Is it real music? Probably not because the thumbnail is plastered with Pepe memes and other rubbish. We starting to get to the point where music is like Low-background steel - as in it existed before the advent of AI slop.

And before someone asks "bUt iT dOeSn'T mAtTeR hOw iT's mAdE, iT's aLl aBuOt wHaT tHe eNd rEsUlT iS"

Yes, it does matter to me. Making art to me is about all the small decisions taken along the way to arrive at the final piece. When it hasn't gone through that process then I feel nothing when I listen or view it. Actually, I don't feel nothing, I feel deceived.

New comment by Rodeoclash in "Artemis II is not safe to fly"

Rodeoclash — Tue, 31 Mar 2026 08:19:01 +0000

Exactly what I thought of as well

New comment by Rodeoclash in "Polymarket gamblers threaten to kill me over Iran missile story"

Rodeoclash — Mon, 16 Mar 2026 21:37:13 +0000

The social benefit is that it gives a controlled outlet for the need to gamble when managed by the government.

New comment by Rodeoclash in "The Appalling Stupidity of Spotify's AI DJ"

Rodeoclash — Sun, 15 Mar 2026 10:04:41 +0000

Which weirdly enough has made Soundcloud one of my primary sources for finding music I enjoy, via DJ sets.

New comment by Rodeoclash in "Head of FCC threatens broadcaster licenses over critical coverage of Iran war"

Rodeoclash — Sat, 14 Mar 2026 21:47:48 +0000

Thank you for taking the time to write this out. I've long since given up having any debate with people on these subjects so it's heartening to see some still flying the flag.

New comment by Rodeoclash in "Lost Doctor Who episodes found"

Rodeoclash — Sat, 14 Mar 2026 04:44:43 +0000

One video in that archive is about a family day out to and island by ferry. You'd basically arrive in the morning, climb to the top of the hill on the island, have lunch and meet the ferry in the afternoon. The first thing that strikes you is that no-one is fat. The second that everyone is fit enough to make it to the top of the hill regardless of age.

New comment by Rodeoclash in "[dead]"

Rodeoclash — Sun, 01 Mar 2026 00:12:19 +0000

My flow is the AI writes most of the code, I closely review, question and tweak everything that comes out. My commits are about the same size as they were. Don't vibe code or one shot features.

New comment by Rodeoclash in "Tesla Sales Down 55% UK, 58% Spain, 59% Germany, 81% Netherlands, 93% Norway"

Rodeoclash — Wed, 18 Feb 2026 08:20:10 +0000

Congrats on your upgrade from bogan to neuvo-bogan ;)

(I kid, I also drive a byd, ATTO though rather than shark)

New comment by Rodeoclash in "I'm not worried about AI job loss"

Rodeoclash — Fri, 13 Feb 2026 20:50:24 +0000

This right here is my view on the future as well. Will the AI write the entire feature in one go? No. Will the AI be involved in writing a large proportion of the code that will be carefully studied and adjusted by a human before being used? Absolutely yes.

This cyborg process is exactly how we're using AI in our organisation as well. The human in the loop understands the full context of what the feature is and what we're trying to achieve.

New comment by Rodeoclash in "Testing Ads in ChatGPT"

Rodeoclash — Tue, 10 Feb 2026 01:57:55 +0000

Hyperloop

New comment by Rodeoclash in "Italy Railways Sabotaged"

Rodeoclash — Sat, 07 Feb 2026 23:00:10 +0000

> Of course they were, and of course that the Russians are to blame

Glad you agree!

New comment by Rodeoclash in "Where did all the starships go?"

Rodeoclash — Sat, 07 Feb 2026 21:07:22 +0000

Laser accelerate a lightweight probe, probe lands on alien planet and self replicates a receiver and basic robot body. Send mind in the form of information at speed of light and download into robot body.

Something roughly along these lines was believable enough for the Altered Carbon universe.

New comment by Rodeoclash in "ICE using Palantir tool that feeds on Medicaid data"

Rodeoclash — Sun, 25 Jan 2026 21:13:33 +0000

The older I get the more disconnected I feel from some of the posters on this site. I can't remember exactly when I joined, 2012ish maybe? But the takes people have seem to be getting wilder and wilder.

New comment by Rodeoclash in "6 Years Building Video Players. 9B Requests. Starting Over"

Rodeoclash — Sun, 25 Jan 2026 06:47:59 +0000

Ooh, very nice link. I've basically been waiting for something like this to come along before I pick up the tools again!