Hacker News: StefanBatory

New comment by StefanBatory in "Wellington second-hand bookstore's mysterious orders"

StefanBatory — Tue, 18 Aug 2026 11:45:00 +0000

I have thrown out an old, mass produced paperback book that nobody wanted to buy out from me in 2 years it's been on my country website that's the most popular.

I guess I am criminal.

New comment by StefanBatory in "Ask HN: Does anyone let AI agents play games just for fun?"

StefanBatory — Mon, 13 Jul 2026 11:39:32 +0000

But it's fun. I used to watch Civ IV/Civ V playthroughs with all players being bots and it was weirdly entertaining, especially when you made "bets" who would win based on start / AI personality. Also, the one that's been doing that would write writeups based on that.

It is entertaining, just in a different way.

https://sullla.com/civ4survivorindex.html

New comment by StefanBatory in "I Learned to Read Again"

StefanBatory — Mon, 13 Jul 2026 08:27:27 +0000

> It’s very clear that op’s father doesn’t value education first nor does he care to provide that influence to his children.

Respectfully, I would disagree with you on this statement. I don't feel that it is implying your point, or certainly not to that extent.

New comment by StefanBatory in "Modern decor may be straining people's brains"

StefanBatory — Sun, 12 Jul 2026 09:13:12 +0000

I am very interested in why you both chose to single Poles out with this, used lowercase AND used slur here.

> and polaks

New comment by StefanBatory in "AI 2040 and the cult of intelligence"

StefanBatory — Sat, 11 Jul 2026 18:52:45 +0000

> Like we either live in a world with freedom or we don’t, and like many Americans who have come before, I’m willing to give my life to fighting for it. That’s the real plan America deserves, not some totalitarian dystopia where you think you know what’s good for me better than I do. A nation of free men, not a bunch of pussies who are so worried about what their grown up neighbors might do.

Complaining that AI won't help you with covering up your tracks, with making meth or disabling drunk detection and comparing it to a totalitarian dystopia is a take for certain.

I do get his point, but... Being honest, if I did read it without knowing anything about the topic, I would become against local models purely because author arguments would seem like a lunacy. That and rhetorical tricks portraying that anyone against that must be surely insane.

New comment by StefanBatory in "GPT-5.6 Sol Ultra produces proof of the Cycle Double Cover Conjecture [pdf]"

StefanBatory — Sat, 11 Jul 2026 07:53:43 +0000

Military will always like warm bodies ;)

Sometimes it's easy for me to imagine a bad future like this; where most of the men are forced into military as the only org that still has use for wetware, and women are valued only for their ability to birth new people...

New comment by StefanBatory in "GPT-5.6 Sol Ultra produces proof of the Cycle Double Cover Conjecture [pdf]"

StefanBatory — Sat, 11 Jul 2026 07:52:36 +0000

But it is. My worth is based on what my value is, what I can do. What when I can no longer have any value on the job market?

New comment by StefanBatory in "A love letter to flashcards"

StefanBatory — Sat, 11 Jul 2026 07:40:12 +0000

> but there are better ways

What are those?

New comment by StefanBatory in "GPT-5.6 Sol Ultra produces proof of the Cycle Double Cover Conjecture [pdf]"

StefanBatory — Fri, 10 Jul 2026 20:35:11 +0000

It's hard for me not to think what's the point. I am a very average, even below average person in times of intelligence. What is even my value or reason to be if I know anything I can do, LLMs can do better? What is even my value both on job market and as a human?

New comment by StefanBatory in "Java 27: What's New?"

StefanBatory — Fri, 10 Jul 2026 12:41:19 +0000

Does the website have geoblocking or did HN gave it a hug of death?

New comment by StefanBatory in "AI-generated videos to maximally drive a target brain region"

StefanBatory — Fri, 10 Jul 2026 09:00:54 +0000

How can one work on that and not consider that they're pure evil?

New comment by StefanBatory in "AI-generated videos to maximally drive a target brain region"

StefanBatory — Fri, 10 Jul 2026 09:00:06 +0000

Think of the shareholders and Capital. Money matters more than human, commie. /s

New comment by StefanBatory in "Study: "Mommy, do you love your phone more than me?""

StefanBatory — Fri, 10 Jul 2026 07:09:56 +0000

I have ADHD; I genuinely don't remember my childhood. If you told me my life started in secondary or high school, I would have believed you.

New comment by StefanBatory in "Grok 4.5"

StefanBatory — Thu, 09 Jul 2026 13:22:33 +0000

They do know, they just don't care. As long as it doesn't affect them, it's "not political".

Frankly, I am afraid. I see many takes here that resemble Russian way of thinking and being "apolitical" that I thought I'd never see from Americans.

New comment by StefanBatory in "Grok 4.5"

StefanBatory — Thu, 09 Jul 2026 13:20:21 +0000

If someone says they don't care about someone doing Nazi salute, I feel that speaks more about them.

New comment by StefanBatory in "FAANG Simulator"

StefanBatory — Thu, 09 Jul 2026 06:38:25 +0000

RAT RACE #2 · ACQUIRED sold the company at 31 · walked away with $10.78M · peak burnout 95%

https://www.abeyk.com/escape-the-rat-race/

How to write good prompts: using spaced repetition to create understanding

StefanBatory — Tue, 07 Jul 2026 13:41:08 +0000

Article URL: https://andymatuschak.org/prompts/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48817717

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

AI 2027

StefanBatory — Tue, 07 Jul 2026 07:32:06 +0000

Article URL: https://ai-2027.com

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48814720

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

New comment by StefanBatory in "Delta flight hit by firework while landing at Midway Airport on Fourth of July"

StefanBatory — Mon, 06 Jul 2026 13:00:44 +0000

A great lesson to show that you have no morals, indeed.

New comment by StefanBatory in "Delta flight hit by firework while landing at Midway Airport on Fourth of July"

StefanBatory — Mon, 06 Jul 2026 12:59:12 +0000

As Eastern European - please don't go to Eastern Europe. Keep your bullshit with yourself, we don't want Americans who will then wake up that we aren't their "Conservative, Christian paradise".