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New comment by Stevvo in "Software engineering may no longer be a lifetime career"

Stevvo — Mon, 11 May 2026 17:16:03 +0000

I take issue with the premise that "Using AI means you don’t learn as much from your work" With AI assistance, I tackle far more tasks than I would without it. Learning per task goes down, but cumulative learning does not.

New comment by Stevvo in "US Government releases first batch of UAP documents and videos"

Stevvo — Fri, 08 May 2026 14:13:38 +0000

The cynical take would be that releasing the X-Files is only meant to distract from the Epstein files and/or failed war in Iran.

New comment by Stevvo in "US Government releases first batch of UAP documents and videos"

Stevvo — Fri, 08 May 2026 14:00:54 +0000

From Europe I get a blank page saying 'Not Found'. Had to VPN to US to load it.

New comment by Stevvo in "New statue in London, attributed to Banksy, of a suited man, blinded by a flag"

Stevvo — Mon, 04 May 2026 13:21:25 +0000

What raised the price of Banksy initially was that he gave it a price; he was the only graffiti artist doing gallery exhibitions and selling art. Before he put it in a gallery, nobody considered it have any value.

New comment by Stevvo in "Japan is deploying ultra-cheap cardboard drones built for swarm warfare"

Stevvo — Sun, 03 May 2026 19:09:00 +0000

Moderately funded terror groups invented the cheap combat/fpv drone in Syria. So, yea, they could.

New comment by Stevvo in "I spent 6 years building my Kanban as I hated how managers run the boards"

Stevvo — Sun, 26 Apr 2026 10:00:03 +0000

If you really did spend 6 years building this, then it's an excellent example of why you should be vibe coding instead; I don't see anything here that could not be made in 6 minutes instead of 6 years.

New comment by Stevvo in "[dead]"

Stevvo — Thu, 23 Apr 2026 09:58:32 +0000

"There's going to be a bomb in the ocean bank convocation center" doesn't sound like joking to me. Also I think HN has a guideline about not changing titles.

New comment by Stevvo in "SpaceX says it has agreement to acquire Cursor for $60B"

Stevvo — Wed, 22 Apr 2026 09:13:08 +0000

Honestly couldn't tell you anymore; a year ago I was using AI autocomplete, but today AI is writing all code for me.

New comment by Stevvo in "SpaceX says it has agreement to acquire Cursor for $60B"

Stevvo — Wed, 22 Apr 2026 09:11:39 +0000

Opus 4.5 and 4.6 removed from all plans. 4.7 locked to medium reasoning with 7.5x request multiplier. Per token pricing starting next month.

But you can't actually sign up to Pro or Pro+; they disabled sign ups until the per token pricing starts.

New comment by Stevvo in "SpaceX says it has agreement to acquire Cursor for $60B"

Stevvo — Wed, 22 Apr 2026 06:51:29 +0000

Until yesterday I would have recommended VSCode + Copilot. They had the best pricing of any option. However the pricing was unsustainable and is therefor finished.

New comment by Stevvo in "Traders placed over $1B in perfectly timed bets on the Iran war"

Stevvo — Sat, 18 Apr 2026 21:40:04 +0000

These articles always focus on "Yes" bets. An insider betting "No" might get by completely unnoticed.

New comment by Stevvo in "We gave an AI a 3 year retail lease and asked it to make a profit"

Stevvo — Thu, 16 Apr 2026 21:12:10 +0000

The only mention of profit is in the the headline; the article doesn't indicate that the AI managed to make one. Surely if it did, the article would boast of it, so one can only assume that an AI cannot run a profitable store in San Francisco.

New comment by Stevvo in "Claude Opus 4.7"

Stevvo — Thu, 16 Apr 2026 21:00:18 +0000

Not only is it 7x on requests, reasoning is locked to medium. Have been with Copilot for the fair and transparent pricing, but reconsidering that now.

New comment by Stevvo in "A WebGPU implementation of Augmented Vertex Block Descent"

Stevvo — Fri, 10 Apr 2026 21:55:12 +0000

I went in with limited understanding, gained some more as the agent worked through it. What can appear complex in the paper often turns out to be far more simple and elegant once you see the code written.

Metro stop is Ancient Rome's new attraction

Stevvo — Thu, 09 Apr 2026 19:39:06 +0000

Article URL: https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20260408-a-150-metro-ticket-to-ancient-rome

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47708710

Points: 119

# Comments: 40

New comment by Stevvo in "A WebGPU implementation of Augmented Vertex Block Descent"

Stevvo — Thu, 09 Apr 2026 17:59:39 +0000

It can definitely be achieved with Claude. Even with no experience in graphics progammming, I've been able to replicate results of several papers in related to fluid simulation.

New comment by Stevvo in "Teardown of unreleased LG Rollable shows why rollable phones aren't a thing"

Stevvo — Wed, 08 Apr 2026 17:46:20 +0000

Interesting video, but it didn't tell me why rollable phones aren't a thing. It doesn't appear any more flawed than the foldable concept.

New comment by Stevvo in "System Card: Claude Mythos Preview [pdf]"

Stevvo — Tue, 07 Apr 2026 19:04:10 +0000

"Claude Mythos Preview’s large increase in capabilities has led us to decide not to make it generally available."

Disappointing that AGI will be for the powerful only. We are heading for an AI dystopia of Sci-Fi novels.

New comment by Stevvo in "Sam Altman may control our future – can he be trusted?"

Stevvo — Mon, 06 Apr 2026 22:49:19 +0000

Love the visual. Fantastic.

New comment by Stevvo in "Is Germany's gold safe in New York ?"

Stevvo — Mon, 06 Apr 2026 13:57:44 +0000

Your dislike for Trump is making you see things through rose-tinted glasses.

Do you not remember Abu Ghraib, or Gitmo?

When it comes to war crimes, this administration is no worse than those past.