Hacker News: Yhippa

New comment by Yhippa in "We've made the world too complicated"

Yhippa — Sun, 17 May 2026 17:30:02 +0000

Kids aren't allowed to play at the playground unsupervised or walk around anywhere by themselves. Cars are all now 4,000 pounds, have terrible sight lines and are lifeless. I don't like this world.

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

Yhippa — Sun, 17 May 2026 17:26:39 +0000

Wasn't this the same thing when enterprises started using cloud computing? Did the bomb explode for them?

New comment by Yhippa in "Computer Hobby Movement in Canada"

Yhippa — Thu, 14 May 2026 14:44:16 +0000

I didn't grow up in Canada, but I miss these days where the universe of knowledge about computer tech and hardware wasn't impossibly large. It was possible to meet with people in meatspace and have real discussions with them. It's possible now, but it doesn't have the same vibe.

New comment by Yhippa in "Googlebook"

Yhippa — Wed, 13 May 2026 13:35:05 +0000

I'm curious to know how this will work in practice. I have tried multiple times for Gemini to take a look at what's on my screen on my Android device and create a Google Calendar event from it. A few times it works, but fails in the vast majority of cases.

New comment by Yhippa in "I hate soldering"

Yhippa — Tue, 12 May 2026 16:35:25 +0000

The first time I soldered, it was for a job interview to work for a professor building gastric pacemakers after university graduation. My eyes were still sharp so it was actually kind of fun.

New comment by Yhippa in "I want to live like Costco people"

Yhippa — Fri, 08 May 2026 04:27:51 +0000

Is it a requirement in Hawaii because of the generally high prices of everything there?

New comment by Yhippa in "Claude.ai unavailable and elevated errors on the API"

Yhippa — Tue, 28 Apr 2026 21:10:58 +0000

Just ask Claude and some agents to fix it...

New comment by Yhippa in "Filing the corners off my MacBooks"

Yhippa — Fri, 10 Apr 2026 22:44:09 +0000

As I'm typing on mine right now, I wonder why they made these so sharp. It hasn't cut me yet, but they are decidedly uncomfortable.

New comment by Yhippa in "I prefer OG style websites – what are yours?"

Yhippa — Fri, 03 Apr 2026 15:32:09 +0000

Your first link...I miss portals so much. Rip ig.

New comment by Yhippa in "I prefer OG style websites – what are yours?"

Yhippa — Fri, 03 Apr 2026 15:30:54 +0000

> I would be careful with calling that kind of design function over style.

Why?

New comment by Yhippa in "LinkedIn uses 2.4 GB RAM across two tabs"

Yhippa — Mon, 30 Mar 2026 03:47:24 +0000

This reminds me. Google Reader had comments enabled from your friends on posts you shared. This was the best form of social media I have ever experienced.

New comment by Yhippa in "No Terms. No Conditions"

Yhippa — Tue, 24 Mar 2026 19:00:18 +0000

"Alternative Terms" was the giveaway.

New comment by Yhippa in "404 Deno CEO not found"

Yhippa — Sat, 21 Mar 2026 17:44:47 +0000

> He invested a lot of his own life on a promise that didn't pan out

Whose fault is that?

New comment by Yhippa in "Debian decides not to decide on AI-generated contributions"

Yhippa — Tue, 10 Mar 2026 18:27:37 +0000

This reminds me of the Hacktoberfest situation where maintainers were getting flooded with low-quality PRs. This could be that, but on steroids and constantly, not just one month.

New comment by Yhippa in "Global warming has accelerated significantly"

Yhippa — Fri, 06 Mar 2026 16:40:44 +0000

If they said yes, would you blindly trust them? They told you to "do your own research" effectively and you punted. That would arguably be a more reassuring path for you I assume.

New comment by Yhippa in "OpenClaw is changing my life"

Yhippa — Mon, 09 Feb 2026 04:59:51 +0000

It makes me sad that there are so many of these heavily-upvoted posts now that are hand-wavey about AI and is itself AI-generated. It benefits everyone involved except people like me who are trying to cut through the noise.

New comment by Yhippa in "Show HN: I wrapped the Zorks with an LLM"

Yhippa — Wed, 28 Jan 2026 05:58:05 +0000

This is fascinating. I'll have to try those agentic tasks in the house.

New comment by Yhippa in "The tech monoculture is finally breaking"

Yhippa — Fri, 23 Jan 2026 17:04:25 +0000

Everything now has to be fully vetted before trying it as opposed to making something weird and quirky. Sad! I miss those days.

New comment by Yhippa in "The tech monoculture is finally breaking"

Yhippa — Fri, 23 Jan 2026 17:02:13 +0000

I hope he's right! I'm terrified that like 4 companies own my entire life now. I do love the movement back to analog single-purpose devices. Would be neat if they had just enough tech to make them useful but not weaponized against me.

As an aside, can they bring back Symbian OS and Windows Phone?

New comment by Yhippa in "Podcasting Could Use a Good Asteroid"

Yhippa — Sun, 18 Jan 2026 05:37:22 +0000

> Stuff like this reads to me like someone wants the internet to be happy fun time that only ever gives me an endless supply of good things to consume and filters out all the bad.

Would someone want the opposite of that?