Hacker News: alecco

New comment by alecco in "Taking on CUDA with ROCm: 'One Step After Another'"

alecco — Mon, 13 Apr 2026 00:05:38 +0000

Apple got it right with unified memory with wide bus. That's why Mac Minis are flying for local models. But they are 10x less powerful in AI TOPS. And you can't upgrade the memory.

I really wish AMD and Intel boards get replaced by competent people. They could do it in very short time. Both have integrated GPUs with main memory. AMD and Intel have (or at least used to have) serious know-how in data buses and interconnects, respectively. But I don't see any of that happening.

ROCm? It can't even support decent Attention. It lacks a lot of features and NVIDIA is adding more each year. Soon they will reach escape velocity and nobody will catch them for a decade. smh

New comment by alecco in "Pro Max 5x quota exhausted in 1.5 hours despite moderate usage"

alecco — Sun, 12 Apr 2026 22:55:41 +0000

> I'm afraid the music may be slowly fading at this party, and the lights will soon be turned on. We may very well look back on the last couple years as the golden era of subsidized GenAI compute.

Indeed. Anthropic is just leading the pack switching to juicy corporate users who are happy to pay thousands per month per dev and leave the fans behind. And now OpenAI is following suit. They lowered significantly the limits for the Plus $20 plan and answered concerns with vague confusing tweets about promotions.

All this is pushed by the fastest rising demand (Codex growing +50% monthly) while having a serious bottleneck building data centers and getting parts (permits, energy, memory, flash, etc).

Users on reddit and Discord are trying to switch to open models or Chinese alternatives. But there's no real replacement.

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

alecco — Sat, 11 Apr 2026 16:24:55 +0000

What was wrong with a $20 palm rest/cover? It would also protect it for resale value.

The Great GPU Shortage: H100 Rental Prices Up 40%

alecco — Sat, 11 Apr 2026 09:00:51 +0000

Article URL: https://newsletter.semianalysis.com/p/the-great-gpu-shortage-rental-capacity

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47728864

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

New comment by alecco in "Netflix Prices Went Up Again – I Bought a DVD Player Instead"

alecco — Thu, 09 Apr 2026 20:52:38 +0000

For the past 10 years I found most movies to be unwatchable and not worth the time. Last one I saw was Project Hail Mary at a cinema and it was really bad in spite of a huge budget (more than Interstellar!).

So long, Hollywood.

Espressif's New ESP32-S31: Dual-Core RISC-V with WiFi 6 and Gbit Ethernet

alecco — Wed, 08 Apr 2026 14:44:43 +0000

Article URL: https://hackaday.com/2026/04/08/espressifs-new-esp32-s31-dual-core-risc-v-with-wifi-6-and-gbit-ethernet/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47690956

Points: 3

# Comments: 1

OpenAI Codex reaches 3M weekly active users, up from 2M in under a month

alecco — Wed, 08 Apr 2026 10:18:27 +0000

Article URL: https://twitter.com/thsottiaux/status/2041655710346572085

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47688074

Points: 3

# Comments: 1

Italian TV Copyright-Strikes Nvidia over Nvidia's Own DLSS 5 Footage

alecco — Sun, 05 Apr 2026 23:04:29 +0000

https://xcancel.com/NikTek/status/2040898312262324362

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47654842

Points: 43

# Comments: 13

New comment by alecco in "The Hateful Eight is 85% of S&P 500 Decline"

alecco — Mon, 30 Mar 2026 23:10:46 +0000

All these, include the war and oil spike, and all the current liquidity dramas, will be historic rounding errors.

Boomers already started to burn their $78 trillions in savings. And taxes will skyrocket for the rest to pay their fat unfunded pensions. Oh, and don't forget giving them subsidized/free healthcare. And a last FU, they collude to rise rent (they are the landlord class).

But hey, they never forget to vote.

New comment by alecco in "The Hateful Eight is 85% of S&P 500 Decline"

alecco — Mon, 30 Mar 2026 22:59:47 +0000

https://pricedingold.com/sp-500/

A matter of perspective.

New comment by alecco in "Private equity turned vulnerable elderly people into human ATMs"

alecco — Sun, 29 Mar 2026 16:18:42 +0000

> taking care of the elderly is a fundamental tenet of Judaism

As it's done in most of Europe, Latin America, Asia, Africa. US/Canada were turned against family and tradition thanks to decades of brainwashing by movies, TV, and ads. To be cool you had to go to a college in another state. Then move to a big city. Pick career over family and having children. Take antidepressants.

This started in the 70s and is well documented.

New comment by alecco in "US inflation will surge to 4.2% on [oil price] shock, warns OECD"

alecco — Thu, 26 Mar 2026 14:02:40 +0000

https://archive.ph/qL0dp

Middle East war to push American price growth to ‘highest in G7’

The Middle East crisis will fuel a surge in US inflation to 4.2 per cent this year, the highest in the G7, according to an OECD forecast that highlights the cost of the US-Israeli war with Iran.

US inflation will surge to 4.2% on [oil price] shock, warns OECD

alecco — Thu, 26 Mar 2026 14:01:52 +0000

Article URL: https://www.ft.com/content/e8bcac46-eba1-4985-be31-fc913186895f

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47530585

Points: 29

# Comments: 2

Europe facing fuel shortage within days, warns Shell boss

alecco — Wed, 25 Mar 2026 13:56:09 +0000

Article URL: https://finance.yahoo.com/m/0f82d44c-cba3-3392-853e-5964c10f94bc/europe-facing-fuel-shortage.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47517407

Points: 4

# Comments: 0

New comment by alecco in "I wanted to build vertical SaaS for pest control, so I took a technician job"

alecco — Wed, 25 Mar 2026 11:16:54 +0000

If this story is real* it should be pinned to HN home page, IMO.

* Always take sales people's stories with a grain of salt

New comment by alecco in "OpenAI offering Private Equity a return of 17.5% and early access to models"

alecco — Tue, 24 Mar 2026 12:00:32 +0000

https://archive.ph/3MXXE

Exclusive: OpenAI sweetens private equity pitch amid enterprise turf war with Anthropic, sources say

NEW YORK, March 23 (Reuters) - ChatGPT maker OpenAI is offering private-equity firms a sweeter deal than rival Anthropic as both artificial intelligence companies court buyout firms to form joint ventures aimed at raising fresh capital and accelerating adoption of enterprise AI products, according to people familiar with the talks.

OpenAI is offering private-equity firms a guaranteed minimum return of 17.5%, significantly higher than typical preferred instruments, two people familiar said. It is also offering early access to its newest AI models as it seeks to enlist investors like TPG and Advent for its joint venture, three sources said.

OpenAI offering Private Equity a return of 17.5% and early access to models

alecco — Tue, 24 Mar 2026 12:00:32 +0000

Article URL: https://www.reuters.com/business/openai-sweetens-private-equity-pitch-amid-enterprise-turf-war-with-anthropic-2026-03-23/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47501379

Points: 3

# Comments: 3

New comment by alecco in "The Treasury just declared the U.S. insolvent"

alecco — Mon, 23 Mar 2026 21:58:31 +0000

> These two bills represent the most credible path forward — if Congress has the will to act.

I’m not American, and yet I can tell this is extremely unlikely to happen. I’ve lost track of all the Cassandras raising the alarm who were shot down or even laughed at. But there is still a bit more road left for the can to be kicked one more time.

New comment by alecco in "[dead]"

alecco — Mon, 23 Mar 2026 18:07:02 +0000

How is this garbage at the front page? Unix is 56 years old, SQL is 50. Of course they are not perfect.

But the take from this post sounds ridiculous. I clicked expecting some take on consistency and some nice paradigm. But no, some weird-ass ranting with 80s UIs. I couldn't keep reading.

New comment by alecco in "Trump Postpones Iran Energy Strikes for Five Days, Citing "Productive" Talks"

alecco — Mon, 23 Mar 2026 13:05:53 +0000

Of course, as long as it's before end of trading hours.

There are Crypto perpetual futures markets open all weekend but those are much smaller so it's unlikely they could make millions there.