<rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Hacker News: alphabettsy</title><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=alphabettsy</link><description>Hacker News RSS</description><docs>https://hnrss.org/</docs><generator>hnrss v2.1.1</generator><lastBuildDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2026 13:13:25 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://hnrss.org/user?id=alphabettsy" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"></atom:link><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by alphabettsy in "Anthropic downgraded cache TTL on March 6th"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>IMO it doesn’t handily beat it.<p>It’s typically equivalent, sometimes better, sometimes behind. Better at following a well defined plan, less good at concept exploration and planning imo.<p>At 1m context it’s basically the same price.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2026 05:22:47 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47747913</link><dc:creator>alphabettsy</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47747913</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47747913</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by alphabettsy in "Anthropic downgraded cache TTL on March 6th"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Prompt cache expired?</p>
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<p>People keep saying this, but I’m not sure I buy it.<p>I was using both Codex and Claude Code heavily on some projects this weekend.<p>In one project Codex was screwing everything up and in another one absolutely killing it. I’ve seen the same from Claude.<p>In the bad Codex example it had the wrong idea and kept trying to figure out how to accomplish the same thing no matter how many times I attempt to correct it. Undoing the recent changes where it went down the wrong path was the only way to get things back on track.<p>I wonder if context poisoning is a bigger problem than people realize.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2026 05:18:14 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47747879</link><dc:creator>alphabettsy</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47747879</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47747879</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by alphabettsy in "Pro Max 5x quota exhausted in 1.5 hours despite moderate usage"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>This is my experience too, and I always find these posts confusing. I consider myself a very heavy user 4-6 hrs a day and I never hit limits. I have on the $20 plan but not with Max.</p>
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<p>Remind me who was president in 2020..</p>
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<p>I believe they make satellite components not consumer hardware in the US</p>
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<p>They claim it’s faster and it seems to be so for me.</p>
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<p>It’s not an issue with limitations of current technology. In some cases it’s just greed and laziness. I’ve had two vehicles that have the ability to be more friendly to other drivers, but that functionality is only enabled outside of the U.S. (matrix headlights or the equivalent).<p>GM vehicles had been notorious for having poorly adjusted headlights from the factory. The fact that Xenon systems seemed to always come with auto leveling and LED often does not is crazy.</p>
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<p>AI slop.</p>
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<p>They’re fantastic imo. Don’t connect to them to the internet.</p>
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<p>Then put the warehouse on the first floor and put the store on top.<p>Lots of big cities have grocery stores with parking garages under them, doesn’t seem much different.</p>
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<p>You should still give it a try. Can’t speak for their experience, but doesn’t ring true for me.</p>
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<p>The man was prosecuted and the jury found him not guilty.<p>I would be curious to know what their reasoning was.<p>I think mine would be that since these agents seem to face absolutely no consequences for their far more egregious actions. Why should something so minor result in jail time. To be clear, I’m not talking about their lawful actions. I’m talking about them assaulting and abusing people and excessive use of force that’s been captured on camera all across the country.</p>
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<p>The agents statement was also apparently a lie. Photos showed the sandwich was still in its wrapper on the ground after according to other articles like this one <a href="https://reason.com/2025/11/06/d-c-jury-acquits-sandwich-guy-of-assaulting-federal-agent/" rel="nofollow">https://reason.com/2025/11/06/d-c-jury-acquits-sandwich-guy-...</a></p>
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<p>Fair question. The jury in this case decided it wasn’t assault.<p>My hypothesis is that people generally feel that police face little to no accountability and so there is a more serious double standard to contend with.</p>
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<p>Are you sure you’re not conflating knowledge with intelligence?</p>
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<p>Article URL: <a href="https://gizmodo.com/meta-says-porn-stash-was-for-personal-use-not-training-ai-models-2000679672">https://gizmodo.com/meta-says-porn-stash-was-for-personal-use-not-training-ai-models-2000679672</a></p>
<p>Comments URL: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45806463">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45806463</a></p>
<p>Points: 5</p>
<p># Comments: 5</p>
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<p>True, but more and wider references seems to imply better when I’m not sure that’s true. Wikipedia is edited and it’s sources are curated. I think that’s a good thing.</p>
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<p>This keeps happening.<p>2022: <a href="https://www.xda-developers.com/google-pixel-3-update-emergency-calling-bug-fix/" rel="nofollow">https://www.xda-developers.com/google-pixel-3-update-emergen...</a></p>
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<p>That depends on a lot of factors, but for me personally, yes it is. Much worse.<p>Assuming we’re talking about hosting things for Internet users. My fiber internet connection has gone down multiple times, though relatively quickly restored. My power has gone out several times in the last year, with one storm having it out for nearly 24 hrs. I was sleep when it went out and I didn’t start the generator until it was out for 3-4 hours already, far longer than my UPSes could hold up. I’ve had to do maintenance and updates both physical and software.<p>All of those things contribute to a downtime significantly higher than I see with my stuff running on Linode, Fly.io or AWS.<p>I run Proxmox and K3s at home and it makes things far more reliable, but it’s also extra overhead for me to maintain.<p>Most or all of those things could be mitigated at home, but at what cost?</p>
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