Hacker News: ark296

University of Waterloo Webring

ark296 — Sun, 08 Feb 2026 02:38:10 +0000

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46930796

Points: 3

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New comment by ark296 in "Microsoft forced me to switch to Linux"

ark296 — Wed, 28 Jan 2026 18:55:05 +0000

I switched after running basic dev tools became genuinely unusable (randomly freezing for minutes, start menu just didn't work, crashes all the time) despite being on good, new hardware.

I never wanted to switch before because I just wanted an OS that worked, didn't require babysitting, and was compatible with apps. But clearly, Windows has dropped the ball on this.

New comment by ark296 in "OpenAI Grove"

ark296 — Sun, 14 Sep 2025 00:07:08 +0000

Sama liked YC some much that he wanted a mini-YC in OpenAI, maybe.

New comment by ark296 in "Duolingo CEO tries to walk back AI-first comments, fails"

ark296 — Mon, 26 May 2025 21:54:01 +0000

I'm kinda shocked by how people thought DuoLingo was ever going to be any different. They are a high-growth startup, through and through.

The founder gets on podcasts and extolls the virtues of relentless A/B tests. They very openly admit that their primary value add is gamification (otherwise people churn from language learning apps).

I suppose the lesson here is that the words you say to Silicon Valley types you want to impress are sometimes overheard by your core audience, who may not like your opinions.

Show HN: OpenII. True general intelligence (kinda)

ark296 — Mon, 26 May 2025 14:40:38 +0000

Hey everyone!

I was browsing X and saw another startup get exposed for having their "AI" just be interns doing manual work.

I thought that was pretty funny, so I made OpenII, or intern intelligence. It plugs into your existing AI apps, but instead of calling a model, it calls me (the intern). You can also join the Slack (the join us button) to reply to any API calls people make.

It's accessible via the OpenAI library or cURL. Hope you all find this funny.

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44097888

Points: 1

# Comments: 1

New comment by ark296 in "O(n) vs. O(n^2) Startups"

ark296 — Sun, 18 May 2025 19:27:23 +0000

VC-land is a strange place with strange laws. If you stay in it for too long, you forget that most of the world doesn't follow the power law, and that most of the VC-reasoning just does not help.

Listening to VC Noise

ark296 — Wed, 14 May 2025 14:57:08 +0000

Article URL: https://retconnedone.substack.com/p/listening-to-vc-noise

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43985300

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

Old Nerds, New Nerds

ark296 — Sat, 26 Apr 2025 01:42:28 +0000

Article URL: https://retconnedone.substack.com/p/old-nerds-new-nerds

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43800167

Points: 21

# Comments: 1

Show HN: I Made Cursor.ai for the Browser

ark296 — Mon, 21 Apr 2025 18:47:08 +0000

Hi HN,

I built Sophon, a chrome extension that allows you to chat with tabs. Here's a write up I did reflecting on my build process.