Hacker News: benjaminclauss

New comment by benjaminclauss in "Twitter Viewer – View Twitter Without Account"

benjaminclauss — Wed, 26 Aug 2026 14:49:56 +0000

It's disappointing that this is even necessary given earlier promises of opening up the Twitter algorithm.

New comment by benjaminclauss in "I made my phone slow on purpose"

benjaminclauss — Mon, 01 Jun 2026 20:57:39 +0000

No amount of deleting or blocking applications will substitute for a genuine interest in what's in front of you.

The Comma Four

benjaminclauss — Tue, 25 Nov 2025 14:35:45 +0000

Article URL: https://blog.comma.ai/comma-four/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46046117

Points: 11

# Comments: 3

New comment by benjaminclauss in "The Lottery-fication of Everything"

benjaminclauss — Wed, 22 Oct 2025 01:30:23 +0000

I'm speaking mostly for Gen Z but often sense this general, concerning goal of trying to get financially independent as fast as possible (gambling, AI slop, becoming an influencer, startup) where the ends justify the means.

New comment by benjaminclauss in "Today is when the Amazon brain drain sent AWS down the spout"

benjaminclauss — Tue, 21 Oct 2025 00:51:24 +0000

big "who is John Galt" vibes in these comments lol

New comment by benjaminclauss in "How America got hooked on ultraprocessed foods"

benjaminclauss — Thu, 16 Oct 2025 16:10:09 +0000

Is it just me or is this super unreadable?

New comment by benjaminclauss in "YouTube seems to be down"

benjaminclauss — Thu, 16 Oct 2025 00:20:56 +0000

really soul crushing to realize YouTube needs to go down to see how I default to opening it

New comment by benjaminclauss in "Ask HN: Can't get hired – what's next?"

benjaminclauss — Wed, 15 Oct 2025 23:22:24 +0000

> and founding two companies

What's the story here?

> Fortunately I have some money to show for it

Are you in a rush to get back to work?

New comment by benjaminclauss in "Acrobat is intrusive, slow and non-customizable"

benjaminclauss — Wed, 15 Oct 2025 22:58:00 +0000

and now on iPad... finally

New comment by benjaminclauss in "Apple M5 chip"

benjaminclauss — Wed, 15 Oct 2025 13:31:42 +0000

Despite the flak Apple gets, there M-series continues to impress me as I learn more about hardware.

New comment by benjaminclauss in "Esports scholarship at Deutsche Bahn (German railways)"

benjaminclauss — Wed, 15 Oct 2025 12:46:21 +0000

Wow. This is neat.

I expect we may see more things like this in the future.

My former employer sponsored an Esports team (Liquid).

https://dotheunthinkable.imc.com/

New comment by benjaminclauss in "Loadmo.re: design inspiration for unconventional web"

benjaminclauss — Mon, 29 Sep 2025 20:37:22 +0000

How do I submit https://taylor.town/?

New comment by benjaminclauss in "VIM Master"

benjaminclauss — Wed, 27 Aug 2025 17:14:15 +0000

These little tutorials and games are great. I played VIM Adventures.

However, one thing I really struggle with is learning when I can be doing something more efficiently. I rarely use markers, anything beyond default registers, commands, and so on.

I'm giving Neovim a try for my systems course trying to get better but I do wish these sorts of games pushed me to get better at these more advanced usage tricks.

New comment by benjaminclauss in "Compression culture is making you stupid and uninteresting"

benjaminclauss — Tue, 22 Jul 2025 16:35:17 +0000

some things that have helped me with this

1. introduction to epistemic humility

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epistemic_humility

Your knowledge is limited and fallible. Other people may know things you don’t. Reality is complex.

Though, it makes any political discussions difficult.

2. first principles thinking

3. Zettelkasten note-taking

What is a web browser? What is HTTP? What is an IP address? Link on and on IN YOUR OWN WORDS.

New comment by benjaminclauss in "Compression culture is making you stupid and uninteresting"

benjaminclauss — Tue, 22 Jul 2025 16:29:45 +0000

See also "Is Rushing Making Us Dumber?" by LindyMan.

https://lindynewsletter.beehiiv.com/p/rushing-making-us-dumb...

New comment by benjaminclauss in "AI is killing the web – can anything save it?"

benjaminclauss — Mon, 21 Jul 2025 09:11:58 +0000

I personally found this somewhat exciting. While small publishers getting screwed isn’t great, I think it’s fascinating that these tools are challenging the traditional SEO landscape. There was a lot of hype around this with “Web 3”.

If I ask ChatGPT for a recipe, I’m not going to have to read a story about someone’s grandparent first.

New comment by benjaminclauss in "ChatGPT agent: bridging research and action"

benjaminclauss — Thu, 17 Jul 2025 17:54:11 +0000

This problem particularly interests me.

One of my favorite use cases for these tools is travel where I can get recommendations for what to do and see without SEO content.

This workflow is nice because you can ask specific questions about a destination (e.g., historical significance, benchmark against other places).

ChatGPT struggles with: - my current location - the current time - the weather - booking attractions and excursions (payments, scheduling, etc.)

There is probably friction here but I think it would be really cool for an agent to serve as a personalized (or group) travel agent.

New comment by benjaminclauss in "The Gentle Singularity"

benjaminclauss — Tue, 10 Jun 2025 23:59:05 +0000

https://www.wheresyoured.at/openai-is-a-systemic-risk-to-the...

New comment by benjaminclauss in "2007 Boston Mooninite Panic"

benjaminclauss — Sun, 24 Nov 2024 21:10:00 +0000

you and your third dimension...

what about it?

we have 5... thousand.

New comment by benjaminclauss in "“Code” 2nd Edition"

benjaminclauss — Sat, 11 Jun 2022 17:15:50 +0000

This looks great! I'll check it out. Subscribed.