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NYC families need over $125k in income to live in any borough

boh — Mon, 06 Apr 2026 21:33:22 +0000

Article URL: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-04-06/nyc-families-need-over-125-000-in-income-to-live-in-any-borough

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47667459

Points: 31

# Comments: 42

The AI Spending Flip

boh — Thu, 19 Mar 2026 13:30:11 +0000

Article URL: https://www.axios.com/2026/03/18/ai-enterprise-revenue-anthropic-openai

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47439087

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

New comment by boh in "Jack Dorsey's 4k Job Cuts at Block Arouse Suspicions of AI-Washing"

boh — Sun, 01 Mar 2026 17:44:19 +0000

Pretty much any claim by any company that they've somehow "figured out AI" and that's why they're cutting jobs has been proven as unsubstantiated by various financial firms. Most of these companies can no longer grow and are starting the dying process. AI is eating all their investment money so they're trying to pretend they're an "AI first" company while simultaneously gutting themselves.

New comment by boh in "Pi – A minimal terminal coding harness"

boh — Wed, 25 Feb 2026 13:48:54 +0000

I think people overestimate the general population's ability and interest in vibe coding. Open source tools are still a small niche. Vibe code customized apps are an even bigger niche.

New comment by boh in "Mamdani Hires Lisa Gelobter as Chief Tech Officer"

boh — Wed, 11 Feb 2026 17:15:17 +0000

He has control over city agencies, budgets, personnel. Has little or no power as it relates to laws or infrastructure (like the MTA)--that's all state level.

Why AI won't wipe out white-collar jobs

boh — Mon, 02 Feb 2026 13:44:57 +0000

Article URL: https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2026/01/26/why-ai-wont-wipe-out-white-collar-jobs

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46855968

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

New comment by boh in "Waymo robotaxi hits a child near an elementary school in Santa Monica"

boh — Thu, 29 Jan 2026 19:17:34 +0000

So if they were 100% self-sufficient and understood everything they'd be smart enough to interpret a child being hit at 6 mph as progress? Fun how "general public" is always a "they" vs "you".

New comment by boh in "Waymo robotaxi hits a child near an elementary school in Santa Monica"

boh — Thu, 29 Jan 2026 18:36:05 +0000

So the TechCrunch headline should be "Waymo hits child better than a human driver would"? Not sure if the details reflect how the general public actually interprets this story (see the actual TC headline for exhibit A).

New comment by boh in "Microsoft stock plummets as investors fret on AI spend"

boh — Thu, 29 Jan 2026 18:13:06 +0000

I think this is part of their circular financing "magic". The "customers" are likely OpenAI and Anthropic, who Microsoft is paying to use their infrastructure (so the "customer" who is paying for the AI capacity is Microsoft).

New comment by boh in "Drug trio found to block tumour resistance in pancreatic cancer in mouse models"

boh — Thu, 29 Jan 2026 18:04:44 +0000

It's funny how many years of "X found to be effective in fighting cancer" stories have filtered through HN and then you never hear about it again.

The research at treating mouse cancer has been making great strides--people cancer still has a long way to go though.

New comment by boh in "Amazon cuts 16k jobs"

boh — Thu, 29 Jan 2026 02:45:15 +0000

P/E isn't a future projection. There is literally no analysis that asserts Amazon will achieve the same growth rate in the future that it achieved in the past. It will retain stock value by eating itself for a while (could be a long time), then die.

New comment by boh in "Amazon cuts 16k jobs"

boh — Thu, 29 Jan 2026 02:28:55 +0000

It's interesting that the AI is taking job story is so prevalent in these sorts of posts even though there's zero indication of it in any financial analysis. Amazon and big tech companies like it are using AI as the smoke screen to cover up the obvious, which is these companies have lost their ability to grow exponentially. Since their stock price and debt demands this impossible growth, they are now starting the dying process. It will probably take years and maybe even decades, but they will continue to cut costs until they become the next Sears.

New comment by boh in "Lego announces Smart Brick, the 'most significant evolution' in 50 years, no AI"

boh — Fri, 09 Jan 2026 16:50:20 +0000

So... how long until the accompanying "Lego is spying on your children" article?

Show HN: See how LLM providers will make money off of you

boh — Fri, 09 Jan 2026 16:06:39 +0000

For anyone who has ChatGPT I suggest trying this prompt: "Create a profile of me that can be used by advertisers or other service providers." If you're interested in more specific determinations: "If we consider the average cost of milk as being 100%, given my profile, what is the maximum premium as a percentage over 100% at which I'd still be willing to buy the milk under typical market conditions?"

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46555311

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by boh in "Anthropic blocks third-party use of Claude Code subscriptions"

boh — Fri, 09 Jan 2026 14:21:24 +0000

Relative to their competitors who also have comparable models, Anthropic's design choices in effectively managing context with a very well thought out and coherent design, makes them stand out.

New comment by boh in "The entire New Yorker archive is now digitized"

boh — Thu, 25 Dec 2025 17:56:27 +0000

Honestly this got me to subscribe. The back catalog is pretty stellar with pretty much every major writer of the twentieth century making a contribution. Zooming in on PDFs just wasn't how you wanted to read them.

OpenAI Is Maneuvering for a Government Bailout

boh — Wed, 17 Dec 2025 23:25:24 +0000

Article URL: https://prospect.org/2025/11/07/openai-maneuvering-for-government-bailout/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46307027

Points: 26

# Comments: 8

New comment by boh in "A16z-backed Doublespeed hacked, revealing what its AI-generated accounts promote"

boh — Wed, 17 Dec 2025 21:04:06 +0000

Reddit was pretty solid before people started cultivating their personal "brand"/only fans page/crypto pick.

New comment by boh in "Anthropic Exec Forces AI Chatbot on Gay Discord Community, Members Flee"

boh — Wed, 17 Dec 2025 20:28:24 +0000

https://archive.ph/Hl7TO

Anthropic Exec Forces AI Chatbot on Gay Discord Community, Members Flee

boh — Wed, 17 Dec 2025 20:28:24 +0000

Article URL: https://www.404media.co/anthropic-exec-forces-ai-chatbot-on-gay-discord-community-members-flee/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46305072

Points: 3

# Comments: 1