Hacker News: book_mike

New comment by book_mike in "Judge orders government to begin refunding more than $130B in tariffs"

book_mike — Thu, 05 Mar 2026 15:34:28 +0000

Good. Perhaps the administration should follow the law.

New comment by book_mike in "Semantic ablation: Why AI writing is generic and boring"

book_mike — Tue, 17 Feb 2026 16:52:28 +0000

Sematic ablation... that's some technobable.

New comment by book_mike in "How AI destroys institutions"

book_mike — Wed, 21 Jan 2026 15:07:16 +0000

My word, it doesn't have to be that way.

New comment by book_mike in "AI assistants misrepresent news content 45% of the time"

book_mike — Wed, 22 Oct 2025 15:23:22 +0000

BBC, nice PDF. Fossils.

New comment by book_mike in "LLMs are the ultimate demoware"

book_mike — Wed, 01 Oct 2025 15:01:35 +0000

LLMs are useful if you use them properly and they are getting better everyday. Arguing against LLMs is like arguing against a shovel. Just use it right.

New comment by book_mike in "Comprehension debt: A ticking time bomb of LLM-generated code"

book_mike — Tue, 30 Sep 2025 13:23:25 +0000

LLMs are powerful tools but they are not going to save the world. I have seen this before. The experienced crowd gets chuffed because it is a new pattern that radically changes their current workflow. The new crowd haven't optimised yet so they over use the new way of doing things until they moderate it. The only difference I can detect is that rate of change increased to an almost uncomprehensable pace.

The wave’s still breaking, so I’m going to ride it out until it smooths into calm water. Maybe it never will. I don't know.

New comment by book_mike in "Investors bought a quarter of US homes sold last year"

book_mike — Tue, 23 Aug 2022 18:54:03 +0000

I fully support developing newer cheaper alternatives to housing and cut open the jugular vein of this rotten market. Let the investors and creditors burn.

New comment by book_mike in "Why the government took home prices out of its main inflation index"

book_mike — Fri, 27 May 2022 14:02:43 +0000

Ignoring what the value of a currency may be I wish buyers would reject bad prices. I really care about what the actual cost of a thing is from dirt to package. The companies that market, make and deliver products should make a profit but I'm not buying their Ferrari. Capitalism start with "No deal, not at that price."

New comment by book_mike in "A man who uploaded 2M videos to YouTube [video]"

book_mike — Tue, 24 May 2022 13:49:13 +0000

I don't care. YouTube sucks. It really, REALLY, sucks. The interface sucks. The algo sucks. The controls sucks. The content is psychologically damaging to kids. The content is barely good for adults.

The platform needs to be refactored completely and if the ad guys show up, kill them (figuratively and in jest).

New comment by book_mike in "Logitech MX Mechanical Keyboard"

book_mike — Tue, 24 May 2022 13:37:10 +0000

I used to love Das Keyboard. I love Keychron now.

New comment by book_mike in "Ask HN: What are some must read books?"

book_mike — Mon, 06 Dec 2021 17:55:31 +0000

Scarne on Cards by John Scarne