Hacker News: cheonic52749https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=cheonic52749Hacker News RSShttps://hnrss.org/hnrss v2.1.1Mon, 22 Jun 2026 23:19:58 +0000<![CDATA[New comment by cheonic52749 in "Rent collections are down in New York"]]>> It’s fascinating that America can be the world’s superpower(?) and yet huge swathes of society still live in unstable conditions like this.

Because huge swathes of society choose to live in these unstable conditions.

They could move to Detroit or even Salt Lake City, but they prefer the lifestyle of New York City.

]]>Mon, 22 Jun 2026 08:46:21 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48627527cheonic52749https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48627527https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48627527<![CDATA[New comment by cheonic52749 in "Identity verification on Claude"]]>> paying money to always having access to the second rate models from US AI providers. The problem remains.

Your alternative:

Pay a Chinese or EU company for a third rate model.

The choice is yours.

]]>Sun, 21 Jun 2026 21:37:07 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48622837cheonic52749https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48622837https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48622837<![CDATA[New comment by cheonic52749 in "Identity verification on Claude"]]>> What's stopping people from switching to one of the dozen or so other AI tools?

I’m lazy.

I will simply upload my drivers license to Claude, and continue paying $200/month.

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