Hacker News: csharpminor

New comment by csharpminor in "Data centers trigger voter backlash"

csharpminor — Fri, 26 Jun 2026 21:13:05 +0000

“So glad we found a home for all of the Claudes!”

New comment by csharpminor in "OpenAI's fall from grace as investors race to Anthropic"

csharpminor — Mon, 06 Apr 2026 03:47:07 +0000

I think Codex is a better fit for professional software engineers. It's able to one-shot larger, more complex tasks than Claude and also does better context management which is really important in a large codebase.

On the other hand, I think Claude is more friendly/readable and also still better at producing out-of-the-box nice looking frontend.

New comment by csharpminor in "Show HN: A plain-text cognitive architecture for Claude Code"

csharpminor — Thu, 26 Mar 2026 06:23:13 +0000

Context management is one area where I’ve found Codex is a lot better than Claude. Sessions last forever without degrading. Codex doesn’t forget things that Claude drops from context.

New comment by csharpminor in "FTC takes action against Uber for deceptive billing and cancellation practices"

csharpminor — Mon, 21 Apr 2025 20:54:03 +0000

Another sketchy practice: if you get Uber Cash through a card like Amex, when you go to use it the price for the ride is automatically $15-$20 more than someone who doesn’t have an Uber Cash balance.

I’ve checked this side by side with colleagues at the airport getting ride quotes to the same hotel. When you have Uber Cash they will quote you more. You can find numerous Reddit threads on the topic as well.

This feels very illegal to me, but not a lawyer.

New comment by csharpminor in "OpenAI is building a social network?"

csharpminor — Wed, 16 Apr 2025 08:37:24 +0000

If you believe the AGI thesis, this is a stepping stone to unlocking fusion and other scientific advances.

New comment by csharpminor in "Apple shuffles AI executive ranks in bid to turn around Siri"

csharpminor — Fri, 21 Mar 2025 05:59:44 +0000

Jobs was kind of infamous for making people put their app / product in front of him while he sat in silence and used it. Harder to fake.

But lots of execs don't know enough about their own products to interrogate like that. So they settle for BS presentations.

New comment by csharpminor in "Sharing a ChatGPT Account with My Wife"

csharpminor — Sat, 15 Feb 2025 22:32:55 +0000

One of the things I love about ChatGPT is voice mode for collaborative searching. My wife and I will both ask questions about things like house repairs, meal planning, sleep training, etc. So much better than both of us googling separately in silence on our phones.

New comment by csharpminor in "Operator research preview"

csharpminor — Fri, 24 Jan 2025 04:27:12 +0000

Why assume that chat will be the interface? Multimodal and dynamically generated seems more likely.

New comment by csharpminor in "Don't squander public trust on bullshit"

csharpminor — Sat, 05 Oct 2024 01:39:35 +0000

I find it fascinating how communication channels are subject to some form of Goodhart’s law. Channels that are recognized as valuable by subscribers become more desirable by publishers, receive more noise, and then cease to be useful.

New comment by csharpminor in "The OpenAI board was right"

csharpminor — Tue, 21 May 2024 10:25:47 +0000

I truly wonder if this is an “any publicity is good publicity” tactic on their part. It’s now national news that OpenAI supports conversational voice. Buying this level of publicity would likely have cost more than the lawyers and damages.

New comment by csharpminor in "Bay Area workers charged for building secret apartments inside train stations"

csharpminor — Wed, 10 Apr 2024 06:49:24 +0000

The same problem can have different causes. Forgive me, but this sounds like rationalized fatalism. I’m genuinely curious, what keeps Sweden from building more cheap housing?

New comment by csharpminor in "Bay Area workers charged for building secret apartments inside train stations"

csharpminor — Wed, 10 Apr 2024 04:46:58 +0000

More people need to know about the role unions play in obstructing new construction.

From locking up permits in CEQA reviews to blocking pre-fabricated structures, they are one of the driving factors behind a housing unit costing $700k at the very minimum. This puts housing out of reach for anyone making less than $150k/year.

It’s a 3rd rail issue for anyone in the democratic machine, which is why we won’t see meaningful progress in housing or homelessness under the current incumbents.

I’m actually pro union in most other contexts, especially when workers are underdogs. But in CA there are some unions which are quite powerful, exclusionary, and have negative effects on society.

New comment by csharpminor in "Ask HN: Should Banks Phish Their Own Customers"

csharpminor — Thu, 28 Mar 2024 15:53:15 +0000

IMO teaching people about passkeys and making the onboarding experience as easy as possible would be many times more effective at actually preventing phishing.

New comment by csharpminor in "Boom announces successful flight of XB-1 demonstrator aircraft"

csharpminor — Fri, 22 Mar 2024 20:51:33 +0000

Boom (and supersonic aircraft) are a strategic investment priority for Saudi Arabia to sustain demand for oil. If that doesn’t tell you everything you need to know about their impact on emissions I don’t know what else does.

New comment by csharpminor in "California Approves Waymo Expansion to Los Angeles and SF Peninsula [pdf]"

csharpminor — Fri, 01 Mar 2024 23:45:40 +0000

It’s one of those experiences you didn’t realize you wanted until you have it.

- No need for chit chat, you can just work / talk on the phone / play music

- No 18-hour shift sweat and deodorant smell

- No cursing at other drivers or awkward apologies because of fear of a bad rating

- Smooth, predictable driving. I have yet to have a “holy shit” moment in a Waymo, but this happens regularly in Uber / Lyft.

Also on safety, about 50% of the population has to worry a lot more about being abducted/hit on/stalked/etc. Uber and Lyft know this and have gone to great lengths to recruit female drivers, set up safety hotlines, etc. Not having to worry about the driver is a big deal.

New comment by csharpminor in "Is my plane a 737 MAX?"

csharpminor — Tue, 09 Jan 2024 17:45:42 +0000

The only major U.S. airline to not currently operate the MAX is Delta. Frontier, Hawaiian, JetBlue, Spirit, and SunCountry also do not operate it.

New comment by csharpminor in "Jeff Lawson steps down as CEO of Twilio"

csharpminor — Mon, 08 Jan 2024 18:07:10 +0000

Agree with this. For folks not familiar with Twilio leadership, I would liken Kho to Twilio's version of Tim Cook. For the size and stage of growth that Twilio's at, he's the best possible replacement for Jeff.

New comment by csharpminor in "Kurt Gödel, his mother and the argument for life after death"

csharpminor — Fri, 05 Jan 2024 21:59:29 +0000

I’ve noticed these near-death-experience videos coming up in my recommendations and found it truly odd. They don’t seem to have anything to do with what I normally watch. I have to wonder if they’re the top of the funnel for religion campaigns like “hegetsus”.

New comment by csharpminor in "Ask HN: Any felons successfully found IT work post-release?"

csharpminor — Thu, 04 Jan 2024 02:33:00 +0000

Out of curiosity, have you ever been responsible for hiring and managing a team?

I say this because my experience of hiring and employing people really shifted my opinion in favor of maximum diligence unfortunately.

New comment by csharpminor in "JAL A359 at Tokyo collided with Coast Guard DH8C on runway and burst into flames"

csharpminor — Tue, 02 Jan 2024 22:16:34 +0000

I'd be curious to know from someone with more knowledge: are there any technological improvements that could prevent this kind of accident?

It seems as though it should be possible (though perhaps not easy) to automatically detect an aircraft on runway and relay that to the approaching aircraft.

With all respect for the coast guard pilots who died, I would say this incident is the "best case" scenario we could hope for when two large aircraft crash on a runway. Had the other plane been carrying passengers the casualties could have easily been in the hundreds.

It seems odd to me that with all the safety advancements in aviation we don't have the technology to prevent this.