<rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Hacker News: cushychicken</title><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=cushychicken</link><description>Hacker News RSS</description><docs>https://hnrss.org/</docs><generator>hnrss v2.1.1</generator><lastBuildDate>Sun, 24 May 2026 19:59:34 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://hnrss.org/user?id=cushychicken" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"></atom:link><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by cushychicken in "AI is too expensive"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Uber was too expensive once, too, and yet they seem to be currently functioning as a profitable public company.<p>“AI is too expensive <i>right now</i>” is an accurate title. Plenty of things could change in the future to change that. Off the top of my head:<p>* end user pricing<p>* breakthroughs in model efficiency<p>* better chips to run models<p>Any one of these things is easily possible in the next three years. Probably sooner.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2026 19:14:02 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48197992</link><dc:creator>cushychicken</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48197992</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48197992</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by cushychicken in "Appearing productive in the workplace"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p><i>Personally I hate how badly internal users are served by the majority of their systems and am willing to take some calculated long-term governance risks</i><p>This, I think, is the LLM/vibe coded app’s current place to shine.<p>Most internal systems don’t need massive concurrency or redundancy. It’s a webapp that reduces coordination cost between 20ish people. That’s something you can typically vibe code and deploy for ten bucks a month, and create real value.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2026 10:57:37 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48047906</link><dc:creator>cushychicken</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48047906</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48047906</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by cushychicken in "Belgium stops decommissioning nuclear power plants"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Zero of these instances were due to shipboard reactor failure.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2026 22:26:23 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47981211</link><dc:creator>cushychicken</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47981211</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47981211</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by cushychicken in "Belgium stops decommissioning nuclear power plants"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p><i>The engineering side of running reactors safely is a solved problem, the US navy has > 7500 reactor-years with a perfect safety record.</i><p>It’s also worth noting that the US Navy is <i>the only</i> organization with a perfect nuclear safety record.<p>My point being: by god, let the Navy nukes train everyone else!</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2026 22:10:24 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47968882</link><dc:creator>cushychicken</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47968882</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47968882</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by cushychicken in "Shai-Hulud Themed Malware Found in the PyTorch Lightning AI Training Library"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I was one of probably eight people who played the <i>Emperor: Battle for Dune</i> RTS game, and I always think of the Fremen character sound bite whenever I see the Old Man of the Desert’s true name invoked:<p><i>”…for Shai-Hulud!!!”</i></p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2026 22:08:42 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47968862</link><dc:creator>cushychicken</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47968862</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47968862</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by cushychicken in "Will I ever own a zettaflop?"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>geohot definitely ticks the box for “so ambitious he occasionally sounds unhinged”.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 10:18:11 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47715910</link><dc:creator>cushychicken</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47715910</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47715910</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by cushychicken in "Mario and Earendil"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Don't forget Sauron.<p><a href="https://www.sauron.systems/" rel="nofollow">https://www.sauron.systems/</a></p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2026 15:09:59 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47691311</link><dc:creator>cushychicken</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47691311</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47691311</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by cushychicken in "Vulnerability research is cooked"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>One other commenter asked a decent question - does going lighter (Zig) or harder on memory safety (Rust) confer any meaningful advantages against the phenomenon you describe?</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2026 21:01:19 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47593423</link><dc:creator>cushychicken</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47593423</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47593423</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by cushychicken in "Vulnerability research is cooked"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Repeatability and/or an actual negative effect.<p>POC generally means “you can demonstrate unintentional behavior”.<p>“Exploit” means you can gain access or do something malicious.<p>It’s a fine line. Author’s point is that the LLM was able to demonstrate some malfeasance, not just unintended consequence. That’s a big deal considering that actual malicious intent generally requires more knowhow than raw POC.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2026 13:44:52 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47587316</link><dc:creator>cushychicken</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47587316</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47587316</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by cushychicken in "Iran-linked hackers breach FBI director's personal email"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Fair critique. Mueller was a pretty upstanding example of how to run the FBI, however.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 28 Mar 2026 12:48:27 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47554114</link><dc:creator>cushychicken</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47554114</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47554114</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by cushychicken in "Corruption erodes social trust more in democracies than in autocracies"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p><i>It's equal opportunity corruption.</i><p>...and look how nice it sounds it live in Russia.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2026 18:57:21 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47403205</link><dc:creator>cushychicken</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47403205</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47403205</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by cushychicken in "Starlink militarization and its impact on global strategic stability"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p><i>If they can build a peaceful relationship with Taiwan without military involvement where both countries can continue to prosper we really will have a new super power</i><p>Ah, if only.<p>Those damn intransigent Taiwanese!<p>It’s almost as if they don’t want to join the PRC.<p>…like most other independent nations.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 14 Mar 2026 21:10:54 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47381205</link><dc:creator>cushychicken</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47381205</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47381205</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by cushychicken in "Starlink militarization and its impact on global strategic stability (2023)"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p><i>The last 15 years has significantly changed peoples' opinions on that matter.</i><p>I’m gonna need to see some immigration statistics on influx of foreigners into the PRC to believe that claim.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 14 Mar 2026 21:08:47 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47381184</link><dc:creator>cushychicken</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47381184</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47381184</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by cushychicken in "Willingness to look stupid"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p><i>A few weeks ago my friend Aadil and I were at Whole Foods buying a birthday cake for a friend. We wanted to write something clever on the cake but couldn’t really think of anything. We stood around thinking for a few minutes before Aadil said "Let's just say a bunch of bad ideas out loud so we can get to the good ones." And it worked!</i><p>It's a well known creative / brainstorming trick that the best way to have a lot of <i>good</i> ideas is to have a <i>lot</i> of ideas.<p>Focus on genesis decoupled from critique, then critique later.</p>
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<p>Not sure what you mean, but I’d never heard of Sarah Paine before that. I thought she gave a very concise yet nuanced view of the modern world order in her lectures for Dwarkesh.</p>
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<p>Love the interviews Dwarkesh sponsored with Sarah Paine from the Naval War College.<p>Also, somewhat spitefully, find it funny that he has multiple roommates.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2026 21:54:42 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47342614</link><dc:creator>cushychicken</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47342614</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47342614</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by cushychicken in "Workers who love ‘synergizing paradigms’ might be bad at their jobs"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p><i>it's usually coding something more precise in a sort of plausible deniability.</i><p>Yep. I'm a director now. This is exactly how it is. A big part of being effective in this role is understanding how direct you can be in a given scenario.<p><i>A senior manager on reviewing a proposal asks them to synergize with existing efforts: Your work is redundant you're wasting your time.</i><p>Option 1 is how I'd say it to a peer whose org is duplicating effort. You can give your advice, but at the end of the day: not my circus, not my clowns.<p>Option 2 is a more-direct way of how I'd say it to someone in my own org. I'd rephrase to: "Someone else is already doing this; focus your efforts on something more impactful."</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2026 17:34:10 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47278215</link><dc:creator>cushychicken</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47278215</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47278215</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by cushychicken in "The Saddest Moment (2013) [pdf]"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Mickens is a rare combination of bright, engaging, and absolutely hysterical.<p>I hope I get to meet him someday.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2026 21:04:49 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46840843</link><dc:creator>cushychicken</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46840843</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46840843</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by cushychicken in "Ask HN: How can we solve the loneliness epidemic?"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p><i>They're good advise, but can be hard to execute on for most people.</i><p>OP gave the thread a very good and valid suggestion. Treating this as a societal problem - for "society" to solve - is lazy thinking.<p>If you want something you've never had, you have to do something you've never done.</p>
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<p>Sure. <a href="http://cushychicken.github.io" rel="nofollow">http://cushychicken.github.io</a></p>
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