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New comment by cutthegrass2 in "Ask HN: Is Zuckerberg just a „one-hit-wonder"?"

cutthegrass2 — Mon, 27 Apr 2026 09:15:56 +0000

Not a whole island, but a significant bit of one. https://www.wired.com/story/mark-zuckerberg-inside-hawaii-co...

New comment by cutthegrass2 in "Ask HN: Can we talk about AI Astroturfing?"

cutthegrass2 — Sun, 08 Mar 2026 07:27:11 +0000

It’s not a huge leap to imagine it’s happening here too. AI companies are offering huge sums to influencers to promote their products across a bunch of social channels - https://www.cnbc.com/2026/02/06/google-microsoft-pay-creator...

New comment by cutthegrass2 in "I feel Apple has lost its alignment with me and other long-time customers"

cutthegrass2 — Tue, 16 Sep 2025 14:40:39 +0000

First time i've had to enable "reduce transparency" on iOS.

I have near perfect vision, btw.

New comment by cutthegrass2 in "Ask HN: New job but feel burnout and disappointed"

cutthegrass2 — Fri, 07 Mar 2025 10:24:25 +0000

I think 2ys is the "been here long enough to show commitment and deliver something sizeable, but now ready for something new" period of time. 3yrs seems a little too long to stick at something to signal the above.

New comment by cutthegrass2 in "Ask HN: How can I prepare my digital life for geopolitical disruptions?"

cutthegrass2 — Mon, 24 Feb 2025 09:11:43 +0000

- disable iCloud - disable any apps that sync via iCloud - backup phone to local machine and enable encryption (doesn't have to be macOS) - use something like PGP to re-encrypt the encrypted backup file generated - store encrypted backup file in a way that provides the durability guarantees you want

Boils down to, don't use iCloud - making the assumption that Germany and the rest of the EU countries aren't far behind the UK in authoritarianism and apple will remove ADP from those regions also.

New comment by cutthegrass2 in "Ask HN: Do you think AI is being hyped by "Surprisers"?"

cutthegrass2 — Fri, 14 Feb 2025 09:19:01 +0000

I think it's being overhyped by those who fall into either of these two categories; - financial incentive to do so - feel the barrier to entry for "coding" is low enough for them to "build"

New comment by cutthegrass2 in "Why is it so hard to buy things that work well? (2022)"

cutthegrass2 — Wed, 18 Dec 2024 09:56:56 +0000

Nice, thanks. Making similar strides myself. Moved over to a Framework machine (which has been surprisingly pleasant) with Linux (also not too bad as a desktop OS in 2024) - coming from an M1 Pro. Photo's is my current sticking point though, do I really push everything into Google photos...

New comment by cutthegrass2 in "Why is it so hard to buy things that work well? (2022)"

cutthegrass2 — Tue, 17 Dec 2024 11:45:03 +0000

Have you "de-apple'd" your life in anyway so that you're at least not helping to finance the illegal app store shit?

New comment by cutthegrass2 in "Ask HN: What are your most regretted tech purchases?"

cutthegrass2 — Wed, 27 Nov 2024 16:51:24 +0000

I had a R2 also and was thoroughly disappointed with it from an e-reader perspective. Not easy or straightforward getting files on the device and so few file formats supported.

New comment by cutthegrass2 in "Ask HN: What are your most regretted tech purchases?"

cutthegrass2 — Wed, 27 Nov 2024 16:47:28 +0000

That's interesting, i've just switched to using one and haven't noticed any discomfort, yet.

Are you laying your wrist flat when using it? I could see maintaining a fully pronated posture leading to wrist aches over time. I try and keep my hand as neutral as possible when using it, in realist i'd estimate my wrist angle off the desk to be ~45deg, then I use my middle and ring fingers on the pad.

New comment by cutthegrass2 in "What are some other services like zoom?"

cutthegrass2 — Tue, 22 Oct 2024 08:01:31 +0000

Found this one the other day, Jugo.io/x

New comment by cutthegrass2 in "Are AoC and LeetCode still worth it?"

cutthegrass2 — Wed, 25 Sep 2024 07:53:50 +0000

I fell into the trap of watching some clickbait'y YT videos and this one [1] stood out, with a specific demonstration of solving an AoC problem from the 2023 problem set.

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-6TmHdW7uM

Are AoC and LeetCode still worth it?

cutthegrass2 — Tue, 24 Sep 2024 08:53:55 +0000

With the advancements in LLM technology, which can now solve Advent of Code challenges with minimal input and easily handle LeetCode medium-level problems, do you think the tech industry will shift away from using these types of coding challenges for candidate interviews? Or to put it another way, what is the value now in spending time to get good at solving these types of problems, given that LLM's are now advanced enough to solve them?

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41634536

Points: 1

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New comment by cutthegrass2 in "What the hell happened to Devin AI?"

cutthegrass2 — Mon, 23 Sep 2024 08:09:00 +0000

This is a great point, one i'd not considered.

People realise the AI capability is limited by the quality of the data used for training, so work out ways to collect better quality data and keep pushing on the LLM architecture as a path to AGI.

New comment by cutthegrass2 in "What the hell happened to Devin AI?"

cutthegrass2 — Mon, 23 Sep 2024 08:03:11 +0000

The Wu brothers burned a lot of their credibility by lying over Devin's capabilities. These are smart folks, it's disappointing they were grifting so hard.

New comment by cutthegrass2 in "I wish I didn't miss the '90s-00s internet"

cutthegrass2 — Wed, 11 Sep 2024 08:21:57 +0000

I've been thinking about this too, perhaps it's my age (43) and the fact I vividly remember earlier times.

If I were to pick an inflection point, a point at which the internet started going to shit, i'd say it was around 07/08 with the birth of the iPhone and Appstore. That's when "pay to publish" really started to take off.

New comment by cutthegrass2 in "iPhone 16 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro Max"

cutthegrass2 — Tue, 10 Sep 2024 09:18:15 +0000

completely agree, this was peak iPhone. The killer feature was the Aluminium back, a superior material for the back of a phone case.

New comment by cutthegrass2 in "Ask HN: Does having a betting/gambling company in your CV hurt your career?"

cutthegrass2 — Fri, 05 Jul 2024 18:28:38 +0000

Just as a counterpoint. The previous CTO of the UK NHSx division spent many years working for a major UK retail and online sports betting company.

New comment by cutthegrass2 in "How to Scale a SaaS Startup from $1M to $100M ARR Without Investor Funding?"

cutthegrass2 — Mon, 29 Apr 2024 08:55:25 +0000

Choosing to share some of the upside in business growth with those employees would mean they're likely fully 'bought into' the mission then.

New comment by cutthegrass2 in "Ask HN: Any advice on navigating this job market or pivoting out of tech? (US)"

cutthegrass2 — Mon, 04 Mar 2024 16:13:41 +0000

and they're licensing it for LLM training purposes. It'll only make the LLM output even less trustworthy.

https://arstechnica.com/ai/2024/02/reddit-has-already-booked...