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New comment by danorama in "Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope"

danorama — Sun, 30 Aug 2026 00:36:02 +0000

Tell me you don’t know anything about the ACA’s history without telling me you don’t know anything about the ACA’s history.

New comment by danorama in "US Government designates host of noblogs.org a "global terrorist""

danorama — Thu, 27 Aug 2026 20:41:12 +0000

"In late September 2017, an exhaustive report by the Treasury Department's inspector general found that from 2004 to 2013, the IRS used both conservative and liberal keywords to choose targets for further scrutiny, blunting claims that the issue had been an Obama-era partisan scandal.[1][2] The 115-page report confirmed the findings of the prior 2013 report that some conservative organizations had been unfairly targeted, but also found that the pattern of misconduct had been ongoing since 2004 and was non-partisan in nature."

The AI Billboards Are Killing SF

danorama — Fri, 07 Aug 2026 16:32:16 +0000

Article URL: https://sfstandard.com/pacific-standard-time/2026/08/07/sf-ai-billboards-dystopian-not-funny/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49212928

Points: 32

# Comments: 70

'Antizuck' iOS app that claims to detect nearby smart glasses tops App Store

danorama — Fri, 31 Jul 2026 23:05:20 +0000

Article URL: https://9to5mac.com/2026/07/31/antizuck-ios-app-that-claims-to-detect-nearby-smart-glasses-tops-app-store-chart/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49129499

Points: 5

# Comments: 0

New comment by danorama in "US DOT deleting bike lane references"

danorama — Mon, 27 Jul 2026 22:48:42 +0000

Please, do explain which parts of the original quoted statement are made in good faith.

New comment by danorama in "ChatGPT Work"

danorama — Thu, 09 Jul 2026 23:36:25 +0000

I think part of the concern here is that these app changes could be a trial balloon for identical web-side changes in the not too distant future.

Given the product judgment shown in this particular release, it doesn’t seem to be out of the question.

New comment by danorama in "ChatGPT Work"

danorama — Thu, 09 Jul 2026 20:38:33 +0000

So let me get this straight:

1) If you have the Codex desktop app installed, and you update from within the app, it replaces itself with the new chat-demoted-to-an-overlay app called "ChatGPT" and renames your existing ChatGPT app to "ChatGPT Classic."

2) If you get the new ChatGPT app and replace your current app with it, you don't get a "Classic" app and there's no way to download it.

3) They really named an app "Classic." Naming your app Classic is putting a bright red sign on it that says "this app will be abandoned soon." They might as well have called it "ChatGPT Sunset."

If this is all true, that is certainly...one way to do product management.

New comment by danorama in "Supreme Court upholds broad conception of birthright citizenship"

danorama — Tue, 30 Jun 2026 15:17:25 +0000

I think it was edited to add that?

Something Is Very Wrong in San Francisco

danorama — Wed, 17 Jun 2026 00:23:24 +0000

Article URL: https://www.simplermachines.com/something-is-very-wrong-in-san-francisco/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48564184

Points: 4

# Comments: 0

New comment by danorama in "Banned book library in a wi-fi smart light bulb"

danorama — Tue, 16 Jun 2026 01:43:33 +0000

Don’t “necessarily agree” with the Turner Diaries? Why the mystery? Should we guess?

New comment by danorama in "Microsoft Wants to 'Make People Addicted' to Its New AI Assistant"

danorama — Fri, 05 Jun 2026 16:42:06 +0000

No, it was because they weren't supposed to be. They were fulfilling an actual need and creating value in a way that wasn't intended to be addictive. And I was a co-founder of some of those orgs and products, so it wasn't about my employer.

I know it's hard to believe that not every organization is sociopathic, because many are (the larger, the more likely to be). But not every one is.

New comment by danorama in "Microsoft Wants to 'Make People Addicted' to Its New AI Assistant"

danorama — Fri, 05 Jun 2026 16:35:30 +0000

I don't think that's actually true. Heck, from my own experience, I can definitively say it's not actually true. I've worked in several organizations where I helped create and sell products whose job was to provide value, then let people get on with their day. I wouldn't have worked at those places otherwise.

Not saying that intended addictiveness is not common, but let's not normalize corporate sociopathy.

New comment by danorama in "AI is just unauthorised plagiarism at a bigger scale"

danorama — Thu, 21 May 2026 16:24:55 +0000

There’s a fallacy that gets used a whole lot to justify things like this (not just with LLMs), and I see it in many of the comments here: If it’s OK (or at least negligible on a small scale), then it must be OK on a large scale.

It usually goes something like: If I can make money by learning something from a web page, why does a computer making money by learning everything from everyone upset people so? It’s the same thing!

It’s like if I go to Golden Gate Park and pick one flower, I shouldn’t do that, but no one cares. But if I build a machine to automatically cut every flower in the park because I want to sell them, that’s different.

“You say I can pick one flower, but you get upset when I take a bunch. That’s inconsistent. Check and mate.”

But quantitative changes in an activity produce qualitative changes. Everyone knows this, but sometimes they seem to find it inconvenient to admit it. Not that effects of the qualitative change are always bad, but they are often different, and worth considering rather than dismissing.

New comment by danorama in "SF vibes are frenetic over the divide in outcomes and career uncertainty"

danorama — Sun, 17 May 2026 02:48:15 +0000

Full title: “SF vibes are frenetic over the huge divide in outcomes and career uncertainty for software engineers; over 5 years ~10K people in AI attained retirement wealth”

SF vibes are frenetic over the divide in outcomes and career uncertainty

danorama — Sun, 17 May 2026 02:47:22 +0000

Article URL: https://www.techmeme.com/260516/p9

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48165659

Points: 4

# Comments: 1

Routine vaccines may cut dementia risk–experts have startling hypothesis on how

danorama — Fri, 15 May 2026 15:41:46 +0000

Article URL: https://arstechnica.com/health/2026/05/routine-vaccines-may-cut-dementia-risk-experts-have-startling-hypothesis-on-how/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48150057

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

Apple has won a prestigious award for iOS 26's Liquid Glass design

danorama — Thu, 14 May 2026 16:44:29 +0000

Article URL: https://9to5mac.com/2026/05/14/apple-has-won-a-prestigious-award-for-ios-26s-liquid-glass-design/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48137852

Points: 1

# Comments: 2

New comment by danorama in "'I have an A because I use Chat'"

danorama — Tue, 12 May 2026 15:04:53 +0000

Full title: ‘I have an A because I use Chat': What UC, SFSU students say about using AI - and if it's cheating

'I have an A because I use Chat'

danorama — Tue, 12 May 2026 15:04:30 +0000

Article URL: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/i-have-an-a-because-i-use-chat-what-uc-students-say-about-using-ai-and-whether-it-s-cheating/ar-AA22r9fQ

Hacker News: danorama

New comment by danorama in "Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope"

New comment by danorama in "US Government designates host of noblogs.org a "global terrorist""

The AI Billboards Are Killing SF

'Antizuck' iOS app that claims to detect nearby smart glasses tops App Store

New comment by danorama in "US DOT deleting bike lane references"

New comment by danorama in "ChatGPT Work"

New comment by danorama in "ChatGPT Work"

New comment by danorama in "Supreme Court upholds broad conception of birthright citizenship"

Something Is Very Wrong in San Francisco

New comment by danorama in "Banned book library in a wi-fi smart light bulb"

New comment by danorama in "Microsoft Wants to 'Make People Addicted' to Its New AI Assistant"

New comment by danorama in "Microsoft Wants to 'Make People Addicted' to Its New AI Assistant"

New comment by danorama in "AI is just unauthorised plagiarism at a bigger scale"

New comment by danorama in "SF vibes are frenetic over the divide in outcomes and career uncertainty"

SF vibes are frenetic over the divide in outcomes and career uncertainty

Routine vaccines may cut dementia risk–experts have startling hypothesis on how

Apple has won a prestigious award for iOS 26's Liquid Glass design

New comment by danorama in "'I have an A because I use Chat'"

'I have an A because I use Chat'

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