Hacker News: datakan

New comment by datakan in "What was a Token Ring network?"

datakan — Fri, 16 Oct 2026 15:12:03 +0000

Token Ring was always a bad idea, even before IBM screwed it up. Tanium still does this crap and it's awful.

New comment by datakan in "Apple Mac mini review"

datakan — Mon, 21 Sep 2026 15:40:45 +0000

The price hikes drove me back to windows. If I'm paying those prices I may as well be able to play games with my kid again. I see no advantage to using Apple right now outside of the iPhone.

New comment by datakan in "OpenAI expands ChatGPT ads with Sponsored Agents"

datakan — Wed, 16 Sep 2026 14:16:41 +0000

This sounds awful. AI Chatbots will be everywhere Shopify is. I just see a lot of popups in our future with fake names and faces pretending to be people asking us how they can help us.

New comment by datakan in "Hackers Got Inside a Flock Camera"

datakan — Wed, 16 Sep 2026 14:12:11 +0000

The oldest supported kernel is 5.10 and that loses support in December. That's wild they are using a 3.X kernel

New comment by datakan in "A single firm is behind OpenAI, Anthropic, and Meta hacking scandals"

datakan — Tue, 15 Sep 2026 22:25:43 +0000

“There’s no such thing as bad press”

New comment by datakan in "LLMs are real, AI is fake"

datakan — Sat, 12 Sep 2026 15:24:01 +0000

It was "garbage in, garbage out". That's the only conclusion I've been able to draw from all the propaganda around it.

New comment by datakan in "A misalignment of AI in mathematics"

datakan — Fri, 11 Sep 2026 19:03:22 +0000

Everyone that will now pick sides. Just wait, I’m already seeing it on Reddit.

New comment by datakan in "A misalignment of AI in mathematics"

datakan — Fri, 11 Sep 2026 18:57:11 +0000

This time, until they dont anymore. The next stage is people attacking the mathematicians and accusing them. The OpenAI fans come out to attack, then the masses will pick sides and it all just becomes a mess

New comment by datakan in "A misalignment of AI in mathematics"

datakan — Fri, 11 Sep 2026 18:55:10 +0000

Everyones outraged all the time. It doesn't mean anything anymore. It's that meme from years ago about the red ants and the black ants living in a box peacefully until someone shakes the box and they start trying to kill each other. They go after each other and not the one shaking the box.

OpenAI/Anthropic are shaking the box.

New comment by datakan in "Feeling Sad about AI"

datakan — Fri, 11 Sep 2026 17:32:13 +0000

That's kinda what I feel like telling him. He has a lot of passion and he's a very smart kid. I don't want to crush that, I want to nurture it. I think being real about things is important though and he has a lot of years still to ultimately decide.

New comment by datakan in "Feeling Sad about AI"

datakan — Fri, 11 Sep 2026 17:30:57 +0000

I got him a ChatGPT account with parental controls on it. I'm just hoping he uses it as a tool and not a crutch.

New comment by datakan in "Feeling Sad about AI"

datakan — Fri, 11 Sep 2026 17:25:02 +0000

You may be right, I really don't know. I can't control the ocean, all I can do is learn to surf. I use the tools, bring home the check and go about my life. I just feel terrible for the people following after me who wont get to experience what I did. Maybe it's for the best, maybe not. Time will ultimately tell I suppose.

New comment by datakan in "Feeling Sad about AI"

datakan — Fri, 11 Sep 2026 17:18:41 +0000

My son told me yesterday he wants to program video games for a living. He's 13. He's looking at how it used to be done and seeing the pride people had in doing it. He hasn't seen how it is now.

Not sure I have the heart to tell him how terrible the industry has become. Feels like telling a kid 30 years ago that being an astronaut is pointless because they no longer go to the moon.

Microsoft plans 38 gigawatts of data center capacity by 2032

datakan — Fri, 11 Sep 2026 16:24:02 +0000

Article URL: https://www.reuters.com/business/microsoft-plans-38-gigawatts-data-center-capacity-by-2032-bloomberg-news-reports-2026-09-10/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49661041

Points: 4

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New comment by datakan in "Show HN: Hacker News, without AI"

datakan — Fri, 11 Sep 2026 15:52:51 +0000

I'm mixed on that. Definitely topics I hide when I think people can't discuss them like adults, but sometimes even bad stories have some great discussions in them.

LG denies TV spying claims, says tracking and snooping concerns 'not true'

datakan — Thu, 10 Sep 2026 15:31:37 +0000

https://www.lg.com/global/newsroom/news/statements/statement...

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49645480

Points: 635

# Comments: 494

New comment by datakan in "Automattic's board forces CEO Matt Mullenweg into leave of absence"

datakan — Wed, 09 Sep 2026 22:02:42 +0000

Had a President make a big ordeal about leaving "for health reasons". His LinkedIn had him at a new company within a couple months doing the same thing.

Had a CISO leave for "personal" reasons. Talked to him a couple years later and yeah, he was fired.

Steal 20$ out of a cash register and make the local news. Waste a billion dollars at a corp and make insane decisions and ride out on a golden parachute. Its a fucked up world.

New comment by datakan in "Apple Watch Series 12"

datakan — Wed, 09 Sep 2026 21:47:56 +0000

No one that does this with any regularity or seriousness uses an Apple Watch, they go with Garmin or one of the real fitness watches that can claim battery life in weeks and even months. My Fenix 8 charges once every 26-29 days. I left Apple Watch and never looked back. It's just an inferior product in every possible way.

New comment by datakan in "Defining AI Psychosis. Part 2: "Prolific AI Psychosis""

datakan — Wed, 09 Sep 2026 17:08:50 +0000

> Psychosis as a diagnosis is a serious condition. there's an implication that there's 'harm'

I just watched a company fire an entire department of people under the sincere belief a chatbot run by a middle manager could save them 10 million a year. This failed miserably and they now need to hire or re-hire people.

There is a tremendous amount of harm happening. Psychosis is a perfect term for what is happening.

The Pebble Time 2 proves smartwatches got worse, not better

datakan — Tue, 08 Sep 2026 18:11:22 +0000

Article URL: https://www.howtogeek.com/pebble-time-2-review/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49614284

Points: 13

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