Hacker News: dbvn

New comment by dbvn in "The Mythical Man-Month in the Age of AI"

dbvn — Wed, 28 Oct 2026 13:45:55 +0000

agents are certainly not better at coordinating than the animals that built them and the entire world of systems around them.

New comment by dbvn in "US Government is hiding a secret court ruling about how it spies on Americans"

dbvn — Wed, 28 Oct 2026 12:52:59 +0000

Than North Koreans? Show your bias more

New comment by dbvn in "Amazon’s “digital pacifier” for toddlers"

dbvn — Mon, 26 Oct 2026 14:38:29 +0000

uh oh, everyone's watching the big game... I better leave, so my child doesn't hear the big scary TV

New comment by dbvn in "Amazon’s “digital pacifier” for toddlers"

dbvn — Mon, 26 Oct 2026 13:50:16 +0000

not allowing them to hear a TV for 3 years is such overkill and would remove them from being around many spaces

New comment by dbvn in "Anthropic's Public Benefit Charter"

dbvn — Wed, 21 Oct 2026 20:29:52 +0000

I love how the "public benefit" is just them trying to force everyone to do AI their way

New comment by dbvn in "Whatever Happened to Fire Escapes"

dbvn — Wed, 21 Oct 2026 13:21:05 +0000

yeah sure, they're so bored they spend half their week cutting people out of their wrecked cars. Just to make you think their salary is justified

New comment by dbvn in "Amsterdam police confiscates server left-wing ISP A/I at American request"

dbvn — Wed, 14 Oct 2026 17:52:27 +0000

"He seems pretty apolitical" is a crazy thing to say about someone who assassinated someone for political reasons.

New comment by dbvn in "How Amazon pushes up prices all across the Internet"

dbvn — Wed, 14 Oct 2026 14:06:46 +0000

The free market is a myth because the market players aren't acting how you think they should?

New comment by dbvn in "There's no point at which turning your brain off will work"

dbvn — Fri, 18 Sep 2026 17:28:35 +0000

Why do you assume that the fully engaged employee would be laid off at all?

New comment by dbvn in "U of Michigan drops first-semester grades to ‘curb mental health crisis’"

dbvn — Wed, 12 Aug 2026 17:46:58 +0000

Have you been to a public university recently? Its abysmal.

New comment by dbvn in "U of Michigan drops first-semester grades to ‘curb mental health crisis’"

dbvn — Wed, 12 Aug 2026 13:25:10 +0000

If nobody is failing, nobody is learning

New comment by dbvn in "U of Michigan drops first-semester grades to ‘curb mental health crisis’"

dbvn — Wed, 12 Aug 2026 13:24:00 +0000

Once you cross a certain threshold, it's luck of the draw if you're selected. Clearly the entire thing is broken.

New comment by dbvn in "A Sick People"

dbvn — Wed, 05 Aug 2026 14:20:00 +0000

There are millions of happy, good people in America. Grass is always greener. You see novelty when you travel.

New comment by dbvn in "After wearing the Pebble Time 2 for two weeks, I'll never buy another smartwatch"

dbvn — Fri, 17 Jul 2026 15:57:15 +0000

I don't care about comparison. I just need to know how far I ran or it doesn't count lol

New comment by dbvn in "After wearing the Pebble Time 2 for two weeks, I'll never buy another smartwatch"

dbvn — Fri, 17 Jul 2026 14:04:34 +0000

really the only value is for runners/cyclists/swimmers. Being able to run without a bulky device is sooo much better.

New comment by dbvn in "[dead]"

dbvn — Thu, 16 Jul 2026 20:07:03 +0000

> “Markets already move on Truth Social posts,” Kevin McGurn, interim chief executive officer at TMTG, said in a statement.

Not because of some inherent value in the network... but because the President is literally changing market policies and announcing it there.

New comment by dbvn in "SpaceX bond worth 10% less than issue price – heading for junk bond status"

dbvn — Wed, 15 Jul 2026 15:24:09 +0000

So don't regurgitate it without checking. You're putting the onus on the person you're talking with

New comment by dbvn in "The classifiers Anthropic puts in front of Fable are too zealous"

dbvn — Wed, 08 Jul 2026 20:53:08 +0000

> Nonetheless, that is not want I wanted to focus my thoughts on here.

Typo second paragraph, 4th line. I think you meant "what"

New comment by dbvn in "We all depend on open source. We will defend it together"

dbvn — Fri, 26 Jun 2026 12:42:46 +0000

New comment by dbvn in "[dead]"

dbvn — Fri, 19 Jun 2026 15:39:39 +0000

> He is believed to be the first person to die in a horse carriage accident since they were introduced in Central Park more than 150 years ago