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New comment by dinkleberg in "How to disable or avoid intrusive AI"

dinkleberg — Mon, 17 Aug 2026 15:03:32 +0000

I recently discovered that you need to have Siri enabled for Apple CarPlay. I expect we're going to see a lot of this where when you disable the AI functionality the devs won't have put in fallback states and you'll be effectively locked out. With CarPlay for instance there is no reason that I shouldn't be able to listen to my music or use the map without Siri. But things like responding to texts does rely on Siri, so just gate that piece. It is rather unfortunate.

New comment by dinkleberg in "How to Spot AI Writing"

dinkleberg — Sat, 01 Aug 2026 15:24:56 +0000

The one that has been killing me lately is "unusually well". I've been getting this all of the time with both Opus 5 and GPT 5.6 Sol.

"...this issue is unusually well defined..."

"...this document is unusually well structured..."

"...the reviewers came back and were unusually well aligned..."

New comment by dinkleberg in "I got into YC Startup School by hacking it"

dinkleberg — Fri, 24 Jul 2026 20:53:52 +0000

Which indeed tells them something about you.

New comment by dinkleberg in "The real prices of frontier models"

dinkleberg — Mon, 13 Jul 2026 20:18:27 +0000

That is one of the interesting things about Neuralwatt cloud. Their pricing is based on energy rather than tokens (actually they have a token-based alternative, but claim the energy pricing results in 95% cheaper results). I've tried out their subscription offer and it does seem like you get a lot more usage even on the cheap plan. However since the energy metering is pretty much unique to them (at least that I've seen), there really isn't anything to compare it against, so hard to tell how accurate it is.

Regardless, it is cool to be able to contextualize the actual spend in terms of physical energy utilization. It even has a little co2 number (though again, kind of a "trust me bro" metric).

New comment by dinkleberg in "Show HN: BillAI Bass, an AI-Powered Big Mouth Billy Bass Using Strands Agents"

dinkleberg — Mon, 13 Jul 2026 19:10:03 +0000

This is great! I remember the commercials for these things as a kid. Imagine telling that kid that in the future Billy Bass will have the world's collective knowledge and you'll be able to talk to him about anything.

New comment by dinkleberg in "Omarchy 4 concerns, am I the only one?"

dinkleberg — Mon, 13 Jul 2026 15:44:52 +0000

Maybe a neckbeard comment, but why not just use arch directly? You set it up once and it is yours forever.

I like DHH and it seems like he has built a cool config and a streamlined setup, but why not just steal the dot configs that you like?

New comment by dinkleberg in "Precursor"

dinkleberg — Mon, 13 Jul 2026 15:39:08 +0000

I wonder how it'll handle those of us who try and use the mouse as infrequently as possible. I imagine the cognitive delay part would be largely telling. But it'll be interesting to see if I start getting blocked because I use vimium.

New comment by dinkleberg in "Software Engineer's Firing Ruled Illegal in a Rare Win for a Tech Worker"

dinkleberg — Fri, 10 Jul 2026 22:00:48 +0000

Yeah I can't imagine that playing out particularly well. Maybe at a company as large as Atlassian it is feasible enough to stay isolated. But I'd think the relationship is tainted from both sides at this point and doesn't favor either party.

New comment by dinkleberg in "GPT-5.6, Grok 4.5, Claude, and Muse Spark build the same 4 apps"

dinkleberg — Fri, 10 Jul 2026 21:47:38 +0000

Is this how I learn that Bezos now has a beard? Interesting that it is a detail that all of the models chose to include (unless that was in the prompt and just not put in the post).

New comment by dinkleberg in "45% of enthusiasts 'seriously considering' leaving Sony for PC"

dinkleberg — Fri, 10 Jul 2026 21:33:50 +0000

Perhaps I'm overly cynical, but I would wager these survey results are completely meaningless. Being angry at Sony for ending physical games is the "correct opinion" right now and all of the social media influencers are getting big views off of the drama. And a significant number of people will just parrot the outrage they hear about even if they don't actually care. But by the time the PS6 comes out, I would bet that a significant portion of those who claim this is too far and they'll never buy from Sony again will be back buying their devices.

It does suck, and you should join the PCMR. But I imagine this will blow over before long.

New comment by dinkleberg in "I think I have LLM burnout"

dinkleberg — Thu, 09 Jul 2026 03:08:32 +0000

But there is a much higher chance of getting killed by any number of other concerns like by a drunk driver. Putting that one on the list of things to stress about seems unwarranted.

New comment by dinkleberg in "Chat Control 1.0 and 2.0 Explained"

dinkleberg — Tue, 07 Jul 2026 23:23:10 +0000

Exactly. And it is also incredibly short-sided and naive to push for more power for the government when you think it is just going to be used by "your side" for the issues you care about. When you want to wield those powers to promote your own ends against those you oppose, don't be surprised when those you oppose come into power and use those same powers back against you.

New comment by dinkleberg in "Google Chrome Installed a 4GB AI Model on Your PC"

dinkleberg — Mon, 06 Jul 2026 16:44:20 +0000

That is weird, I've daily driven firefox for the better part of a decade (aside from when my employers have required chrome) and seldom encounter issues. I'm curious where you're hitting these. In fact, since ublock origin got removed from Chrome, the experience is far better on firefox.

Also, if everyone chooses to not use firefox because it has low market share, it'll remain low market share forever.

New comment by dinkleberg in "Do you need separate systems when you already have Postgres?"

dinkleberg — Mon, 06 Jul 2026 16:20:59 +0000

Yeah I've found this quite odd. Even the LLMs want to pressure you to not use Redis and go all in on Postgres. Postgres is great, and I usually use it. But Redis is so trivial to add to your stack and it does what it does really well. Why not use the right tool for the job?

New comment by dinkleberg in "OpenPrinter"

dinkleberg — Sun, 05 Jul 2026 22:35:27 +0000

I really love the idea of a paper roll rather than individual sheets. Being able to print out to the size you want rather than only in pre-set sizes is quite cool.

New comment by dinkleberg in "Ask HN: What books did you enjoy reading recently?"

dinkleberg — Thu, 02 Jul 2026 21:00:02 +0000

If you want a fun read and you like sci-fi, check out Ed by qntm (https://qntm.org/ed). It is a short read, like 130 pages or so.

New comment by dinkleberg in "Ask HN: Why are so many "AI evangelists" posting such insufferable content?"

dinkleberg — Thu, 02 Jul 2026 20:51:54 +0000

It is a true hellscape. It is useful when looking for work, but that is about it. Though it isn't without comedy. Seeing former co-workers posting about their keys for success and about how they've made it when you know damned well that they do worse than mediocre work is always a laugh.

New comment by dinkleberg in "Ask HN: Since when does Craigslist's front page have emojis?"

dinkleberg — Thu, 02 Jul 2026 20:47:49 +0000

Which logically makes sense. LLMs wouldn't have invented the pattern, it would have been learned as a common pattern in the training material.

New comment by dinkleberg in "PeerTube is a free, decentralized and federated video platform"

dinkleberg — Thu, 02 Jul 2026 20:32:11 +0000

No, it is because that is the content that people want to watch. I too create content that has been widely watched and don't include video ads or any of the other monetization features they push. But I create videos because I want people to watch them. I don't do it for the sake of myself and pushing it out into the void. I don't follow whatever the trends are, I create what I believe will be the most useful as I make educational content. And it works. But I post to YouTube because that is where people will find it.

If I were to self-host my videos or put it on PeerTube if I wanted anyone to see it I would actively have to go out and promote it myself. YouTube does that for me.

New comment by dinkleberg in "PeerTube is a free, decentralized and federated video platform"

dinkleberg — Thu, 02 Jul 2026 18:10:33 +0000

Yet those 2-3M channels get the lions share of the views. It is a two-sided system. And if you want to attract viewers, you need what they want to watch. Looking on the front page of peertube the most viewed video I see has 29 views. If I sort by hot, the "hottest" video has 692 in a month. If the intent is to publish videos to have people watch it, PeerTube is clearly not the place to do that.