Hacker News: dkobia

New comment by dkobia in "Ask HN: M5 MacBook Pro buyers, worth spending the $$$ to maybe run LLMs local?"

dkobia — Mon, 30 Mar 2026 12:27:12 +0000

I’m running local models with a maxed out M4 but I find local models only useful and reliable for trivial tasks and sensitive items like database optimization work. Local LLMs just don’t come anywhere close to Claude or Codex for heavy work.

Behind the Curtain: AI's looming cyber nightmare

dkobia — Sun, 29 Mar 2026 17:39:40 +0000

Article URL: https://www.axios.com/2026/03/29/claude-mythos-anthropic-cyberattack-ai-agents

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47565314

Points: 4

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Oppo made the best foldable phone, again

dkobia — Sat, 28 Mar 2026 11:17:15 +0000

Article URL: https://www.theverge.com/tech/901846/oppo-find-n6-review-crease-screen-specs-price

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47553534

Points: 1

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New comment by dkobia in "A Tiny Camera Revealed a Hidden Passage in the Great Pyramid"

dkobia — Wed, 18 Mar 2026 15:27:31 +0000

Just when you think Egyptology can't get more interesting, it does. No wonder "just a quick search about the Pyramids" turns into a lifelong obsession for many.

New comment by dkobia in "Elon Musk pushes out more xAI founders as AI coding effort falters"

dkobia — Sat, 14 Mar 2026 00:51:46 +0000

I thought Grok in the car was awesome until it went off on a tangent and started praising Elon.

New comment by dkobia in "Tesla Sales Down 55% UK, 58% Spain, 59% Germany, 81% Netherlands, 93% Norway"

dkobia — Wed, 18 Feb 2026 09:58:21 +0000

The average price of a new car in the US is now ~$50,000 and the average monthly payment is almost $800. All people want is an affordable car and it is clear that won’t happen any time soon. It isn’t strange at all that prisoners to this system are cheering on the Chinese disruption.

New comment by dkobia in "America Isn't Ready for What AI Will Do to Jobs"

dkobia — Sun, 15 Feb 2026 11:08:10 +0000

AI Slop or not, these doomer articles have more than a grain of truth and you as a knowledge worker knows “Something is happening”.

New comment by dkobia in "I now assume that all ads on Apple news are scams"

dkobia — Fri, 06 Feb 2026 13:21:46 +0000

Surely what they make from these ads is negligible enough to not warrant the terrible user experience for something users pay for. The ads in Apple News are infuriating.

I Test Drove a Chinese EV. Now I Don't Want to Buy American Cars Anymore

dkobia — Mon, 02 Feb 2026 11:40:16 +0000

Article URL: https://www.wsj.com/tech/personal-tech/chinese-ev-test-drive-xiaomi-su7-c3e59282

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46854855

Points: 13

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Claude Code Psychosis

dkobia — Mon, 26 Jan 2026 13:34:38 +0000

Article URL: https://jasmi.news/p/claude-code

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46765437

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by dkobia in "Dell UltraSharp 52 Thunderbolt Hub Monitor"

dkobia — Fri, 16 Jan 2026 18:26:25 +0000

At 52" I now believe that there is a limit to the size of a monitor. This might have crossed it.

Is This Billionaire a Financial Genius or a Fraudster?

dkobia — Fri, 16 Jan 2026 17:08:34 +0000

Article URL: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/16/business/michael-saylor-strategy-bitcoin.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46648820

Points: 4

# Comments: 0

New comment by dkobia in "Let's be honest, Generative AI isn't going all that well"

dkobia — Wed, 14 Jan 2026 08:45:55 +0000

Preaching to the wrong choir. The HN community is reaping massive benefits from generative AI.

New comment by dkobia in "How AI labs are solving the power problem"

dkobia — Wed, 31 Dec 2025 14:35:37 +0000

Interesting choice of names: "Solar Turbines" - a wholly owned Caterpillar subsidiary that designs and manufactures industrial gas turbines.

That said, it is all pretty impressive.

New comment by dkobia in "AI is wiping out entry-level tech jobs, leaving graduates stranded"

dkobia — Tue, 16 Dec 2025 20:01:40 +0000

I had the privilege of working with a great SWE intern this year. Their fresh ideas and strong work ethic made a real impact. Experienced engineers need this kind of energy.

Yes many over-rely on LLMs, but new engineers see possibilities we've stopped noticing and ask the questions we've stopped asking. Experience is invaluable, but it can quietly calcify into 'this is just how things are done.'

New comment by dkobia in "Australia begins enforcing world-first teen social media ban"

dkobia — Wed, 10 Dec 2025 20:22:47 +0000

I have kids and I like this but as we know, prohibition only makes the drink stronger and the thirst deeper.

New comment by dkobia in "It's ~2026 –. ChatGPT still doesn't allow email change"

dkobia — Mon, 08 Dec 2025 23:37:39 +0000

This is probably one of those tickets on the backlog that is constantly kicked down the road. Always superseded by a new fire.

Three Years from GPT-3 to Gemini 3

dkobia — Tue, 18 Nov 2025 17:01:43 +0000

Article URL: https://www.oneusefulthing.org/p/three-years-from-gpt-3-to-gemini

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45968937

Points: 4

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Kara Swisher Would Rather Work for Sam Altman Than Mark Zuckerberg

dkobia — Fri, 07 Nov 2025 18:29:16 +0000

Article URL: https://www.wired.com/story/the-big-interview-podcast-kara-swisher/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45849365

Points: 3

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New comment by dkobia in "Tesla is at risk of losing subsidies in Korea over widespread battery failures"

dkobia — Tue, 14 Oct 2025 18:33:38 +0000

Besides being a meme stock, Tesla is also in the enviable position of owning its entire stack - software, hardware, chips, manufacturing etc., unlike Honda that has many critical components built by other manufacturers and not tightly integrated with the software. It is therefore well placed to make much more revenue per vehicle, if only the owner of the company can get out of its way.