Hacker News: dw_arthur

New comment by dw_arthur in "Grieving the loss of details"

dw_arthur — Sat, 10 Oct 2026 19:19:27 +0000

We are taking away the ability for some very smart people to be engaged with the world in a way that is challenging and meaningful to them while building tools that allow one person to do the work of 10. Fill in the blanks if you want, but this is not good. We must quickly find out how to give people hope for the future.

New comment by dw_arthur in "We Must Pace the Frontier"

dw_arthur — Sat, 12 Sep 2026 16:03:22 +0000

I'm guessing diminishing gains are setting in on training frontier models and the capital isn't there to chase them. Even if OpenAI/Anthropic and Chinese companies said they would slow research nothing can stop the NSA and Chinese intelligence services from continuing on in the dark.

New comment by dw_arthur in "An overview of how our family is prepared"

dw_arthur — Tue, 08 Sep 2026 15:18:52 +0000

Is there a plausible scenario where having 2 weeks of water does anything more than having a weeks worth? I feel like after a week you're either getting evacuated, the government is delivering supplies, or large parts of the country are not functioning.

New comment by dw_arthur in "Claude Session URL appended to commit messages and PR descriptions by default"

dw_arthur — Sun, 30 Aug 2026 15:27:00 +0000

This annoyed me to the point that I created a python script that could search opencode's database and then a skill that uses the script to find the session I was thinking of. It's nice to be able to say "I think 4 days ago I had an issue with a dropdown in Qt6, find that session." Saves a lot of time and tokens.

New comment by dw_arthur in "GLM-5.3 is now open-weight"

dw_arthur — Fri, 28 Aug 2026 17:14:56 +0000

Not in my experience. Tasks that would normally cost $0.08 on DSV4-Flash have cost me $0.30+ on GLM-5.3-Flash. These costs are after Deepseek's recent increase. Also GLM-5.3-Flash is so slow compared to DSV4-Flash. I would be fine with GLM-5.3-Flash if it was cheaper and at the same speed as DSV4.

I use DSV4-Flash on Max through Deepseek's API. I have been using GLM-5.3-Flash on High through Openrouter which I thought had a 50% discount. I must be doing something wrong for the costs to be off this much.

New comment by dw_arthur in "Qwen3.8 Max now ranked as the best overall model by agentic index"

dw_arthur — Fri, 07 Aug 2026 01:46:00 +0000

Who is going to break it to the Americans that China is more than a slight favorite to win an existential battle over which country is better at math?

New comment by dw_arthur in "AI poster wins Ohio State Fair contest"

dw_arthur — Mon, 03 Aug 2026 00:32:09 +0000

I have a feeling the winner didn't think they were going to win or maybe even submitted the poster as a joke.

New comment by dw_arthur in "Writing by hand is good for your brain"

dw_arthur — Thu, 23 Jul 2026 15:47:45 +0000

If I'm really studying a book I'll have an office supply store cut the spine out and make the book spiral bound. It's pretty cheap to do it too, like $10 or something.

New comment by dw_arthur in "We Are the Last People Who Know How It Works"

dw_arthur — Tue, 30 Jun 2026 21:52:14 +0000

It reads like marketing speak is the problem. Why is it written in such a urgent, compelling manner with those short punchy sentences? It may not be AI, but no one writes like that naturally. Maybe the author picked it up from reading a bunch of AI writing? The repetition of using you as a subject is also a red flag.

New comment by dw_arthur in "Flock cameras track more than your license plate, and they're spreading fast"

dw_arthur — Sun, 28 Jun 2026 18:25:56 +0000

A camera in 2026 is not the camera of 1996. Cameras today are connected to active and passive monitoring systems which are much more invasive to privacy. What will a camera be able to do in 2036?

New comment by dw_arthur in "Flock cameras track more than your license plate, and they're spreading fast"

dw_arthur — Sun, 28 Jun 2026 15:26:28 +0000

You're correct that it is a choice. Flock would barely move the needle on stopping crimes caused by the mentally ill and drug addicted.

New comment by dw_arthur in "Flock-Powered Police Chiefs Stalking Women Shows Why Warrants Are Needed"

dw_arthur — Mon, 22 Jun 2026 23:01:08 +0000

The majority of crime is committed by a relatively small number of individuals. If citizens feel crime is out of control they need to vote in politicians and judges who sentence repeat offenders to long sentences or involuntary commitment.

New comment by dw_arthur in "US Consumer Price Index up 4.2%"

dw_arthur — Wed, 10 Jun 2026 17:53:51 +0000

The only thing I want to spend a bunch of extra money on is a nice property and making twice the money would not get me there in what I consider a reasonable amount of time. I'm also not interested in going on an extra two fancy vacations per year or a nicer car. I'm plenty content to read, cook, learn, and enjoy the arts.

New comment by dw_arthur in "US Consumer Price Index up 4.2%"

dw_arthur — Wed, 10 Jun 2026 17:46:48 +0000

I don't have a family, so it's manageable. If I had kids there is no way I could work part-time.

New comment by dw_arthur in "US Consumer Price Index up 4.2%"

dw_arthur — Wed, 10 Jun 2026 17:45:15 +0000

My salary has not kept up with inflation over the last 15 years. The industry I am in, which is not related to tech, has undergone massive consolidation leading to 2-3% raises some years and no raises other years.

New comment by dw_arthur in "US Consumer Price Index up 4.2%"

dw_arthur — Wed, 10 Jun 2026 16:50:04 +0000

Paradoxically, inflation has contributed to me taking a sabbatical. While I live in a LCOL area and made ~140k/year it just no longer felt worth it to work as I saw my retirement accounts start to match and exceed my salary in yearly gains. I do plan on going back to work in a part time manner, but inflation has killed any reason for me to work hard at a job for that level of salary. Furthermore, the feeling of "what's the point" around white collar work has never been more intense.

New comment by dw_arthur in "Where is the AI jobs crisis?"

dw_arthur — Tue, 09 Jun 2026 23:14:44 +0000

I assume they are working on low stakes software. Does it really matter if you use an LLM to code a scheduling app for a hair salon or veterinary clinic?

New comment by dw_arthur in "The solution might be cancelling my AI subscription"

dw_arthur — Sun, 31 May 2026 17:13:52 +0000

Sounds like internet addiction with new programs/features being the high you chase instead of new tweets, articles, or videos. It's beyond clear that we all need to be cutting back on our computer/screen usage.

New comment by dw_arthur in "AI is too expensive"

dw_arthur — Tue, 19 May 2026 17:56:00 +0000

I don't understand his audience still being in denial about what is coming. There may not be a job apocalypse but there is a decent chance tough times are ahead. Eventually, his audience may turn into outright Luddites. If that happens I sort of hope they don't stop at data centers/AI and go for the whole project of the Internet.

New comment by dw_arthur in "Higher usage limits for Claude and a compute deal with SpaceX"

dw_arthur — Fri, 08 May 2026 14:29:45 +0000

Good news, I was wrong. The discount only applies to Deepseek v4 PRO. Deepseek v4 Flash is not currently on discount which means the dirt cheap price will stay the same.