Hacker News: fluxusars

New comment by fluxusars in "The Eternal Sloptember"

fluxusars — Mon, 25 May 2026 08:11:18 +0000

I think the ai-as-an-exoskeleton analogy is quite apt: 1. It still requires your intent to move in the right direction rather than being fully autonomous, and 2. It's too big and bulky to use for delicate tasks.

New comment by fluxusars in "My two-part desk setup (2025)"

fluxusars — Sat, 23 May 2026 22:32:41 +0000

I can recommend Vernal desks. I just bought a corner desk that's height adjustable and it feels like quality.

New comment by fluxusars in "Backblaze has stopped backing up OneDrive and Dropbox folders and maybe others"

fluxusars — Tue, 14 Apr 2026 17:12:20 +0000

I dropped them when they silently dropped support for veracrypt/truecrypt drives: https://old.reddit.com/r/backblaze/comments/1ol0pgf/backblaz...

They're really proving lately that they are a company that can't be trusted with your data.

New comment by fluxusars in "Productive Procrastination"

fluxusars — Sat, 11 Apr 2026 12:02:46 +0000

Stop minmaxing. Not everything has to be perfect.

New comment by fluxusars in "Bitcoin and quantum computing"

fluxusars — Tue, 07 Apr 2026 22:37:32 +0000

The thing that supposedly sets Bitcoin apart from other cryptocurrencies is that it's deflationary and 'immutable', in that Satoshi is gone forever and any deviation of Bitcoin from his golden idea will result in undermining its essence. If Bitcoin can get quantum-attacked then, from a technical point of view, nothing will be lost. The Bitcoin core devs can issue a word-of-god statement stating that they'll roll back the chain to before the attack, and all is well. Then they'll change the cryptography. But at that point, is it still Bitcoin? Because you've undermined the immutability. If the core devs can just say "this core property of Bitcoin is now something completely different", who's to say that they won't change their minds about the deflationary nature in the future? All credibility will be lost. Now, if you accept that, is perhaps all credibility lost already? ...

New comment by fluxusars in "Android developer verification: Balancing openness and choice with safety"

fluxusars — Sat, 21 Mar 2026 07:41:52 +0000

Return them and get what instead? Every other popular phone platform is even more restrictive.

New comment by fluxusars in "Ask HN: How to be alone?"

fluxusars — Sun, 08 Mar 2026 14:09:20 +0000

> I have a great psychiatrist who has me on antidepressants, anti-anxiety meds, and mood stabilizers

Disclaimer: this is not medical advice, but have you considered being on less medication? I have seen a close family member become absolutely numbed from being on antidepressants, and although I have personally never been on them, I am highly skeptical that the amount of drugs the average American is being prescribed is healthy. My preferred choice of self-fixing is by quiet introspection, though I've had some useful experiences from therapy sessions as well.

New comment by fluxusars in "Ask HN: How to go back to listening to MP3s?"

fluxusars — Sat, 03 Jan 2026 12:14:28 +0000

I never stopped using foobar2000 on the desktop. I can recommend Evermusic on iOS for it's excellent playlist management, carplay integration and last.fm/scrobbling if you're ancient like me and still using that.

New comment by fluxusars in "Clair Obscur having its Indie Game Game Of The Year award stripped due to AI use"

fluxusars — Sun, 21 Dec 2025 10:48:43 +0000

You will literally get a fine for going three miles per hour over the speed limit in many countries.

My Year on Tirzepatide

fluxusars — Fri, 19 Dec 2025 17:40:15 +0000

Article URL: https://medium.com/@fluxusars/my-year-on-tirzepatide-05fca46fa302

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46328594

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

New comment by fluxusars in "Engineers who dismiss AI"

fluxusars — Fri, 19 Dec 2025 13:29:32 +0000

As someone whose stance is to be extremely skeptical of AI, I threw Claude at a complex feature request in a codebase I wasn't very familiar with, and it managed to come up with a solution that was 99% acceptable. I was very impressed, so I started using it more.

But it's really a mixed bag, because for the subsequent 3-4 tasks in a codebase that I was familiar with, Claude managed to produce over-commented, over-engineered slop that didn't do what I asked for and took shortcuts in implementing the requirements.

I definitely wouldn't dismiss AI at this point because it occasionally astounds me and does things I would never in my life have imagined possible. But at other times, it's still like an ignorant new junior developer. Check back again in 6 months I guess.

New comment by fluxusars in "A supersonic engine core makes the perfect power turbine"

fluxusars — Wed, 10 Dec 2025 07:26:41 +0000

This to me is the strongest proof that we are in a bubble so far.

Qantas Boeing 737 Took Off with Incorrect Weight Calculations

fluxusars — Sun, 07 Dec 2025 20:14:27 +0000

Article URL: https://simpleflying.com/over-50-passengers-missing-qantas-boeing-737-incorrect-weight/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46184719

Points: 4

# Comments: 0

Linux on the Desktop

fluxusars — Wed, 03 Dec 2025 13:36:29 +0000

Article URL: https://medium.com/@fluxusars/linux-on-the-desktop-eddde1973e29

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46134330

Points: 7

# Comments: 3

New comment by fluxusars in "Comic Code Reviews"

fluxusars — Thu, 27 Nov 2025 07:33:34 +0000

The example probably wasn't the best pick to demonstrate this, but I could see this making sense for e.g. linter rules (with fewer panels per rule).

New comment by fluxusars in "Maybe you’re not trying"

fluxusars — Sun, 16 Nov 2025 17:47:31 +0000

Trying on every single thing you do is exhausting. I certainly don't have the energy any more to try hard at some personal life things when my work is stressful. I think it's good to do some introspection from time to time to find out what things might be draining you and preventing you from trying on something that you should be trying hard at.

Backblaze is silently breaking backups from Veracrypt drives without warning

fluxusars — Mon, 10 Nov 2025 21:51:56 +0000

Article URL: https://old.reddit.com/r/backblaze/comments/1ol0pgf/backblaze_will_no_longer_support_veracrypt_volumes/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45881421

Points: 21

# Comments: 5

New comment by fluxusars in "Caveat Prompter"

fluxusars — Sun, 19 Oct 2025 07:50:56 +0000

This is no different from reviewing code from actual humans: someone could have written great looking code with excellent test coverage and still have missed a crucial edge case or obvious requirement. In the case of humans, there's obvious limits and approaches to scaling up. With LLMs, who knows where they will go in the next couple of years.

You can't find meaning in the past

fluxusars — Sun, 12 Oct 2025 14:54:27 +0000

Article URL: https://medium.com/@fluxusars/you-cant-find-meaning-in-the-past-393a2592af60

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45558640

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

New comment by fluxusars in "Ask HN: How Do I Get over My Existential Crisis?"

fluxusars — Sun, 28 Sep 2025 17:45:52 +0000

Framing matters a lot. If you can afford to, take 6 or 12 months to widen your points of view. That might mean taking up a job in a sector you're not familiar with, or maybe changing locations (a new country perhaps?). I think by framing your situation as "my goal is now to X", when accomplishing that goal is at least partially dependent on things you don't control, is setting yourself up for failure. Instead, treat this time as a good opportunity to learn more about yourself and what possibilities are open to you that you normally wouldn't consider.