Hacker News: fnord77

New comment by fnord77 in "Renting a sewing machine from the library"

fnord77 — Sun, 21 Jun 2026 04:58:37 +0000

South SF library has sewing machines

SFPL used to have tools until it got ruined.

New comment by fnord77 in "Pink Cosmo berries a hit in their trial season (2023)"

fnord77 — Sat, 20 Jun 2026 19:41:32 +0000

blueberries are tasty enough to be fun.

I suspect people like the pink blueberries because they have a higher sugar content.

Living out your final years with 'beetus doesn't seem like a fun way to live.

New comment by fnord77 in "OpenAI Losses Increased Nearly 8X in 2025, with Spending Hitting $34B"

fnord77 — Thu, 18 Jun 2026 01:56:03 +0000

> They're already losing ground to Anthropic even with this much R&D.

Do we know how bad/good misAnthropic is doing financially?

New comment by fnord77 in "The Competitive Moat That AI Can't Replicate"

fnord77 — Thu, 18 Jun 2026 01:51:40 +0000

this is the only worthwhile comment in this thread

New comment by fnord77 in "Pink Cosmo berries a hit in their trial season (2023)"

fnord77 — Thu, 18 Jun 2026 01:45:08 +0000

blueberries without the healthy and beneficial pigment/flavonoids

what a dumb idea

New comment by fnord77 in "What happened to nerds?"

fnord77 — Mon, 15 Jun 2026 10:03:09 +0000

> A short history of how tech leaders went from charming nerd to terrifying overlord

did this guy ever hear of Larry Ellison? He also claims Gates wasn't a terrifying overlord

New comment by fnord77 in "How did Atari apply side art to Arcade Cabinets?"

fnord77 — Mon, 15 Jun 2026 01:29:58 +0000

I suppose, but my local high school art class does some silk screen printing, so it's not dead

New comment by fnord77 in "Your ePub Is fine"

fnord77 — Mon, 15 Jun 2026 01:29:08 +0000

> heisenbugs

gold

New comment by fnord77 in "How did Atari apply side art to Arcade Cabinets?"

fnord77 — Sun, 14 Jun 2026 16:53:23 +0000

tl;dr: plain old silkscreen printing. Nothing revolutionary

New comment by fnord77 in "Renault: Electric motors with no rare earths"

fnord77 — Sat, 13 Jun 2026 02:22:15 +0000

same order of magnitude :)

New comment by fnord77 in "I am retiring from tech to live offline"

fnord77 — Tue, 09 Jun 2026 01:19:45 +0000

I always figured I would get sick of it or burn out. I'm hitting my 4th decade of software engineering with renewed excitement

New comment by fnord77 in "Ntsc-rs – open-source video emulation of analog TV and VHS artifacts"

fnord77 — Sat, 06 Jun 2026 20:57:42 +0000

Great, now I won't be able to trust that old videos aren't AI slop either.

New comment by fnord77 in "GitHub Copilot App"

fnord77 — Tue, 02 Jun 2026 21:02:31 +0000

"This page is slowing down firefox"

New comment by fnord77 in "macOS needs its grid back"

fnord77 — Tue, 02 Jun 2026 07:22:25 +0000

isn't this just what 3-finger upswipe does???

New comment by fnord77 in "Ask HN: Who is hiring? (June 2026)"

fnord77 — Tue, 02 Jun 2026 00:12:54 +0000

Companies that have a 7 round interview process are not serious in hiring in general. Sure if some super-genius comes along.

But no, it's just a performance. The director can claim they're behind on projects because they don't have enough staff, but everyone they interview isn't qualified (because the interviews are impossible and nearly everyone trips up)

I started seeing this pattern recently.

The companies that are serious move fast. A chat with the hiring manager. A couple technical interviews, maybe on-site for 2 hours. A chat with someone higher up. Done, offer made.

New comment by fnord77 in "Rivian Explains Why CarPlay Debate Will Become 'Completely Obsolete'"

fnord77 — Thu, 28 May 2026 19:36:52 +0000

Translation: we want to be able to sell your data rather than let Apple have it.

New comment by fnord77 in "Claude Opus 4.8"

fnord77 — Thu, 28 May 2026 19:34:18 +0000

So, then I guess the big three are never going to make their money back.

New comment by fnord77 in "AI is just unauthorised plagiarism at a bigger scale"

fnord77 — Thu, 28 May 2026 16:45:23 +0000

The history of the world is the history of plundering. Nothing new, just fancier.

New comment by fnord77 in "I'm Tired of Talking to AI"

fnord77 — Thu, 28 May 2026 16:43:37 +0000

Better get used to it. Soon that is all you will be talking to.

New comment by fnord77 in "YouTube to automatically label AI-generated videos"

fnord77 — Thu, 28 May 2026 05:06:43 +0000

some people seem to be completely unable to detect AI slop