Hacker News: froggertoaster

New comment by froggertoaster in "I could've accessed 17T Microsoft records"

froggertoaster — Wed, 30 Sep 2026 19:23:37 +0000

Geohot vibes

New comment by froggertoaster in "Omarchy Is a Power Grab"

froggertoaster — Fri, 11 Sep 2026 18:00:17 +0000

What is a fascist?

New comment by froggertoaster in "Omarchy Is a Power Grab"

froggertoaster — Fri, 11 Sep 2026 18:00:02 +0000

I'm hoping that this is getting upvotes for the obvious and disingenuous use of the term "fascist", which apparently has lost all meaning.

New comment by froggertoaster in "Shopify acquires Tailwind"

froggertoaster — Wed, 09 Sep 2026 16:35:34 +0000

Sort of a weak and dismissive take. Tailwind saw a problem in the market, addressed it, and made money for a while. Why shouldn't that business model exist? It exists across SO MANY other industries.

People pay for aspirin, not vitamins, and Tailwind is aspirin.

New comment by froggertoaster in "Apple caught off guard by AI demand for Mac Mini and Mac Studio"

froggertoaster — Mon, 31 Aug 2026 19:33:37 +0000

You're limited by the manufacturer (CUDA is king, thus NVIDIA is the king right now) and your lack of VRAM will make using a useful model difficult.

I'm not surprised at all.

Context: I have a farm of DGX Sparks and several RTX 6000's, and can run very close to foundational models with ~2 sparks

New comment by froggertoaster in "Omakase Computing"

froggertoaster — Mon, 24 Aug 2026 12:21:50 +0000

Sadly, HN has increasingly become an echo chamber for 90% of the same kinds of partisan politics.

New comment by froggertoaster in "Grok 4.5"

froggertoaster — Thu, 09 Jul 2026 13:38:14 +0000

All model providers do this lmao

New comment by froggertoaster in "Grok 4.5"

froggertoaster — Thu, 09 Jul 2026 13:37:59 +0000

I echo the top comment - the politics here have gotten out of control.

Like it or not, Elon and his companies have changed the world for the better.

You are allowed to separate the human from the human's impact sometimes.

New comment by froggertoaster in "McMansions 101: What Makes a McMansion Bad Architecture? (2016)"

froggertoaster — Thu, 18 Jun 2026 20:59:47 +0000

Generally speaking, classifying a house as "McMansion" feels like a form of gatekeeping. If the person who lives there enjoys it, who are we to judge?

New comment by froggertoaster in "Apple Just Lost Me"

froggertoaster — Wed, 25 Mar 2026 15:23:25 +0000

I'm asking genuinely, how is this top of HN? The comments seem to indicate that HN overall doesn't find this article to be valuable at its face.

Seems to happen a lot with "ragequitting" posts. I feel like I could write "Microsoft Just Lost Me" and it could get to the top.

New comment by froggertoaster in "Tally – A tool to help agents classify your bank transactions"

froggertoaster — Fri, 09 Jan 2026 22:38:30 +0000

Lmao I'm no David Fowler fan (leftist blowhard), but he's one of the most talented and successful engineers at Microsoft. I don't think he needs to build a resume.

New comment by froggertoaster in "The Free Software Foundation Europe deleted its account on X"

froggertoaster — Thu, 04 Dec 2025 18:45:59 +0000

Who?

New comment by froggertoaster in "The Free Software Foundation Europe deleted its account on X"

froggertoaster — Thu, 04 Dec 2025 18:28:40 +0000

I don't have an opinion of Elon Musk. What would you say to those who think he's a value-add to the world, or are completely neutral about them (as I am)?

Do you really think your values are that pervasive, even here in HN (which tends towards an echo chamber)?

New comment by froggertoaster in "I ignore the spotlight as a staff engineer"

froggertoaster — Thu, 04 Dec 2025 18:27:36 +0000

Ignoring the spotlight is detrimental.

As a person who does consulting work, the best thing I've found I can do is stay visible with my accomplishments.

I did a presentation earlier this year for a client where the CEO was in attendance. I did not know he was going to be there. They were blown away by my presentation.

You make your own luck.

New comment by froggertoaster in "The Free Software Foundation Europe deleted its account on X"

froggertoaster — Thu, 04 Dec 2025 16:52:39 +0000

What should anyone with an X account be ashamed of, exactly?

New comment by froggertoaster in "Understanding the Worst .NET Vulnerability"

froggertoaster — Tue, 28 Oct 2025 13:40:27 +0000

I'm a simple man. I see Andrew Lock, I upvote.

New comment by froggertoaster in "Trump pardons convicted Binance founder"

froggertoaster — Sun, 26 Oct 2025 16:55:35 +0000

Thanks for all of the comments. I wasn't replying simply because I haven't seen them, but based on the comments I actually got: I feel like my words would be like yelling into a vacuum regardless of what I actually say.

New comment by froggertoaster in "Trump pardons convicted Binance founder"

froggertoaster — Sun, 26 Oct 2025 16:53:39 +0000

Just to be clear, I'm not part of any "resistance". I don't know what that is. Sounds awfully tribalistic - something I go out of my way to avoid.

New comment by froggertoaster in "YouTube Just Ate TV. It's Only Getting Started"

froggertoaster — Sun, 26 Oct 2025 16:52:27 +0000

https://archive.is/2kNrh

New comment by froggertoaster in "Trump pardons convicted Binance founder"

froggertoaster — Thu, 23 Oct 2025 20:56:47 +0000

Hi, Trump voter here. I'm NOT fine with this.