Hacker News: globalnode

New comment by globalnode in "Sal Khan's AI revolution hasn't happened yet"

globalnode — Thu, 16 Apr 2026 06:29:48 +0000

have you noticed the obnoxious coloured swirly around the "chat with x" buttons too? just in case you didnt notice the button...

New comment by globalnode in "Good sleep, good learning, good life (2012)"

globalnode — Wed, 15 Apr 2026 23:22:03 +0000

It could be a bit like that elusive thing called motivation. "Just do it" seems so annoying when people say it but in my case sometimes its the only way to start building momentum. What im saying is dont wait for mood, perhaps the mood will develop once you obtain momentum on a goal or task.

New comment by globalnode in "Google broke its promise to me – now ICE has my data"

globalnode — Wed, 15 Apr 2026 22:50:27 +0000

it was mainly meta-data they acquired, which paints a fairly complete picture of what you do on the internet anyway. an isp can hand it over also but google likely just has more of it to give.

New comment by globalnode in "Sometimes powerful people just do dumb shit"

globalnode — Tue, 14 Apr 2026 07:52:49 +0000

whats the R word

New comment by globalnode in "A new spam policy for “back button hijacking”"

globalnode — Tue, 14 Apr 2026 07:44:50 +0000

will google really punish sites for doing this? and if so how do i report a site? i guess i could email the site with the google link and suggest they fix it first

New comment by globalnode in "Microsoft isn't removing Copilot from Windows 11, it's just renaming it"

globalnode — Tue, 14 Apr 2026 01:37:12 +0000

i have an old windows 10 pc for things that absolutely must run on non-vm windows, like guardian browser for example with online proctoring. but ive recently moved over to linux for my main comp for a few reasons. 1. steam has made gaming doable on linux and if i cant get it to run through proton or wine then i dont want to play that game. 2 microsoft pushed updates on me. 3. then microsoft pushed ads on me, 4. then microsoft removed any privacy i may have had with recall (they havent given up on it, just likely rebranded and hidden from view). 5. then microsoft forced slop one me. 6 then microsoft recently forced broken updates on me that made logging on a hit and miss affair. with all of these things going youd be forgiven for thinking im suffering from stockholm syndrome, and perhaps i was. but now ive got it in my head that im using linux no matter what, and if that means i cant play games or w/e, then so be it.

New comment by globalnode in "Stanford report highlights growing disconnect between AI insiders and everyone"

globalnode — Mon, 13 Apr 2026 22:34:41 +0000

and what happens in half a generation or so when those seniors start retiring? the only way software production will meet demand is if the fewer seniors out there are propped up by way more competent ai than we have now. that also means the work will fundamentally change from being massively nerdy to moderately nerdy with the ability to work with ai. many of the people in the computer industry now just wont be attracted to that type of work.. what will they do? become physicists or mathematicians? and what type of person is tomorrows senior software developer?

edit: maybe todays computer nerds will become tomorrows backyard hackers, the only ones able to beat the ai.

New comment by globalnode in "I run multiple $10K MRR companies on a $20/month tech stack"

globalnode — Sun, 12 Apr 2026 08:06:05 +0000

nice article, validates some of the things i already thought. although im sure things like aws and database servers etc are still useful for big companies

New comment by globalnode in "Chimpanzees in Uganda locked in eight-year 'civil war', say researchers"

globalnode — Fri, 10 Apr 2026 23:02:17 +0000

fascinating. so if humans are more like chimpanzees than not, then we are a group based animal that distrusts/fears other groups unless some strong leaders are able to bridge the gap? its an over simplification but then you have to ask, what defines a group? language? location? appearance? religion? wrt politicians, their job should be (amongst other things), bridging gaps between groups, instead of what we see going on in the world now.

New comment by globalnode in "Show HN: Is Hormuz open yet?"

globalnode — Wed, 08 Apr 2026 23:23:08 +0000

israels only option is to get america involved since they cant achieve their goals by themselves. trump unwittingly got a punch in the face last time he let himself get dragged in so doubt hell go 100% in again, maybe just lip service attacks to try and appease israel while backchannel appologising profusely to iran as he does it lol

edit: actually im likely completely wrong, what i wrote above is what i hope would be the case but sadly in reality the violence will never end and oil prices will go up and up and up. this is just a temporary blip. the fighting will continue until something more substantial happens to sort it out in favour of one side or the other.

New comment by globalnode in "Sam Altman may control our future – can he be trusted?"

globalnode — Tue, 07 Apr 2026 17:21:15 +0000

oh thats probably because im a cheap-skate and just use the free garbo models. im sure the pro version is quite good.

New comment by globalnode in "When War Crimes Rhetoric Becomes Battlefield Reality"

globalnode — Tue, 07 Apr 2026 08:26:53 +0000

exactly, they can argue forever that their point of view was justified.

New comment by globalnode in "When War Crimes Rhetoric Becomes Battlefield Reality"

globalnode — Tue, 07 Apr 2026 08:25:07 +0000

dont worry as soon as trump is gone americas sycophant allies will be clamouring to get back to some sort of pre-trump status quo, but i doubt we're ever going back to 100% pre-trump prices.

whoops, was responding to someone but accidentally top levelled this comment, which id rather leave here even though it lacks context -- something about levies on ship transit, which isnt really that much different to global tariffs is it?

New comment by globalnode in "Sam Altman may control our future – can he be trusted?"

globalnode — Tue, 07 Apr 2026 08:08:19 +0000

at this point even googles ai search results are better than gpt - obv. this is not for full programs but if you know what youre doing and just want a snippet, thats all you need.

New comment by globalnode in "The team behind a pro-Iran, Lego-themed viral-video campaign"

globalnode — Tue, 07 Apr 2026 05:26:02 +0000

people care, theyre just being censored and overwritten with rubbish.

New comment by globalnode in "The team behind a pro-Iran, Lego-themed viral-video campaign"

globalnode — Tue, 07 Apr 2026 05:21:09 +0000

youre only getting downvoted because they pay people good money to make sure their ridiculous narrative gets front page every single day. us murders a countries leader and a bunch of school kids and suddenly iran is accused of murdering 100k protesters and committing war crimes... like wtf lol

New comment by globalnode in "Microsoft to force updates to Windows 11 25H2 for PCs with older OS versions"

globalnode — Sat, 04 Apr 2026 23:52:01 +0000

so i instead get to run someone else's closed source .exe as admin on my system - out of the frying pan and into the fire.

New comment by globalnode in "Hold on to Your Hardware"

globalnode — Fri, 27 Mar 2026 14:22:02 +0000

Hilarious how comments like this consistently get downvoted, theres a lot of special interest lurkers on this forum

New comment by globalnode in "Miscellanea: The War in Iran"

globalnode — Thu, 26 Mar 2026 02:15:38 +0000

ive got opinions about this that id like to share but theyll likely be censored (your loss).

New comment by globalnode in "Project Nomad – Knowledge That Never Goes Offline"

globalnode — Sun, 22 Mar 2026 23:30:55 +0000

calling someone a prepper is an adhom, just like calling a greenie a tree hugger. just another way to dismiss something that is emotionally confronting so one can continue to feel some comfort in their own bubble.