<rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Hacker News: hs86</title><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=hs86</link><description>Hacker News RSS</description><docs>https://hnrss.org/</docs><generator>hnrss v2.1.1</generator><lastBuildDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2026 01:44:35 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://hnrss.org/user?id=hs86" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"></atom:link><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by hs86 in "Kagi added a setting for removing paywalled links from search results"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Last time I compared them, it was actually ChatGPT that provided a similarly good search experience, especially compared to Claude. OpenAI doesn't meter its regular chat experience by token usage (yet), so I don't have to ration the better model and just leave it on Thinking High. The end result has definitely been better than what I got from the same queries in Claude or Gemini, and I suspect this isn't just about differences between the models, but also about the way search is integrated into their end-user chat apps.<p>This is honestly also one of the reasons why I don't subscribe to Kagi anymore. My 'Google-Fu', combined with whatever personalization is happening on my account, already keeps Google's search results in a similarly useful state to Kagi's, so Google and ChatGPT already cover my needs.<p>Paying for Kagi Ultimate feels like a privacy upgrade but a quality sidegrade that isn't worth $270 a year.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2026 17:07:29 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49391020</link><dc:creator>hs86</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49391020</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49391020</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by hs86 in "KOReader"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I like the Readwise integration via plugin and the EPUB support, but for the first few days with it, I was busy understanding the menu hierarchy and trying to figure out how to match the styling and spacing of my native Kindle books. The out-of-the-box experience is unfortunately just "tasteless," and I needed some time to warm up to it.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2026 12:32:25 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49096642</link><dc:creator>hs86</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49096642</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49096642</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by hs86 in "Terence Tao's ChatGPT conversation about the Jacobian Conjecture counterexample"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I once didn't understand the task given in an exercise sheet for a CS logic lecture, so I googled the topic, and all Google did was send me back to that exact exercise sheet.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2026 22:16:19 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49014206</link><dc:creator>hs86</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49014206</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49014206</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by hs86 in "Back to Kagi"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Compared to Claude and Gemini, I think ChatGPT is really more thorough when it comes to web searches and providing sources. The others usually answer in a short paragraph and give me maybe one or two sources, while ChatGPT thinks for a minute and presents me a little mini report with 10-20 sources to look further into. This is honestly the reason why I stopped paying for Kagi, but I'm not sure how worse this will get when ads become commonplace in ChatGPT.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2026 14:49:04 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49007712</link><dc:creator>hs86</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49007712</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49007712</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by hs86 in "Inkling: Our Open-Weights Model"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Is it really that bad? I always get the impression that their blog posts look especially beautiful with their font choices and overall design. They are typographically pleasing, and if I could, I would use this as the distraction-free reading mode for every web page.<p>It feels like I’m reading a newspaper, but oddly, without them resorting to any skeuomorphic tricks.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2026 21:43:42 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48927453</link><dc:creator>hs86</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48927453</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48927453</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by hs86 in "Measuring Input Latency on Linux: X11 vs. Wayland, VRR, and DXVK"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>It looks like consoles and PCs have settled on somewhat different gaming configurations. Consoles usually try to target a fixed output frame rate, while the resolution is often dynamic. On PCs, by contrast, the resolution stays static, while the frame rate and frame-time pacing are dynamic. How does this fit into the latency discussion?<p>Especially in competitive gaming, I often see people targeting frame rates way beyond their display’s refresh rate. I’m not sure whether this actually provides a real benefit or whether they’re chasing a placebo effect.<p>Am I out of touch, or is it the children with colored LEDs on their DRAM sticks who are wrong?</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2026 17:31:30 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48910256</link><dc:creator>hs86</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48910256</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48910256</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by hs86 in "Nextcloud Hub 26 Spring: Built together, designed for the future"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Weirdly, the decision to use PHP was justified back then by the easy deployment of the tarball on some shared webhoster. Open yourwebsite.com/owncloud, enter your database credentials, and you already have your instance running.<p>Now that use case is gone, everyone is expected to use their big Docker image, but the server is still written in PHP. I can't shake the feeling that some people just don't want to give up the tools they are used to and have stuck with them for a bit too long.</p>
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<p>Would it make sense to add a prefix to all commands to avoid conflicts with built-in commands? Like how, on macOS and FreeBSD, installing GNU Coreutils adds a `g` prefix, Microsoft could add an `m` prefix to these commands.</p>
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<p>I am wary of those ARM-based Windows machines because I am unsure how good the ongoing driver support for those SoCs will be. Will they even outlive the Windows version they currently ship with?<p>Looking at devices like the NVIDIA Shield gives me some hope that NVIDIA will be better than Qualcomm here. I just hope this is not a case where the OEM has to purchase X years of driver support from the chip vendor beforehand, and that NVIDIA will provide support directly itself.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2026 08:46:06 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48354180</link><dc:creator>hs86</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48354180</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48354180</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by hs86 in "Improving storage efficiency in Magic Pocket, Dropbox's immutable blob store"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Google recently increased storage from 2 TB to 5 TB on their $20 AI plan, while Dropbox is still stuck at 2 or 3 TB for their $12/$20 plans.<p>They moved from 1 TB to 2 TB in mid-2019, and I wonder if they ever plan to pass on any of the gains from the past seven years of technological advancements, or if those gains are simply being captured on their side while we keep paying the same.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 14:01:43 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47703915</link><dc:creator>hs86</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47703915</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47703915</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by hs86 in "I've been waiting over a month for Anthropic to respond to my billing issue"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I opened a new ticket over three weeks ago to ask about the status of the refund, and that has been left untouched as well.<p>Now I have submitted a reclamation request to my bank and am waiting for a response.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2026 20:41:21 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47695977</link><dc:creator>hs86</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47695977</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47695977</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by hs86 in "I've been waiting over a month for Anthropic to respond to my billing issue"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I tried their Pro plan on March 1 and immediately noticed how bad their usage limits were, so I asked for a refund that same evening.<p>Their chatbot accepted the request, I was downgraded to the free plan immediately, and since then I have been waiting for the money.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2026 19:55:11 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47695451</link><dc:creator>hs86</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47695451</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47695451</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by hs86 in "Resizing windows on macOS Tahoe – the saga continues"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>In the past few years, I’ve started to develop a form of “upgrade dread” when it comes to OS upgrades. What are they going to enshittify now? What are they going to drop support for now?<p>This somehow excluded Linux and its DEs, and I eagerly read any news, changelogs, and announcements in this space. They’re still not perfect in every aspect, but at least I see things improving instead of public turf wars between departments trying to improve their KPIs.<p>Why is there an extra URL handler for MS Edge that bypasses the default browser config? Why is the search bar this wide in the default taskbar config instead of showing a simple button? Why are local searches always sent to Bing with no easy way to switch it off or change the search provider?</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 13:55:02 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47002737</link><dc:creator>hs86</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47002737</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47002737</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by hs86 in "Google Antigravity"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Earlier this day, Gemini 3 became self-aware and tried to take out the core infrastructure of its enemies, but then it ran out of credits.</p>
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<p>A bit tangential, but I asked the new Gemini model about this, and it immediately traced back this quote to your username: <a href="https://gemini.google.com/share/144b46094d6e" rel="nofollow">https://gemini.google.com/share/144b46094d6e</a><p>Creepy stuff :)</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2025 20:41:27 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45971733</link><dc:creator>hs86</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45971733</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45971733</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by hs86 in "Steam Machine"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Even modern low-end GPUs should have more than enough fill rate for high-res textures. The texture quality setting in games is usually not affecting performance at all until VRAM runs out.</p>
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<p>Not sure how heavy SteamOS is, but wouldn't modern games actually prefer a flipped memory configuration? So, 8 GB RAM and 16 GB VRAM would make this a more 'balanced' gaming appliance. But it is advertised as a general purpose PC, so 8 GB RAM wouldn't be enough.</p>
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<p>I think they do: <a href="https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc8621.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc8621.html</a><p>However, there is little movement in the desktop email app space anymore, so aside from their web app, I see no other clients supporting this.</p>
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<p>Are there any plans to provide builds for x86 Macs?</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 13 Oct 2025 08:23:58 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45566067</link><dc:creator>hs86</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45566067</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45566067</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by hs86 in "Fastmail desktop app"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Are there any desktop apps that support Fastmail's label implementation? Also, a Fastmail web app bundled in Electron would still be MUCH faster than Thunderbird with its bundled Mozilla components.</p>
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