<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: ikt</title><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=ikt</link><description>Hacker News RSS</description><docs>https://hnrss.org/</docs><generator>hnrss v2.1.1</generator><lastBuildDate>Sat, 20 Jun 2026 19:09:50 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://hnrss.org/user?id=ikt" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"></atom:link><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by ikt in "Apparently Google hates us now"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p><a href="https://www.ecosia.org/search?q=plumber%E2%80%99s+bread&addon=opensearch" rel="nofollow">https://www.ecosia.org/search?q=plumber%E2%80%99s+bread&addo...</a><p>afaik Ecosia is a blend of Google and Bing now while they work on their own engine<p>How does this compare?</p>
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<p>I was like are we using the same teams app?</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2026 07:33:17 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47451592</link><dc:creator>ikt</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47451592</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47451592</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by ikt in "I wasted years of my life in crypto"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I duno, I still can't make a payment on the net without Visa or Mastercard, still a problem to be solved to me<p>Looks like other people still trying to solve as well:<p>> Earlier this year, Coinbase changed online payments forever with a new protocol called x402. But could this technology really usher in a new age of 'machine to machine' payments? Let's run it...<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6wc6yvoZLY" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6wc6yvoZLY</a></p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 08 Dec 2025 04:43:10 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46188419</link><dc:creator>ikt</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46188419</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46188419</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by ikt in "I wasted years of my life in crypto"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Yep, that's what I thought nano had done:<p><a href="https://nano.org/en" rel="nofollow">https://nano.org/en</a><p>instant, fee's a fraction of a cent, I thought this was it, international payments that don't rely on visa/mastercard!<p>and then it just went no where :\</p>
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<p>over time you would assume the models will get more efficient and the hardware will get better to the point that buying a massive new gpu with boatloads of vram is just not necessary<p>maybe 128gb of vram becomes the new mid tier model and most llms can fit into this nicely and do everything one wants in an llm<p>given how fast llms are progressing it wouldn’t surprise me if we reach this point by 2030</p>
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<p>i don’t quite see the point in waiting, if you’re using something like lm studio just download the latest and greatest and you’re on your way, where is the fatigue part?<p>i can understand maybe if you’re spending hours setting it up but to me these are download and go</p>
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<p>don’t know why you’re being downvoted, seems reasonable to me</p>
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<p>Highly recommend Lemmy, the people who make it are a bit iffy but it definitely gives old school reddit vibes <a href="https://lemmy.world/" rel="nofollow">https://lemmy.world/</a></p>
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<p>just quickly your website doesn't have https so it says that the site I'm going is insecure:<p>> Secure Site Not Available<p>> You’ve enabled HTTPS-Only Mode for enhanced security, and a HTTPS version of businessbooksandco.com is not available.<p>I was legit taken back for a second wondering what I just clicked on<p>But cheers, I just realised how far we've come if yours was the first site in years? that I've seen this on</p>
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<p>> Tokyo-based ispace<p>I cannot believe the old Apple naming scheme is still hanging around, I get that I'm irrationally hating this style of name but I just don't understand, why do I see it as peak lack of creativity?<p>It's like whenever you can't think of a name for something just go with e-thing or i-thing</p>
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<p>> Lemmy is 1000x better even if the total amount of users is less in absolute numbers<p>This is so true, I've had to put a timer on how much I can use it as I'm addicted like the old school reddit days<p>I think all it'll take is reddit messing up and lemmy.world might be the new front page of the internet</p>
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<p>I wouldn't put 100% of the blame on the Democrats, here in Australia we are frequently voting for the least worst option not the best, and I'm not sure how the Democrats weren't the least worst option when compared to the other option<p>but for some reason a whole heap of people decided to stay home this time and this is the result, hope they still feel happy with their decision</p>
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<p>On Wednesday, Sergey Brin, co-founder of Google, said the company could lead the industry in artificial general intelligence — when machines match or become smarter than humans — if employees worked harder.<p>“I recommend being in the office at least every weekday,” he wrote in a memo posted internally on Wednesday evening that was viewed by The New York Times. He added that “60 hours a week is the sweet spot of productivity” in the message to employees who work on Gemini, Google’s lineup of A.I. models and apps.<p>----<p>Does anyone know where he got this number from? I've asked a few people and no one seems to know.<p>I assume he's talking about 12 hour work days as well not like 8 hours for 7 days essentially having no time off at all</p>
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<p>Comments URL: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43229125">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43229125</a></p>
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<p>it does look like nitter but I thought it was dead after twitter changed the api after musk took over?</p>
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<p>how does chatgpt paid compare to perplexity.ai ?</p>
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<p>And if this ends up being endemic and all the slaves are beaten for missing their quotas and no one is making any money then they'll be forced to move onto something else, because the crime lords are in it for money no other reason</p>
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<p>> On what grounds did you advocate against it?<p>It is incredibly addictive inducing drug like state:<p>> You’ll just be in this pleasurable dopamine state, carried away. It’s almost hypnotic, you’ll keep watching and watching. - Dr. Julie Albright<p>> You keep scrolling, she says, because sometimes you see something you like, and sometimes you don’t. And that differentiation — very similar to a slot machine in Vegas — is key.<p>I detest slot machines, so many lives wasted away, and I feel like we already spend too much time on computers to the detriment of both ourselves and society, let alone giving the CCP a hand to manipulate people on top of everything else</p>
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<p>I 100% agree, I think social media has been a complete mistake, facebook's creation is my version of eternal november since I joined the web in 1999<p>The big reason I think it changed is that the internet went from being a place for nerds and geeks, when there was a technical barrier to getting online, to a place where there is essentially no barrier. As a result the web now reflects the innocence, openness, and intellectual curiosity of the average person, since the internet has become a daily part of everyone's life not just a subsection of the world that appeals to us.</p>
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<p>> You think it's easier to require setting up a third party account, adding your card to it, getting the card authorised, and doing the payment that way, with fees.<p>- You don't have to setup an account<p>- You don't have to get the card authorised (I don't know what this means)<p>- Adding your card numbers in takes me 10 seconds, in the case of Paypal, it's already there so no time<p>- Fee's are minimal, not even worth wondering about<p>In terms of donation, entering in the amount to donate and clicking submit is yes, easier than going into my bank's website, bringing up the international transfer, and it's asking me for SMS confirmation that I want to do this, and I can't be bothered going further.<p>edit: I think maybe we are fighting the wrong battle.<p>You think IBAN is super easy, and maybe in Europe it is.<p>I'm not in Europe though and neither is the other chap, so maybe the donations are very easy in Europe but not so much out of it.<p>I've never done an IBAN payment in my life but I've donated thousands and thousands of dollars to loads of places all over the world without issue for years including Ukraine, this is the first time I've seen a place only accepting an IBAN donation, which feels like a friction that is not there for other places.</p>
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<p>As an Australian we have payid to transfer free and instantly between banks instead of needing a 3rd party app but I think he's right that if you are relying on IBAN and needing to do an individual bank transfer then it's not ideal.<p>It should be as easy as possible to donate, imo it would be better even setting up a basic kofi or buy me a coffee account, or I see the Ukrainians using paypal all the time.<p>It should be a 3 click payment not a bank transfer requiring copying and pasting IBAN numbers and bank account numbers etc<p>To poke fun at the Germans at least they are not requesting we fax a copy of the money in :P</p>
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