Hacker News: jack_riminton

New comment by jack_riminton in "65% of Hacker News posts have negative sentiment, and they outperform"

jack_riminton — Tue, 06 Jan 2026 16:11:59 +0000

HN is where nerds come to complain with other nerds

New comment by jack_riminton in "Tesla’s 4680 battery supply chain collapses as partner writes down deal by 99%"

jack_riminton — Tue, 30 Dec 2025 12:38:21 +0000

No I said “ Even if the truck has been a flop I doubt their whole battery program has been “

The replier then went off on one about the truck actually being a flop. I already conceded it had been. The main point was that their battery program probably hasn’t been a flop

New comment by jack_riminton in "Tesla’s 4680 battery supply chain collapses as partner writes down deal by 99%"

jack_riminton — Mon, 29 Dec 2025 18:14:24 +0000

Electrek’s ‘reporting’ has proven so one-sided that I take all their stories with a bucket of salt. Even if the truck has been a flop I doubt their whole battery program has been. Perhaps they’re rejigging suppliers and pausing whilst they get ready to ramp up cyber cab production lines

New comment by jack_riminton in "After ruining a treasured water resource, Iran is drying up"

jack_riminton — Thu, 18 Dec 2025 13:18:14 +0000

Oh they'll be thinking way beyond his reign!

New comment by jack_riminton in "Gemini 3 Flash: Frontier intelligence built for speed"

jack_riminton — Thu, 18 Dec 2025 12:07:10 +0000

I'm not entirely sure it will ever see the light of day tbh

The amount of money sloshing around in these acquisitions makes you wonder what they're really for

New comment by jack_riminton in "After ruining a treasured water resource, Iran is drying up"

jack_riminton — Thu, 18 Dec 2025 12:03:55 +0000

The 2nd and 3rd order effects of any wars e.g with Afghanistan might be causing some late nights in Langley

New comment by jack_riminton in "After ruining a treasured water resource, Iran is drying up"

jack_riminton — Thu, 18 Dec 2025 12:01:26 +0000

I suggest you read the article it talks about the viability of that very point

New comment by jack_riminton in "Gemini 3 Flash: Frontier intelligence built for speed"

jack_riminton — Wed, 17 Dec 2025 22:18:13 +0000

But you’re forgetting the Jonny Ive hardware device that totally isn’t like that laughable pin badge thing from Humane

Tech for Gardeners

jack_riminton — Sat, 25 Oct 2025 17:34:24 +0000

Are there any keen gardeners that would recommend any tech? (hardware or software)

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45705587

Points: 7

# Comments: 3

New comment by jack_riminton in "Deloitte to refund the Australian government after using AI in $440k report"

jack_riminton — Tue, 07 Oct 2025 11:02:49 +0000

Yeah but it's missing the credentials

Hey this report was done by McKinsey and they hire from Harvard and Stanford, and hear how well they speak and look how soft their hair is, the report must be good!

New comment by jack_riminton in "Deloitte to refund the Australian government after using AI in $440k report"

jack_riminton — Tue, 07 Oct 2025 10:50:28 +0000

True, they are called the "Hidden Client", any good consultant will be able to essentially do intelligence gathering on who that is and what they want, because it will be one exec

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vMdZhIfPjs&list=PLtuDeBJEKi...

New comment by jack_riminton in "Deloitte to refund the Australian government after using AI in $440k report"

jack_riminton — Tue, 07 Oct 2025 09:57:48 +0000

As someone who did an MBA and was groomed to be a Consultant and then repented (now a software engineer) you have to understand that the customer of a consultancy project is an exec.

1. The exec has been charged with exploring a new product space, a potential M&A deal, more vertical integration etc etc

2. The exec needs a gauge on the "size of the prize", is this thing worth doing? roughly how will it be done? how long etc.

3. The exec probably already has a rough idea or gut feeling about one such option

4. The consultants produce something that usually supports the gut feeling, other times it will suggest alternatives and provide some facts and figures to support

New comment by jack_riminton in "Sora 2"

jack_riminton — Wed, 01 Oct 2025 09:28:20 +0000

Lets take a step back and realise how incredible this is (I'm sure there are plenty of other `ackshually` comments)

Can it do Will Smith eating spaghetti? (I can't get access in UK)

New comment by jack_riminton in "Vertical Solar Panels Are Out Standing"

jack_riminton — Tue, 30 Sep 2025 07:56:51 +0000

This is my main concern too.

The next question is what is the cost and difficulty of creating the foundations necessary to handle the worst wind you can expect?

New comment by jack_riminton in "CauseNet: Towards a causality graph extracted from the web"

jack_riminton — Tue, 02 Sep 2025 07:39:33 +0000

Reminds me of the early attempts at hand categorising knowledge for AI

New comment by jack_riminton in "The cost of interrupted work (2023)"

jack_riminton — Sun, 24 Aug 2025 14:07:12 +0000

Same. It seems the coding part of my brain and the communicating are mutually exclusive

I wonder if it’s related to the phenomena of some people having a ‘narrator’ in their head or, like me, there’s no voice and it takes effort to convert abstract thoughts to sentences

New comment by jack_riminton in "A 2k-year-old sun hat worn by a Roman soldier in Egypt"

jack_riminton — Sun, 24 Aug 2025 06:53:48 +0000

"What the ancient Romans wore may not be among the most pressing questions facing archaeologists, but it is one that attracts interest among the general public."

Such a snobby comment!

New comment by jack_riminton in "Palantir gets $10B contract from U.S. Army"

jack_riminton — Fri, 01 Aug 2025 20:46:13 +0000

Oh you mean like Ukraine and Russia? Might doesn’t equal right, but it certainly makes those who are wrong from even thinking of using force.

Why this needs explaining to presumably educated adults is kind of terrifying in itself

New comment by jack_riminton in "Palantir gets $10B contract from U.S. Army"

jack_riminton — Fri, 01 Aug 2025 12:40:19 +0000

Do you think nuclear weapons avoided ww3?

New comment by jack_riminton in "Palantir gets $10B contract from U.S. Army"

jack_riminton — Fri, 01 Aug 2025 10:31:16 +0000

Exactly, people have a "non-event bias" they can't fathom thing that didn't happen because of the preceeding things that had to happen to prevent it!