Hacker News: jameskilton

New comment by jameskilton in "The Whole Anthropic Kerfuffle"

jameskilton — Thu, 14 May 2026 13:30:46 +0000

> At Anthropic, we build AI to serve humanity’s long-term well-being.

If Anthropic actually cared about humans, they would have the best customer support (staffed by humans, for humans) and communications team (again, staffed by humans, for humans).

As both of these are actually on par with Silicon Valley standards (between medicore and atrociously bad), Anthropic cannot and should not be trusted with anything to do with AI, because whatever they do will not benefit humanity.

New comment by jameskilton in "GitLab announces workforce reduction and end of their CREDIT values"

jameskilton — Mon, 11 May 2026 21:47:56 +0000

A reminder that every line of code written is a liability, not an asset.

If I had any inkling of giving GitLab a try, this killed it.

New comment by jameskilton in "Colorado grandma keeps getting pulled over due to database error"

jameskilton — Sun, 03 May 2026 23:06:49 +0000

Flock is pure cruelty. All justice, no mercy. It needs to go away.

New comment by jameskilton in "An Update on GitHub Availability"

jameskilton — Tue, 28 Apr 2026 12:03:19 +0000

Nice, they have availability numbers now on their status page, but they aren't aggregating.

If you multiply all current numbers together (as of Apr 28), you find out that GitHub has a 97.26% uptime.

One ... single ... 9.

They can do better.

New comment by jameskilton in "Palantir employees are starting to wonder if they're the bad guys"

jameskilton — Thu, 23 Apr 2026 17:53:11 +0000

Never underestimate the lengths and depths people will go in the name of a salary.

New comment by jameskilton in "Top MAGA influencer revealed to be AI"

jameskilton — Wed, 22 Apr 2026 15:37:09 +0000

As the American Justice system is fundamentally broken now, if Interpol decides to "disappear" Trump to the Hague next time he's in Europe it would be greatly appreciated.

New comment by jameskilton in "Tactical Success, Strategic Failure? Washington Walks the Path to Defeat in Iran"

jameskilton — Wed, 15 Apr 2026 11:53:21 +0000

Why do you think Melania started talking about Epstein again when she did?

New comment by jameskilton in "Iran threatens 'complete and utter annihilation' of OpenAI's $30B Stargate"

jameskilton — Sun, 05 Apr 2026 23:31:47 +0000

We are in a really bad situation, of our own making no doubt.

We actually have no idea who's in charge of Iran (the stated ruler has yet to be seen and probably was severely injured in the same blast that killed Khamenei), but it's a pretty good bet that they are even more extreme and hard-line than before.

We've shown that Iran has complete and total control over the global economy via energy markets.

Every other country in the region wants Iran gone. Or to put it in more direct terms, the US kind of needs to "finish the job".

If we back down now, Iran wins, and that may actually be the worst possible situation to end up in.

To everyone who voted for Trump ... YOU VOTED FOR THIS. THANKS.

New comment by jameskilton in "Pharmaceuticals face 100% tariffs in US – unless firms strike a deal"

jameskilton — Fri, 03 Apr 2026 17:26:35 +0000

Are you expecting "mentally sound behavior" or "strategic coherence" from today's administration?

New comment by jameskilton in "LinkedIn is searching your browser extensions"

jameskilton — Thu, 02 Apr 2026 13:41:13 +0000

Why would you go to LinkedIn to play puzzle games? There's thousands of other places to do so.

New comment by jameskilton in "Folk are getting dangerously attached to AI that always tells them they're right"

jameskilton — Sat, 28 Mar 2026 15:19:10 +0000

Folks are getting dangerously attached to [political parties/candidates/news sources/social networks] that always tell them they're right.

It's really nothing new. It takes significant mental energy (a finite resource) to question what you're being told, and to do your own fact checking. Instead people by default gravitate towards echo chambers where they can feel good about being a part of a group bigger than themselves, and can spend their limited energy towards what really matters in their lives.

New comment by jameskilton in "AI got the blame for the Iran school bombing. The truth is more worrying"

jameskilton — Fri, 27 Mar 2026 17:17:24 +0000

Something that a lot of tech people, especially in Silicon Valley, seem to want to forget, is that at every level you still have people making decisions. AI is suggesting but someone, somewhere, still has to make the decision to act on that suggestion.

It's still people doing people things.

New comment by jameskilton in "Iran-linked hackers claim breach of FBI director's personal email"

jameskilton — Fri, 27 Mar 2026 16:51:32 +0000

But ... but her emails!

New comment by jameskilton in "Do Not Turn Child Protection into Internet Access Control"

jameskilton — Sat, 21 Mar 2026 21:14:10 +0000

That's the trick, it's always been about control. No-one in such positions actually cares about the children.

New comment by jameskilton in "The strait of Hormuz blockade will strangle US defense industry"

jameskilton — Thu, 19 Mar 2026 12:58:39 +0000

> only 6% of US defense contractors have fully transparent supply chains

The Industrial-Military complex and the constant fight against Right-to-Repair is finally biting us in the ass. It remains to be seen if we will learn anything from this disaster.

New comment by jameskilton in "2026 tech layoffs reach 45,000 in March"

jameskilton — Sat, 14 Mar 2026 20:04:01 +0000

Mark Zuckerberg is no longer the kingmaker that he was during Facebook's peak, and he is desperately trying to create the next platform to be the one in power once again.

It would be sad if it wasn't so unbelievably destructive to everything it touches.

New comment by jameskilton in "US- and Greek-owned tankers ablaze after Iran claims 'underwater drone' strike"

jameskilton — Thu, 12 Mar 2026 15:57:10 +0000

This is a tale as old as humanity itself. Power-hungry people will always push lies to foster their version of events. This always causes pain and destruction.

New comment by jameskilton in "US intelligence says Iran government is not at risk of collapse"

jameskilton — Thu, 12 Mar 2026 13:06:03 +0000

In all seriousness, if I ever had access to a time machine, I would want to see what the world looks like now in the timeline that Al Gore became president. I fully suspect that September 11 is one of those events that, in Doctor Who parlance, is a static point in all timelines, so I want to see how Gore would have responded, and what ramifications that would have had over the next 20 years.

New comment by jameskilton in "The Pentagon is making a mistake by threatening Anthropic"

jameskilton — Fri, 27 Feb 2026 16:29:25 +0000

"The Pentagon" has been the nomenclature for DoD / DoW for decades. Everyone knows what it means.

New comment by jameskilton in "What are the best coping mechanisms for AI Fatalism?"

jameskilton — Wed, 25 Feb 2026 14:34:09 +0000

Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes? Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? Can any one of you by worrying add a single hour to your life?

And why do you worry about clothes? See how the flowers of the field grow. They do not labor or spin. Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these. If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, will he not much more clothe you—you of little faith? So do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.

- Matthew 6:25-34