Hacker News: janpot

New comment by janpot in "Claude Opus 5.5"

janpot — Tue, 22 Sep 2026 17:53:07 +0000

"The improvements are underwhelming for a model that, according to previous claims, should have replaced all knowledge work twice by now, but you know, it's just because we're pacing the frontier."

Hedge-fund manager built his firm to be powered by AI agents

janpot — Tue, 22 Sep 2026 12:50:14 +0000

Article URL: https://www.cnbc.com/2026/09/08/brian-kelly-bracket22-ai-agents.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49800407

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

A familiar and performant compile time CSS-in-JS library for React

janpot — Fri, 11 Sep 2026 13:22:14 +0000

Article URL: https://compiledcssinjs.com/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49657993

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

Starship's Thirteenth Flight Test

janpot — Thu, 16 Jul 2026 18:25:04 +0000

Article URL: https://www.spacex.com/launches/starship-flight-13

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48938252

Points: 10

# Comments: 4

Astronauts told to return to ISS after sheltering over air leak repairs

janpot — Fri, 05 Jun 2026 15:00:31 +0000

Article URL: https://www.bbc.com/news/live/c4g44ew3g1kt

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48413464

Points: 422

# Comments: 267

New comment by janpot in "Nearly half (44%) of every T-shirt goes to waste before you even buy it"

janpot — Fri, 29 May 2026 08:30:28 +0000

"mom & pop owned facility" is a very charitable term for the kind of sweatshops western countries love to hide their modern variant of slave labor in.

New comment by janpot in "Nearly half (44%) of every T-shirt goes to waste before you even buy it"

janpot — Wed, 27 May 2026 14:30:19 +0000

> Manufacturers may not have the money to do the research themselves, but are highly incentivized to incorporate the improvements if somebody else figures it out for them.

Which incentive is this exactly then if the cost is bore by society? "Polluter pays" creates both that exact incentive and the required funds for public research.

New comment by janpot in "I'm Tired of Talking to AI"

janpot — Wed, 27 May 2026 13:59:45 +0000

I told some of my coworkers that they should keep in mind that if their job becomes "passing messages between an AI Assistant and their co-workers", sooner or later someone will realize they can just cut the middle man and build an agent that does their job. Use AI assistants all you like but don't forget to add value.

New comment by janpot in "Nearly half (44%) of every T-shirt goes to waste before you even buy it"

janpot — Wed, 27 May 2026 09:39:54 +0000

> This is what government is for. Tax everybody to provide benefits to everybody. This is infrastructure spending, just like roads.

This is not roads, this is waste management. I pay proportional to the amount of waste my household produces to have it disposed correctly, the more waste I produce, the more I pay. That is what government is for, steering behavior through taxation, instead of letting the most morally depraved enrich themselves on the rest of society.

New comment by janpot in "Nearly half (44%) of every T-shirt goes to waste before you even buy it"

janpot — Tue, 26 May 2026 13:17:21 +0000

Right, privatize the profits, socialize the costs. The fast fashion industry makes billions in profit every year, what do you mean exactly by "Manufacturers may not have the money to do the research"?

Starship's Twelfth Flight Test Livestream

janpot — Thu, 21 May 2026 23:28:02 +0000

Article URL: https://x.com/i/broadcasts/1YxNrZwwomNxw

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48230034

Points: 8

# Comments: 1

The two oldest printing presses

janpot — Mon, 18 May 2026 05:01:19 +0000

Article URL: https://museumplantinmoretus.be/en/worlds-two-oldest-printing-presses

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48175748

Points: 55

# Comments: 24

NASA's Artemis II Live Mission Coverage [video]

janpot — Wed, 01 Apr 2026 12:02:45 +0000

Article URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3kR2KK8TEs

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47599690

Points: 4

# Comments: 0

New comment by janpot in "Use the Mikado Method to do safe changes in a complex codebase"

janpot — Mon, 02 Mar 2026 14:44:43 +0000

In 2026, we call this "plan mode"

New comment by janpot in "Testing Ads in ChatGPT"

janpot — Mon, 09 Feb 2026 19:24:56 +0000

Dont't be evil, etc... we've seen it all before. Eventually ads will be hidden in the answers, it's just a matter of time, enshittification ensues eventually.

God, how stupid do they think we are?