<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: jfoster</title><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=jfoster</link><description>Hacker News RSS</description><docs>https://hnrss.org/</docs><generator>hnrss v2.1.1</generator><lastBuildDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2026 07:40:39 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://hnrss.org/user?id=jfoster" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"></atom:link><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by jfoster in "Tell HN: OpenAI has started putting ads on paid programs"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Presumably you'd be paying for that, right?<p>What if the CEO of that one will come along and notice all the fat stacks of money he's leaving on the table by not advertising to all of those rich contrarians?</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2026 15:24:04 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48687757</link><dc:creator>jfoster</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48687757</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48687757</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by jfoster in "Fired by Google for creating the Google workspace CLI"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>In this case it seems like a bit of coaching could have retained a talented employee who has a preference for taking initiative.<p>I have a hunch that the order of the day within big tech is to let go of anyone they can. As long as they provide a reason, it's one less headcount that needs to be laid off in the next round.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2026 12:01:16 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48658434</link><dc:creator>jfoster</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48658434</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48658434</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by jfoster in "Waymo Premier"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I'm surprised explanation is necessary, but OK.<p>Even if the criminals don't themselves consider the presence of cameras, the cameras likely ensure they will not have freedom for too much longer.</p>
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<p>But they might stop it from happening again if the perpetrators are imprisoned as a result of the footage.</p>
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<p>They might not, but there is a further defence against their lack of consideration about consequences.<p>It's called incarceration.</p>
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<p>The entire concept of a review is that it's one person's opinion.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2026 10:29:09 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48474198</link><dc:creator>jfoster</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48474198</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48474198</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why Tech CEOs Are Quietly Cancelling Their AI Plans [video]]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Article URL: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBtUgWn-nHs">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBtUgWn-nHs</a></p>
<p>Comments URL: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48435079">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48435079</a></p>
<p>Points: 3</p>
<p># Comments: 1</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 07 Jun 2026 14:14:25 +0000</pubDate><link>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBtUgWn-nHs</link><dc:creator>jfoster</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48435079</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48435079</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by jfoster in "Does anyone know since when we are close to building in space?"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>As I see it, you're making a few mistakes in your thinking in this post:<p>1. You assume that the recent change is that we are close to building in space, but actually what's changed is that it's becoming clearer what might be commercially useful to build in space. Not so long ago, the best idea for commercializing space was satellites taking photos of Earth, or somehow making spacecraft for mining asteroids. Then Starlink started, and next up will be energy-intensive but high-latency distributed compute, which suits AI training well. A lot of the "exactly how" might still need to be figured out along the way, but it likely will get figured out.<p>2. You're assuming a space-based data center would look the same as an Earth-based data center. It definitely won't. It probably looks more like a larger scale Starlink, but with much bigger satellites due to the need for giant radiators.<p>3. You're assuming that different technologies (space DCs vs AVs) will progress in lock step with each other. Definitely not the case. For example, we can get wireless internet from space already, but we still don't have a robot that can give someone a haircut? The tech tree branches are mostly separate, and some explored a lot more than others.<p>4. Insane complexity is already something that many types of technology require. It does not preclude those things from being explored.</p>
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<p>If you read his articles over the years you would continually think that Tesla should go out of business in the near future, yet they never do.<p>He might not specifically lie, but puts such a negative spin on anything Elon-related that the overall result is essentially a lie.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 17 May 2026 07:31:45 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48166798</link><dc:creator>jfoster</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48166798</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48166798</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by jfoster in "The Prompt API"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Fair, but actually you'd surely want your choice of those three, right?<p>And what's being discussed here is what the better implementation of option 3 is.<p>My point is that if you're going with one of the possible implementations of option 3, then 22GB per browser is objectively a lot better than 22GB per website.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2026 11:41:14 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47933072</link><dc:creator>jfoster</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47933072</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47933072</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by jfoster in "The Prompt API"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Why are you pretending those are the options?<p>The options are:<p>1. 22GB per website<p>2. 22GB per browser<p>3. 0GB / No AI capabilities<p>By having this in Chrome they are simply ensuring that option 2 replaces option 1. You still have option 3.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2026 14:25:08 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47922085</link><dc:creator>jfoster</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47922085</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47922085</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by jfoster in "Microsoft and OpenAI end their exclusive and revenue-sharing deal"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Good for Google Cloud, bad for Gemini = ??? for Google</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2026 14:11:29 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47921865</link><dc:creator>jfoster</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47921865</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47921865</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by jfoster in "The Prompt API"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Also much better than every website wanting its own 22 GB rather than the 22 GB being a shared resource.</p>
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<p>Doesn't sound great, but consider how much better this is than every webpage trying to load their own models.<p>If it turns out useful enough I'm sure browsers will just start including it as (perhaps optional?) part of installation.</p>
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<p>> those days seem so long gone now.<p>Well, Musk v OpenAI kicks off in one week from now with the objective of forcing them back to their roots. A jury will be deciding whether a nonprofit accepting $50m - $100m of donations and then discarding their mission for an IPO is OK or not. Should be interesting.</p>
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<p>> ... because of how homogenous the internet has become...<p>Designs have been settling on a local maxima. If you are aware of a better hill to  be climbed, please do let everyone know.</p>
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<p>It can write (some) code that works. Just roughly guessing from my use, but I think of it as being a bit like ChatGPT circa-2024 in terms of capability & speed.<p>Disappointing if you compare it to anything else from 2026, but fairly impressive for something that can run locally at an OK speed.</p>
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<p>These are speed bumps for you but they make it nearly impossible for something to go mainstream, so rest assured they work extremely well on others.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2026 02:06:02 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47746713</link><dc:creator>jfoster</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47746713</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47746713</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by jfoster in "Tell HN: Chrome says "suspicious download" when trying to download yt-dlp"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Suspicion is in the eye of the beholder.</p>
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<p>Really cool! Is this using a Google API? How is it not costing a small fortune?</p>
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