Hacker News: josefresco

New comment by josefresco in "Ad Blocker Test – Check If Your Ad Blocker Works"

josefresco — Fri, 05 Jun 2026 14:57:18 +0000

Stock Brave: 63% w/uBOL: 65%

New comment by josefresco in "Googlebook"

josefresco — Tue, 12 May 2026 19:47:36 +0000

I agree with "who is this for" but to be fair to Google's example, the most common use I see of AI for "normal people" besides chat/homework is creating event/business posters and small business promo graphics. The kind of stuff that used to be a Canva template, can now be created quicker/easier with an AI prompt. I agree it's a super-lame use for AI, but the average person's use-cases for AI as it exists now are still very limited (IMHO).

New comment by josefresco in "Higher usage limits for Claude and a compute deal with SpaceX"

josefresco — Wed, 06 May 2026 16:59:14 +0000

It is very much a valid argument. SpaceX has been working on this issue for years.

https://theconversation.com/a-million-new-spacex-satellites-...

FTA: "SpaceX has done a lot of engineering work to make its Starlink satellites fainter. They are still too bright for research astronomy, but thanks to new coatings, their brightness has not increased dramatically even as SpaceX has launched larger and larger satellites."

New comment by josefresco in "Flock cameras keep telling police a man who doesn't have a warrant has a warrant"

josefresco — Fri, 01 May 2026 19:25:08 +0000

> but maybe not illegal

We won't know for years/decades. This type of corporate malfeasance it being institutionalized at the highest levels.

New comment by josefresco in "Flock cameras keep telling police a man who doesn't have a warrant has a warrant"

josefresco — Fri, 01 May 2026 19:22:08 +0000

No it still relates to the cameras. When you hook up incompetence with automation bad things happen quickly an in far great numbers. Incompetence alone, if isolated or kept from spreading viraly is far less damaging.

New comment by josefresco in "Your Website Is Not for You"

josefresco — Fri, 01 May 2026 15:43:49 +0000

Came here to say basically this. Your company website is not for you, but your personal website should be. I spent years chasing Google traffic and useless business goals for my own blog until I realized I should publish for me, not the users.

And if I do something that Google doesn't like... who cares? It's for me and Google will come crawling (literally) back anyways.

Currently I use my blog as a bookmarking service. Instead of a browser bookmark, I built a Chrome extension that simply posts the link to my blog as a new post where it's public, and easily discoverable from any device BY ME!

New comment by josefresco in "Waymo in Portland"

josefresco — Wed, 29 Apr 2026 12:55:30 +0000

I don't believe Google breaks it down but everyone assumes Waymo accounts for roughly 50% of $7.52B in "other bets" losses. And that's just 2025, losses in Q4 2025 are almost 2x Q4 2024. Cost factors are improving but they continue to shovel money into the R&D furnace.

New comment by josefresco in "Waymo in Portland"

josefresco — Tue, 28 Apr 2026 19:13:57 +0000

I wonder how long Google will continue to subsidize this at a substantial loss? Estimated $30–40 billion spent in the last decade that only really pays off if they dominate the market.

New comment by josefresco in "YouTube users get option to set their Shorts time limit to zero minutes"

josefresco — Thu, 16 Apr 2026 13:58:13 +0000

Is there a similar blocker for Instagram Reels?

New comment by josefresco in "Sam Altman's home targeted in second attack"

josefresco — Mon, 13 Apr 2026 12:06:23 +0000

Or he could move to a military base like several prominent administration officials.

New comment by josefresco in "White House staff told not to place bets on prediction markets"

josefresco — Fri, 10 Apr 2026 12:58:58 +0000

Investor highlights for each platform:

Kalshi: Sequoia Capital, Paradigm, Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), Y Combinator, Charles Schwab, Henry Kravis (KKR), and CapitalG (Alphabet).

Polymarket: Intercontinental Exchange (ICE - parent of the NYSE), Founders Fund (Peter Thiel), Vitalik Buterin, and 1789 Capital (Donald Trump Jr.).

PredictIt: Primarily supported by Aristotle International (a political tech firm) and historically Victoria University of Wellington.

Donald Trump Jr.: Prominent investor in Polymarket through his firm, 1789 Capital, and serves as a paid strategic advisor to Kalshi.

The current CFTC Chairman, Michael Selig, created a 35-member panel to draft new regulations for prediction markets. This panel includes the CEOs of the platforms they regulate, such as Shayne Coplan (Polymarket) and Tarek Mansour (Kalshi).

New comment by josefresco in ""The new Copilot app for Windows 11 is really just Microsoft Edge""

josefresco — Tue, 07 Apr 2026 13:48:45 +0000

There's also a browser extension: https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/xcancelcom-redirect...

New comment by josefresco in "Are We Idiocracy Yet?"

josefresco — Tue, 07 Apr 2026 12:57:22 +0000

Indeed, the comment could be spun into an Onion headline itself! "American Man Exhausted by Frequent Mass Shooting Reporting"

New comment by josefresco in "Goodbye to Sora"

josefresco — Wed, 25 Mar 2026 12:10:48 +0000

This tracks my usage exactly. It was like Mad Libs - in that moment it was THE MOST FUN but after a while it became just a novelty bordering on... creepy. Now I feel kind of guilty for having exposed so many friends to what looks like a data gathering scheme.

New comment by josefresco in "Why are Chinese EVs cheaper than Tesla"

josefresco — Mon, 09 Mar 2026 16:12:36 +0000

The struggle to "compete with China" on price is not new. Tesla's failings have everything to do with it's failures in execution, quality and brand image. Apple does quite well in China.

New comment by josefresco in "Anthropic sues Trump admin over supply-chain risk label"

josefresco — Mon, 09 Mar 2026 16:00:16 +0000

Dupe: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47310490

New comment by josefresco in "Anthropic sues to block Pentagon blacklisting over AI use restrictions"

josefresco — Mon, 09 Mar 2026 15:53:27 +0000

This is some interesting framing: "claims a veto"

It aligns with Emil Michael, the Pentagon’s chief technology officer who said "I need someone who’s not going to wig out in the middle"

Both statements give the impression Anthropic is looking to be directly inserted into the kill chain command structure which as far as I understand is not accurate.

New comment by josefresco in "Wikipedia was in read-only mode following mass admin account compromise"

josefresco — Thu, 05 Mar 2026 17:21:00 +0000

Surplus is a good thing right? Long term stability, responsible financial management, healthy margins? If they said one year "You know what? We're good on donations this year." it would never be restarted.

New comment by josefresco in "Wikipedia was in read-only mode following mass admin account compromise"

josefresco — Thu, 05 Mar 2026 17:13:11 +0000

What's the operating budget for other websites with comparable traffic? Without context $185 million seems like a lot, but compared to what? Reddit's operating budget for the same timeframe was $1.86 billion.

New comment by josefresco in "Meta’s AI smart glasses and data privacy concerns"

josefresco — Tue, 03 Mar 2026 21:47:16 +0000

https://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/DataSet%2011/EFTA02718...