Hacker News: julianz

New comment by julianz in "Gemini 4 Argon"

julianz — Wed, 14 Oct 2026 02:31:44 +0000

What about Antigravity? I don't get Argon 4 in that.

New comment by julianz in "Gemini 4 Argon"

julianz — Wed, 14 Oct 2026 02:26:47 +0000

Inexplicably, despite the fact that I pay Google actual money for an AI plan, they don't want me to use their latest model. Instead, I'm allowed to use the competition (Opus and Sonnet 5.5). I don't think it makes sense but what do I know?

New comment by julianz in "Gemini 4 Argon"

julianz — Wed, 14 Oct 2026 00:06:13 +0000

It includes one YT Premium license but not a family pack.

New comment by julianz in "Mistral Large 4"

julianz — Tue, 06 Oct 2026 22:35:01 +0000

Lantern in Sonnet 5.5

New comment by julianz in "WangNet – 1.8 MB, zero-dependency Numberwang adjudication in 11 languages"

julianz — Wed, 16 Sep 2026 06:10:39 +0000

Congratulations, you are one of today's 10,000!

New comment by julianz in "iPhone Duo"

julianz — Wed, 09 Sep 2026 23:12:27 +0000

PC LOAD LETTER

New comment by julianz in "Google Antigravity TOS: 3rd party usage can get Google account suspended"

julianz — Thu, 03 Sep 2026 23:11:44 +0000

Speaking from experience here, they don't ban your entire Google account, they block access to Antigravity (and only that, other Google AI services are still available). Pi very briefly supported logging into Antigravity a few months ago, I did so and made a couple of toy queries and then didn't use it again, and my Antigravity access was suspended until a few weeks ago.

The process to get un-suspended was completely byzantine and Google's own support desk wasn't able to do anything. I just kept trying newer versions of Antigravity until it eventually grew the ability to explain what was going on and then let me request access back.

New comment by julianz in "Why does Opus 5 feel worse to work with?"

julianz — Fri, 14 Aug 2026 19:33:10 +0000

Only some varieties of plum will turn into a prune when you dry them. Many will become a moldy pile of fruit flies instead.

New comment by julianz in "DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813"

julianz — Thu, 13 Aug 2026 01:57:15 +0000

There is only one provider for this model, so shouldn't be running into that.

New comment by julianz in "Are AI labs pelicanmaxxing?"

julianz — Thu, 23 Jul 2026 01:50:05 +0000

I asked Gemini 3.6 Flash for a pūkeko on a unicycle yesterday and the results were very stylish. The thinking notes were cool too, making sure it got all the high points of what it means to be a pūkeko (distinctive swamp hen found in NZ and Australia for anyone not familiar) and then figuring out how the legs would work with the pedals.

New comment by julianz in "Cursor 0day: When Full Disclosure Becomes the Only Protection Left"

julianz — Wed, 15 Jul 2026 04:02:44 +0000

I don't think it does?

   > cd C:\Temp
   > copy "C:\Program Files\Git\bin\git.exe" .\fred.exe
   > fred
   fred: The term 'fred' is not recognized as a name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or executable program.
   Check the spelling of the name, or if a path was included, verify that the path is correct and try again.

New comment by julianz in "dBase: 1979-2026"

julianz — Mon, 11 May 2026 03:33:41 +0000

My very first paid gig, aged 12, was figuring out how to print mailing labels from a Bondwell CP/M laptop running dBase II. Didn't enjoy it.

New comment by julianz in "I won a championship that doesn't exist"

julianz — Wed, 29 Apr 2026 00:50:12 +0000

Gemini answers with 3 different champions dating back to 2024 and the list of events that the matches were played at. None of the results mention this guy.

New comment by julianz in "Used La Marzocco machines are coveted by cafe owners and collectors"

julianz — Fri, 24 Apr 2026 20:48:49 +0000

What data do you think they're "harvesting"? If they're counting how many shots I pull and judging me by my choice of brew temp, I can live with that. The app adds a lot of convenience and saves having to have some sort of UI or manual control on the machine itself.

New comment by julianz in "Used La Marzocco machines are coveted by cafe owners and collectors"

julianz — Fri, 24 Apr 2026 20:39:21 +0000

250ml brew boiler with a small saturated group, and a separate 1.6L steam boiler. It's definitely aimed at a home environment but will easily keep up with making several drinks in a row. Compared to previous HX machines I've owned, it heats up much quicker and is more stable. I think not having a massive lump of brass like an E61 style machine helps a lot.

New comment by julianz in "Used La Marzocco machines are coveted by cafe owners and collectors"

julianz — Fri, 24 Apr 2026 11:21:48 +0000

La Marzocco Micra is up to temp in under 10 minutes and will stay there all day, it works very well indeed.

New comment by julianz in "FSF trying to contact Google about spammer sending 10k+ mails from Gmail account"

julianz — Wed, 22 Apr 2026 01:23:09 +0000

Yup, same. I'm blocking bc.googleusercontent.com and also firebaseapp.com for now. The reverse DNS should also be able to be used, as the fakey spam domains don't match up with the PTR record, but I want to wait until I can watch the logs for a bit to make sure that works nicely.

e.g.

PTR: 53.220.83.34.bc.googleusercontent.com

HELO: sax.co.uk

New comment by julianz in "Archive of BYTE magazine, starting with issue #1 in 1975"

julianz — Sun, 19 Apr 2026 19:08:55 +0000

There's a great display wall of Byte mag at the Computer Museum of America in Atlanta, they've got original cover artworks and possibly every issue. Loved it. Also more Crays than you've ever seen in one place.

New comment by julianz in "Who is Satoshi Nakamoto? My quest to unmask Bitcoin's creator"

julianz — Thu, 09 Apr 2026 04:14:17 +0000

60? Not even 40.

New comment by julianz in "How the Sriracha guys screwed over their supplier"

julianz — Mon, 09 Mar 2026 09:41:35 +0000

Flying Goose is good, my favourite is Ox brand. It's very punchy, heavy on the garlic.