Hacker News: kawera

Objection.ai - The AI Tribunal of Truth

kawera — Sat, 18 Apr 2026 02:25:42 +0000

Article URL: https://objection.ai/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47812640

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

We Made Technology Easy to Use. That Was a Mistake

kawera — Sun, 05 Apr 2026 02:28:18 +0000

Article URL: https://slate.com/technology/2026/04/usability-complexity-apple-iphone-facebook-donald-norman.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47645599

Points: 5

# Comments: 0

AI, Human Cognition and Knowledge Collapse

kawera — Wed, 01 Apr 2026 20:20:43 +0000

Article URL: https://www.nber.org/papers/w34910

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47606026

Points: 4

# Comments: 0

New comment by kawera in "What's the best way to learn a new language?"

kawera — Sun, 22 Feb 2026 19:46:09 +0000

In most of Brazil, the "t" or "d" followed by "i" is pronounced as "tch", like in "cheese".

Large Language Model Reasoning Failures

kawera — Sun, 15 Feb 2026 19:47:58 +0000

Article URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.06176

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47026832

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

What Lies Beneath

kawera — Sun, 15 Feb 2026 04:55:59 +0000

Article URL: https://newhumanist.org.uk/articles/6505/what-lies-beneath

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47021181

Points: 4

# Comments: 0

New comment by kawera in "The EU moves to kill infinite scrolling"

kawera — Fri, 13 Feb 2026 23:59:58 +0000

> having a few large companies to watch over is better than millions of small micro-niche ones

Not necessarily. The consequences of a few bad micro-niche ones would be, well, micro.

New comment by kawera in "The risk of a hothouse Earth trajectory"

kawera — Wed, 11 Feb 2026 20:59:27 +0000

I would add:

* Plant more trees

New comment by kawera in "Why software stocks are getting pummelled"

kawera — Mon, 02 Feb 2026 19:53:55 +0000

SaaS margins too.

Burner phones and lead-lined bags: a history of UK security tactics in China

kawera — Wed, 28 Jan 2026 22:11:31 +0000

Article URL: https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/jan/28/burner-phones-history-uk-security-tactics-china-keir-starmer-visit

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46802295

Points: 5

# Comments: 0

New comment by kawera in "Ed tech is profitable. It is also mostly useless"

kawera — Fri, 23 Jan 2026 19:08:02 +0000

http://archive.today/jBkqW

Ed tech is profitable. It is also mostly useless

kawera — Fri, 23 Jan 2026 19:07:38 +0000

Article URL: https://www.economist.com/united-states/2026/01/22/ed-tech-is-profitable-it-is-also-mostly-useless

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46736415

Points: 3

# Comments: 2

AI companies will fail. We can salvage something from the wreckage

kawera — Sun, 18 Jan 2026 14:45:37 +0000

Article URL: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2026/jan/18/tech-ai-bubble-burst-reverse-centaur

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46668170

Points: 107

# Comments: 99

New comment by kawera in "European Alternatives for Digital Products"

kawera — Mon, 05 Jan 2026 21:34:30 +0000

Yes but it's up to date and much larger now.

European Alternatives for Digital Products

kawera — Mon, 05 Jan 2026 21:11:04 +0000

Article URL: https://european-alternatives.eu

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46505021

Points: 9

# Comments: 2

Is Cognitive Dissonance a Thing?

kawera — Fri, 26 Dec 2025 21:43:48 +0000

Article URL: https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-lede/is-cognitive-dissonance-actually-a-thing

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46396620

Points: 3

# Comments: 1

Dyslexia and the Reading Wars

kawera — Fri, 26 Dec 2025 21:30:57 +0000

Article URL: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/12/29/dyslexia-and-the-reading-wars

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46396495

Points: 5

# Comments: 1

Copywriters reveal how AI has decimated their industry

kawera — Sat, 13 Dec 2025 23:46:51 +0000

Article URL: https://www.bloodinthemachine.com/p/i-was-forced-to-use-ai-until-the

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46259380

Points: 10

# Comments: 1

Attacking macOS XPC Helpers: Protocol Reverse Engineering and Interface Analysis

kawera — Sat, 01 Nov 2025 23:54:00 +0000

Article URL: https://tonygo.tech/blog/2025/how-to-attack-macos-application-xpc-helpers

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45786619

Points: 8

# Comments: 0

Ultra-HD televisions not noticeably better for typical viewer

kawera — Mon, 27 Oct 2025 10:25:15 +0000

Article URL: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/oct/27/ultra-hd-televisions-4k-8k-not-noticeably-better-study

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45719295

Points: 1

# Comments: 2