Hacker News: kokken

New comment by kokken in "Why Your "AI-First" Strategy Is Probably Wrong"

kokken — Tue, 14 Apr 2026 04:57:46 +0000

Hey, maybe the new feature has 100% lift and so their N is 32

New comment by kokken in "Ask HN: Hiring in the age of AI-assisted coding: what works?"

kokken — Sat, 11 Apr 2026 02:11:31 +0000

You should interview for the skill that is required in the age of AI-assisted coding.

That is, looking at code that's been written by AI and see what's wrong, what's superfluous and what's missing.

For preparing the code for the interview, I would suggest prompting Claude Code using a requirements document that's purposefully a bit vague so that the AI will have to make choices when writing that code.

When you have the interviewee come over, show them the code and have them criticize those choices and edit the code manually (I know) so that they can demonstrate that they can intervene in the AI process at the correct inflection points.

New comment by kokken in "The revenge of the data scientist"

kokken — Thu, 02 Apr 2026 01:58:21 +0000

I don't understand the framing of the assumption.

Was the data scientist role only about building NLP models? Are the LLms gonna build Churn prediction models? Tell the PM why stopping the A/B test halfway through is a bad idea? Push back on loony ideas of applying ML to predicting sales from user horoscopes?

Maybe the role is a bit tinier in scope than 10 years ago, but I see it as a good thing. If you looked at DS positions on job search sites the role descriptions would be all over the place, maybe now at least we'll see it consolidate.

New comment by kokken in "Ask HN: Builder.ai ($1B Microsoft-backed AI company) who's lookin at the assets?"

kokken — Sun, 01 Mar 2026 03:28:48 +0000

I’m curious about the report but 30 years on the internet have honed my instincts and they say not to paste that link on my url bar

New comment by kokken in "Culture Is the Mass-Synchronization of Framings"

kokken — Fri, 13 Feb 2026 00:45:00 +0000

The reason why people form two lines to board the Marunouchi line in Ikebukuro is not because they prioritize seating, or going as soon as possible.

The true reason is that the line forks into two lines later on, with the final station being either Honancho or Ogikubo. The second line that form is just for the people whose destination would not be served by the incoming train.

New comment by kokken in "A viral Reddit post alleging fraud from food delivery app turned out to be AI"

kokken — Thu, 08 Jan 2026 15:01:29 +0000

So a reporter used an AI detection tool that returned positive from the user provided Uber Eats internal document and that proves it’s fake? Is this article entirely bought and paid for by Uber?

New comment by kokken in "X reinstates Magdeburg attacker’s account after silently removing pro-Musk posts"

kokken — Mon, 23 Dec 2024 06:53:01 +0000

This is indefensible

New comment by kokken in "Meta has sold nearly 20M Quest headsets, but retention struggles remain (2023)"

kokken — Wed, 14 Feb 2024 20:40:38 +0000

I think the main issue with VR is that it is fundamentally different from both gaming consoles and computers. I bought a meta quest 3 last year specifically to play table tennis, I play it every single day until my muscles are sore. The other apps and games, impressive as they may be, are just gimmicks. You get awed for the first few hours and put the device away never to be touched again.

I would say the biggest hurdle is actually motion sickness. Every game or app that allows your avatar to move through controller usage, rather than moving around your room (such as table tennis) can not be used for longer periods of time. My wife who is prone to motion sickness can not wear the device for more than 10 minutes. Myself, who had never had motion sickness before in my life, can handle a full hour before being overwhelmed.

New comment by kokken in "A Lufthansa A350's frustrating Oakland diversion"

kokken — Tue, 19 Dec 2023 18:55:53 +0000

I’m sure the industry has standards for assigning blame, but it looks to me that ATC is clearly being assholes here.

Even from this article that clearly seems to think Lufthansa is in the wrong I walked away with a feeling that ATC and small town cops are one and the same.

New comment by kokken in "Hasbro laying off Wizards of the Coast staff is baffling"

kokken — Sun, 17 Dec 2023 00:46:30 +0000

The market seems to disagree with the piece. The stock was in free fall from early October and recovered a bit after the layoff announcement.

Anyone have an idea why?

New comment by kokken in "Find Legal Moves in Brass Birmingham with Datalog"

kokken — Tue, 21 Nov 2023 13:51:55 +0000

mai-shogi in GitHub

New comment by kokken in "Find Legal Moves in Brass Birmingham with Datalog"

kokken — Tue, 21 Nov 2023 12:04:30 +0000

That was an issue I encountered when writing the logic for Shogi so that I could build my own engine. Writing Python to express the logical dependencies was surprisingly unintuitive.

My original attempt was clunky and I rewrote the logic from scratch 2 or 3 times until I could bear look at the code and not wince.

How the World Works (1993)

kokken — Sat, 04 Nov 2023 02:01:33 +0000

Article URL: https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1993/12/how-the-world-works/305854/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38137369

Points: 2

# Comments: 1

New comment by kokken in "It took seven years but over-40s fired by HP win $18M settlement"

kokken — Sat, 28 Oct 2023 10:09:26 +0000

I’ve been thinking about that move. What do you think are the main skills that a SE should refine if they want to transition to a sysadmin role?

New comment by kokken in "Japanese cyclotron has managed to create Sodium-39"

kokken — Sat, 05 Aug 2023 00:55:53 +0000

Me, for one

New comment by kokken in "Ukraine marks 500 days of war by admitting it blew up Russia's bridge to Crimea"

kokken — Wed, 12 Jul 2023 04:01:11 +0000

WHO’s we comrade?

New comment by kokken in "The Darkness Ahead: Where the Ukraine War Is Headed"

kokken — Fri, 30 Jun 2023 12:56:47 +0000

Useful idiot or paid troll? That’s what any reasonable person will wonder when reading this diatribe divorced from reality

New comment by kokken in "Ask HN: Is Slack Down for You?"

kokken — Wed, 25 Jan 2023 00:28:53 +0000

With times such as these, you should probably make sure you weren’t made “redundant” first. Although as another poster said before me, there is a spike in the number of reports.

New comment by kokken in "Sanctions Imposed on Japan (1987)"

kokken — Sat, 14 Jan 2023 02:52:28 +0000

The US is a villainous country indeed. Reading stuff like this with the benefit of hindsight makes me take another look at what sort of lies I've been fed about Chinese economical practices. Maybe, just maybe, the US is yet again the bad guy?

New comment by kokken in "China suspends issuing visas in Japan and South Korea"

kokken — Wed, 11 Jan 2023 06:25:21 +0000

This article is strange. It says the Chinese Embassy has stopped issuing short-term visas in Japan, but a visa is not required for Japanese passport holders when going to China. Also, the discriminatory measures China says Japan is applying against Chinese travelers apply to ALL inbound travelers, including those Japanese coming home. Everyone must present a negative pcr test taken up to 72h prior to departure. How exactly has China retaliated against Japan?