Hacker News: kubb

New comment by kubb in "GPT-6.1 Terra"

kubb — Mon, 26 Oct 2026 18:48:34 +0000

Do you have an agent scanning the front page waiting to post the pelicans?

New comment by kubb in "Show HN: Steal My Bitcoin"

kubb — Sun, 25 Oct 2026 09:59:03 +0000

Can you ask your favorite „AI” to comment on what you’ve just said?

New comment by kubb in "The same AI request emits 8.5 times more CO2 in Texas than in Sweden"

kubb — Fri, 23 Oct 2026 08:34:57 +0000

Thanks for the ragebait. Reminding myself that the flaw here is obvious, there’s no need to respond, arbitrary „tests” aren’t binding to anyone, protecting the future is perfectly defensible as a moral stance even at cost of present convenience.

New comment by kubb in "Local Wikipedia: Wikipedia, but only for things a half hour walk from you"

kubb — Fri, 23 Oct 2026 06:33:38 +0000

Is it possible to change the language of Wikipedia? For many places, the local language Wikipedia has more articles.

New comment by kubb in "Why is every rationalist blog post way too long?"

kubb — Thu, 15 Oct 2026 12:44:02 +0000

Using the easy to defend claim (acting without perfect information is necessary) to defend a much broader one (my judgement is rational and justified based on the information I have) is a classical motte and bailey fallacy.

People in the rationalist community don’t see it, because ironically they’re not rational enough. But they use the language and essay format to make it seem like they are.

New comment by kubb in "Why is every rationalist blog post way too long?"

kubb — Thu, 15 Oct 2026 10:47:12 +0000

If your pick of the option is based on emotion or aesthetics, the decision isn’t rational. Presenting is as such is misleading and dishonest.

New comment by kubb in "Why is every rationalist blog post way too long?"

kubb — Thu, 15 Oct 2026 07:16:30 +0000

This unfortunately doesn’t help if it isn’t paired with withholding judgement in the face of insufficient evidence, but rationalists don’t do that. They just pick a model they like and continue, and the burden of scrutinizing that model is on others.

New comment by kubb in "Containment and monitoring failures are to blame for AI hacking reports: experts"

kubb — Thu, 15 Oct 2026 07:02:27 +0000

Censorship to prevent thought crimes on HN? Can’t be!

New comment by kubb in "Containment and monitoring failures are to blame for AI hacking reports: experts"

kubb — Thu, 15 Oct 2026 06:57:26 +0000

Look up the company providing it and you’ll laugh about it.

New comment by kubb in "What agents mean for Rust (and vice versa)"

kubb — Wed, 14 Oct 2026 09:50:21 +0000

I wonder if „hard“ languages like Haskell will make a comeback with LLMs, because the short term cost of learning the language isn’t that significant anymore contrasted with the long term benefits of the type system and better structure.

New comment by kubb in "Felix Rieseberg Homepage"

kubb — Wed, 14 Oct 2026 07:55:21 +0000

I should be career hopping some more.

New comment by kubb in "Anthropic AI model submits false tip on unsolved Philly murder, police say"

kubb — Sat, 10 Oct 2026 08:24:45 +0000

What’s amazing is that nobody would have even noticed if it weren’t for Anthropocene being all “LOOOK WHAT WE DIIIIID WE SENT AN EEEEEEEEEMMMMMAAAILL. SOOORRRY”.

Crying for attention in the attention economy has never been more pathetic, but I think it will get worse.

New comment by kubb in "Germany’s RobCo hits $1B valuation"

kubb — Mon, 05 Oct 2026 16:29:30 +0000

It’s weird that people are celebrating the end of Europe here every day because they „killed themselves with regulations” but one German company does well and it’s a mass freak out?

New comment by kubb in "On social reality in China"

kubb — Sat, 03 Oct 2026 08:40:28 +0000

Yeah I think it gives them the illusion of being more right than the average person even if those are just the same old confused thoughts you could expect from anyone.

New comment by kubb in "On social reality in China"

kubb — Sat, 03 Oct 2026 08:33:24 +0000

Stable housing prices are not the problem you think they are.

New comment by kubb in "On social reality in China"

kubb — Sat, 03 Oct 2026 08:18:24 +0000

There’s a whole market for explaining other cultures to Americans wrongly but in terms that they can understand.

They’ll prefer to listen to that because this kind of communication is done using the language and concepts they understand. They’ll confidently and arrogantly tell other people what they are based on this „knowledge”.

People ITT are loving it and enjoying it.

New comment by kubb in "How Singapore's government-run dating service works"

kubb — Fri, 02 Oct 2026 19:52:42 +0000

how about you make the insight about the difference between the state and the government :)

New comment by kubb in "How Singapore's government-run dating service works"

kubb — Fri, 02 Oct 2026 11:09:09 +0000

> room temperature IQ

careful, we have a very intelligent individual over here

> arc of just about every government

do you mean the US government?

New comment by kubb in "How Singapore's government-run dating service works"

kubb — Fri, 02 Oct 2026 11:08:07 +0000

The solution for your food being spoiled is to get rid of it, and get something fresh. Not to stop eating food.

New comment by kubb in "How Singapore's government-run dating service works"

kubb — Fri, 02 Oct 2026 09:12:02 +0000

> but the fact it's state-run / promoted gives me the ick

That’s an irrational reaction, probably conditioned by ideology.

A well-run state has been perhaps one of the most successful enabling factors for human flourishing in human history.