Hacker News: lantry

New comment by lantry in "Why our website looks like an operating system"

lantry — Fri, 12 Sep 2025 02:52:06 +0000

arrgggh, my affordances!!!

New comment by lantry in "U.S. added 911k fewer jobs in year through March than reported earlier"

lantry — Tue, 09 Sep 2025 15:30:46 +0000

If you really think Trump's reason for gutting the BLS is so it can become more accurate, I have a bridge to sell you

New comment by lantry in "PlateShapez – Tool for generating adversarially perturbed license plate overlays"

lantry — Sat, 06 Sep 2025 11:54:23 +0000

I watched the video, and I think the creator of the repo might be concerned about liability. Also, the perturbed plates don't look that interesting, they just look slightly dirty

New comment by lantry in "Tesla offers mammoth $1T pay package to Musk, sets lofty targets"

lantry — Sat, 06 Sep 2025 00:39:25 +0000

If billions weren't enough, why should we expect a trillion to work?

New comment by lantry in "US economy added just 22,000 jobs in August, unemployment highest in 4 yrs"

lantry — Fri, 05 Sep 2025 15:09:55 +0000

- high unemployment means the fed will do a rate cut, so markets go up

- low unemployment means the economy is booming, so markets go up

hmmm... the more I learn about the stock market, the more I believe in the limits of human understanding

Music to Break Models By

lantry — Sat, 30 Aug 2025 23:57:53 +0000

Article URL: https://matthodges.com/posts/2025-08-26-music-to-break-models-by/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45079087

Points: 3

# Comments: 1

Cash Transfers Work

lantry — Sat, 30 Aug 2025 23:55:28 +0000

Article URL: https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/08/cash-transfer-economic-growth/684028/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45079074

Points: 5

# Comments: 0

New comment by lantry in "Open Source is one person"

lantry — Thu, 28 Aug 2025 12:05:04 +0000

The DoD is a huge organization, so I'd guess they use almost everything.

New comment by lantry in "US Intel"

lantry — Tue, 26 Aug 2025 16:13:26 +0000

I'm not so sure that things would settle down if trump was out of the picture. Trump is obviously an active force, but even if he is gone, the forces that led to his rise will still exist. In other words, even without trump there is a strong anti-elite, anti-expert, nationalist/isolationist movement in the US. Waiting for trump to die or go away is foolish.

A Better Way to Think About AI

lantry — Mon, 25 Aug 2025 04:00:04 +0000

Article URL: https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2025/08/ai-job-loss-human-enhancement-google/683963/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45010067

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by lantry in "What does Palantir actually do?"

lantry — Fri, 15 Aug 2025 02:07:44 +0000

Classic bad-faith troll response. You refuse to openly state your position, because you know deep down that it is despicable and indefensible.

I am against the surveillance state, but I am not weak, gullible, or lazy enough to believe that it is somehow the result of women's suffrage. The two are not related, and your inability to untangle them shows that misogyny is more important to you than freedom.

New comment by lantry in "What does Palantir actually do?"

lantry — Thu, 14 Aug 2025 14:47:56 +0000

Don't be afraid to say what you believe! let's bring this out in the open. you're saying that women shouldn't be allowed to vote?

I feel so sorry for you people. You need to find some constructive way to deal with your issues, instead of blaming your insecurities on women.

New comment by lantry in "What does Palantir actually do?"

lantry — Thu, 14 Aug 2025 14:45:09 +0000

Then maybe you should make your point openly, instead of this stupid dogwhistle. Are you saying women shouldn't be allowed to vote?

New comment by lantry in "What does Palantir actually do?"

lantry — Thu, 14 Aug 2025 12:04:44 +0000

> shall I say mostly of particular gender

You must be referring to the fact that 72% of our elected officials are male?

New comment by lantry in "Increased Pricing for IDEs, .NET Tools, DotUltimate, and the All Products Pack"

lantry — Tue, 12 Aug 2025 11:35:58 +0000

The all-products pack is increasing by ~10$ for the first year. Intellij ultimate by around 30$, dotUltimate by 50$. Most other IDEs went up by 10$. The cheapest IDE is now rustrover, which saw no increase.

New comment by lantry in "Trump Orders National Guard to Washington and Takeover of Capital’s Police"

lantry — Tue, 12 Aug 2025 01:59:32 +0000

a lot of people defended Trump after jan 6 by saying he offered the national guard but was turned down by the mayor. Now he is suddenly able to deploy the national guard regardless of the mayor's input.

New comment by lantry in "Job growth has slowed sharply; the question is why"

lantry — Sat, 09 Aug 2025 01:31:33 +0000

when the fed lowers the rates, who benefits?

New comment by lantry in "Whitehouse Moves to Destroy Satellite That Monitors Greenhouse Gases"

lantry — Wed, 06 Aug 2025 13:02:01 +0000

> Moana Loa Observatory and others like it provide far more accurate data and have much more consistent data.

This observatory is also being shut down.

New comment by lantry in "The case for having roommates even when you can afford to live alone"

lantry — Sun, 03 Aug 2025 13:23:55 +0000

This is 100% true, which is why it's so important to resist the societal pressure to conform. It might be tempting to avoid these questions by taking the "default" path, but that path is unlikely to lead to happiness. You have to decide on your own path and work to make it happen.

New comment by lantry in "The case for having roommates even when you can afford to live alone"

lantry — Sat, 02 Aug 2025 17:47:51 +0000

It depends on what you want to do with your life, and what kind of partner you want. Most people want to date someone with their own place, because most people want their own place. If you want to live in a communal living situation, you're not going to be very happy if you partner up with someone who wants their own place. Will you sacrifice communal living in order to gain a partner? Or will you look for a partner who is interested in communal living, even if that takes longer?

These conversations about how men have to change themselves in order to find a partner are funny to me, because the subtext is that partnering up is the most important thing you can achieve, and you should sacrifice your other interests in order to make yourself marketable to the largest pool of people, so you can find a partner as soon as possible. People mock the phrase "just be yourself" because there are some things (money, physical beauty) that most people are looking for, and if you achieve them it's easier to find a partner. But the flip side is, unless you enjoy putting in all the work to be rich and beautiful, having a partner won't make you happy. The phrase "just be yourself" is really saying that you shouldn't change yourself just to find a partner, because it will be a phyrric victory. Instead, you should be yourself, do the things that make you happy, and let that filter out all the people who would only be interested in your money or your beauty. (and to be clear, this is not an argument against self improvement - you should still seek to better yourself)