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New comment by larnik in "Show HN: The load-bearing vocabulary of Claude"

larnik — Fri, 28 Aug 2026 04:54:45 +0000

I treat the Claude output that is hard to comprehend as an encoding/encryption. Claude knows how to decipher it, humans don't. I see this frequently in design docs from inexperienced engineers who used LLMs - they will contain terms (often two words hyphenated) that aren't obvious and should be defined, or simply replaced with simple language. If you prompt claude it is able to decipher and explain / replace this gibberish.

New comment by larnik in "Quality of drinking water varies significantly by airline"

larnik — Wed, 31 Dec 2025 03:24:47 +0000

My understanding is the water tested in this study is the water in the lavatory faucet and what they use to make hot beverages onboard. If you ask a flight attendant for water you would always get water from a can/bottle/box depending on airline, at least based on my limited experience.

New comment by larnik in "Nvidia’s AI supremacy is only temporary"

larnik — Mon, 11 Sep 2023 23:42:55 +0000

Remember NFTs? It was all the rage not that long ago and anyone who questioned otherwise was said to 'not get the big picture'. NFTs were going to improve EVERYTHING.

It's not exactly the same, but the hype is similar.

New comment by larnik in "Grumpy Locals Are Sabotaging Cruise and Waymo Robotaxis with Traffic Cones"

larnik — Thu, 06 Jul 2023 23:42:59 +0000

You might be right. Or you might be in the majority of people who overestimate their driving skills.

New comment by larnik in "Meta Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2022 Results"

larnik — Thu, 02 Feb 2023 05:48:53 +0000

I hate ads. Used AdBlocker since ~2005 when I was in middle school and first got internet. If I'm going to see ads, they better be relevant.

New comment by larnik in "Facebook engineers: we have no idea where we keep all your personal data"

larnik — Wed, 07 Sep 2022 16:21:30 +0000

Hiring one person to do this at a company this scale, will give you results in the next decade. BTW, when the report is complete, it will no longer be accurate. Sure you can scale the process by putting more people on it, but it won't scale linearly. Additionally you will need buy in from all the system managers to dedicate time to assist the new data privacy team. It is doable, but comes at a cost.

New comment by larnik in "Statement from Poland on providing airplanes to Ukraine"

larnik — Tue, 08 Mar 2022 21:04:12 +0000

Poland's history causes folks to be cautious about such statements. If you are not familiar https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_betrayal

New comment by larnik in "90% of Black Friday deals were the same price or cheaper six months before"

larnik — Fri, 26 Nov 2021 07:20:31 +0000

This gives you some idea, but it doesn't include coupons, deals and lightning sales in the tracking.