Hacker News: mattas

New comment by mattas in "Adobe Is Cooked"

mattas — Wed, 22 Apr 2026 20:57:15 +0000

Except for the whole PDF-industrial complex. Adobe has a long life ahead (maybe a sad one) as long as PDFs are the document format of choice.

New comment by mattas in "Alberta startup sells no-tech tractors for half price"

mattas — Wed, 22 Apr 2026 16:54:41 +0000

Agreed. Hopefully something materializes but who knows. These tractors actually exist.

New comment by mattas in "Alberta startup sells no-tech tractors for half price"

mattas — Wed, 22 Apr 2026 16:48:41 +0000

This is pretty cool! Kinda similar to what Slate is doing with cars.

Ordering with the Starbucks ChatGPT app was a true coffee nightmare

mattas — Tue, 21 Apr 2026 17:08:48 +0000

Article URL: https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/915821/starbucks-chatgpt-app-testing

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47851555

Points: 3

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New comment by mattas in "Hyperscalers have already outspent most famous US megaprojects"

mattas — Fri, 17 Apr 2026 18:17:42 +0000

Is this _actual_ spend? Like dollars actually changing hands?

Or is this "we said we are going to invest $X"? What about the circular agreements?

New comment by mattas in "The beginning of scarcity in AI"

mattas — Thu, 16 Apr 2026 21:36:13 +0000

This notion that "we don't have enough compute" does not cleanly reconcile with the fact that labs are burning cash faster than any cohort of companies in history.

If I am a grocery store that pays $1 for oranges and sells them for $0.50, I can't say, "I don't have enough oranges."

New comment by mattas in "Claude Opus 4.7"

mattas — Thu, 16 Apr 2026 15:10:51 +0000

Hard for me to reconcile the idea that they don't have enough compute with the idea that they are also losing money to subsidies.

New comment by mattas in "Tokens – The New Dopamine Economy"

mattas — Tue, 14 Apr 2026 01:54:59 +0000

Coincidentally, tokens are also the currency at arcades. So what's old is new again.

Milgram's subjects were never aligned

mattas — Sat, 04 Apr 2026 16:32:04 +0000

Article URL: https://hollisrobbinsanecdotal.substack.com/p/milgrams-subjects-were-never-aligned

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47640556

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

New comment by mattas in "Will the AI data centre boom become a $9T bust?"

mattas — Sun, 29 Mar 2026 03:16:48 +0000

https://archive.is/ad64x

KKR to acquire Nothing Bundt Cakes for over $2B

mattas — Thu, 26 Mar 2026 02:23:56 +0000

Article URL: https://www.reuters.com/business/retail-consumer/kkr-acquire-nothing-bundt-cakes-over-2-billion-wsj-reports-2026-03-25/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47525987

Points: 12

# Comments: 1

GM 'Factor of Future' Will Run with Robots (1984)

mattas — Thu, 19 Mar 2026 15:50:39 +0000

Article URL: https://www.nytimes.com/1984/10/20/business/gm-factory-of-future-will-run-with-robots.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47441480

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

Nvidia Launches Space Computing, Rocketing AI into Orbit

mattas — Wed, 18 Mar 2026 02:11:25 +0000

Article URL: https://nvidianews.nvidia.com/news/space-computing

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47420858

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

OpenAI to Cut Back on Side Projects in Push to 'Nail' Core Business

mattas — Tue, 17 Mar 2026 21:25:12 +0000

Article URL: https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/openai-chatgpt-side-projects-16b3a825

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47418540

Points: 4

# Comments: 1

New comment by mattas in "Beyond has dropped “meat” from its name and expanded its high-protein drink line"

mattas — Mon, 16 Mar 2026 21:42:01 +0000

I agree with this. As a veggie, the texture, taste, smell, color of meat grosses me out. I don't want not-meat that appears to be meat.

I want not-meat that is definitely not meat.

Hands-On with DLSS 5: Our First Look at Nvidia's Next-Gen Lighting [video]

mattas — Mon, 16 Mar 2026 20:00:57 +0000

Article URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ZlwTtgbgVA

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47404072

Points: 4

# Comments: 0

New comment by mattas in "AirPods Max 2"

mattas — Mon, 16 Mar 2026 14:09:16 +0000

I was _just_ looking for a utility that did this! Thanks for sharing.

New comment by mattas in "Show HN: Channel Surfer – Watch YouTube like it’s cable TV"

mattas — Fri, 13 Mar 2026 18:25:01 +0000

My initial reaction to the headline was, "cable TV is terrible, why would anyone want to watch YouTube like it's cable?!" But I actually love this!

New comment by mattas in "Don't post generated/AI-edited comments. HN is for conversation between humans."

mattas — Wed, 11 Mar 2026 20:10:29 +0000

"HN is for conversation between humans."

Are there any places in life where conversation is _not_ intended to be between humans?

Tesla opens its first Megacharger station to Semi customers in California

mattas — Mon, 09 Mar 2026 02:22:44 +0000

Article URL: https://electrek.co/2026/03/08/tesla-opens-first-megacharger-ontario-california-semi-customers/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47304146

Points: 13

# Comments: 0