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New comment by mrngld in "The desperation of NYTimes"

mrngld — Thu, 04 Jun 2026 18:42:19 +0000

I just want WSJ/The Economist/AP-etc tier journalism/news reporting that I can subscribe to and get a simple, full-text no-ads RSS feed in return for that subscription. Apparently that's too much to ask. I think ArsTechnica does that, if that publication is your jam, but I'm not aware of any general news outlet that does.

Would love to be proven wrong, though.

New comment by mrngld in "Failing grades soar with AI usage, dwindling math skills in Berkeley CS classes"

mrngld — Thu, 04 Jun 2026 11:50:58 +0000

Yes, meanwhile, Claude Cowork was only released this past January. And that was amazing. But I don't know about anyone else but I've already moved on to just using Codex for just about everything (except some Kagi use). Schools work on timescales of years, AI is advancing on the timescale of weeks and months.

Until that situation stabilizes I think the only institution capable of teaching about it is the family -- parents.

New comment by mrngld in "Show HN: Uruky (EU-based Kagi alternative) now has Image Search and URL Rewrites"

mrngld — Thu, 04 Jun 2026 11:35:00 +0000

Honestly didn't notice Kagi was US-domiciled. Their meetups I think are typically in Europe and their co-working and office space is in Belgrade.

Anyway, Kagi's excellent, their search results for me are significantly better than Google (and customizable), they've leveraged AI in a way thats optional and, to me, class-leading in its ability to help with search. "But we're EU based" is a product strategy that might land you some local government contracts and a few customers whose key motivation is negative emotion towards others but it's never going to be the path to great success. Spotify didn't conquer the globe because they framed themselves as an anti-US anti-iMusic or anti-Pandora or whatever alternative. They conquered because their product was solid. Nobody cared where it's HQ was.