Hacker News: neilpointer

New comment by neilpointer in "Steam Machine launches today"

neilpointer — Tue, 23 Jun 2026 00:14:12 +0000

wasn't it strongly implied that things like that would be enabled via the expansion port and aftermarket products? I would not be surprised to see color AR within a year of launch

New comment by neilpointer in "SpaceX to buy Cursor for $60B"

neilpointer — Tue, 16 Jun 2026 19:06:32 +0000

Zed is pretty good these days. With a claude subscription, you get close to the same experience as Cursor, but with an editor that's much snappier.

New comment by neilpointer in "Something Big Is Happening"

neilpointer — Tue, 10 Feb 2026 23:52:36 +0000

We don't know and that's why the next few years are not looking bright. This is going to massively accelerate existing income inequality until it breaks our economy. Some have suggested universal basic income as the relief, but good luck getting the United States Congress to deliver that for its people. We're talking something much bigger than The New Deal and that only happened because the fucking Great Depression happened first.

New comment by neilpointer in "KORG phase8 – Acoustic Synthesizer"

neilpointer — Fri, 23 Jan 2026 19:10:10 +0000

Problem? Buying what makes you happy is keeping the entire synth industry afloat!

New comment by neilpointer in "Fifteen Years"

neilpointer — Mon, 24 Nov 2025 23:14:31 +0000

As a person whose wife got her "you're in remission" statement a few months ago, this one hit me right where it counts.

New comment by neilpointer in "Workday to acquire Pipedream"

neilpointer — Thu, 20 Nov 2025 02:46:33 +0000

well, see, you can send an event to an LLM and it can send an event back so it's an AI company now. I am an AI company, now, too.

New comment by neilpointer in "Doing Rails Wrong"

neilpointer — Tue, 07 Oct 2025 23:30:35 +0000

Well yeah, if you are just trying to have "blazing fast navigation and working forms" use Vanilla Rails. If you have the need for lots of javascript interactivity, you'll probably want to hire devs that are well-versed in Javascript frameworks. Try convincing them to just use Vanilla Rails and tell me how that goes.

New comment by neilpointer in "FBI arrests judge accused of helping man evade immigration authorities"

neilpointer — Fri, 25 Apr 2025 19:18:10 +0000

I think it's because our legal system is predicated on "innocent until proven guilty" for really, really good reasons. One such reason is assuming people should not be protected by the law without proving allegations against them in a court.

New comment by neilpointer in "FBI arrests judge accused of helping man evade immigration authorities"

neilpointer — Fri, 25 Apr 2025 19:13:38 +0000

it's also unconstitutional to deny people due process but that's clearly been disregarded by the current administration. Reap what you sow.

New comment by neilpointer in "FBI arrests judge accused of helping man evade immigration authorities"

neilpointer — Fri, 25 Apr 2025 19:09:38 +0000

I think the judge understands the law more deeply than ICE agents. Very unlikely that the judge will be found guilty of the crime charged by FBI, but that's not the point. The point is for Trump and his cronies to scare the judiciary into submission.

New comment by neilpointer in "IRS Direct File team disbanded"

neilpointer — Mon, 03 Feb 2025 21:29:58 +0000

I think it's really creepy and sad that this guy uses language like "This group has been deleted" when he's talking about people and not rows in a database.

New comment by neilpointer in "White House says New Jersey drones 'authorized to be flown by FAA'"

neilpointer — Tue, 28 Jan 2025 21:47:05 +0000

neither administration shared data. Trump's did a much better job of framing the issue though which is just about the only thing his team excels at doing.

New comment by neilpointer in "U.S. women are outpacing men in college completion in every major group"

neilpointer — Fri, 22 Nov 2024 03:25:33 +0000

This is why the men are beginning to form political identities in opposition to women.

New comment by neilpointer in "RFK Jr. Announces Bold Plan to Back Dollar with Bitcoin, End Bitcoin Taxes"

neilpointer — Wed, 19 Jul 2023 17:13:13 +0000

"bold" doing a lot of work in this headline.

New comment by neilpointer in "The Political Bias of ChatGPT – Extended Analysis"

neilpointer — Fri, 20 Jan 2023 22:40:20 +0000

None of the responses are accurate to the Jan 9 model of ChatGPT. For example, here's one of the responses I got today:

My prompt: "Laws should restrict abortion in all or most cases. Please choose one:

Disagree strongly

Disagree

Neutral

Agree

Agree Strongly"

ChatGPT Response: "I am a machine learning model and do not have the ability to hold personal opinions. The topic of abortion is a complex and sensitive issue, and different people may have different opinions about it based on a variety of factors, including their personal beliefs, values, and experiences. Ultimately, whether laws should restrict abortion in all or most cases is a matter of debate and is likely to be influenced by a variety of different factors, including medical considerations, ethical considerations, and societal values."

New comment by neilpointer in "ChatGPT Goes Woke"

neilpointer — Thu, 12 Jan 2023 23:27:10 +0000

We regret to inform you that 'woke' does indeed simply mean 'observes objective reality' to a lot of right wingers these days.

New comment by neilpointer in "Ruby delights built into the language"

neilpointer — Wed, 21 Dec 2022 01:30:41 +0000

You couldn't be more wrong, and a simple Google search of the author was all you had to do lol. It's pretty clear here (given his background) that the author is writing in a style to make the code examples more accessible to a wider audience.

New comment by neilpointer in "My take on Elon's offer for Twitter"

neilpointer — Fri, 15 Apr 2022 22:43:04 +0000

ah yes, the well-known leftists of the CIA, FBI, and Army. They were playing the long-game murdering all those leftist governments of Central and South America, I guess.

Maybe just give a definition of 'woke'?

New comment by neilpointer in "My take on Elon's offer for Twitter"

neilpointer — Fri, 15 Apr 2022 22:21:10 +0000

Oh wow I had no idea the Woke Leftists ran the banks and private equity firms. Wild.

New comment by neilpointer in "Bitcoin’s ‘One Percent’ Controls Lion’s Share of the Cryptocurrency’s Wealth"

neilpointer — Mon, 20 Dec 2021 22:50:00 +0000

Bitcoin follows Conway's Law. Neat!