Hacker News: obscurette

Screens Aren't Destroying Young Minds. I Should Know

obscurette — Tue, 06 Oct 2026 13:51:08 +0000

Article URL: https://humanprogress.org/screens-arent-destroying-young-minds-i-should-know/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49978484

Points: 34

# Comments: 51

Nathan Fielder's Elizabeth Holmes doc is a modern masterpiece of deceit

obscurette — Sat, 03 Oct 2026 15:16:20 +0000

Article URL: https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/oct/01/you-can-see-everything-movie-review

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49945030

Points: 13

# Comments: 0

New comment by obscurette in "Has Violence Against Teachers Become Accepted by Society?"

obscurette — Mon, 28 Sep 2026 15:06:37 +0000

You can't even touch student and don't even think about slap. Some years ago I witnessed the case where teacher grabbed the student (14y old) who ran around screaming, kicking things and other students. A teacher was charged with a criminal offense (physical violence against a minor) and must now comply with behavioral supervision. What happened with kid? Nothing. He had a bad day and don't have skills to regulate his emotions yet.

New comment by obscurette in "Has Violence Against Teachers Become Accepted by Society?"

obscurette — Mon, 28 Sep 2026 14:45:00 +0000

It's worse, it happens all over the world. Just one of many examples - https://yle.fi/a/74-20239397

Has Violence Against Teachers Become Accepted by Society?

obscurette — Mon, 28 Sep 2026 13:40:28 +0000

Article URL: https://theeducatorsroom.com/has-violence-against-teachers-become-accepted-by-society/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49877813

Points: 149

# Comments: 332

New comment by obscurette in "Sherline Tools Is Going Out of Business"

obscurette — Sun, 20 Sep 2026 16:47:05 +0000

My wife is in manufacturing and although not in US, working for a company having production in US, EU, Asia etc. Her 1-minute comments why it's increasingly difficult to produce something in EU and US.

Bureaucracy - the levels of it are insane especially in EU, but US is not far behind. The loss of local partners and environment - every little thing you can do locally makes production easier and cheaper. Failure to attract young people – although production is cool, it's not Youtube influencer level cool and industry relies increasingly on older generations. Education - the quality of it is sinking almost all over the world. Insecurity - partly just part of times, but mostly coming from regulation, taxes etc.

The ASI Extinction Debate Is the Opposite of What You Think

obscurette — Thu, 17 Sep 2026 15:13:15 +0000

Article URL: https://www.realtimetechpocalypse.com/p/the-asi-extinction-debate-is-the

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49742019

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by obscurette in "How My Students Think About AI"

obscurette — Fri, 11 Sep 2026 06:48:16 +0000

I have experience with highschool students and I'd like to add one thing. There is a clear anti-AI attitude especially amongst brighter students because they see this as yet another clear attempt, in an education system already in chaos and staffed by underqualified teachers, to shift even more responsibility onto the pupils’ shoulders. Responsibility that ought not to be there in the first place.

How Big Tech Captured American Schools

obscurette — Mon, 31 Aug 2026 15:45:36 +0000

Article URL: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/23/business/schools-big-tech-google-microsoft.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49511139

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by obscurette in "Jason Arday, ex-Cambridge professor at centre of plagiarism row, found dead"

obscurette — Sat, 15 Aug 2026 07:24:22 +0000

Just one of many tragedies bound to one of the biggest problems in modern society – obsession to victims. Framing yourself or others as a victim gives you complete immunity and frees you from any responsibility for the consequences of your actions. This obsession has a potential to end the world we know.

New comment by obscurette in "ChatGPT starts blocking direct requests to copy an author's style"

obscurette — Sun, 09 Aug 2026 09:37:39 +0000

Do you think people behind DeepSeek don't have their own interests? And people/parties controlling people behind DeepSeek?

New comment by obscurette in "Danish high schoolers will have to verbally defend written assignments"

obscurette — Sat, 08 Aug 2026 19:39:07 +0000

64 year old nerd with social phobias here. When I was in school, I had to practice oral knowledge tests since grade one. I had my first oral exam in grade six (math) and 2-3 oral exams every year since then. If I hadn't had that experience, I would never have gotten into university. I still don't like verbal communications with people (especially in a tense situations like exam), I'm slow etc, but it's manageable because I had to practice it a lot. I don't think I would have survived in modern "the environment must be made suitable for everyone" school/university.

Mastermind of a US Telemedicine Scam Is Enjoying the Luxury Life in Russia

obscurette — Mon, 03 Aug 2026 13:33:10 +0000

Article URL: https://istories.media/en/stories/2026/07/29/american-fraudsters-luxury-life-in-russia/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49155608

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

New comment by obscurette in "Note-Taking and Personal Knowledge Management"

obscurette — Sun, 02 Aug 2026 21:33:58 +0000

This is especially relevant today where there are thousands of attempts to create AI "voice to text" apps to automate away "boring" note taking. My daughter working in medical field says that she is contacted at least once a week "hey, we are startup having a novel idea for voice to text app". And she have to explain yet again that she doesn't want to automate note taking away. Writing is the process how we structure our thoughts and discover new things. This is how we learn.

New comment by obscurette in "Generative AI floods and dilutes the market for books"

obscurette — Sun, 02 Aug 2026 13:02:11 +0000

I grew up and went into school in seventies in Soviet Union. I remember myself discovering local libraries, bookstores etc. I still love books, I have a lot of them, but process of discovery is very different. When I was young almost every book I found in library or bookstore about topic I was interested in, was almost certainly worth to read. Publishing books was slow and expensive process and there was a very slim chance that not good books were published at all. During last decades it hasn't been a case any more and I had to develop a skills how to find a stuff worth to read – what reviews to trust etc. In AI age these skills became almost worthless as well and I trust only recommendations from people I know and trust.

New comment by obscurette in "Google kills Earth AI generator after one day"

obscurette — Sat, 01 Aug 2026 14:09:36 +0000

It's a pattern much wider than Google or event technology sector. It's very apparent in AI craze trough society, public governance sector, journalism etc. For people like me (growing up in seventies) it seems that there is teenagers everywhere and nobody is responsible for anything any more.

New comment by obscurette in "Three Theses on the Literacy Crisis"

obscurette — Tue, 28 Jul 2026 04:43:19 +0000

This. And I blame schools. People like to rage about kids reading a lot more books in the past, but I don't think that's was the main contributor. I went to school in seventies and if I look at my pupils now, there is no huge difference. Most of my classmates didn't like to read books either, let the others summarize books they had to read etc. But there is a huge gap in everyday reading – none of my classmates couldn't get away without opening textbooks. Almost all learning no matter of course (history, geography etc) followed a recipe "read 2-4 pages from textbook, then we'll discuss it in classroom etc". There is no such thing nowadays – almost all learning is "slides, videos, interactive animations" and textbooks are almost extinct.

New comment by obscurette in "Kaiser nurses say AI, surveillance are making their jobs and patient care worse"

obscurette — Sat, 18 Jul 2026 06:22:52 +0000

Being close relative for several med and care workers we have discussed it a lot and consensus is that it really depends. For example relying on LLM summaries sounds great until it doesn't. It doesn't matter whether you misunderstand LLM summary or LLM "misunderstands" you – there are real risks involved, and you wouldn't want them to weigh on your conscience if they were to materialize.

Relying on LLM to summarize things for you has one more issue. To outsiders, this seems like a tedious process, but is actually very important part of the thought process. Wording your thoughts and writing these down helps people to discover new aspects of the problem. It's how people learn.

At the moment consensus is that it must not be banned, but also not mandated in any way - people must take responsibility, and they must be able to decide for themselves where and when the LLM use is justified and where it is not.

Books that are just right for children might not be the best approach to learn

obscurette — Wed, 15 Jul 2026 16:47:29 +0000

Article URL: https://theconversation.com/children-learn-to-read-with-books-that-are-just-right-for-them-but-that-might-not-be-the-best-approach-267510

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48923623

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by obscurette in "Are we offloading too much of our thinking to AI?"

obscurette — Tue, 14 Jul 2026 21:02:53 +0000

Only with final answer, if you have to round etc. With slide rulers and tables you had to think about it with every step, where to put your decimal separator etc.