Hacker News: olig15

New comment by olig15 in "Humanoid Robot Actuators"

olig15 — Mon, 04 May 2026 08:58:23 +0000

I think at very least, the diagrams are AI generated too.

> https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0554/0567/4694/files/strai... The middle component has teeth on the inside half way round, should be smooth on the inside.

> https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0554/0567/4694/files/inver... 4 of the 5 orbiting threaded rollers are perpendicular to the screw thread, so wont do anything.

> https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0554/0567/4694/files/ball-... Ball doesnt fit in the screw thread, just 'squashed' to make it fit?. Screw thread isnt consistent.

> https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0554/0567/4694/files/stiff... Classic 3 interlocked gears.

> https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0554/0567/4694/files/optic... Has the elastomer been ripped when the key was inserted?

> https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0554/0567/4694/files/biolo... Another gearbox that doesnt do anything...

The rest of the website seems filled with just as much slop too...

New comment by olig15 in "Democratic Backsliding Reaches Western Democracies, U.S. Decline "Unprecedented""

olig15 — Sat, 21 Mar 2026 13:19:17 +0000

Did you submit any ID for the numerous services that now require it? Regardless of your answer, the fact they’re now asking for it is a problem.

New comment by olig15 in "A few random notes from Claude coding quite a bit last few weeks"

olig15 — Tue, 27 Jan 2026 23:49:06 +0000

Surely because LLM generated code is part of the training data for the model, so code/patterns it can work with is closer to its training data.

New comment by olig15 in "Windows 11 January Update Breaks Notepad"

olig15 — Tue, 27 Jan 2026 22:30:41 +0000

Not trying to defend windows, but this is probably more likely down the stupid defaults Windows has by the fact it hides extensions by default. So if you name a file foo.pdf, you’ll see it as ‘foo.pdf’ but it’s actually called ‘foo.pdf.txt’. I can’t for the life of me figure out why this is the default, but it’s been this way for decades.

New comment by olig15 in "Ask HN: Do you have any evidence that agentic coding works?"

olig15 — Wed, 21 Jan 2026 01:48:32 +0000

What do you mean you don’t need to understand? So what do you do when there’s a bug that an LLM can’t fix?

If your bottleneck is typing the code, you must be a junior programmer.

New comment by olig15 in "Show HN: I quit coding years ago. AI brought me back"

olig15 — Mon, 19 Jan 2026 12:19:28 +0000

If that’s the case, then mentioning using LLMs to help translate/organise what you want to say in your messages might be taken a bit better by others.

If you want to use LLMs to help express something you don’t know the words for in English then that is a good use for LLMs, if it’s called out. Otherwise your messages scream LLM bot to native speakers.

“You’re absolutely right”, “That hits different”, “Good call!” “–“ are all classic LLM giveaways.

I’m not a moderator here, so you don’t have to listen to me either way.

New comment by olig15 in "Show HN: I quit coding years ago. AI brought me back"

olig15 — Mon, 19 Jan 2026 09:46:55 +0000

These posts will destroy this place. Post your AI written tools if you like - fine, but using an LLM to reply to comments is just insulting, and will make this place a wasteland of LLM. I wouldn’t post this if I didn’t care about the usual good quality of the discussions on this site.

New comment by olig15 in "Show HN: I quit coding years ago. AI brought me back"

olig15 — Mon, 19 Jan 2026 09:33:19 +0000

This is a bot

New comment by olig15 in "Static Allocation for Compilers"

olig15 — Tue, 30 Dec 2025 18:03:51 +0000

Based on what?

C/C++ compilers can get huge compile time speed ups by compiling translation units as Unity files. For my work AAA game engine, a compiler can use 8GB+ per unit.

Just splitting up code might allow the compiler to use less memory, but compile time will increase hugely.

New comment by olig15 in "Nokia’s legendary font makes for a great user interface font"

olig15 — Sat, 30 Aug 2025 14:33:27 +0000

Pack it up, guys. It work on this guys machine…

New comment by olig15 in "Men claiming to be from DOGE show up at San Francisco City Hall, demand records"

olig15 — Sun, 16 Feb 2025 00:22:50 +0000

I didn't flag, but what does this have to do with tech/start-up culture? If you want to read/discuss American politics, surely theres better places to do that.

New comment by olig15 in "Autocorrect in Your Keyboard Firmware (2021)"

olig15 — Wed, 08 Jan 2025 19:03:06 +0000

Can I raise you with Word and outlook adding ‘smart’ quotes, and Excel destroying CSV data?

New comment by olig15 in "Is Chrome the New IE? (2023)"

olig15 — Mon, 18 Nov 2024 22:40:55 +0000

I see this argument a lot. I use Firefox on my Mac, iPhone and my Windows work PC. I can’t remember the last time there was a website that was broken because of Firefox.

Do you happen to have any examples? I’m curious to see how broken/what the issues are.

New comment by olig15 in "A market mystery: Why do capers come in such tiny jars?"

olig15 — Wed, 19 Jun 2024 08:03:26 +0000

Angostura bitters label explanation: https://vinepair.com/articles/angostura-bitters-oversized-la...

New comment by olig15 in "Show HN: Get your website copy and design roasted"

olig15 — Tue, 04 Jun 2024 07:55:56 +0000

The website itself https://www.roastmywebsite.ai - seems about right.

> Well, this website looks like it was designed by someone who learned HTML and CSS yesterday. The floating gradients look like an early 2000's PowerPoint background, and your choice of fonts is more schizophrenic than a cat on catnip. It's as if someone threw up random UI elements and called it an interface. Seriously, who thought that mild, medium, and spicy roast levels were a good idea? It’s a roast, not a taco shop. Even the “See code on Github” button looks like it's desperately trying to escape this hot mess. And the color palette? It's like you asked a five-year-old to pick their favorite colors, then proceeded to spill coffee all over it. The input fields and wait time for your roast are just an added insult to what already feels like digital purgatory. This isn't a roast; it's a cry for a complete overhaul.

New comment by olig15 in "British engineering giant Arup revealed as $25M deepfake scam victim"

olig15 — Mon, 20 May 2024 11:17:25 +0000

Explain your reasoning for this. I work in the office, but the vast (98%) of my meetings are on teams or zoom. When you work in a company with multiple locations (and in different countries) working in our assigned office isn’t going to help at all.

New comment by olig15 in "Sleep does not help brain wash out toxins, study suggests"

olig15 — Mon, 13 May 2024 12:02:15 +0000

Oh me neither, I’m less interested in the results and more that (to someone who has no idea behind the science - me), I’m surprised to hear it’s just now only being tested when I’ve heard this was the main theory of sleep for years.

New comment by olig15 in "Sleep does not help brain wash out toxins, study suggests"

olig15 — Mon, 13 May 2024 10:20:43 +0000

Obviously the article leave a lot of the science out, but this sounds like it’d be an easy thing to test for (which they’ve now done). Why wouldn’t this have been done years ago - I’m not trying g to say they should have done it earlier, as I genuinely don’t know. Is the tech to check this new? How much other science has been based off of this theory in the meantime?

New comment by olig15 in "Show HN: I created an app for you to be a more unpredictable romantic partner"

olig15 — Sun, 12 May 2024 19:42:57 +0000

I like the idea, but the fact I have to create an account and upload a profile picture immediately put me off. I created one with fake data and a random image, once in the app it appears to just exist to hover up personal data. Then you have to create and link a partners account to get more than 5 or so ideas…

I’d honestly rather pay a small one off fee for this same app, without the need for an account.

New comment by olig15 in "Yamaha and Lola pair up to enter Formula E next season"

olig15 — Fri, 29 Mar 2024 20:12:08 +0000

Agreed, I’ve been to two formula e races in past years, and have tickets to another two this year. I’ve been to Formula 1 which was definitely something, but still enjoy FE for the racing.