Hacker News: operatingthetan

New comment by operatingthetan in "Cursor launches Origin, GitHub alternative"

operatingthetan — Mon, 17 Aug 2026 21:52:22 +0000

True, but people risk their lives by using his vehicles every day, why not YOLO their code too?

New comment by operatingthetan in "AI is removing the middle class of software engineering?"

operatingthetan — Thu, 13 Aug 2026 04:41:12 +0000

True, and the explanations about "solving big problems" are each engineer's personal brand and justification for having a job. I'm sure some of those people exist, but they probably aren't the ones doing it rote on forums.

New comment by operatingthetan in "Jimothy the raccoon has a rare spinal condition. Here's what that means"

operatingthetan — Tue, 28 Jul 2026 01:33:11 +0000

All good

New comment by operatingthetan in "Jimothy the raccoon has a rare spinal condition. Here's what that means"

operatingthetan — Sun, 26 Jul 2026 21:52:04 +0000

Attempt to re-read what I wrote.

New comment by operatingthetan in "Jimothy the raccoon has a rare spinal condition. Here's what that means"

operatingthetan — Sun, 26 Jul 2026 21:06:24 +0000

>it's one of the only north Seattle neighborhoods vaguely affordable to buy in

Most north Seattle neighborhoods north of Ballard are more affordable to buy in than Ballard. Exceptions being North Beach / Blue Ridge, Windermere, Laurelhurst and similar.

New comment by operatingthetan in "NotebookLM is now Gemini Notebook"

operatingthetan — Thu, 16 Jul 2026 19:04:42 +0000

I should have said replace.

New comment by operatingthetan in "NotebookLM is now Gemini Notebook"

operatingthetan — Thu, 16 Jul 2026 18:42:14 +0000

But they renamed Gemini CLI to Antigravity CLI. And it's worse.

New comment by operatingthetan in "Prioritize mental health, and why communication is so important"

operatingthetan — Wed, 15 Jul 2026 18:37:21 +0000

Go read the comment you responded to again.

New comment by operatingthetan in "Prioritize mental health, and why communication is so important"

operatingthetan — Wed, 15 Jul 2026 17:59:56 +0000

The solution to neurodivergence is church? I'm sorry but come on, this blatant proselytizing is not appropriate here.

New comment by operatingthetan in "What are Forward Deployed Engineers, and why are they so in demand? (2025)"

operatingthetan — Tue, 14 Jul 2026 00:49:29 +0000

A consulting I used to work at started calling their engineers this. All of them. They just follow trends.

New comment by operatingthetan in "AI 2040 and the cult of intelligence"

operatingthetan — Sat, 11 Jul 2026 18:48:40 +0000

If you follow his recent posts he's on a bit of a spiral with how he thinks about AI.

New comment by operatingthetan in "AI 2040 and the cult of intelligence"

operatingthetan — Sat, 11 Jul 2026 18:47:30 +0000

I find it strange how seldom the privacy aspects of LLMs come up. Some people are feeding Google, OpenAI, or Anthropic almost literally every topic they think about during the day. Those companies could just use another LLM to find people likely to commit a crime, and then you have the Minority Report in real life.

New comment by operatingthetan in "Punk, or why I don't stream anymore"

operatingthetan — Sat, 11 Jul 2026 18:24:24 +0000

New comment by operatingthetan in "Apple Silicon Exec Explains Mac Mini AI Demand and On-Device Future"

operatingthetan — Fri, 10 Jul 2026 18:32:57 +0000

Yep. In my areas of expertise I can easily catch it coming up with wrong information, bad calculations etc. So laypeople are probably being led astray quite often.

New comment by operatingthetan in "You're Not a Better Engineer Because You Type Git Commands by Hand"

operatingthetan — Fri, 10 Jul 2026 17:48:09 +0000

>Ironically, the audience that values all that structure the most is now LLMs.

LLMs are not people and they don't have values.

New comment by operatingthetan in "Apple Silicon Exec Explains Mac Mini AI Demand and On-Device Future"

operatingthetan — Fri, 10 Jul 2026 17:09:24 +0000

>I'm fatigued by it all at this point.

This is the prevailing opinion of people even outside of tech.

New comment by operatingthetan in "Punk, or why I don't stream anymore"

operatingthetan — Fri, 10 Jul 2026 16:44:25 +0000

Yes and that can manifest in a very different kind of personal crisis.

New comment by operatingthetan in "Punk, or why I don't stream anymore"

operatingthetan — Fri, 10 Jul 2026 16:36:57 +0000

He's got "tech brain" where he thinks everything either serves tech or is tech. But you are correct in pointing out that he's just complaining about inconsequential cultural trends, probably because he's somewhat self isolating or something.

New comment by operatingthetan in "Punk, or why I don't stream anymore"

operatingthetan — Fri, 10 Jul 2026 16:32:24 +0000

Eh not really. It's more like it starts explaining to the user that they are very special, and they discovered this unique intellectual thing in the AI slop that no one ever has, then starts convincing them it's mystical or similar. Just feeding the user magical narcissism basically.

New comment by operatingthetan in "Punk, or why I don't stream anymore"

operatingthetan — Fri, 10 Jul 2026 16:27:55 +0000

That doesn't even mean it's wrong.