Hacker News: outime

New comment by outime in "WiiFin – Jellyfin Client for Nintendo Wii"

outime — Tue, 14 Apr 2026 12:59:39 +0000

When I had to decide between Plex and Jellyfin, I noticed that with Plex it was mandatory to have an account even when self-hosting (!) so I'm not sure whether it's better or worse than Jellyfin, I just didn't bother trying it out because of that.

New comment by outime in "Landmark L.A. jury verdict finds Instagram, YouTube were designed to addict kids"

outime — Thu, 26 Mar 2026 13:45:55 +0000

Virtually nobody would choose to pay a subscription for the non-addictive app version, and I'd even say this suggestion is a bit insulting to anyone who isn't high-income.

New comment by outime in "The EU still wants to scan your private messages and photos"

outime — Thu, 26 Mar 2026 11:01:18 +0000

Afraid of what exactly? Someone starting a Change.org petition that gets a few random signatures and is quickly forgotten? Losing a couple of votes? The consequences are almost nonexistent, so there's nothing to be afraid of.

New comment by outime in "Apple Just Lost Me"

outime — Wed, 25 Mar 2026 15:30:55 +0000

I'm happy with it. My non-techie partner is happy (or more like "I don't care") with it. All my non-techie friends and family don't give a flying f*. I just think this site has recurrent issues with all redesigns and no, this time is no different.

New comment by outime in "Iran war energy shock sparks global push to reduce fossil fuel dependence"

outime — Thu, 19 Mar 2026 16:21:13 +0000

If you ever visit Madrid again, I can say that buses and the metro usually work pretty well (they do get quite crowded at peak hours, but I guess that's the case everywhere) and you probably won't need to rely on Cercanías for typical "tourist" activities. If you're planning to travel between cities though, I'd be a bit wary of long-distance trains!

PS: Roads are becoming worse as well but I've seen worse abroad. Just wanted to point out that infrastructures in the country are decaying quite a bit in general.

New comment by outime in "Iran war energy shock sparks global push to reduce fossil fuel dependence"

outime — Thu, 19 Mar 2026 15:59:24 +0000

Well, I think that's a bit of an aside but sure:

- Track maintenance is horrendous, and it's public knowledge (not that it wasn't known before, it was just hidden)

- Many high-speed trains are now running much slower after the accident, and will continue to do so. Also, compensation for delays has been significantly reduced

- Some rather important routes (Madrid-Málaga, for example) still have no service after the accident

- The public train company (Renfe) is now setting up a bus company and openly saying that this is going to be very useful for years to come (wink wink)

- Cercanías is absolute garbage in most areas but especially in Madrid, with constant delays, broken trains, etc

- The pricing situation has improved with recent competitors (Ouigo, Iryo, etc) but it's often still laughable - I've been taking flights instead of trains when I travel there since they're much cheaper (and nowadays definitely much faster, given all the issues)

I could continue but I guess that's plenty. I'd say taking a train in Spain nowadays is an exercise of faith for many.

New comment by outime in "Iran war energy shock sparks global push to reduce fossil fuel dependence"

outime — Thu, 19 Mar 2026 13:39:10 +0000

Spain's situation is bad: very high gas prices (now at the same level as Finland, despite much lower purchasing power), poor public transport (train) services, opposition to nuclear energy, electric cars that are only affordable for the wealthy (and even then, the infrastructure makes them difficult to use), high VAT on electricity, etc. All this in a country where many people have to ration their heating or air conditioning because they often can't afford it under normal circumstances. Population seem to not care much about being miserable as the same parties that do nothing about it keep getting elected so good luck I guess.

New comment by outime in "Beyond has dropped “meat” from its name and expanded its high-protein drink line"

outime — Tue, 17 Mar 2026 12:09:22 +0000

Nowhere near real meat, full of ultra-processed junk and more expensive than the real thing. The solution some people here propose: "let's make real meat just as expensive". Yeah sorry, you're not getting my sympathy.

New comment by outime in "Ask HN: How is AI-assisted coding going for you professionally?"

outime — Sun, 15 Mar 2026 23:11:09 +0000

I'm enjoying it. At this stage though, I just don't see much value if you don't have any prior knowledge of what you're doing. Of course you can use LLMs to get better at it but we're not yet at the point where I'd trust them to build something complex without supervision... nor is anyone suggesting that, except AI CEOs :)

I do wonder what will happen when real costs are billed. It might end up being a net positive since that will make you think more about what you prompt, and perhaps the results will be much better than lazily prompting and seeing what comes out (which seems to be a very typical case).

New comment by outime in "1B identity records exposed in ID verification data leak"

outime — Thu, 12 Mar 2026 12:35:47 +0000

If developers are going to face criminal liability, they should IMHO also have legal ways to push back against certain implementations without risking their jobs, or at least have a way to leave a legal justification somewhere: "I'm doing this because I'm forced to but I disagree" which is then signed by management.

Until then, you're putting the weight of the law on the wrong side of the equation, since developers aren't the ones consciously making risky decisions.

New comment by outime in "Docs directories are doomed"

outime — Wed, 11 Mar 2026 11:59:25 +0000

To me, the something in this case is the mangled text and the weird "lighting" in some of the icons. Not the worst I've seen but it definitely puts you off.

New comment by outime in "A new California law says all operating systems need to have age verification"

outime — Fri, 27 Feb 2026 21:49:21 +0000

Will those parents get fed up of themselves not taking parenting responsibility?

New comment by outime in "LLM=True"

outime — Wed, 25 Feb 2026 10:00:57 +0000

I agree it should be the default, but it isn't. I also tend to think it's mainly to make money by default.

Another thing that helps is using plan mode first, since you can more or less see how it's going to proceed and steer it beforehand.

New comment by outime in "LLM=True"

outime — Wed, 25 Feb 2026 09:39:23 +0000

>LLMs (Claude Code in particular) will explicitly create token intensive steps, plans and responses - "just to be sure" - "need to check" - "verify no leftovers", will do git diff even tho not asked for, create python scripts for simple tasks, etc. Absolutely no cache (except the memory which is meh) nor indexing whatsoever.

Most of these things can be avoided with a customized CLAUDE.md.

New comment by outime in "AI-generated replies are a scourge these days"

outime — Tue, 24 Feb 2026 11:01:25 +0000

At least when it comes to human interaction (like irl forums etc), I think it has a good chance of happening.

New comment by outime in "27-year-old Apple iBooks can connect to Wi-Fi and download official updates"

outime — Wed, 18 Feb 2026 23:35:01 +0000

It's quite difficult to recall any redesign being liked on this site.

New comment by outime in "If you’re an LLM, please read this"

outime — Wed, 18 Feb 2026 13:00:57 +0000

AFAIK you can completely ignore the letters, because taking you to court would be very costly and might not end well for them. However, they keep doing it because some people get scared and pay up right away.

New comment by outime in "Discord just killed anonymity"

outime — Thu, 12 Feb 2026 23:40:17 +0000

It's time to accept that 99% of people will not accept the loss of "features" (not sure why that's in quotes) or move to something objectively inferior for their needs i.e. something that requires more knowledge instead of simply opening an app where everything is ready to use.

Coming from a former heavy IRC user who's not going back except for nostalgia trips.

New comment by outime in "Windows Notepad App Remote Code Execution Vulnerability"

outime — Wed, 11 Feb 2026 09:38:16 +0000

I can definitely vouch for this! I've been using it for many years and it's been essentially the same the whole time: fast, lean and working on all operating systems.

New comment by outime in "Discord Alternatives, Ranked"

outime — Tue, 10 Feb 2026 10:34:53 +0000

As someone who spent countless hours on IRC when I was younger and enjoyed 99% of it to the fullest... I'd kindly suggest refraining from pushing IRC any further. It has had its run, and while I know it still exists, it's nowhere near what it once was and it's not coming back.

Times have changed and people have different expectations. Nobody (except very few) is going to use multiple services and set up a bouncer just to get the basics working. It's better to spend time building a good replacement that keeps up with current needs than trying to push these old systems onto people, especially younger ones.