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New comment by partiallypro in "The turbulent AI era is here"

partiallypro — Wed, 26 Aug 2026 18:26:12 +0000

"Taxing AI tokens will only lead to the acceleration of local LLMs"

This part was a good point, so I couldn't tell if the second part is satire or not.

New comment by partiallypro in "AI companies destroy physical books – let's scan rare books before it's too late"

partiallypro — Fri, 21 Aug 2026 04:02:54 +0000

The hysteria around AI and data centers has hit a precipice. It's actually a bit embarrassing now. I am pretty sure there are foreign adversaries that are trying to stop the US, but I also really blame the AI companies for doing the most horrendous job imaginable in pitching AI to the public. Not a shock that people are against something that tech bros have claimed will destroy everyone's lives in the next 5 years. These books were probably going into a landfill without AI companies getting them, regardless. Tons and tons of books go into the garbage every day.

New comment by partiallypro in "Pixel Watch 5"

partiallypro — Wed, 12 Aug 2026 20:55:42 +0000

The round just looks better and far fewer people actively use the interface on the watch other than looking at the time or marking a workout. I think the squircle watches like Apple's look odd.

New comment by partiallypro in "How Claude marks AI-generated content"

partiallypro — Tue, 11 Aug 2026 17:06:15 +0000

My question is what's to stop Google or any competitor from using watermarks of Claude or OpenAI from degrading the rankings of sites that use it but ignore or even reward sites that use Gemini. Seems like an easy thing to do for competitors, and maybe an unforeseen side effect of these types of things or regulations.

New comment by partiallypro in "Mars Bar from 1991 found – and it's 20g bigger than today's"

partiallypro — Mon, 10 Aug 2026 18:28:11 +0000

Has someone ever adjusted the Big Mac index to account for shrinkflation? Seems like that should definitely be a part of it.

New comment by partiallypro in "USA Today Co., partners with Palantir to analyze audience data"

partiallypro — Fri, 07 Aug 2026 17:23:24 +0000

At least in the military aspect, I have heard nothing but great things about them from service member friends/family.

I personally find the panic over Palantir, Data Centers, etc to be largely mass hysteria vs anything else. It has become an omni-cause like Israel (I mean part of the backlash against Palantir is that the CEO is Jewish, just read any internet comment thread on the topic.)

New comment by partiallypro in "ChatGPT Work"

partiallypro — Thu, 09 Jul 2026 21:48:02 +0000

I'm ok with the merging, but would like just the normal ChatGPT to be a drop down along with "Work" and "Codex."

New comment by partiallypro in "ChatGPT Work"

partiallypro — Thu, 09 Jul 2026 21:47:06 +0000

I see they are fully embracing the Microsoft model, soon we'll have ChatGPT Classic, ChatGPT (Beta), and ChatGPT (New)

New comment by partiallypro in "Google Chrome is killing all uBlock Origin bypasses, Edge, Opera to follow"

partiallypro — Wed, 10 Jun 2026 06:10:25 +0000

That's pretty irrelevant isn't it? Shouldn't all users demand privacy, especially from ads?

New comment by partiallypro in "AI Is Slowing Down"

partiallypro — Mon, 08 Jun 2026 17:24:46 +0000

The moat is the infrastructure and lock-in. Similar to AWS or anything else. Small data centers can't compete, and similarly people without massive compute won't be able to either (at least not on the enterprise level.) You might get a few edge models, but for huge businesses they will be using OpenAI and Anthropic (and Google/Microsoft/Amazon, etc).

The biggest competitors aren't small models, they are just the traditional players that already have an "in" with enterprises. That I think will start to show its face once this initial round of buildout is complete, which may not be for another 5+ years.

New comment by partiallypro in "AI is slowing down"

partiallypro — Mon, 08 Jun 2026 17:21:52 +0000

I did. So, I'm confused how does that negate my comment exactly? Your second complete sentence totally is in conflict with your first btw.

New comment by partiallypro in "AI Is Slowing Down"

partiallypro — Mon, 08 Jun 2026 16:27:14 +0000

The only "bubble" with AI is that the initial build out is cyclical, and many of the high flying chip stocks with no software arms (ala Nvidia's CUDA) will come back to Earth. I think anyone that thinks AI is going away or won't have massive impact (though maybe not in the doomsday scenario) are in complete denial.

New comment by partiallypro in "Microsoft announces Scout, an autonomous AI agent built on OpenClaw"

partiallypro — Tue, 02 Jun 2026 21:14:45 +0000

Tesla trades at a massive multiple, Microsoft doesn't. I think a lot of you just hate Microsoft and ignore (or rather prefer to pretend) the reality that the world runs on it.

New comment by partiallypro in "MAI-Code-1-Flash"

partiallypro — Tue, 02 Jun 2026 21:10:47 +0000

> "GitHub Copilot had competitive pricing until yesterday when they changed from per-request to one of the most expensive per-token quotas. Seriously, take a look at their burning subreddit for some laughs"

AI is expensive and it has been heavily subsidized. I you think $20/mo for Codex/Claude flat vs a more usage based model you're in for a shock. Especially once these companies go public and have to meet investor expectations.

New comment by partiallypro in "DuckDuckGo search saw 28% more visits after Google said people love AI mode"

partiallypro — Wed, 27 May 2026 18:30:43 +0000

AI snippets are just terrible, I always just scroll past it. I want to find the website I'm looking for, if I wanted to use AI I'd open up an AI app or website.

New comment by partiallypro in "If America's so rich, how'd it get so sad?"

partiallypro — Thu, 23 Apr 2026 16:42:54 +0000

America is very very rich, the average person is much wealthier than the average European. 76% of Americans do not live paycheck to paycheck. That is a self reported stat and not reliable. It's a media sensationalist headline grabber which virtually every economist ignores.

People don't like saying America is rich because it defies their beliefs, but the actual stats don't lie. Every American I know that has moved to Europe (and I have lived there as well, in Munich) moved there with, shock...American money and savings. So they don't actually get the initial start many Europeans do and it clouds their view to think that's just how all Europeans live.

That doesn't guarantee that this will always be true, but given Europe's current trajectory, even with the US's many shortcomings...it's hard to say Europe will catch up anytime soon.

New comment by partiallypro in "NASA Force"

partiallypro — Fri, 17 Apr 2026 18:46:40 +0000

I read enough HN to know what it is -absolutely- true. HN comments, including this thread, often just read like BlueSky screeds half the time the US, US government or Sam Altman/Elon Musk/etc are mentioned.

They all deserve criticism, but when that's all a thread turns into when these items come up, well the discussion becomes very hollow and partisan really quickly.

New comment by partiallypro in "Sam Altman's response to Molotov cocktail incident"

partiallypro — Tue, 14 Apr 2026 03:21:19 +0000

It seems you or the team have culled many of them. There was one in particular that stood out but it seems to have been removed or they are heavily buried now. I just saw your post further down the thread, so you have seen them and I assume action was taken, thanks. There are still some that I find distasteful, but not as bad as what I was originally seeing towards the top.

New comment by partiallypro in "Sam Altman's response to Molotov cocktail incident"

partiallypro — Sat, 11 Apr 2026 05:03:37 +0000

There are people actively insinuating in this thread that Sam should be...killed, and they are still up. Very odd moderation, surely there is a better way to flag these things.

New comment by partiallypro in "Artemis II Launch Day Updates"

partiallypro — Fri, 03 Apr 2026 00:05:46 +0000

Even assuming what you're saying is correct and government spending doesn't matter (odd thing to say when you're arguing that the government has been "gutted,") your own chart is only flat over time because of USPS workers being less due to automation/retirement and there being less military recruitment (both account for about ~1.5M employees lost,) and doesn't include offloading to contractors. Underlying agencies and government is bigger than ever before. The government (federal AND state levels) itself is much larger, with more regulations, than it was even 20 years ago.

Every company has bureaucracy, but it's nothing compared to government work. Also, government has no competition, bureaucracy in big companies will eventually be punished (even if it takes a long time.) In government it is often rewarded, both internally and externally (via regulatory capture, etc.)

In any case, saying the federal government has been "gutted" is a flat lie. I don't see how people can argue otherwise. I want more money going to NASA, and more money going to civil projects like HSR, but would that magically remove 15 years of bureaucratic mess? No. More money to these projects can only happen on a large political scale if/when the bureaucratic red tape is cut to lower the costs. Adding an additional layer of bureaucrats and middle managers and pot of gold everyone can dip their hands in before it reaches the final project doesn't fix the issue.