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New comment by pil0u in "Show HN: AI memory with biological decay (52% recall)"

pil0u — Sun, 26 Apr 2026 23:19:07 +0000

I appreciate your comment, and can relate. I tested a couple of "memory" systems, doing some heavy lifting or seemingly implementation of theories (layering, hot memory, etc), I can't really tell if they improve performance, quality or reliability on a task. But they do increase the overhead, for the LLM and for me, that's for sure.

One problem I have is that now CLAUDE.md or skills tend to get version controlled within projects, I suspect they could get in the way sometimes.

There is already so much fatigue induced by these systems, adding another one willingly does sound crazy.

New comment by pil0u in "Ping-pong robot beats top-level human players"

pil0u — Thu, 23 Apr 2026 08:16:18 +0000

That is simply not true. We call it "tennis de table" when it comes to the sport, and we call it "ping pong" when you play at a camping in flip flops.

New comment by pil0u in "I fought my smartphone addiction"

pil0u — Sun, 15 Mar 2026 13:45:12 +0000

I am not the author, his blog posts about the topic were very helpful in my process to 1. become aware of my own addiction 2. be confident in changing habits, and phone.

A lot of discussions online involve "you can disable notifications on a normal smartphone" or "you can use Screen Time to limit yourself" or, the worst, "just have some discipline". Imagine telling a cigarette or a drug addict "just have some discipline", it makes zero sense and shows a total lack of understanding of what is at stake.

There are various kinds of addictions, and saying "smartphone addiction" is a convenient way to hide more individual potential issues. For me, it is "internet addiction", and the ability to be connected any second with a small computer in my pocket is part of the problem. So replacing the object itself is, for my case, a necessary first step.

This article resonates a lot for me, and in 2026 the offer of "dumbphones" seems to have reached a level where people have some choice. To each their flavour, I'm testing one, let's see where that leads.

I fought my smartphone addiction

pil0u — Sun, 15 Mar 2026 13:34:55 +0000

Article URL: https://ploum.net/2026-03-13-phone_addiction.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47387238

Points: 6

# Comments: 2

Mudita Kompakt

pil0u — Mon, 02 Mar 2026 19:09:18 +0000

Article URL: https://mudita.com/products/phones/mudita-kompakt/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47222569

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

New comment by pil0u in "Never buy a .online domain"

pil0u — Wed, 25 Feb 2026 13:53:44 +0000

One conclusion is:

> Not adding the domain to Google Search Console immediately.

I don't understand. What is Google Search Console, and should I add all my domains there right now?

New comment by pil0u in "Discord/Twitch/Snapchat age verification bypass"

pil0u — Thu, 12 Feb 2026 08:44:03 +0000

I agree that government legislation is part of the equation, but I don't agree that moving to other platforms is not a solution. If Discord were to witness a significant exodus of paying users because of this new verification process, they would probably start fighting the fight themselves.

That said, I don't expect this to happen, switching is very hard for many reasons.

Astuto is now officially unmantained

pil0u — Mon, 09 Feb 2026 23:38:07 +0000

Article URL: https://github.com/astuto/astuto/issues/487

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46953197

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

New comment by pil0u in "TikTok's 'addictive design' found to be illegal in Europe"

pil0u — Fri, 06 Feb 2026 13:04:57 +0000

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whataboutism

New comment by pil0u in "AI Usage Policy"

pil0u — Fri, 23 Jan 2026 12:38:21 +0000

The major companies that made available the very tools they use to create this spam code, applied the exact same ethics.

New comment by pil0u in "Proton spam and the AI consent problem"

pil0u — Fri, 23 Jan 2026 07:48:58 +0000

This is illegal practice in the EU

New comment by pil0u in "EU–INC – A new pan-European legal entity"

pil0u — Wed, 21 Jan 2026 11:20:33 +0000

I read through the speech, I'm still not sure if this is adopted or not. I found https://www.eu-inc.org/ which seems to be the origin of the proposal, but mentions a final implementation for 2027.

Just heard about this initiative as a European, I don't have an opinion yet.

New comment by pil0u in "Ask HN: What are you working on? (January 2026)"

pil0u — Sun, 11 Jan 2026 21:04:50 +0000

Just tried Kingly, really liked it!

New comment by pil0u in "Matz 2/2: The trajectory of Ruby's growth, Open-Source Software today etc."

pil0u — Fri, 02 Jan 2026 09:27:59 +0000

This is an English translation of the original Japanese interview: https://kaigaiiju.ch/episodes/matz2

I mention this because I was put off by Matz's voice in the English audio, it's not his voice!

New comment by pil0u in "[dead]"

pil0u — Tue, 30 Dec 2025 08:08:05 +0000

Paper: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2411.11194

GitHub repo: https://github.com/gommzystudio/device-activity-tracker

New comment by pil0u in "UBlockOrigin and UBlacklist AI Blocklist"

pil0u — Thu, 25 Dec 2025 22:55:55 +0000

Yes, it is an unpopular opinion around here, but pretty much in the tech world.

I think this is because most of the users/praisers of GenAI can only see it as a tool to improve productivity (see sibling comment). And yes, end of 2025, it's becoming harder to argue that GenAI is not a productivity booster across many industries.

The vast majority of people in tech are totally missing the question of morality. Missing it, or ignoring it, or hiding it.

New comment by pil0u in "Avoid UUID Version 4 Primary Keys in Postgres"

pil0u — Mon, 15 Dec 2025 19:14:45 +0000

What's in-between? I posted the article because I'm in the middle of that choice and wanted to generate discussion/contradiction.

So far, people have talked a lot about UUIDs, so I'm genuinely curious about what's in-between.

Avoid UUID Version 4 Primary Keys in Postgres

pil0u — Mon, 15 Dec 2025 10:08:02 +0000

Article URL: https://andyatkinson.com/avoid-uuid-version-4-primary-keys

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46272487

Points: 377

# Comments: 449

New comment by pil0u in "Just 0.001% hold 3 times the wealth of poorest half of humanity, report finds"

pil0u — Thu, 11 Dec 2025 10:10:31 +0000

The real gods of humanity.

How would you call them differently? The amount of power that wealth gives them over "us" is unfathomable.

We often contemplate history with lofty detachment, thinking how far we have come as humans and societies. Kings and queens seen as ancient fictions. Sure some KPIs like life expectancy/comfort improved thanks to technologies and progress. I don't deny all that, but that's not my point. The extreme majority of humans are still vessels/subjects to an absurd minority of other humans. How can't we see that as a failure?

New comment by pil0u in "Make product worse, get money"

pil0u — Sat, 22 Nov 2025 09:02:22 +0000

That's the whole point: don't eat apples from January to December.