Hacker News: primer42

New comment by primer42 in "Claude Code to be removed from Anthropic's Pro plan?"

primer42 — Tue, 21 Apr 2026 23:25:49 +0000

So this is why they allowed Claude code to be used for open claw again - cuz code is going to more expensive customers

New comment by primer42 in "Sam Altman may control our future – can he be trusted?"

primer42 — Mon, 06 Apr 2026 22:51:59 +0000

"Any headline that ends in a question mark can be answered by the word no."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betteridge%27s_law_of_headline...

New comment by primer42 in "Schedule tasks on the web"

primer42 — Fri, 27 Mar 2026 11:34:33 +0000

“A programmer is going to the store and his wife tells him to buy a gallon of milk, and if there are eggs, buy a dozen. So the programmer goes shopping, does as she says, and returns home to show his wife what he bought. But she gets angry and asks, ‘Why’d you buy 13 gallons of milk?’ The programmer replies, ‘There were eggs!’”

You need to write a clearer prompt.

New comment by primer42 in "Run NanoClaw in Docker Sandboxes"

primer42 — Fri, 13 Mar 2026 15:26:02 +0000

I get the appeal but I disagree

The strength of open source software is collaboration. That many people have tried it, read it, submitted fixes and had those fixes reviewed and accepted.

We've all seen LLMs spit out garbage bugs on the first few tries. I've written garbage bugs on my first try too. We all benefit from the review process.

I would rather have a battle tested base to start customizing from than having to stumble through the pitfalls of a buggy or insecure AI implementation.

New comment by primer42 in "I dumped Windows 11 for Linux, and you should too"

primer42 — Sun, 11 Jan 2026 12:08:54 +0000

Modern MacBooks DO run Linux

Check out https://asahilinux.org/

New comment by primer42 in "US will ban Wall Street investors from buying single-family homes"

primer42 — Wed, 07 Jan 2026 19:56:08 +0000

"Trump says" is not the same as "US will"

Trump says a ton of things that he never ends up doing.

New comment by primer42 in "How we automated federal retirements"

primer42 — Sat, 27 Dec 2025 17:10:07 +0000

This is exactly how us taxes should work. The IRS already has all the information it needs - it should fill out the form, give you a chance to double check, and then you're done.

Sigh...

New comment by primer42 in "Italian Competition Authority Fines Apple $115M for Abusing Dominant Position"

primer42 — Mon, 22 Dec 2025 15:29:49 +0000

Apple makes, what, $1 billion (with a B) in profit every day.

So this is nothing to them.

New comment by primer42 in "$1T in tech stocks sold off as market grows skeptical of AI"

primer42 — Sat, 08 Nov 2025 15:42:06 +0000

> And then there’s Microsoft, which—despite being one of the most powerful and prominent companies in Silicon Valley—seems to be having one of its biggest losing streaks ever. Bloomberg reported Friday that its stock had slumped 8.6 percent over eight days, a decline that evaporated some $350 billion in market valuation.

I find it strange and upsetting when articles talk about the "evaporation" of "market valuation". Market value is already meaningless vapor - it's not like real money was created when the stock price went up, nor has anything of concrete value disappeared.

New comment by primer42 in "FAA to restrict commercial rocket launches to overnight hours"

primer42 — Sat, 08 Nov 2025 00:10:27 +0000

The article mentions the hours...

> Beginning 6 a.m. EST (1100 GMT) on Nov. 10, commercial launches to space can only take place between the hours of 10 p.m. EST (0300 GMT) and 6 a.m. EST (1100 GMT), according to the FAA order.

Linux running in a browser tab via WASM

primer42 — Mon, 03 Nov 2025 13:30:08 +0000

Article URL: https://joelseverin.github.io/linux-wasm/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45798750

Points: 22

# Comments: 2

New comment by primer42 in "Claude Skills are awesome, maybe a bigger deal than MCP"

primer42 — Fri, 17 Oct 2025 21:44:02 +0000

I've been able to build the equivalent of skills with a few markdown files. I need to remind my agent every so often to use a skill but usually once per session at most.

I don't get what's so special about Claude doing this?

New comment by primer42 in "Bob Ross paintings to be auctioned to fund US public broadcasting"

primer42 — Wed, 08 Oct 2025 11:19:52 +0000

Reality has a well known liberal bias.

Offline: A Pacific island was cut off from the internet

primer42 — Sat, 04 Oct 2025 13:48:53 +0000

Article URL: https://www.theguardian.com/news/2025/sep/30/tonga-pacific-island-internet-underwater-cables-volcanic-eruption

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45473302

Points: 4

# Comments: 0

New comment by primer42 in "Homeowners insurance is pricing people out in disaster-prone cities"

primer42 — Wed, 10 Sep 2025 14:24:41 +0000

Yeah sounds like it's working as designed to me too

New comment by primer42 in "Code Is Debt"

primer42 — Sun, 31 Aug 2025 20:12:14 +0000

I do this literally every day when I'm debugging, understanding a new system, or planning my work.

New comment by primer42 in "Business books are entertainment, not strategic tools"

primer42 — Sat, 10 May 2025 12:41:03 +0000

MBAs are an entertainment degree, not a practical training for real organizations.

New comment by primer42 in "Why can't Ivies cope with losing a few hundred million?"

primer42 — Wed, 30 Apr 2025 15:02:07 +0000

As I understand it, billionaires take out loans with their stock/investments as collateral to get cash without selling said assets.

Why can't universities do the same? Or is my understanding of billionaire money shenanigans incorrect?

New comment by primer42 in "Remote Work's Long-Term Effects: Why Dell and Amazon Are Bringing Employees Back"

primer42 — Sun, 06 Apr 2025 11:05:13 +0000

> At Automattic, people are free to work from anywhere. What keeps them close is trust, regular meetups, and open conversations.

Using automatic as an example of a trusting, open company is an interesting choice given the public meltdowns we've seen from Matt in the past year.

New comment by primer42 in "Playstation Mod Turns the PSOne into a Crustacean"

primer42 — Sat, 29 Mar 2025 14:52:10 +0000

¿Por Qué No Los Dos?