Hacker News: rTX5CMRXIfFG

New comment by rTX5CMRXIfFG in "New 14‑inch MacBook Pro with M6"

rTX5CMRXIfFG — Wed, 28 Oct 2026 07:53:38 +0000

I don’t believe there’s a question at all. You actually can’t just install any software you want on any hardware that you own. You don’t even have the right to compel companies to design computers only in such a way that appeals to your personal preferences.

New comment by rTX5CMRXIfFG in "New 14‑inch MacBook Pro with M6"

rTX5CMRXIfFG — Tue, 27 Oct 2026 13:59:23 +0000

Just get the Air. Moore's law peaked a long time ago and the differences between the M-generations are too small to be meaningful.

New comment by rTX5CMRXIfFG in "New 14‑inch MacBook Pro with M6"

rTX5CMRXIfFG — Tue, 27 Oct 2026 13:56:24 +0000

There's just no getting "then don't buy it" for people who obviously don't agree with Apple's terms and conditions, is there? Not every product sold in the market will be done your way, and you can't act oppressed here because if you don't like Apple computers, you have a ton of other options...

New comment by rTX5CMRXIfFG in "Ask HN: Do you still read clean code and software architecture books?"

rTX5CMRXIfFG — Tue, 27 Oct 2026 12:33:19 +0000

Honestly, clean code is one of the worst approaches that is popular within and uncritically accepted by the industry. It's one of the reasons why I'm glad that AI happened. You typically can't argue away this practice since it's more often that a programmer inherits a codebase, so just teach your AI the approach once (say, via a skill), and just generate the code and clock out and enjoy life.

New comment by rTX5CMRXIfFG in "Ask HN: How to deal with shipping AI-written code you don't understand?"

rTX5CMRXIfFG — Tue, 20 Oct 2026 10:15:48 +0000

Then you have bad tests and didn’t consider all cases in your prompt. That’s on you.

New comment by rTX5CMRXIfFG in "Ask HN: How to deal with shipping AI-written code you don't understand?"

rTX5CMRXIfFG — Tue, 20 Oct 2026 10:12:34 +0000

You want to regulate an industry 90% of whose output is just a bunch non-critical CRUD apps? You haven’t thought out the macroeconomics of that, you’d go hungry faster than you’re being obsoleted in the age of AI

New comment by rTX5CMRXIfFG in "Vibecoding isn't as fun as writing code by hand"

rTX5CMRXIfFG — Tue, 06 Oct 2026 17:15:41 +0000

But why should writing be universally tailored to them, subjectivists?

Oh, and the irony

New comment by rTX5CMRXIfFG in "I quit OpenAI because its culture is broken"

rTX5CMRXIfFG — Sun, 04 Oct 2026 09:25:53 +0000

I’ve certainly seen companies think of safety that way but it’s myopic. The cost of lawsuits arising from an accident tends to me far more expensive, both in money and in reputation, than just having guardrails in the first place.

New comment by rTX5CMRXIfFG in "Apple's smart home camera reportedly won't record video"

rTX5CMRXIfFG — Fri, 02 Oct 2026 15:52:46 +0000

I've always thought that consumer complaints about Apple in HN only come from a loud and self-important minority, but wow the replies here represent such an infinitesimal market share

New comment by rTX5CMRXIfFG in "Singapore govt dating app uses Gale-Shapley stable marriage algorithm"

rTX5CMRXIfFG — Thu, 01 Oct 2026 07:29:03 +0000

Huh? Why wouldn’t you want to maximize compatibility considering how expensive divorces can be, both financially and mentally?

Humans, no matter how unique and self-important they might be, can certainly be broken down into personality traits to come up with a model that projects the likelihood of a lasting marriage. It likely won’t be perfect or precise, but it can be done, so I’m not sure what your point even is. As people age, it’s just the fleeting expressions of themselves that whither away, but they have a core personality founded on their values and goals, which stand the test of time. That’s not the sort of thing that you can just mix with someone else who has a different set of values and goals.

New comment by rTX5CMRXIfFG in "Singapore govt dating app uses Gale-Shapley stable marriage algorithm"

rTX5CMRXIfFG — Thu, 01 Oct 2026 04:40:01 +0000

Isn’t it the other way around, ie that you might be compatible with just anyone is more likely to be the idea of a naive 22-year old?

As you grow older you’re going to have your own values, boundaries, non-negotiables. Thinking that you can just jump into dating and “open-mind” the singles scene is a huge sign of someone who hasn’t fully developed their sense of self just yet.

New comment by rTX5CMRXIfFG in "Memory Companies Have Destroyed the Consumer Market"

rTX5CMRXIfFG — Wed, 30 Sep 2026 14:57:33 +0000

Do we really need to obsess so hard on citations here? I mean what further proof does one need from the retail price of electronics lately

New comment by rTX5CMRXIfFG in "SpaceX's Starship launching to orbit for first time ever today"

rTX5CMRXIfFG — Mon, 28 Sep 2026 13:32:01 +0000

i personally wanted those to work (except Twitter, i believe social media is net net bad for society)... and yet i don't feel the need to jerk him off with my hands

New comment by rTX5CMRXIfFG in "Korea raises data breach fines to 10% of revenue"

rTX5CMRXIfFG — Sat, 19 Sep 2026 08:40:42 +0000

Funny you say that without even knowing the school’s use case for the data. And most certainly in the abstract, companies have even less reason to collect PII than they are currently doing.

New comment by rTX5CMRXIfFG in "Apple weighs Nvidia technology for potential server market return"

rTX5CMRXIfFG — Thu, 17 Sep 2026 05:51:43 +0000

Eh, they have a higher probability of success entering the enterprise AI server space than any of those two since it’s not about creating new hardware. Granted, they made their own silicon, but that’s aligned with all of their vertical integration strategies.

New comment by rTX5CMRXIfFG in "Apple weighs Nvidia technology for potential server market return"

rTX5CMRXIfFG — Wed, 16 Sep 2026 16:15:45 +0000

To anyone who's seen the Apple Silicon launches, this was obvious the moment that ChatGPT went mainstream.

I've honestly been surprised at how Wall Street only ever paid attention to Nvidia. If Nvidia is worth what it's worth now because of AI demand, then Apple must be way undervalued.

New comment by rTX5CMRXIfFG in "Swift 6.4 Released"

rTX5CMRXIfFG — Wed, 16 Sep 2026 15:18:44 +0000

If you're looking for a pay off for learning anything at all, just don't---AI is projected to take over a lot of knowledge areas. You'd better invest in learning a physical skill or build a network of high net worth people and somehow make something of it.

Now, if AI eating the world doesn't matter to you, then just learn what you want to learn.

New comment by rTX5CMRXIfFG in "216M Spy TVs – The LG Smart TV Problem [video]"

rTX5CMRXIfFG — Mon, 07 Sep 2026 13:50:25 +0000

Can somebody attest or falsify that we’d all be better off with a huge gaming monitor plus an Apple TV? Expensive, of course, but privacy is the main consideration here.

New comment by rTX5CMRXIfFG in "How the Disaster of "Forever Chemicals" Was Kept Secret"

rTX5CMRXIfFG — Mon, 07 Sep 2026 03:52:05 +0000

It’s not a matter of perspective to evolution, it’s a real binary between whether you can survive or not.

We’re free to pollute the planet as we like, but it’s up in the air whether we can survive nature’s response to our actions

New comment by rTX5CMRXIfFG in "Music Theory for Programmers"

rTX5CMRXIfFG — Mon, 07 Sep 2026 01:56:07 +0000

Again, that’s just outright false. Whether theory-first works or not highly depends on whether a learner is experienced or not, and it tends to work better on those who have a long experience of learning about many disparate topics; while imitation-first tends to work best on younger and less experienced learners.