Hacker News: raffael_de

New comment by raffael_de in "Claude Fable 5"

raffael_de — Tue, 09 Jun 2026 19:59:22 +0000

I find it quite interesting that while the picture looks better the more advanced the model is, but apparently none so far "understands" that the pelicans legs are on both sides of the bike / top bar.

New comment by raffael_de in "Claude Fable 5"

raffael_de — Tue, 09 Jun 2026 19:55:03 +0000

1 decade = 10 years ...

New comment by raffael_de in "Microsoft's open source tools were hacked to steal passwords of AI developers"

raffael_de — Tue, 09 Jun 2026 08:53:59 +0000

What's your post mortem, then? As in - what happened and how should it be read?

Microsoft's open source tools were hacked to steal passwords of AI developers

raffael_de — Tue, 09 Jun 2026 07:33:16 +0000

Article URL: https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/08/microsofts-open-source-tools-were-hacked-to-steal-passwords-of-ai-developers/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48457830

Points: 525

# Comments: 178

New comment by raffael_de in "Making peace with your unlived dreams (2023)"

raffael_de — Mon, 08 Jun 2026 19:30:34 +0000

I don't see how you can change something that doesn't exist (yet).

New comment by raffael_de in "Is This the Dawn of the Tokenpocalypse?"

raffael_de — Mon, 08 Jun 2026 12:22:16 +0000

I think this is bigger news than many here care to admit. Most companies' AI "strategy" is very naive and depending on subscription based cost calculations. Token-based billing will force those companies to actually think deeper about costs versus benefits. And that's going to be a rude awakening. Other AI providers will follow suit sooner or later. Most probably did by means of intransparent compute cuts and Token throttling.

New comment by raffael_de in "Dopamine Fracking"

raffael_de — Mon, 08 Jun 2026 11:09:11 +0000

I think the contemporary canonical term has to be Dopamaxxing.

New comment by raffael_de in "The Cypherpunk Library"

raffael_de — Mon, 08 Jun 2026 11:02:50 +0000

Privacy for the citizens and transparency for the government. Sadly, all democracies are right in the middle of establishing the polar opposite.

New comment by raffael_de in "Making peace with your unlived dreams (2023)"

raffael_de — Mon, 08 Jun 2026 09:28:29 +0000

> A life well-lived is really what we should all hope for.

That doesn't make sense. A life however-lived implies you're dead. You cannot admire your well-lived life.

> I can’t change the past, but I can change the future.

You cannot change the future ...

Maybe you're not a native speaker. The reason why I reply is because I notice that many people fall into language traps when reasoning about something philosophical. The result of that reasoning looks good but doesn't check out and hence doesn't get you anywhere in terms of actually realizing something important.

New comment by raffael_de in "Making peace with your unlived dreams (2023)"

raffael_de — Mon, 08 Jun 2026 09:17:32 +0000

It's also worth reflecting on what's underlying the dream. Your "dream" was prestige. You obtained it and it disappointed you. My hypothesis would be that underlying your desire for prestige was a fundamental desire to be loved. Then you realized that prestige only looks superficially like being loved but it's actually something very different and materialistic. If you had reflected that earlier you could have avoided wasting effort for obtaining prestige. The same mechanism is true for all dreams.

New comment by raffael_de in "Meta confirms 1000s of Instagram accounts were hacked by abusing its AI chatbot"

raffael_de — Sat, 06 Jun 2026 20:46:59 +0000

"operation successful, patient dead."

New comment by raffael_de in "12,060 piece, $799.99, Sagrada Família is the largest Lego building set to date"

raffael_de — Thu, 04 Jun 2026 18:44:14 +0000

yes, this, thank you. just wrote a comment lamenting about this specifically.

New comment by raffael_de in "Sagrada Família Lego set"

raffael_de — Thu, 04 Jun 2026 18:41:45 +0000

when you were into Legos, the bricks used were of universal shape. modern sets like this are mostly of a shape that is highly specific to the intended outcome. which is basically orthogonal to the original appeal of playing with Lego. I'm saying that as someone who grew up with two large boxes full of Lego bricks and pieces.

Boeing 787 nose landing gear collapses at FRA

raffael_de — Thu, 04 Jun 2026 15:08:24 +0000

Article URL: https://aerospaceglobalnews.com/news/lufthansa-boeing-787-nose-landing-gear/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48399823

Points: 5

# Comments: 1

EU Parliament to Ditch Google for European Alternative Qwant

raffael_de — Wed, 03 Jun 2026 12:55:40 +0000

Article URL: https://www.euractiv.com/news/european-parliament-to-ditch-google-for-european-alternative/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48383368

Points: 10

# Comments: 0

New comment by raffael_de in "It is an amazing time for programmers"

raffael_de — Wed, 03 Jun 2026 12:46:41 +0000

back in the days of LAN parties, assembling PCs, making your own website with HTML/CSS/Perl, torrenting music etc. it seemed like a lot of random people around me had some level of competence and enthusiasm for at least one IT area. this is all gone. while one can argue that given how comfortable UX got and so you no longer need to know what a file is, I nonetheless believe such enthusiasm has never been more important. instead people are happy with what a bunch of mega corporations spoon feed them.

New comment by raffael_de in "It is an amazing time for programmers"

raffael_de — Wed, 03 Jun 2026 12:38:04 +0000

personally I don't find this particularly unappealing and have often referred to myself as some sort of plumber. plumbing is all about connecting standardized interfaces (threads) and then some improvisation. in IT the amount of improvisation is higher due to less standardized interfaces and interfaces are more complex. but the analogy works and I enjoy thinking about how to make interfaces exchange information efficiently.

New comment by raffael_de in "Can You Stop a Hypersonic Missile?"

raffael_de — Mon, 01 Jun 2026 18:23:36 +0000

I also don't understand this. After having written something I never felt a need to have it reformulated by anything. What would even be the prompt for that?

United 767 diverted mid-Atlantic after teenager named Bluetooth speaker BOMB

raffael_de — Mon, 01 Jun 2026 18:00:21 +0000

Article URL: https://www.airtraveler.club/news/united-767-diverted-bluetooth-bomb-passengers-stranded/

Hacker News: raffael_de

New comment by raffael_de in "Claude Fable 5"

New comment by raffael_de in "Claude Fable 5"

New comment by raffael_de in "Microsoft's open source tools were hacked to steal passwords of AI developers"

Microsoft's open source tools were hacked to steal passwords of AI developers

New comment by raffael_de in "Making peace with your unlived dreams (2023)"

New comment by raffael_de in "Is This the Dawn of the Tokenpocalypse?"

New comment by raffael_de in "Dopamine Fracking"

New comment by raffael_de in "The Cypherpunk Library"

New comment by raffael_de in "Making peace with your unlived dreams (2023)"

New comment by raffael_de in "Making peace with your unlived dreams (2023)"

New comment by raffael_de in "Meta confirms 1000s of Instagram accounts were hacked by abusing its AI chatbot"

New comment by raffael_de in "12,060 piece, $799.99, Sagrada Família is the largest Lego building set to date"

New comment by raffael_de in "Sagrada Família Lego set"

Boeing 787 nose landing gear collapses at FRA

EU Parliament to Ditch Google for European Alternative Qwant

New comment by raffael_de in "It is an amazing time for programmers"

New comment by raffael_de in "It is an amazing time for programmers"

New comment by raffael_de in "Can You Stop a Hypersonic Missile?"

United 767 diverted mid-Atlantic after teenager named Bluetooth speaker BOMB

New comment by raffael_de in "AI sticker shock hits corporate America"