Hacker News: razorbeamz

New comment by razorbeamz in "Googlebook"

razorbeamz — Wed, 13 May 2026 04:56:59 +0000

My wife also got upset with me over this.

New comment by razorbeamz in "The locals don't know"

razorbeamz — Mon, 11 May 2026 08:28:21 +0000

I think the writer of this misunderstands "tourist trap."

Tourist traps, at least as I see it, are places or activities that are more expensive than they should be.

For example, a tourist trap in Tokyo is going to the top of SkyTree. It's not something locals can really reasonably afford doing more than once, because it's really expensive. The price is such that basically only tourists would do it.

New comment by razorbeamz in "Pinocchio is weirder than you remembered"

razorbeamz — Fri, 08 May 2026 08:31:10 +0000

LLM written article.

Nintendo announces price increases for Nintendo Switch 2

razorbeamz — Fri, 08 May 2026 06:56:13 +0000

Article URL: https://www.nintendo.co.jp/corporate/release/en/2026/260508.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48059606

Points: 233

# Comments: 244

Pompeii archaeologists use AI to reconstruct man killed in volcano's eruption

razorbeamz — Tue, 28 Apr 2026 05:45:32 +0000

Article URL: https://www.npr.org/2026/04/28/g-s1-118986/pompeii-archaeologists-use-ai-to-reconstruct-man-killed-in-volcanos-eruption

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47930791

Points: 6

# Comments: 2

New comment by razorbeamz in "Ask HN: What Makes AI a Bubble?"

razorbeamz — Tue, 28 Apr 2026 04:29:16 +0000

Because too many new companies are popping up with the business model of "We're going to use AI" and they don't actually have any explanation for how or why they're going to use AI.

This is just like the Dot Com Bubble, where a lot of companies popped up saying they were going to "use the internet" without actually having a plan.

New comment by razorbeamz in "Flipdiscs"

razorbeamz — Mon, 27 Apr 2026 05:17:03 +0000

I think it's just a simulation of what it could look like if it were flipdiscs.

New comment by razorbeamz in "The Hottest Phone for Kids Right Now Is a $100 Landline"

razorbeamz — Mon, 27 Apr 2026 00:56:40 +0000

I have a hard time believing kids actually are wanting this thing.

Parents wanting it for their kids, sure. But every kid would rather have an iPhone.

New comment by razorbeamz in "An AI agent deleted our production database. The agent's confession is below"

razorbeamz — Sun, 26 Apr 2026 23:57:03 +0000

> There is something darkly comical about using an LLM to write up your “a coding agent deleted our production database” Twitter post.

Which calls into question if this is even real.

Commodore 4064 Repair – C64 in a PET style case

razorbeamz — Sun, 26 Apr 2026 13:24:20 +0000

Article URL: http://blog.tynemouthsoftware.co.uk/2026/04/commodore-4064-repair-c64-in-pet-style-case.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47910138

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

New comment by razorbeamz in "Isopods of the world"

razorbeamz — Fri, 24 Apr 2026 02:39:22 +0000

The photos are all either stolen or AI generated.

New comment by razorbeamz in "Isopods of the world"

razorbeamz — Fri, 24 Apr 2026 02:37:59 +0000

On close inspection, this does not appear to actually be Nick Bay's website, but rather someone impersonating him.

New comment by razorbeamz in "Isopods of the world"

razorbeamz — Fri, 24 Apr 2026 02:36:46 +0000

> I recognize the photographer

There is curiously nothing on his website about this isopod site.

New comment by razorbeamz in "Isopods of the world"

razorbeamz — Fri, 24 Apr 2026 01:54:22 +0000

The people who are saying that this is not AI are either being misled or they are lying.

New comment by razorbeamz in "Isopods of the world"

razorbeamz — Fri, 24 Apr 2026 00:35:38 +0000

This is raw AI slop, easily identified as such the second you see it.

100% generated website from the code to the text to the pictures.

New comment by razorbeamz in "ChatGPT Images 2.0"

razorbeamz — Wed, 22 Apr 2026 08:33:36 +0000

Here in Japan every fucking food truck uses them for pictures of their menu, which really pisses me off because it's not representative of their food at all.

New comment by razorbeamz in "ChatGPT Images 2.0"

razorbeamz — Wed, 22 Apr 2026 08:21:44 +0000

Neither of them drew them in an 8-bit style either. It's way too many colors.

New comment by razorbeamz in "The Onion to Take over InfoWars"

razorbeamz — Tue, 21 Apr 2026 02:45:38 +0000

I hope Dan and Jordan can get the desk like they've always wanted.

New comment by razorbeamz in "Not buying another Kindle"

razorbeamz — Tue, 21 Apr 2026 02:24:03 +0000

I was curious and just tested this with directly putting an ePub on my Kindle and it did not work.

I also tried renaming the ePub to a .kfx and it still did not work.

New comment by razorbeamz in "Show HN: Gave Claude a casino bankroll – it gambles till it's too broke to think"

razorbeamz — Thu, 16 Apr 2026 06:47:39 +0000

Did it break?