Hacker News: recursivegirth

New comment by recursivegirth in "France to ditch Windows for Linux to reduce reliance on US tech"

recursivegirth — Fri, 10 Apr 2026 15:50:28 +0000

This, I've officially been off Windows for a few months and will not be looking back. Microsoft has put a bad taste in my mouth as a developer.

By luck and happenstance, I tuned into the Omacon conference this morning and my perspective on personal computing very much aligns with theirs. Would encourage a least watch the kickoff keynote if the VODs drop.

New comment by recursivegirth in "Reallocating $100/Month Claude Code Spend to Zed and OpenRouter"

recursivegirth — Fri, 10 Apr 2026 02:10:51 +0000

I've had a good experience so far. Idk if I would attribute that to Pi or the GLM models. However, it feels nice not being constrained by usage.

New comment by recursivegirth in "Reallocating $100/Month Claude Code Spend to Zed and OpenRouter"

recursivegirth — Thu, 09 Apr 2026 19:50:16 +0000

I bought a $30 Z.ai Coding Plan sub to go with it. 7 million tokens has only gone through 2% of my weekly usage using the GLM-5.1 model. I am pretty happy.

I am only doing single project workflows, but with Z.ai I feel like it opens a whole new door to parallel workflows without hitting usage limits.

New comment by recursivegirth in "My minute-by-minute response to the LiteLLM malware attack"

recursivegirth — Thu, 26 Mar 2026 22:42:38 +0000

Thanks, learned something new. I found and setup Open Snitch on my machine - super intuitive. This is going to give me great peace of mind.

New comment by recursivegirth in "My astrophotography in the movie Project Hail Mary"

recursivegirth — Wed, 25 Mar 2026 19:30:13 +0000

Earth moves - that's how you get the next shot without repositioning the telescope.

This time-lapse probably better visualizes it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wFpeM3fxJoQ

New comment by recursivegirth in "Show HN: Email.md – Markdown to responsive, email-safe HTML"

recursivegirth — Tue, 24 Mar 2026 18:36:11 +0000

Yea, but how will they hide all the tracking URLs and base64 encoded PII from you in the email?

New comment by recursivegirth in "Mayor of Paris removed parking spaces, reduced the number of cars"

recursivegirth — Sat, 21 Mar 2026 15:13:12 +0000

I would rather float to work like the Swiss.

https://www.businessinsider.com/switzerland-workers-commute-...

New comment by recursivegirth in "Canada's bill C-22 mandates mass metadata surveillance of Canadians"

recursivegirth — Sun, 15 Mar 2026 23:22:21 +0000

The American's are none-the-wiser. We are fighting terrorist's after all, we need to ease-drop into every domestic household to make sure those "cells" aren't planning anything awful.

New comment by recursivegirth in "Shall I implement it? No"

recursivegirth — Thu, 12 Mar 2026 21:51:27 +0000

Fundamental flaw with LLMs. It's not that they aren't trained on the concept, it's just that in any given situation they can apply a greater bias to the antithesis of any subject. Of course, that's assuming the counter argument also exists in the training corpus.

I've always wondered what these flagship AI companies are doing behind the scenes to setup guardrails. Golden Gate Claude[1] was a really interesting... I haven't seen much additional research on the subject, at the least open-facing.

[1]: https://www.anthropic.com/news/golden-gate-claude

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

recursivegirth — Sun, 08 Feb 2026 23:52:10 +0000

Microplastics in your balls are one thing, but do you have concerns about introducing them in your heart and blood-brain barrier?

New comment by recursivegirth in "We mourn our craft"

recursivegirth — Sat, 07 Feb 2026 20:09:12 +0000

Right, there is a non-zero overlap between the VIM Andy's and AI nay-sayers.

New comment by recursivegirth in "Peerweb: Decentralized website hosting via WebTorrent"

recursivegirth — Fri, 30 Jan 2026 21:40:38 +0000

Thinking about this a little bit... could we use a blockchain ledger as an authoritative source for DNS records?

User's can publish their DNS + pub key to the append-only blockchain, signed with their private key.

Use a torrent file to connect to an initial tracker to download the blockchain.

Once the blockchain is downloaded, every computer would have a full copy of the DNS database and could use that for discoverability.

I have no experience with blockchains or building trackers, so maybe this is a dumb idea.

New comment by recursivegirth in "I Built a Transcription App over Christmas PTO"

recursivegirth — Sun, 04 Jan 2026 14:49:49 +0000

Spent some time hacking together an app based on a idea I've had for a while now.

I Built a Transcription App over Christmas PTO

recursivegirth — Sun, 04 Jan 2026 14:49:49 +0000

Article URL: https://alexmason.me/blog/2026-01-04-i-built-a-transcription-app-over-christmas-pto/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46488473

Points: 1

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New comment by recursivegirth in "The senior population is booming. Caregiving is struggling to keep up"

recursivegirth — Fri, 21 Nov 2025 23:29:15 +0000

After we either repair all the shit the boomers broke, or fail trying. Not a lot to be blamed for if the ship can't be wrighted.

New comment by recursivegirth in "Show HN: I built a smart blocker after destroying my dopamine baseline"

recursivegirth — Sun, 02 Nov 2025 22:10:41 +0000

I’ve thought about this too. As an unmedicated ADHDer, context switching is a big struggle. I often check Reddit while researching or coding, but end up doomscrolling.

I use LeechBlock with limited overrides (15 minutes max) for when I actually need access, and add a 15-second delay for certain domains. That combo keeps me from disabling it while still annoying enough to curb mindless browsing.

Do you have any data on how many credits someone typically uses per day, week, or month? I’m wondering if it’s worth installing on my work profile, or if it’d be more useful for personal use.

New comment by recursivegirth in "Replacement.ai"

recursivegirth — Sun, 19 Oct 2025 16:11:03 +0000

Both marriage and job contracts are mutually binding legal agreements. You have the agency within those dynamics that the law gives you, which varies by region/jurisdiction respectively.

Your partner in some (most?) cases can absolutely make an executive decision that ends your marriage, with you having no options but to accept the outcome.

Your argument falls a little flat.

New comment by recursivegirth in "Show HN: Sprite Garden - HTML Canvas 2D sandbox and farming"

recursivegirth — Sat, 11 Oct 2025 22:55:20 +0000

Doesn't work on Firefox...

New comment by recursivegirth in "Atuin Desktop: Runbooks That Run – Now Open Source"

recursivegirth — Tue, 30 Sep 2025 23:14:19 +0000

Destructive options shouldn't be allowed to be run from history without confirmation. That seems like a reasonable fix to this issue.

New comment by recursivegirth in "California age verification bill backed by Google, Meta, OpenAI heads to Newsom"

recursivegirth — Mon, 15 Sep 2025 16:55:14 +0000

This is actually a level headed way to deal with it. Provide a way for the device to inform the website / app of their age status (it can be bucketed for increased privacy/compatibility with existing rating systems). Then legislate that it is on the website to inform the device of the type of content being served. Then the device/browser can be responsible for implementing the privacy controls (page blocking, notifications, overrides, etc.), and the parents are responsible for ensuring their children's devices are configured with their ages.