Hacker News: rluhar

New comment by rluhar in "Book review: There Is No Antimemetics Division"

rluhar — Tue, 07 Apr 2026 10:57:06 +0000

I've read both versions of the book and would strongly recommend the audiobook version that came out last year (it's available on Spotify). They did a good job handling the redactions and the narrator really brings the protagonist to life. A very strong recommend if you like audiobooks.

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

rluhar — Mon, 09 Feb 2026 12:47:54 +0000

I am building QuietReads (quietreads.com) - a single-player book tracking app with an AI assistant.

I got tired of the gamification and social elements of Goodreads, StoryGraph and others. I don't care too much about reviews, but do care about engaging deeply with what I am reading.

Lot's to do still: - Refining the experimental MCP integration so I can bring my bookshelf into my AI assistants - OCR to build notes from screenshots - Voice notes

I wrote a little about why I am building the app here: quietreads.com/about Thoughts on building the app: https://thinking.luhar.org/2026/01/building-at-the-speed-of-...

New comment by rluhar in "What If ASI Leads to Stasis?"

rluhar — Mon, 12 Jan 2026 16:53:19 +0000

Accelerationists and doomers both assume AI means rapid change. But what if the incentives point toward stasis instead? A world frozen in place by those who got there first.

What If ASI Leads to Stasis?

rluhar — Mon, 12 Jan 2026 16:53:19 +0000

Article URL: https://thinking.luhar.org/2026/01/what-if-asi-leads-to-stasis/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46591051

Points: 4

# Comments: 2

Ilya Sutskever, the Scaling Hypothesis, and the Art of Talking Your Book

rluhar — Wed, 03 Dec 2025 20:07:00 +0000

Article URL: https://thinking.luhar.org/2025/12/lya-sutskever-the-scaling-hypothesis-and-the-art-of-talking-your-book/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46139358

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by rluhar in "Tell HN: Azure outage"

rluhar — Wed, 29 Oct 2025 16:19:20 +0000

Looks like AWS is also impacted?

New comment by rluhar in "They tried Made in the USA – it was too expensive for their customers"

rluhar — Wed, 02 Jul 2025 13:43:30 +0000

Great post - I recommend reading "Apple in China" to get a great insight into the how the Chinese manufacturing industry (and economy) has developed over the last 30 years.

New comment by rluhar in "The new Polaroid I-2 instant camera"

rluhar — Sun, 10 Sep 2023 11:49:26 +0000

I bought a Nikon FE2 recently from keh.com. There are plenty of manual focus film SLR cameras available. You may also want to try your local camera store. Mine has a good selection of used cameras and lenses. Things are more expensive than they used to be but there are still plenty of options available.

New comment by rluhar in "Why buying furniture is so miserable"

rluhar — Wed, 22 Mar 2023 21:12:12 +0000

Can confirm that Ethan Allen is still selling decent, US made, furniture - though at high prices. We got a couch for an awkward sized space from Ethan Allen and were very happy with the shopping experience, installation, and the quality of the furniture.

New comment by rluhar in "Britain’s economic record since 2007 ranks near the bottom among peer countries"

rluhar — Wed, 15 Mar 2023 14:58:49 +0000

Yes - and the more focus on “Culture War” topics by the Tories is equally ridiculous. It’s a generational failure of leadership.

New comment by rluhar in "Credit Suisse sheds nearly 25%, key backer says no more money"

rluhar — Wed, 15 Mar 2023 14:55:28 +0000

Fair enough. I stand corrected. Thank you.

New comment by rluhar in "Credit Suisse sheds nearly 25%, key backer says no more money"

rluhar — Wed, 15 Mar 2023 13:32:28 +0000

Wealth Management is not the same as retail banking.

"The Wealth Management division offers comprehensive wealth management and investment solutions and tailored financing and advisory services to ultra- high-net-worth (UHNW) and high- net-worth (HNW) individuals and external asset managers"

Reference: https://www.credit-suisse.com/about-us/en/our-company/struct...

New comment by rluhar in "Credit Suisse sheds nearly 25%, key backer says no more money"

rluhar — Wed, 15 Mar 2023 13:02:32 +0000

TLDR - Credit Suisse has been a sh*t show for over a decade. This has been coming for a while.

Credit Suisse is in investment banking and wealth management. It does not have a significant retail presence (EDIT - outside of Switzerland). Credit Suisse has also had a number of accounting, risk management, and other scandals over the last few years. They were bailed out late last year by a fund linked with Saudi Arabia who took a ~10% stake in the company. Today, they (the Saudi fund) refused to inject more capital and the shares have collapsed.

New comment by rluhar in "Ask HN: About to have a child, completely burnt out at my job, what do I do?"

rluhar — Tue, 20 Sep 2022 17:01:05 +0000

I am in a similar situation to you - 2 year old and a newborn and feeling a little burnt out at work. The way I have been coping is just realizing that at this stage the timelines for pretty much everything shrink from months or years to hours and days. You need to focus on getting through the day at work, keeping sane, and being present for your partner and kiddo. Your work might not be pleasant, but you have been there for ten years so you should have a good idea of what your MVO (minimum viable output) is. I think the Kanban approach of reducing the Work In Progress is the way to go. I have made a conscious effort to not worry too much about big picture "career questions" and just focus on the task at hand. Our first kid is young enough for me to know that things become more manageable once the kid is sleeping 5-6 hours at a time. For us, this happened around 4 months in. Good luck, and I wish you and your family well!

From Elden Ring to Hades: What Video Game Design Taught Me About Management

rluhar — Thu, 08 Sep 2022 18:48:38 +0000

Article URL: https://rushi.luhar.org/blog/2022/09/video-games-management/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32770199

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

New comment by rluhar in "The case for language agnostic hiring"

rluhar — Thu, 01 Sep 2022 14:31:42 +0000

I think a key skill to evaluate is the "learning how to learn". Can a developer pick up a new language and are they flexible enough to get their head around a different concept. I agree that we need to support learning - knowledge can be acquired, but the willingness to go outside your comfort zone is something that is a bit more innate.

New comment by rluhar in "SpaceX said to fire employees involved in letter rebuking Elon Musk"

rluhar — Fri, 17 Jun 2022 13:57:04 +0000

You might want to do some reading on why unions came about in the first place.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trade_union

Wordle, a dead philosopher, and mimetic theory

rluhar — Sat, 12 Feb 2022 01:11:39 +0000

Article URL: https://theforge.substack.com/p/wordle-a-dead-french-philosopher

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30308979

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

(Texas) – Griddy: Why energy prices were sky high this week

rluhar — Mon, 22 Feb 2021 19:06:39 +0000

Article URL: https://www.griddy.com/post/griddy-update-why-energy-prices-were-sky-high-this-week

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26228930

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by rluhar in "Excerpt from Chaos Monkeys by Antonio García Martínez (2016)"

rluhar — Tue, 09 Jun 2020 12:48:52 +0000

I read the book when it came out. It is an interesting snapshot of a particular period in technology history but, as in any memoir, it comes with heavy dose of the author’s personality. I finished the book because the time period is interesting (social media maturing, Facebook and Twitter both growing, the start of “SV bro” Culture etc).. but I found parts of the book incredibly, teeth-grindingly irritating. YMMV.