<rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Hacker News: rottencupcakes</title><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=rottencupcakes</link><description>Hacker News RSS</description><docs>https://hnrss.org/</docs><generator>hnrss v2.1.1</generator><lastBuildDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2026 15:25:13 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://hnrss.org/user?id=rottencupcakes" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"></atom:link><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by rottencupcakes in "How H-E-B became Texas' most beloved brand (2024)"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Buc-ee’s ain’t cheap. But people pay it.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2026 14:49:10 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48698782</link><dc:creator>rottencupcakes</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48698782</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48698782</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by rottencupcakes in "How H-E-B became Texas' most beloved brand (2024)"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>It’s interesting that the private supermarkets (TJs, HEB) seem to both follow this happy and overstaffed model, and the public ones (Kroger, Albertsons/Safeway) do the opposite.<p>Albertson’s adds insult to injury by overcharging for everything. Tomato? $4.99/lb please.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2026 14:47:54 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48698767</link><dc:creator>rottencupcakes</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48698767</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48698767</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by rottencupcakes in "Mmorpg World of ClaudeCraft, vibe coded with Fable 5"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>The plans have weekly limits, but are charged monthly. So this is actually only about ~$45.</p>
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<p>Also is having twice as much money (1x from interest and 1x from income) not a benefit?<p>Maybe you are the strawman consumer that skeptics point to in guaranteed basic income debates, who just stops working because they get a check.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2026 17:00:25 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48479266</link><dc:creator>rottencupcakes</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48479266</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48479266</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by rottencupcakes in "Anthropic confidentially submits draft S-1 to the SEC"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>It's this sort of mentality and the prolitferation of passive investing that gives these companies the opportunity to pass the bag.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2026 16:41:49 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48359231</link><dc:creator>rottencupcakes</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48359231</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48359231</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by rottencupcakes in "Training our own AI models"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Defaults matter.<p>Opt-in vs opt-out organ donorship has a large impact.<p>Most people on any web app won’t stray from the defaults.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2026 16:39:48 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48296799</link><dc:creator>rottencupcakes</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48296799</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48296799</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by rottencupcakes in "Instructure pays ransom to Canvas hackers"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>What on earth does "returned the hacked personal data" mean?</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 18:02:27 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48111890</link><dc:creator>rottencupcakes</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48111890</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48111890</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by rottencupcakes in "Waymo in Portland"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I drove up there in the AM Thursday, Feb 18th, during the snowstorm, about an hour before they closed the pass for the rest of the day.<p>You couldn't see anything. As soon as there wasn't a car 20 yards in front of you, it was a complete whiteout. Ice built up on the wiper as quickly as you could possibly reach out of your window and clear it. Radar would probably be nice, but I don't think it'd be enough to keep driving. The cameras and lidar would be an absolute wreck.<p>I'm sure we'll get there eventually, but that is really the final frontier for AI driving I think. Waymos aren't even allowed to drive in a snowstorm right now. I suspect that you'll be dealing with Caltrans closing the pass for the rest of your life.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2026 19:04:01 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47939006</link><dc:creator>rottencupcakes</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47939006</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47939006</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by rottencupcakes in "Layoffs at Block"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>i like it. it's how you show you didn't use ai to write the message.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 27 Feb 2026 00:59:44 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47174833</link><dc:creator>rottencupcakes</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47174833</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47174833</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hydra Joins Supabase]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Article URL: <a href="https://supabase.com/blog/hydra-joins-supabase">https://supabase.com/blog/hydra-joins-supabase</a></p>
<p>Comments URL: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46978517">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46978517</a></p>
<p>Points: 4</p>
<p># Comments: 0</p>
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<p>Odd how nobody ever builds a balloon to fly towards the communist utopias.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 16 Jan 2026 22:27:38 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46653062</link><dc:creator>rottencupcakes</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46653062</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46653062</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by rottencupcakes in "Show HN: Website that plays the lottery every second"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>A limited availability loss leader product meant to normalize lottery tickets to young customers.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 03 Jan 2026 06:15:50 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46473274</link><dc:creator>rottencupcakes</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46473274</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46473274</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by rottencupcakes in "Contrails Map"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>They don’t cause net warming, it’s transient. If we stopped flying tomorrow it would go away quickly. But we keep flying.<p>But even with that the amount of warming this continuous effect creates is quite small and negligible compared to greenhouse gas warming and isn’t really worth talking about.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 20 Dec 2025 09:59:45 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46334930</link><dc:creator>rottencupcakes</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46334930</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46334930</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by rottencupcakes in "Canada's Carney called out for 'utilizing' British spelling"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Thanks for clarifying. I'm American and I had never heard of practise in my life.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 16 Dec 2025 18:27:19 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46292280</link><dc:creator>rottencupcakes</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46292280</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46292280</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by rottencupcakes in "United 777-200 fleet faces an uncertain future after Dulles engine failure"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I had paid $150 or so for a extra legroom seat (on lufthansa). They did some last minute tomfoolery and my seat changed on my phone as I boarded the plane.<p>I was now not even in a premium economy row, but just a normal seat. I tried telling the flight attendant, who gave no shits - she just said "the plane isn't full, sit anywhere when we are in the air."<p>Fine, I found a premium economy aisle (still no extra legroom exit row seat, but whatever), and then filed for a refund when I landed.<p>They responded to my request for a refund with a form letter apologizing, but no refund. Then ignored any follow up. I had to do a charge back (no joke).<p>Them:<p>> I hope this message finds you well. I am writing to sincerely apologize for the seating issue you experienced during your recent flight. I understand that you requested an exit row seat and were not able to be accommodated, which is understandably frustrating.<p>> We strive to honor all seating preferences, and I regret that we were unable to meet your expectations in this instance. Please know that your feedback is important to us, and we will review our seating allocation processes to prevent similar situations in the future.<p>> Thank you for your understanding and patience. If there is anything further we can assist you with or if you have any other concerns, please don’t hesitate to reach out.<p>> We hope that you put your trust in Lufthansa and partners also in the future and continue to fly with us.<p>Me: This wasn't a seating preference, I paid $130 to reserve this seat. This is something I purchased. I'd expect you'd at least issue a refund and extend me some sort of credit to make up for this.<p>Them:
<i>crickets</i></p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Dec 2025 22:34:54 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46281769</link><dc:creator>rottencupcakes</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46281769</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46281769</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by rottencupcakes in "United 777-200 fleet faces an uncertain future after Dulles engine failure"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Every drink is for sale, even coffee. They aggressively use the bag sizer and try to take bags away at the gate, under the ruse that their tiny Airbus overhead bins cannot fit them (they can).</p>
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<p>What has become much more degraded in Europe than America is the domestic flights.<p>Try flying Lufthansa (or one of their half dozen subsidiaries created almost entirely to give worse service) anywhere inside of europe. Everything is a money grab and the service and boarding are terrible.<p>United maintains a relatively consistent experience between domestic and international, minus the free alcohol.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Dec 2025 20:01:42 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46279700</link><dc:creator>rottencupcakes</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46279700</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46279700</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by rottencupcakes in "Coffee linked to slower biological ageing among those with severe mental illness"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>FYI I researched this a bit. Most coffee is hand-picked, with Brazil (featured in the video), being the exception.<p>Brazil is generally known for mass production low quality coffee grown at a lower altitude, which might be what you find in a can like grandparent said, but is less popular in the more premium scenes.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 09 Dec 2025 23:33:17 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46212178</link><dc:creator>rottencupcakes</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46212178</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46212178</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by rottencupcakes in "Coffee linked to slower biological ageing among those with severe mental illness"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>$10/lb sounds very reasonable for a grown, hand picked, fermented, washed, dried, shipped, roasted, packaged, and delivered seed.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 06 Dec 2025 23:24:05 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46177560</link><dc:creator>rottencupcakes</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46177560</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46177560</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by rottencupcakes in "Gemini 3 Pro: the frontier of vision AI"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Super interesting. I replicated this.<p>I passed the AIs this image and asked them how many fingers were on the hands:
<a href="https://media.post.rvohealth.io/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/02/325388_1100-1100x628.jpg" rel="nofollow">https://media.post.rvohealth.io/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2...</a><p>Claude said there were 3 hands and 16 fingers.
GPT said there are 10 fingers. Grok impressively said "There are 9 fingers visible on these two hands (the left hand is missing the tip of its ring finger)."
Gemini smashed it and said 12.</p>
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