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New comment by russelldjimmy in "Ask HN: Why is the HN crowd so anti-AI?"

russelldjimmy — Sat, 06 Jun 2026 04:50:27 +0000

The post asks a question and then presents a strong opinion with the confidence of it being a fact. There is a pretence of curiosity veiling a complaint. I think it is this perceived lack of curiosity, casual exaggeration (“10X faster”) and implication of the “one true way” (“Let’s face it”) among AI supporters that grinds my gears at least.

It is more of a reaction to misrepresentation and falsehood, which AI and its rhetoric seems to have generated a lot of.

New comment by russelldjimmy in "AI Doesn't Have ROI"

russelldjimmy — Tue, 02 Jun 2026 17:37:30 +0000

Other commenters have made points similar to what I had in mind. The one thing I’d ask is this:

> AI really helps make that feedback loop 10X faster

Why be imprecise or exaggerate? Give the exact multiplier. Words mean something.

New comment by russelldjimmy in "GM just laid off IT workers to hire those with stronger AI skills"

russelldjimmy — Tue, 12 May 2026 10:53:41 +0000

What are you even on about mate? Sure accountability doesn’t prevent all mistakes. Guess what, nothing prevents all mistakes. Accountability can help prevent some mistakes some of the time. It sounds like you’re suggesting getting rid of the concept of accountability because it doesn’t prevent ALL mistakes. Way to throw the baby out with the bath water.

New comment by russelldjimmy in "John Ternus to become Apple CEO"

russelldjimmy — Tue, 21 Apr 2026 09:43:14 +0000

> It's a classical cases of Apple fans thinking Apple invented everything because they saw it first in an Apple product.

This is a classic case of thinking that inventing something before others is all that matters, while ignoring that finding a mass market use-case for an existing technology is also important.

New comment by russelldjimmy in "John Ternus to become Apple CEO"

russelldjimmy — Tue, 21 Apr 2026 09:29:47 +0000

Instead of being curious why someone would make a choice you didn't, you chose to attack the choice! You might as well stick your fingers in your ears and go "na na na I can't hear you!" until you find a tribe of fellow haters.

New comment by russelldjimmy in "Thoughts and feelings around Claude Design"

russelldjimmy — Sun, 19 Apr 2026 07:23:50 +0000

Correct, though I believe the parent comment covered that under the broad interpretation of “multiplayer”

New comment by russelldjimmy in "90% of CEOs Say AI Changed Nothing. The Other 10% Have a PR Team"

russelldjimmy — Tue, 14 Apr 2026 15:10:19 +0000

There are new technologies that don’t go anywhere and then there are new technologies that are useful. Built into your post is the assumption that AI is a new technology that is useful because of the comparison to innovative startups that have benefited from the early adoption of useful new technologies.

However, there are startups that have bet on the wrong technologies and perished, which is not addressed. This is survivorship bias. So if we’re going to have a serious discussion, we need to talk about both sides before anybody should get convinced about being bullish on it.

New comment by russelldjimmy in "Apple's accidental moat: How the "AI Loser" may end up winning"

russelldjimmy — Mon, 13 Apr 2026 06:33:03 +0000

Go a little bit deeper than what the media directly wants you to think.

New comment by russelldjimmy in "Apple's accidental moat: How the "AI Loser" may end up winning"

russelldjimmy — Mon, 13 Apr 2026 06:30:26 +0000

It’s WhatsApp. No one thinks about sending data to Meta. The world is much bigger than the HN bubble, where almost no one thinks about privacy implications.

New comment by russelldjimmy in "Apple's accidental moat: How the "AI Loser" may end up winning"

russelldjimmy — Mon, 13 Apr 2026 06:29:13 +0000

No one uses iMessage in my country. Yet iPhones are sought after. Some of us just really like iPhones for the experience - not everything is a conspiracy. People can have different tastes and are more free to choose than people on HN like to believe.

New comment by russelldjimmy in "Stop Using Grey Text (2025)"

russelldjimmy — Fri, 06 Mar 2026 04:21:38 +0000

Additions without any evidence:

> He just wants things to look cool and design-y

> some random photo

> That doesn't mean anything

This leads me to believe the author of this post doesn’t know what they’re talking about

New comment by russelldjimmy in "New iPad Air, powered by M4"

russelldjimmy — Mon, 02 Mar 2026 17:46:11 +0000

I have an iPhone and an iPad Pro, and I use far less local storage on my iPad than I do on my phone. I know it sounds counter intuitive. I wouldn’t be surprised that this is the norm.

New comment by russelldjimmy in "Things I want to say to my boss"

russelldjimmy — Fri, 12 Dec 2025 07:15:13 +0000

Thanks for the vulnerability and full marks for self awareness.

> I want to be liked too much, and in my emotional core, I'm frightened. I don't think I'm alone in this.

This makes at least the two of us. Of late, I’ve been observing how frightened my inner child becomes when it perceives not being liked. I’m straddling the line between the temptation to feel relieved by being liked and the survival-level fear when faced with disapproval. Breathe in, breathe out, breathe in, breathe out.

New comment by russelldjimmy in "Middlemen Are Eating the World (and That's Good, Actually)"

russelldjimmy — Tue, 18 Nov 2025 06:22:26 +0000

If I happen to think of one, I will let you know for sure. Also, remember that on the internet, only those who have an issue with something will make a comment. There is always a vast silent majority of people who would say, “this is actually fine with me and I have no issues with it” if asked. It’s safe to say your title is not bad. There will always be someone for whom it doesn’t work and the internet has a selection bias to give only them a voice.

Edit: while writing my earlier comment, I didn’t realise that you were the author. I did not mean to say your title is clickbait. I was only trying to make a concession to anyone who thought so.

New comment by russelldjimmy in "Middlemen Are Eating the World (and That's Good, Actually)"

russelldjimmy — Tue, 18 Nov 2025 03:13:57 +0000

I think many readers have a hard time letting go of whatever expectation the title created in their mind and then refocusing to try and understand the broader point. Not that I support clickbait titles or poor communication, but I do agree with you that it’s generally more helpful to let go of the semantic details as long as the broader point is understood. But many people choose to get hung up over the words (probably) because of an inability to self soothe the first shock.

New comment by russelldjimmy in "We’re Not So Special: A new book challenges human exceptionalism"

russelldjimmy — Thu, 21 Aug 2025 09:59:28 +0000

New comment by russelldjimmy in "We’re Not So Special: A new book challenges human exceptionalism"

russelldjimmy — Wed, 20 Aug 2025 03:52:54 +0000

Thanks for sharing this perspective. It’s given me something to think about.

New comment by russelldjimmy in "Apple brings OpenAI's GPT-5 to iOS and macOS"

russelldjimmy — Mon, 11 Aug 2025 17:28:15 +0000

One might argue that no one chooses Pixels for Gemini (yet).

New comment by russelldjimmy in "Show HN: Smart Silence – Remind your iPhone to stay quiet in quiet places"

russelldjimmy — Mon, 02 Jun 2025 17:48:19 +0000

Thanks for clarifying. I can see what you’re going for and why the iOS functionality isn’t enough. Some feedback that comes to my mind:

I imagine that there are three personas -

1. one who wants others’ phones to be silent

2. one who wants to silence their own phone

3. one who is indifferent

Type 1 is motivated to download the app and encourage others to do so, especially if they are in the administration of that place.

Type 2 might choose to manually silence their phone. There is a subset of type 2 that might constantly forget to silence their device. This subset might be motivated to download the app.

Type 3 is simply not motivated to download the app.

I’d suggest checking if this is really a need that people feel and will be motivated to download an app for, or a projection of one’s own preference of order and discipline that one wishes others to have.

New comment by russelldjimmy in "Show HN: Smart Silence – Remind your iPhone to stay quiet in quiet places"

russelldjimmy — Sat, 31 May 2025 03:07:44 +0000

I apologise if I’m missing something, but isn’t this already achievable with a location-based Shortcut?