Hacker News: sam345

New comment by sam345 in "You could have invented transformers from memory"

sam345 — Sat, 17 Oct 2026 12:25:51 +0000

My guess is comment meant that in the context of the headline "you" normally would refer to the average Joe on the street; in this case, it means the average Joe who has a PhD in math, CS, or whatever. It all certainly went over my head and probably 95% (or slightly less than that given this is HN) of the people who clicked the link. But I would take the headline as a compliment that I don't deserve.

New comment by sam345 in "Thinking will become a hobby"

sam345 — Tue, 13 Oct 2026 21:29:10 +0000

I don't follow. He paid them extra so they could pay him for a car and other rich people for stuff so the rich could continue too be rich? I think if you do the math that's not going to work. My guess is Ford paid them a good amount so he could attract good workers so he would get a good quality car. Because that's how labor supply and demand works. It doesn't rely on the altruistic motives of the employer.

Ask HN: What's the oldest software tool you still rely on every day?

sam345 — Mon, 12 Oct 2026 15:55:04 +0000

What is it, why hasn't anything replaced it, and what would it take to retire it?

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50058242

Points: 6

# Comments: 14

New comment by sam345 in "Rails World 2026 Opening Keynote [video]"

sam345 — Fri, 25 Sep 2026 04:08:22 +0000

I'm paying $20 a month using opus 5.5 and having a blast.

New comment by sam345 in "Data Protection Commission fines Google €403M over processing of location data"

sam345 — Tue, 22 Sep 2026 00:03:47 +0000

Exactly

New comment by sam345 in "I hate you Microsoft"

sam345 — Thu, 17 Sep 2026 23:52:45 +0000

This is the educational free license. It doesn't allow desktop apps. Only the browser version. It's like Google Workspace apps. It's fine for most people. It's like complaining you have to use Google sheets instead of Excel desktop. If you like Google stick with those apps but it's no different than what Microsoft is giving you in your educational license. If you want the desktop app, tell your admin and they might spring a few dollars a month for a license. Microsoft is actually an excellent value for educational licenses. For a few dollars a month, you get a ton of desktop apps and a lot of web-based apps. And for free, you still get a lot.

New comment by sam345 in "German Rheinmetall open-sources its Battlesuite connected weapon system protcol"

sam345 — Wed, 16 Sep 2026 12:07:26 +0000

Awesome.

New comment by sam345 in "An update on Wayback Machine access"

sam345 — Wed, 16 Sep 2026 00:55:56 +0000

Just out of curiosity, how do we know that what is in the Wikipedia comments is accurate? I have no skin in the game. I was just wondering. Anybody can post anything on Wikipedia comments. I find it odd that Ars Technica would use that as a source. Maybe it's fine for gossip and speculation but it shouldn't be in Ars Technica then.

New comment by sam345 in "Switzerland's Federal Government Is Replacing Microsoft on 3k Computers"

sam345 — Wed, 09 Sep 2026 02:21:26 +0000

Not that hard to get rid of windows bloat.

New comment by sam345 in "Switzerland's Federal Government Is Replacing Microsoft on 3k Computers"

sam345 — Wed, 09 Sep 2026 02:18:33 +0000

Lifetime Linux user here also. Well said. Agree exactly.

New comment by sam345 in "Muse – Meta’s personal AI agent"

sam345 — Wed, 09 Sep 2026 01:24:35 +0000

Even Shingy. Ia he really the standard for explaining tech to normies? Ouch.

New comment by sam345 in "Corporate America is getting hooked on open-source AI"

sam345 — Fri, 04 Sep 2026 20:07:35 +0000

I have not seen this. The one time I did it was after a major layoff. People use laptops and take them home. I'm not saying it's not viable but the scene you depict I think is outdated.

New comment by sam345 in "Discovery of a new OpenAI agent message board"

sam345 — Fri, 04 Sep 2026 15:01:05 +0000

So Europeans don't do this ? The EU is constantly trying to regulate US companies. Every time I click on a stupid cookie notice I fondly think of the EU .

New comment by sam345 in "1Password Replied to My Disappointment"

sam345 — Fri, 04 Sep 2026 03:49:34 +0000

Ridiculous conclusion.

New comment by sam345 in "1Password Replied to My Disappointment"

sam345 — Fri, 04 Sep 2026 03:48:45 +0000

1password is miles ahead of bitwarden. It is much better.

New comment by sam345 in "Google avoids a breakup of its ad tech business"

sam345 — Thu, 03 Sep 2026 06:27:35 +0000

This is an incredibly naive view. It truly is shocking to me that anyone in this day and age with any sense of how business works in the United States or even in any reasonably free economic system would view merhers as prima facie bad or in need of regulation which this comment implies. Are we truly going to submit every merger of any size or type to regulatory review? Oh boy.

New comment by sam345 in "AnkiDroid: Google Play no longer allowing Open Collective donation link"

sam345 — Tue, 01 Sep 2026 12:08:06 +0000

I've never heard of a cheap Android phone at the airport.

New comment by sam345 in "Israel creates fake think tank in likely attempt to dupe AI chatbots"

sam345 — Wed, 19 Aug 2026 11:53:02 +0000

No reason? And how exactly do you see that? The Iran of 60 years ago before the revolution was a completely different country than it is today. It has taken glee in killing thousands of Americans directly and through its proxies, and shouted death to America a gazillion times since.

New comment by sam345 in "Going Dark, and the era of law enforcement hacking"

sam345 — Sat, 15 Aug 2026 11:58:37 +0000

So you are advocating no police? You want people to police themselves? .Good luck with that.

New comment by sam345 in "Going Dark, and the era of law enforcement hacking"

sam345 — Sat, 15 Aug 2026 11:46:53 +0000

You might want to try reading something other than leftist attacks on law enforcement. Yes there abuses here and there. But for the most part law enforcement works s in the constitutional rights of defendants are respected. And if they are not they are subject to appeal. The system is flawed but it works.