Hacker News: samizdis

AI and Amateurism

samizdis — Mon, 15 Jun 2026 20:17:07 +0000

Article URL: https://pluralistic.net/2026/06/15/vernacular/#hypercardian

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48546483

Points: 14

# Comments: 1

Elon Musk Is Dropping a Boulder in a Kiddie Pool

samizdis — Fri, 05 Jun 2026 19:40:15 +0000

Article URL: https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/2026/06/spacex-ipo-anthropic-openai/687443/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48417171

Points: 4

# Comments: 0

London's BT Tower to get rooftop swimming pool

samizdis — Sat, 09 May 2026 21:42:56 +0000

Article URL: https://www.theregister.com/offbeat/2026/05/09/londons-bt-tower-to-get-rooftop-swimming-pool/5237337

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48078543

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

The rise and fall of snake oil

samizdis — Thu, 07 May 2026 16:43:11 +0000

Article URL: https://www.historytoday.com/archive/history-matters/rise-and-fall-snake-oil

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48051555

Points: 79

# Comments: 53

Jonathan Swift's Last Joke

samizdis — Sat, 02 May 2026 19:27:30 +0000

Article URL: https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-weekend-essay/jonathan-swifts-last-joke

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47989594

Points: 44

# Comments: 8

18th-century mechanical volcano roars to life 250 years later

samizdis — Sat, 02 May 2026 16:21:53 +0000

Article URL: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/05/260502015359.htm

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47987738

Points: 14

# Comments: 3

Roll your own local AI coding agents to save money

samizdis — Sat, 02 May 2026 14:39:45 +0000

Article URL: https://www.theregister.com/2026/05/02/local_ai_coding_agents/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47986787

Points: 4

# Comments: 0

The Illuminati in the United States

samizdis — Fri, 01 May 2026 21:33:51 +0000

Article URL: https://www.historytoday.com/archive/history-matters/illuminati-united-states

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47980685

Points: 9

# Comments: 1

AI vendor lock-in bites back

samizdis — Tue, 28 Apr 2026 10:46:20 +0000

Article URL: https://www.theregister.com/2026/04/28/locked_stocked_and_losing_budget/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47932653

Points: 25

# Comments: 3

Allbirds abandons clothes, pivots to "AI compute infrastructure"

samizdis — Wed, 15 Apr 2026 15:45:59 +0000

Article URL: https://arstechnica.com/ai/2026/04/bubble-watch-fashion-brand-allbirds-pivots-hard-to-become-ai-services-company/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47780749

Points: 7

# Comments: 1

US states can't account for datacenter tax breaks

samizdis — Wed, 15 Apr 2026 14:58:33 +0000

Article URL: https://www.theregister.com/2026/04/15/us_states_gaap_datacenters/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47780015

Points: 8

# Comments: 0

Dark matter could be black holes from a different universe

samizdis — Tue, 14 Apr 2026 22:19:25 +0000

Article URL: https://theconversation.com/could-dark-matter-be-made-of-black-holes-from-a-different-universe-278469

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47772209

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

Hungary's Magyar Myth Makers

samizdis — Mon, 13 Apr 2026 21:49:03 +0000

Article URL: https://www.historytoday.com/archive/history-matters/hungarys-magyar-myth-makers

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47758278

Points: 4

# Comments: 0

The power of headwear and 'hatiquette' in early modern England

samizdis — Sat, 11 Apr 2026 16:20:51 +0000

Article URL: https://theconversation.com/hands-off-my-hat-the-hidden-power-of-headwear-and-hatiquette-in-early-modern-england-new-study-280175

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47731819

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

You Can't Escape the AI Tax

samizdis — Tue, 31 Mar 2026 16:36:19 +0000

Article URL: https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/2026/03/laptop-electronics-ram-ai-tax/686628/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47589949

Points: 4

# Comments: 1

Claude Code users hitting usage limits 'way faster than expected'

samizdis — Tue, 31 Mar 2026 12:11:29 +0000

Article URL: https://www.theregister.com/2026/03/31/anthropic_claude_code_limits/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47586176

Points: 331

# Comments: 224

Android keyboard ditches keys predicts what you mean

samizdis — Tue, 31 Mar 2026 11:50:32 +0000

Article URL: https://www.theregister.com/2026/03/31/taptype_android_touch_keyboard/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47585993

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

Rock Star: Reading the Rosetta Stone

samizdis — Sat, 28 Mar 2026 15:30:40 +0000

Article URL: https://www.historytoday.com/archive/feature/original-rock-star

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47555492

Points: 14

# Comments: 0

Cannabis Through the Ages

samizdis — Wed, 25 Mar 2026 22:00:56 +0000

Article URL: https://thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/cannabis-through-the-ages/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47523869

Points: 6

# Comments: 0

The mathematical crimes of the Young Sherlock Holmes series

samizdis — Tue, 24 Mar 2026 14:14:20 +0000

Article URL: https://theconversation.com/the-mathematical-crimes-of-the-young-sherlock-holmes-series-278812

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47502926

Points: 2

# Comments: 0