Hacker News: segasaturn

Windows 11 – There's still nothing worth my time

segasaturn — Tue, 04 Feb 2025 12:33:55 +0000

Article URL: https://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/windows-11-december-2024-update-results.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42931523

Points: 98

# Comments: 132

New comment by segasaturn in "The young, inexperienced engineers aiding DOGE"

segasaturn — Mon, 03 Feb 2025 20:52:57 +0000

I didn't even mention mods in my (admittedly flamey) comment, I actually don't think the moderation of HN is a problem as much as the larger culture that comes with being tied to a SV finance company. But thanks for the info.

New comment by segasaturn in "The young, inexperienced engineers aiding DOGE"

segasaturn — Mon, 03 Feb 2025 20:46:12 +0000

No, you might even be right that I have a "victim complex", given that my country is currently being victimized by the current US administration's pointless desire for a trade war. I'm especially hot under the collar at the moment.

But I would still maintain that this site's culture reflects the Silicon Valley finance culture it came from, and it's not a pretty culture.

New comment by segasaturn in "The young, inexperienced engineers aiding DOGE"

segasaturn — Mon, 03 Feb 2025 20:30:40 +0000

Was anything in my comment untrue?

New comment by segasaturn in "The young, inexperienced engineers aiding DOGE"

segasaturn — Mon, 03 Feb 2025 20:17:45 +0000

Thanks for unflagging it Dang, I wish I could have seen it yesterday.

New comment by segasaturn in "The young, inexperienced engineers aiding DOGE"

segasaturn — Mon, 03 Feb 2025 19:59:13 +0000

Of course it's flagged, this site is an altar to worship at the feet of the American oligarchy. It's as rotten as the rest of Silicon Valley.

As JWZ put it:

"A venture capital company's fan club, finance-obsessed manchildren making the world worse"

Slightly NSFW source: https://cdn.jwz.org/images/2024/hn.png

New comment by segasaturn in "OpenAI says its models are more persuasive than 82 percent of Reddit users"

segasaturn — Mon, 03 Feb 2025 18:05:13 +0000

OpenAI once again trying to drive up hype by making ChatGPT seem mysterious and dangerous, and the tech press uncritically eats it up. Ars even invokes the tired cliche of ChatGPT getting us into nuclear war in this article. I don't know about redditors but I'm sure that ChatGPT could persuade a Tech Journalist, they seem as impressionable as children on anything AI-related.

New comment by segasaturn in "Tesla Sales Decline in California with Model 3 Plunging 36%"

segasaturn — Mon, 03 Feb 2025 17:51:21 +0000

I'm sure that Elon isn't helping, but I've read that Tesla sales were always expected to decline due to no new car in years (outside of the Cybertruck which is seen as a gimmick) and market saturation from Tesla's continued monopoly on the American EV market. Basically everybody who wants an EV already owns a Tesla and has nothing to upgrade to.

Musk says he's working to shut down USAID as employees told to stay home

segasaturn — Mon, 03 Feb 2025 16:59:23 +0000

Article URL: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cdjdmx12j9no

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42920278

Points: 42

# Comments: 19

New comment by segasaturn in "Add "fucking" to your Google searches to neutralize AI summaries"

segasaturn — Fri, 31 Jan 2025 23:22:41 +0000

The rebranding is funny since people on TikTok also use "fugging" to evade censorship.

New comment by segasaturn in "GenAI Art Is the Least Imaginative Use of AI Imaginable"

segasaturn — Fri, 31 Jan 2025 23:03:00 +0000

There used to be a time, in the early days around 2018-2020, where "AI art" was something that only could have been made by an AI. Very trippy and resembling hallucinations. Sort of like dreams of a computer. I do miss that era of AI art. If you search "early ai art" on Google images there are some good examples.

New comment by segasaturn in "Add "fucking" to your Google searches to neutralize AI summaries"

segasaturn — Fri, 31 Jan 2025 22:44:12 +0000

If Kagi made a cheaper "no AI" tier I would be happy to subscribe. AI is costly to run, so even if you don't use the AI it's priced into your subscription fee - you're paying for an expensive product you don't want or use.

e: according to Kagi's pricing page they do have a 'no AI' tier, but it limits your number of searches to 300/month. Seems like a totally arbitrary limitation, but its still better than forced AI.

New comment by segasaturn in "How will Australia's under-16 social media ban work? We asked the law's enforcer (2024)"

segasaturn — Fri, 31 Jan 2025 22:24:03 +0000

I agree with everything you're saying about how hard the privacy issue is, but would also like to add that the social media companies are incentivized to act like they have no idea how to implement a solution, because they want teens using their apps. The Facebook Files make it abundantly clear that social companies see teen users are their most valuable asset, since the rest of the culture tends to follow where teens go. When the social companies, who are collectively worth tens of trillions of dollars, say they don't know how to implement the law without convoluted, privacy-destroying, digital government IDs I just don't buy it.

How will Australia's under-16 social media ban work? We asked the law's enforcer (2024)

segasaturn — Fri, 31 Jan 2025 21:06:52 +0000

Article URL: https://www.npr.org/2024/12/19/nx-s1-5231020/australia-top-regulator-kids-social-media-ban

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42892003

Points: 41

# Comments: 47

New comment by segasaturn in "Nearly $109M in Yotta (YC S20) customer deposits vanish"

segasaturn — Fri, 31 Jan 2025 16:38:56 +0000

They claimed to be a bank (savings account) that would give users free lottery tickets for saving money on their app. After freezing customer assets on the app, they pivoted to gambling. Customer funds are still frozen last I checked.

Their launch HN thread here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23780062

Coffeezilla has a good video exposing the fraud: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBUkajbg688

Nearly $109M in Yotta (YC S20) customer deposits vanish

segasaturn — Thu, 30 Jan 2025 22:33:15 +0000

Article URL: https://www.cnbc.com/2024/06/21/synapse-collapse-nearly-109m-in-yotta-customer-deposits-vanish.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42882842

Points: 35

# Comments: 5

New comment by segasaturn in "Google offering 'voluntary exit' for employees working on Pixel, Android"

segasaturn — Thu, 30 Jan 2025 18:51:04 +0000

They're not doing "voluntary exits" out of the goodness of their hearts, they're doing it because their accountants determined that the cost of paying employees to quit outweighed the reputational damage of doing another round of mass layoffs.

New comment by segasaturn in "Google offering 'voluntary exit' for employees working on Pixel, Android"

segasaturn — Thu, 30 Jan 2025 18:46:08 +0000

Paired with the Pixel 4a "update of death" it feels like Google is throwing in the towel on smartphones. I don't care about Pixel but I do worry about Android - as flawed as it is, it's still the only viable option for an "open" smartphone. I've been playing around with a Pinephone lately and it's lots of fun but obviously not ready for use as a daily driver.

Microsoft stock slumps more than 6% on disappointing revenue outlook

segasaturn — Thu, 30 Jan 2025 17:09:12 +0000

Article URL: https://www.cnbc.com/2025/01/30/microsoft-stock-slumps-on-disappointing-revenue-outlook.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42879745

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

New comment by segasaturn in "OpenAI says it has evidence DeepSeek used its model to train competitor"

segasaturn — Wed, 29 Jan 2025 21:28:16 +0000

BYD cars are everywhere in Latin America and Europe. Xiaomi phones also.