Hacker News: shell0x

New comment by shell0x in "Our AI started a cafe in Stockholm"

shell0x — Tue, 05 May 2026 22:07:46 +0000

Yeah screw these people wasting police time and suppliers time. The cops should just start fining them.

New comment by shell0x in "Apple Cuts More Mac Studio and Mac Mini RAM Options as Memory Shortage Worsens"

shell0x — Tue, 05 May 2026 21:55:52 +0000

I bought a Mac Studio with 128gb RAM and M4 Max a year ago for local LLMs. 96gb memory doesn’t seem to be sufficient?

New comment by shell0x in "Today I've made the difficult decision to reduce the size of Coinbase by ~14%"

shell0x — Tue, 05 May 2026 21:47:17 +0000

My employer does that too and people don’t even read or review code anymore.

New comment by shell0x in "If America's so rich, how'd it get so sad?"

shell0x — Thu, 23 Apr 2026 20:41:25 +0000

Not just America, the whole West is in decline IMHO.Hong Kong is also done after the China security law.

I’m planning to move back to Asia, where I lived for like a decade. The work culture is harder but it feels much safer, better food, more fun, harsh on crime.

I wouldn’t mind to trade in German and Australian citizenships for Singapore.

New comment by shell0x in "I don't want your PRs anymore"

shell0x — Tue, 21 Apr 2026 22:56:07 +0000

My coworkers just let Claude review the PR now instead of reading the code. It seems the entire contract is broken now.

Submitters use LLMs to generate the code and reviewers use LLMs to review it.

New comment by shell0x in "Got an Old Kindle? It Might Not Work Anymore"

shell0x — Mon, 20 Apr 2026 01:42:16 +0000

i guess that would be an iPaid air as it just got refreshed?

New comment by shell0x in "Got an Old Kindle? It Might Not Work Anymore"

shell0x — Mon, 20 Apr 2026 01:25:47 +0000

I’m thinking to get a device for reading technical books. Do you think an iPad mini would be the better option? I had a kindle before but it was slow to change pages and I heard even new versions are still not great for PDFs, but would like to get some opinions.

I have a friend at Apple so wouldn’t pay the full price for an iPad.

New comment by shell0x in "Airline worker arrested after sharing photos of bomb damage in WhatsApp group"

shell0x — Mon, 20 Apr 2026 01:19:31 +0000

Sorry, I meant the border security. I’ve generally had a good time in the US, but when you’re already get treated like crap just getting into that country, I’d rather avoid it. Plus places like the UAE don’t require any visas for transit so it’s straightforward!

New comment by shell0x in "Airline worker arrested after sharing photos of bomb damage in WhatsApp group"

shell0x — Sun, 19 Apr 2026 22:57:35 +0000

The biggest risk for tourists visiting the USA is the high crime rate and the fact that crazy people are allowed to carry guns. This is an actual risk to my safety and part of the reason why I don’t even want to visit America again.

From a German perspective, the USA is the country with the craziest laws and UAE, Singapore, Thailand and Japan all sound better to me.

New comment by shell0x in "Airline worker arrested after sharing photos of bomb damage in WhatsApp group"

shell0x — Sun, 19 Apr 2026 22:48:17 +0000

Very racist comment. They’re not all the same and this article is about Dubai, not Qatar.

The UAE is the most open country in the ME and even allows gay people which is not legal in Qatar

New comment by shell0x in "Airline worker arrested after sharing photos of bomb damage in WhatsApp group"

shell0x — Sun, 19 Apr 2026 22:38:08 +0000

I’d pick low taxes first. I lived in Singapore, Hong Kong for years and Dubai for few months and it’s significantly safer and cleaner. Taxes are low, law is enforced.

You don’t need freedom of speech if a place is well run. Look at Europe and America. Everyone has an opinion and nothing works properly

New comment by shell0x in "Airline worker arrested after sharing photos of bomb damage in WhatsApp group"

shell0x — Sun, 19 Apr 2026 22:30:53 +0000

I also refuse to connect through the USA. Dubai is a much better place. At least i don’t get interrogated by a random TSA agent on a power trip.

New comment by shell0x in "Why Switzerland has 25 Gbit internet and America doesn't"

shell0x — Mon, 06 Apr 2026 02:43:10 +0000

Regardless if it's Switzerland, Germany or the USA. Everyone has better than we have in Australia. I can't wait to go back to Asia after citizenship to join the developed world again.

New comment by shell0x in "Why Switzerland has 25 Gbit internet and America doesn't"

shell0x — Mon, 06 Apr 2026 02:41:37 +0000

I highly doubt that. As a German who lived in Asia and now Australia, this is the most incompetent country. They can't get anything right. I live in the city of Sydney and can only get 1 Gbps down and 200 mbps up for 109 AUD a month. I lived in 2017 in Singapore and the internet was already better than that for 1/3 of the price.

Australia seems to be pretty backwards in general though.

New comment by shell0x in "If you don't opt out by Apr 24 GitHub will train on your private repos"

shell0x — Fri, 27 Mar 2026 21:26:48 +0000

Shouldn’t this be “Tell HN”?

New comment by shell0x in "AirPods Max 2"

shell0x — Mon, 16 Mar 2026 21:20:27 +0000

Noise canceling headphones are absolutely a game changer. I work from home in a very noisy downtown apartment with poor soundproofing and I’d never get anything done without ANC. I haven’t had the chance to try the AirPods Max yet, but I do wonder how it compares to the Sony headphones.

New comment by shell0x in "Palestinian boy, 12, describes how Israeli forces killed his family in car"

shell0x — Mon, 16 Mar 2026 21:16:43 +0000

I think the middle eastern conflicts are a tragedy. That said, this story does not belong on HN. As others called out this is a tech community and while there is sometimes an overlap with politics, it should at least be somewhat related like mass surveillance or AI being used for war.

HN is one of the most informative and least toxic communities and I’d appreciate if it would stay this way.

New comment by shell0x in "How I write software with LLMs"

shell0x — Mon, 16 Mar 2026 13:24:46 +0000

Isn't that what Amp code essentially does? I've used Codex and Claude Max but I keep going back to Amp https://ampcode.com/models

It uses different models for different modes.

I just find it to be faster and it often gets things right at the first attempt, but YMMV.

New comment by shell0x in "Polymarket gamblers threaten to kill me over Iran missile story"

shell0x — Mon, 16 Mar 2026 13:20:10 +0000

Is there a trustworthy independent source? I don't trust anything coming from Iranian or Israeli news outlets.

New comment by shell0x in "Possible US Government iPhone-Hacking Toolkit in foreign spy and criminal hands"

shell0x — Wed, 04 Mar 2026 01:02:10 +0000

Trump ruined America's reputation forever imho.

He keeps changing his mind every day and keeps talking bullshit. At this point the trashy drug dealer trying to sell to school kids is more reputable than the USA