Hacker News: smeeger

New comment by smeeger in "Jonathan Blow has spent the past decade designing 1,400 puzzles"

smeeger — Fri, 19 Dec 2025 14:01:08 +0000

do any of you remember gamasutra

New comment by smeeger in "How getting richer made teenagers less free"

smeeger — Thu, 18 Dec 2025 11:43:32 +0000

teens experience more adversity now than before. social and existential adversity.

New comment by smeeger in "Ford kills the All-Electric F-150"

smeeger — Wed, 17 Dec 2025 12:07:24 +0000

edison motors

New comment by smeeger in "Ford kills the All-Electric F-150"

smeeger — Wed, 17 Dec 2025 11:58:27 +0000

they were impossible to buy

New comment by smeeger in "Venezuela explained in 10 maps and charts"

smeeger — Wed, 17 Dec 2025 11:55:49 +0000

every day i talk to many Venezuelans who are currently living there and also living here working low level jobs… they all say they want him gone. they seem to think that it will solve their problems with running water, poverty and so on. i always silently think that it wont

New comment by smeeger in "Auto-grading decade-old Hacker News discussions with hindsight"

smeeger — Thu, 11 Dec 2025 12:08:54 +0000

just because an idea is qualitative doesn't mean its invalid

New comment by smeeger in "Apple is crossing a Steve Jobs red line"

smeeger — Sun, 09 Nov 2025 04:03:59 +0000

there are no many nails in the coffin. CSAM. memojies. macos phone home to launch apps. where do i even begin? apple is dead and buried but it will continue to haunt us for decades

New comment by smeeger in "Apple is crossing a Steve Jobs red line"

smeeger — Sun, 09 Nov 2025 04:01:59 +0000

calling steve criminal is delusional. there probably isnt a single person let alone developer who ever worked for him who did not end up making lots of money and being well off

New comment by smeeger in "Apple is crossing a Steve Jobs red line"

smeeger — Sun, 09 Nov 2025 04:00:20 +0000

i am downgrading to a semi-dumb phone. maps, email, calls and text. thats all you need. unfortunately nobody makes a full keyboard dumb phone anymore

New comment by smeeger in "Apple is crossing a Steve Jobs red line"

smeeger — Sun, 09 Nov 2025 03:58:17 +0000

he wouldnt have done it. he doesnt need to be a deity for this to be true

New comment by smeeger in "Apple is crossing a Steve Jobs red line"

smeeger — Sun, 09 Nov 2025 01:11:42 +0000

im officially done with apple. they simply don't provide any value. they use their efficient hardware to make their devices thinner instead of having longer battery life… they are anti consumer

New comment by smeeger in "Apple is crossing a Steve Jobs red line"

smeeger — Sun, 09 Nov 2025 00:51:45 +0000

i saw an interview with ives recently. he wasnt even close to being qualified for that job. it wasnt even an option

New comment by smeeger in "Iceland reports the presence of mosquitoes as climate warms"

smeeger — Fri, 24 Oct 2025 02:15:55 +0000

iceland is a weird place. its basically a city

New comment by smeeger in "Steve Jobs and Cray-1 to be featured on 2026 American Innovations $1 coin"

smeeger — Thu, 16 Oct 2025 15:44:34 +0000

developers deserve less. they were paid way too much especially back then

New comment by smeeger in "Meta Superintelligence Labs' first paper is about RAG"

smeeger — Sun, 12 Oct 2025 18:04:50 +0000

exactly. the real focus internally is working on new architectures. there is no other possibility.

New comment by smeeger in "Meta Superintelligence Labs' first paper is about RAG"

smeeger — Sun, 12 Oct 2025 18:01:00 +0000

there should be a guideline to get rid of clickbait titles. its an epidemic here

New comment by smeeger in "Learning a foreign language–before you're born"

smeeger — Tue, 07 Oct 2025 11:30:08 +0000

i have a problem with these kinds of titles. you always see these titles that appear to contradict themselves or baffle people in order to bait people into clicking. the title should be “exposure to language in the womb appears to have lasting impact” or something like that. when i see baffle bait on HN it just makes me feel embarrassed. i think there should be a guideline against it honestly.

New comment by smeeger in "Remember: Kurt Vonnegut Was 47"

smeeger — Thu, 02 Oct 2025 01:06:38 +0000

im an asshole

New comment by smeeger in "Remember: Kurt Vonnegut Was 47"

smeeger — Mon, 29 Sep 2025 21:55:18 +0000

i was asking myself what is the point of succeeding if its so late in life. then i wondered what is the point of succeeding young? having a ten year period of not working when you otherwise would be? but business owners and other rich people work harder than most… so the only way to succeed is to not only succeed but make enough to stop working? i just dont understand what im chasing anymore. the only two clear objectives that i can identify are to avoid discomfort unless its deliberate discomfort and to become rich just to prove to myself that i can

New comment by smeeger in "The health benefits of sunlight may outweigh the risk of skin cancer"

smeeger — Sat, 20 Sep 2025 09:27:02 +0000

why does it turn white then?