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New comment by solaire_oa in "Pi 1.0"

solaire_oa — Thu, 01 Oct 2026 23:32:03 +0000

I also run Qwen3.8 Flash Next "locally at home", on a Framework Desktop, so Strix Halo and 128GB... we're not talking laptops, exactly, if that's what you wanted to know.

Still, the halogen version only occupies < 40GB RAM on my machine (which is surprising... the Q4 takes over 100GB), so perhaps a 64GB version is on the table.

New comment by solaire_oa in "Gemini 4 Argon"

solaire_oa — Wed, 30 Sep 2026 23:59:13 +0000

I coincidentally just installed this (like 30 minutes ago), and gud dayum, it's pretty awesome.

I say this is awesome, even as I glossed over the README and vomited in my mouth. The halogen repo looks like the same utter AI bullshit littering GitHub. But this one delivers, in spite of it's slop-riddled hallmarks.

In any case, yeah, ~55 tok/s on a high quality model (and massive RAM savings I think?), seems dope.

New comment by solaire_oa in "Does Reddit have an astroturfing problem? What the data suggests"

solaire_oa — Tue, 29 Sep 2026 22:37:06 +0000

Does the Internet have a trust problem? What the slop suggests...

This is the 7th submission on HN in the last week which has entered my RSS feed, which has AI-tell slop right in the title. It's really discouraging.

New comment by solaire_oa in "Ollaya – Ollama for open-source, Jev-style decision models"

solaire_oa — Fri, 25 Sep 2026 22:42:11 +0000

It has some jargon hallmarks, which I noticed, but vibed or not, it's a massive improvement on other repos. Maybe it's because it's only a few commits so far... perhaps if you were to vibe 100 more commits it would devolve. Or maybe 5.5 really did improve (doubt it, still sounds like an asshole for me). But idk.

New comment by solaire_oa in "Ollaya – Ollama for open-source, Jev-style decision models"

solaire_oa — Fri, 25 Sep 2026 22:35:27 +0000

I still think that `churn_risk` above is incorrect and unacceptable (perhaps there are sensible fixes, but saying "no churn risk" about a refund, in a leading example on their homepage, flabbergasting).

But if that were solved, I could see giving ollaya/grev to LLMs themselves, giving LLMs their own massive token-saver.

New comment by solaire_oa in "Ollaya – Ollama for open-source, Jev-style decision models"

solaire_oa — Fri, 25 Sep 2026 22:21:53 +0000

Ok, those are pretty decent examples, and clears up the utility a bit: speed and tokens. Some of it's still a bit iffy (e.g. `cutv 'email address' 'phone number' < examples/users.csv`, csv is already in columns), but I can see using it for some niche queries. Neat tool.

I very much appreciate your to-the-point, non-vibed README as well, ty for that.

New comment by solaire_oa in "Ollaya – Ollama for open-source, Jev-style decision models"

solaire_oa — Fri, 25 Sep 2026 21:48:55 +0000

I installed it, I tried the examples, it works.... But forgive my lack of imagination... what is this useful for?

Like, their example is of classification for a support interface.... `refund_requested`. Pretty convenient bool given the example is about a refund- what if 99% of submissions don't ask about a refund? Also, is that user not a `churn_risk`? What could possibly qualify as a churn risk if not a user asking for a refund?

https://ollaya.dev/library/laya The examples suffer the same problem of why I'd prefer to use a string column vs an enum. Changing an enum means you need to update the db, using a string you can do whatever.

I'm not trying to be negative, I genuinely want to know about some practical examples (that don't require tons of backwards maintenance).

New comment by solaire_oa in "Ask HN: What are you working on? (September 2026)"

solaire_oa — Mon, 14 Sep 2026 14:34:39 +0000

It's lame, but a todo list app: jatabag.com

It's tailored toward implementing a web version of the original cli app and whitepaper "grit" https://github.com/climech/grit

So basically it creates a DAG and each task node can receive some annotated data (traits) about whether the task is actionable or not.

I've been using it daily for a year or so. Slight bummer that I feel I released it 5 years overdue, though, and it's doomed to drown in noise.

Plaintext todo lists from tree structures

solaire_oa — Tue, 08 Sep 2026 23:00:06 +0000

Article URL: https://jatabag.com/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49618358

Points: 2

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Prioritization Is a Lie

solaire_oa — Thu, 03 Sep 2026 00:13:13 +0000

Article URL: https://jatabag.com/essays/prioritization-is-a-lie/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49544344

Points: 3

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New comment by solaire_oa in "Can I opt out of my input or output data being used for training?"

solaire_oa — Wed, 02 Sep 2026 23:11:52 +0000

Pinky-promises, embarrassing. I'd point to tinfoil.sh. I'm not a shill for tinfoil, I haven't even used it or looked past its homepage really, but if we are able to legitimately secure privacy, then training data questions are moot (and the market for training data would probably shift/expose).

New comment by solaire_oa in "How accurate have Ed Zitron's AI skeptic predictions been?"

solaire_oa — Tue, 01 Sep 2026 23:48:29 +0000

Even if Zitron is hopelessly wrong and a complete fool, he's an engaging writer. Like the original article itself states, it's not about the numbers, it's about catharsis. The transparent absence of AI tells in his articles is refreshing, and just rampaging against the AI boosters who lack empathy and self-awareness (which so many of them absolutely do) is cathartic. Even if it's all bunk, fake, and stupid, it's nice to have a way to self-soothe and manifest how much some of us want AI to have a reckoning.

Does that make his readers suckers? Possibly. But personally I also think it's a very human trait to seek comfort.

Trust is all you need, and all we've lost

solaire_oa — Mon, 10 Aug 2026 15:59:43 +0000

Article URL: https://r5d.me/trust-and-the-lack-thereof/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49245443

Points: 4

# Comments: 0

Trust is all you need, and all we've lost

solaire_oa — Fri, 07 Aug 2026 17:39:20 +0000

Article URL: https://r5d.me/trust-and-the-lack-thereof/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49213793

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by solaire_oa in "If coding has been solved, why does software keep getting worse?"

solaire_oa — Fri, 24 Jul 2026 22:42:04 +0000

Yeah. Maybe to add to that: I like my current job, and I consider myself a steward of the codebases that I'm a stakeholder in (I want it to be good).

There's little space for stewardship when LLMs induce psychosis and learned-carelessness in peers, so even though I'm here, I'm still motivated, and I'm still trying to stop crappy software (usually in code review), it feels like it is going to be a losing battle in the long run. The point being that "so little stability" with respect to financial stability may not necessarily factor- stability is threatened from all angles (code, motivation, fatigue, identity, etc).

New comment by solaire_oa in "If coding has been solved, why does software keep getting worse?"

solaire_oa — Fri, 24 Jul 2026 18:56:35 +0000

I generally agree that software has been getting worse, and AI isn't the cause, necessarily, but certainly is accelerating the decay.

Maybe a corollary to the growth of programmers is that pride/artisanship in the work decreases. Bugs happen more when the engineers dgaf, or aren't as dedicated to the craft. Software was pretty solid when I was a teenager (I'm thinking Windows, MSN Messenger, Flash, CDs, general web usage), complaints about tech/bugs weren't as common (or when they did happen, they were major, like BSOD). But I could just be romanticizing the past... idk.

In any case, say we were master woodworkers and we took pride in handcrafting great beds, but now the machines can make beds 150% faster at a 70% defect rate. There's 3 new problems: 1 is obviously that 30% of beds are shit, 2 is that woodworking as an industry is on the decline (expertise vacuum), and 3 is that the master woodworkers are disillusioned, their motivation and utility is decreased.

I believe that in time, the beds will get better, sure (the machines will improve). But in the meantime, huge numbers of people get shit sleep.

New comment by solaire_oa in "Show HN: Super Dario"

solaire_oa — Mon, 13 Jul 2026 22:55:10 +0000

I'd be interested in seeing your prompts, out of curiosity.

Either way I had a good laugh when I realized it wasn't going to end and getting the coins/tokens was pointless.

Inverse Context Learning Principle

solaire_oa — Wed, 08 Jul 2026 16:35:02 +0000

Article URL: https://r5d.me/iclp/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48834083

Points: 1

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New comment by solaire_oa in "The AI Hate Progression"

solaire_oa — Thu, 18 Jun 2026 19:11:07 +0000

For a period of time, I was graphing HN AI sentiment on BULL/BEAR LOVE/HATE axes.

https://r5d.me/vibeschism/

The mania and lament continues at full speed, I suppose. And related to the brazen contempt for consent:

https://r5d.me/robots.txt

I like the article's sentiment, but a do-over sounds... unrealistic. Sadly, this is very common with the lamentation links, where the article accurately describes the problems at hand, but is alack of actionable advice.

Inverse Context Learning Principle

solaire_oa — Wed, 17 Jun 2026 17:52:15 +0000

Article URL: https://r5d.me/iclp/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48574034

Points: 3

# Comments: 0