Hacker News: solfox

New comment by solfox in "Weave Robotics launches Isaac 1, a $7,999 home robot with Fall 2026 deliveries"

solfox — Thu, 02 Jul 2026 02:51:02 +0000

You could call it the El-e-vator!

New comment by solfox in "Previewing GPT‑5.6 Sol: a next-generation model"

solfox — Fri, 26 Jun 2026 21:27:03 +0000

Love the name!

New comment by solfox in "If you are asking for human attention, demonstrate human effort"

solfox — Thu, 11 Jun 2026 23:34:05 +0000

I'd say it's because we're tasking ourselves with dumb stuff. No one half-asses building a shelter that keeps their family alive, or throwing a new favorite bowl on the pottery wheel. But instead of that we're writing posts for Facebook etc etc so we can (???) profit. So of course we want bots to do this all this dumb stuff, and of course we get dumb results.

New comment by solfox in "Workers are spending over 6 hours a week botsitting AI, fueling job frustration"

solfox — Thu, 11 Jun 2026 16:00:39 +0000

I think this is a larger question we should be asking. YES, we can build this world: a world where robots do our chores, serve our coffee, check us out at the grocery store, and let the AI agents do the parts of our jobs we love.

But SHOULD we? With great power comes great responsibility - and I'm getting the impression we're (quickly) building a world that isn't very fun to live in. We technically have a choice here - DO we want bots writing our prose and responding to our customer service inquiries?

New comment by solfox in "SF startup is testing robots in Airbnbs, and trashing them, lawsuit claims"

solfox — Fri, 29 May 2026 16:16:40 +0000

Knowing the cost of home ownership, it’s not unlikely to imagine the reported damages are well within what he’s asking. Given that repair work, filing paper with the courts, etc is a major PITA, if this guy was just looking for a payout you’d think he’d ask for a lot more.

New comment by solfox in "Anthropic raises $65B in Series H funding at $965B post-money valuation"

solfox — Fri, 29 May 2026 03:04:10 +0000

Perhaps it's just regional, but I've been noticing more and more people saying "chat" to describe ANY ai chat interface including ChatGPT. They might have a Kleenex problem on their hands.

New comment by solfox in "SF startup is testing robots in Airbnbs, and trashing them, lawsuit claims"

solfox — Fri, 29 May 2026 02:29:38 +0000

Doubtful these clowns even have commercial insurance for these rentals. What a deceitful and dangerous way to build a business - to save (what?) a few thousand per rental?

New comment by solfox in "Dropbox CEO Drew Houston to step down"

solfox — Tue, 26 May 2026 20:40:01 +0000

I had the opportunity to live with Drew back in 2006 when he, I, and another pair of YC founders Adam and Matt were living together and hacking away at our own startups in Cambridge. I remember Drew being a hard worker, humble, and a genuinely nice guy. It's probably self indulgent to claim that we all inspired him to eventually shift gears to Dropbox and apply to YC - but what a path it's been for him! I've always felt inspired by his meteoric innovation in cloud storage - Dropbox paved the way for all our modern cloud storage systems. We've fallen out of touch over the years, but I wish him well on whatever comes next.

New comment by solfox in "Show HN: Superlog (YC P26) – Observability that installs itself and fixes bugs"

solfox — Tue, 19 May 2026 16:34:08 +0000

Love the concept! Some feedback: I went to sign up to give it a go, but the set up process left me feeling a bit untrusting - so I backed out for now. I'd prefer more explanation about what to expect, what I will get, how it is safe, etc before asking me to run a prompt.

New comment by solfox in "We've made the world too complicated"

solfox — Sun, 17 May 2026 14:11:28 +0000

I agree with this sentiment. And it's hard to change. But there are plenty of examples of people exiting the normalized system and choosing a different life. Even small changes can make a big impact on mental health, like stopping reading the news.

But I'd encourage the author to consider what setting an example might look like for them. What does a less complicated life look like? Then live it, and eventually, more will follow.

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

solfox — Mon, 11 May 2026 15:34:46 +0000

[BestInterest](https://bestinterest.app) helps coparents find peace by automatically filtering out anything that isn't child-focused from their coparent's messages. Ensures court order compliance and reduces conflict.

New comment by solfox in "The Onion to Take over InfoWars"

solfox — Thu, 23 Apr 2026 13:38:16 +0000

It seems strange to me that our laws allow someone to declare personal bankruptcy to avoid paying on liabilities, while somehow maintaining interests in other companies… resulting in that weird situation where another of his companies tries to buy the “bankrupt” company? (If you didn’t read the article, the only other bidder against the Onion was one of Alex’s own companies)

New comment by solfox in "Netflix Prices Went Up Again – I Bought a DVD Player Instead"

solfox — Thu, 09 Apr 2026 20:40:17 +0000

> I think their shipping took 2 days

Yeah, it was fast. And yet, for it to work financially, they were still using plain old USPS. The trick (which required the levels of volume they had at the time) was to have a bunch of distribution centers positioned all throughout their service area. For a modern day service trying to do the same with significantly less volume, they won't be able to afford the extra distribution centers.

New comment by solfox in "I've been waiting over a month for Anthropic to respond to my billing issue"

solfox — Wed, 08 Apr 2026 19:07:30 +0000

Fin is actually Intercom’s branded agent, so if Anthropic is using their own model for support at all isn’t clear.

New comment by solfox in "Turning a MacBook into a touchscreen with $1 of hardware (2018)"

solfox — Mon, 30 Mar 2026 20:24:03 +0000

Love it! I appreciate the ethos of doing more with existing hardware. Adding an actual touchscreen would add real COGs to a macbook, and many potential failure points. Using the existing camera hardware + software seems to produce a "good enough" result for most people for casual use. I'm sure with some time and eng, Apple could make the "hack" shippable. But it doesn't earn product managers the big big bonuses, so it'll never happen.

New comment by solfox in "Meow.camera"

solfox — Fri, 27 Mar 2026 18:55:42 +0000

I am tempted to get a cat as an accessory for a cat aquarium

New comment by solfox in "The 'paperwork flood': How I drowned a bureaucrat before dinner"

solfox — Fri, 27 Mar 2026 13:42:17 +0000

Great read. While I admire the spite, I question the wisdom of pissing off a government employee with the power to deny your benefits.

New comment by solfox in "The 'Paperwork Flood': How I Drowned a Bureaucrat Before Dinner"

solfox — Fri, 27 Mar 2026 13:40:43 +0000

It actually doesn't say that.

New comment by solfox in "Launch HN: Canary (YC W26) – AI QA that understands your code"

solfox — Thu, 19 Mar 2026 17:06:01 +0000

Not a direct competitor but another YC company I use and enjoy for PR reviews is cubic.dev. I like your focus on automated tests.

New comment by solfox in "Launch HN: Canary (YC W26) – AI QA that understands your code"

solfox — Thu, 19 Mar 2026 17:03:52 +0000

Looks interesting! Looks like perhaps no support for Flutter apps yet?