Hacker News: somebehemoth

GFiber and Stonepeak's Astound to Combine

somebehemoth — Thu, 12 Mar 2026 15:06:42 +0000

Article URL: https://stonepeak.com/news/gfiber-and-stonepeaks-astound-to-combine-creating-a-leading-independent-broadband-provider

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47351709

Points: 4

# Comments: 1

New comment by somebehemoth in "Picking Up a Zillion Pieces of Litter"

somebehemoth — Thu, 05 Mar 2026 01:18:43 +0000

10 bibles for another example. I have seen bibles a lot of places, but never as trash. He describes his giant ashtray and the tale of the tens of thousands of other pieces of trash he picked up on his way to one million cigarette butts. I love this guy and his website. This is what we gray beards mean when we speak of the Internet of old.

New comment by somebehemoth in "Cognitive Debt: When Velocity Exceeds Comprehension"

somebehemoth — Sat, 28 Feb 2026 16:28:36 +0000

Because lines of code interact with each other. Understanding what one line does in isolation does not always show the rough edges that are found when code interacts. The challenge is seeing the forest instead of individual trees.

New comment by somebehemoth in "Fix the iOS keyboard before the timer hits zero or I'm switching back to Android"

somebehemoth — Fri, 13 Feb 2026 16:18:15 +0000

For something that is as personal as a keyboard, it would be good to know what "Usage data" you are collecting and how it is used. I am eager to switch away from ios keyboard, but I do not trust most developers to have access to what I type. I understand it is "not linked to me", but this is an area where heavy skepticism is warranted.

New comment by somebehemoth in "Hacker News Alternative Where People Are Positive About AI"

somebehemoth — Tue, 10 Feb 2026 21:58:12 +0000

I see many positive posts about AI. It is true some sentiment is negative, but I prefer a mixture of opinions to an echo chamber. I hear LinkedIn is very pro AI in sentiment so you should look there.

New comment by somebehemoth in "Nanobot: Ultra-Lightweight Alternative to OpenClaw"

somebehemoth — Thu, 05 Feb 2026 18:33:13 +0000

> There's more people saying AI doesn't live up to the hype.

It is possible they are correct and nothing you have written suggests otherwise.

> The people who are saying it's utterly useless is still quite large on HN.

Are these people's opinions less valid than your own? Are you angry your opinion might be a minority on this one website?

> It's just that most of them are midway through changing their story because reality is smashing them in the face.

You made this up.

> But if you're not using it you're behind.

Yeah, well, you know, that’s just, like, your opinion, man

New comment by somebehemoth in "English professors double down on requiring printed copies of readings"

somebehemoth — Sun, 01 Feb 2026 22:25:38 +0000

> I see this moment as one where we can unshackle ourselves from the oligarchs and corporate overlords.

For me, modern AI appears to be controlled entirely by oligarchs and corporate overlords already. Some of them are the same who already shackled us. This time will not be different, in my opinion.

I like your optimism.

New comment by somebehemoth in "Show HN: RatatuiRuby wraps Rust Ratatui as a RubyGem – TUIs with the joy of Ruby"

somebehemoth — Thu, 22 Jan 2026 12:46:40 +0000

How significant are AI contributions to this project?

New comment by somebehemoth in "The Agentic AI Handbook: Production-Ready Patterns"

somebehemoth — Wed, 21 Jan 2026 13:23:47 +0000

the sell outs took over.

New comment by somebehemoth in "AI Destroys Institutions"

somebehemoth — Sat, 17 Jan 2026 17:08:36 +0000

> Is he incorrect that the paper is speculating about future events? I don't think it's completely uninformed either.

Most people would say this is a defense of the person, or at least a defense of the person's choice to not read the full paper. It is no fun to debate with intellectual dishonesty.

New comment by somebehemoth in "AI Destroys Institutions"

somebehemoth — Sat, 17 Jan 2026 15:09:07 +0000

Cool. Perhaps you should have criticized the paper and requested feedback instead of defending someone who did not read the paper!

New comment by somebehemoth in "OpenAI to begin testing ads on ChatGPT in the U.S."

somebehemoth — Sat, 17 Jan 2026 15:03:54 +0000

One cannot criticize anything ever if they don't have a better solution? You can't think of any benefit to people collectively discussing their seemingly unsolvable problem? You don't think that people discussing a problem that seems to have no solution have ever come up with a solution??

All problems in history were solved by individuals who immediately had the correct answer without any discussion?!!

How many problems were solved by shutting down discussions do you think? Are we thinking stifling conversations causes more problem solving?!

New comment by somebehemoth in "AI Destroys Institutions"

somebehemoth — Fri, 16 Jan 2026 13:41:26 +0000

There is no criticism. He did not read the paper.

New comment by somebehemoth in "AI is a business model stress test"

somebehemoth — Sat, 10 Jan 2026 19:12:40 +0000

And someday we will have truly autonomous driving cars, we will cure cancer, and humans will visit Mars.

You can't prompt this today, are you suggesting this might come literally tomorrow? 10 years? 30? At that unknown time will your comment become relevant?

New comment by somebehemoth in "My article on why AI is great (or terrible) or how to use it"

somebehemoth — Fri, 09 Jan 2026 20:28:14 +0000

You are essentially making a character attack on anyone who disagrees with this article. You dismiss outright reasonable objections you have not heard and instead you presume fear and loathing are the only possible motivations to disagree.

New comment by somebehemoth in "My article on why AI is great (or terrible) or how to use it"

somebehemoth — Fri, 09 Jan 2026 20:16:40 +0000

I do think a huge number of people are infatuated with the idea of programming but hate the act itself. I have tried to teach a lot of people to code and it is rare to find the person who is both enthusiastic and able to maintain motivation once they realize every single character matters and yes, that bracket does have to be closed.

Of course not everyone who programs AI style hate programming, but I do think your take explains a large chunk of zealotry: It has become Us v. Them for both sides and each is staking out their territory. Telling the vibe coder they are not programming hurts their feelings much like telling a senior developer all their accumulated experience and knowledge is useless if not today, for sure some day soon!

New comment by somebehemoth in "Gmail is entering the Gemini Era"

somebehemoth — Thu, 08 Jan 2026 18:25:33 +0000

You should explain why it is comical to you. I want to know what is funny about the reaction so I can laugh too. I saw some privacy concerns and some UI/UX issues, but I didn't find them very funny.

New comment by somebehemoth in "Last Year on My Mac: Look Back in Disbelief"

somebehemoth — Sun, 28 Dec 2025 16:35:53 +0000

I have an oled thinkpad running fedora that has never had a sleep issue. Excellent touchpad as well. Thinkpad X1 Carbon.

New comment by somebehemoth in "2026 resolution: if Mozilla tampers with "uBlock Origin", I'm giving it up"

somebehemoth — Sat, 27 Dec 2025 15:13:38 +0000

This is not my experience at all. pihole blocks a massive amount of ads in my home. It is extremely rare that any website ever breaks.

New comment by somebehemoth in "I don't care how well your "AI" works"

somebehemoth — Tue, 09 Dec 2025 21:27:22 +0000

Nasty ad hominem, nice! I guess you have to get good at that when your arguments are as vacuous as yours.