Hacker News: testbjjl

New comment by testbjjl in "Qwen3.6-Max-Preview: Smarter, Sharper, Still Evolving"

testbjjl — Mon, 20 Apr 2026 15:33:51 +0000

Any reason for them to do this other than altruism? I don’t think this can be regulated.

New comment by testbjjl in "Measuring Claude 4.7's tokenizer costs"

testbjjl — Fri, 17 Apr 2026 17:08:43 +0000

Definitely experimenting with less expensive ones. I have a few versions of my settings.json

I also wonder if token utilization has or will ever find its way to employee performance reviews as these models go up in price.

New comment by testbjjl in "Why the majority of vibe coded projects fail"

testbjjl — Tue, 07 Apr 2026 04:06:39 +0000

This reminded me of the shift from gambling with cash and a bookie connected to the mafia, to draft kings/fanduel to prediction markets. In the end the house always wins.

New comment by testbjjl in "F-15E jet shot down over Iran"

testbjjl — Sat, 04 Apr 2026 04:13:19 +0000

There is considerable evidence that it was not unexpected.

New comment by testbjjl in "F-15E jet shot down over Iran"

testbjjl — Sat, 04 Apr 2026 04:09:08 +0000

Remind me in two weeks?

New comment by testbjjl in "SpaceX files to go public"

testbjjl — Wed, 01 Apr 2026 23:29:46 +0000

Cave? That’s the boring company, this is the space company.

New comment by testbjjl in "There's a prediction market for jobs now. Software engineer is down 45% YTD"

testbjjl — Wed, 01 Apr 2026 02:22:27 +0000

Sat through an AI demo by an AI SaaS today. It was good but the work just shifted from the left to the right.

New comment by testbjjl in "Supreme Court opens door to conversion therapy"

testbjjl — Wed, 01 Apr 2026 02:21:05 +0000

Anyone surprised?

New comment by testbjjl in "My son pleasured himself on Gemini Live. Entire family's Google accounts banned"

testbjjl — Wed, 01 Apr 2026 02:20:32 +0000

Honestly, making the content unavailable for anyone who hasn’t already downloaded it by blocking the entire account is probably not the worst thing. Also, family account?

New comment by testbjjl in "Olympic Committee bars transgender athletes from women’s events"

testbjjl — Fri, 27 Mar 2026 16:23:57 +0000

If the rules changed mid competition and I lost a race to someone who had been competing on a men’s varsity team and then shortly after competed on the women’s team, it would be very hard for me to just shrug and say they beat me fair and square. That reaction is not unreasonable.

It may not justify sweeping laws, but it absolutely justifies having an honest conversation about fairness.

New comment by testbjjl in "Olympic Committee bars transgender athletes from women’s events"

testbjjl — Fri, 27 Mar 2026 03:33:44 +0000

Yes, so I ask questions to increase my understanding? Is that a bad thing?

New comment by testbjjl in "Olympic Committee bars transgender athletes from women’s events"

testbjjl — Fri, 27 Mar 2026 03:33:12 +0000

Correct me if I’m wrong but there are a fair number of examples of these athletes winning?

New comment by testbjjl in "Olympic Committee bars transgender athletes from women’s events"

testbjjl — Fri, 27 Mar 2026 03:30:48 +0000

The lead story was about the Olympics

New comment by testbjjl in "Olympic Committee bars transgender athletes from women’s events"

testbjjl — Fri, 27 Mar 2026 00:16:04 +0000

Tom and his team were cheating and penalized accordingly but likely not enough, but more than the Astros.

New comment by testbjjl in "Olympic Committee bars transgender athletes from women’s events"

testbjjl — Fri, 27 Mar 2026 00:14:47 +0000

Honest question, you say you compete for fun, but what about the folks you beat who are competing for the sake of competition, which is a little different than fun? I am generally open minded at least in comparison to folks I encounter but I can’t square this one in my head. I am just one person with a single opinion but would like to better understand where I am wrong on this topic.

New comment by testbjjl in "Tin Can, a 'landline' for kids"

testbjjl — Mon, 23 Mar 2026 14:26:55 +0000

Landlines work when there is no power, which depending on where you live can happen more or less often but an important feature for an elderly family member especially if they live alone.

For my situation, telling my mom her voip phone was a landline would be problematic.

I do need some solution though, AT&T technicians tell me copper thieves are disrupting her service regularly.

New comment by testbjjl in "AirPods Max 2"

testbjjl — Tue, 17 Mar 2026 07:50:08 +0000

For me, I think it has more to do with length of exposure. Certainly my fault. Perhaps analogous to social media use and smart phones. To avoid temptation I try to limit then restrict my usage. It seems that some people “blame” side effects of social media usage on social media companies? Is that different for you? Sometimes, it can take some time to realize you’re dealing with a more potent form of a similar experience.

New comment by testbjjl in "AirPods Max 2"

testbjjl — Tue, 17 Mar 2026 01:56:04 +0000

Sorry, Apple audio stuff, while really impressive audio quality has made me deaf. I’ll take bad to no engineered audio quality and keep what I have left of my hearing for conversations and nature. Rapid degradation in my sense of hearing.

New comment by testbjjl in "US SEC preparing to scrap quarterly reporting requirement"

testbjjl — Tue, 17 Mar 2026 00:37:07 +0000

I see how it helps you and the company. What about investors who you borrowed money from.

New comment by testbjjl in "PgAdmin 4 9.13 with AI Assistant Panel"

testbjjl — Tue, 10 Mar 2026 23:27:46 +0000

Now I don’t need to copy, paste, take screenshots or use Claude? This will save me minutes per year.