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New comment by the_other in "81yo Dodgers fan can no longer get tickets because he doesn't have a smartphone"

the_other — Mon, 06 Apr 2026 19:43:08 +0000

Using a battery powered electronic device as a “pass” detected by another handheld electronic device, both of which are contacting cell towers, exchanging data with data centres 100s of kms away, filling out detailed profiles of user behavior … rather than a paper ticket?

New comment by the_other in "Tell HN: Anthropic no longer allowing Claude Code subscriptions to use OpenClaw"

the_other — Sat, 04 Apr 2026 08:01:06 +0000

You could think about it this way:

All AI prices will rise soon - probably shortly after the IPOs. The new prices will be eyewatering compared with today’s. This bulling change is lengthening the time until Anthropic have to raise the subscription prices, so those of us who’re not doing 24hr claw stuff can continue to use the tools the way we’ve gotten used to.

New comment by the_other in "Learn Claude Code by doing, not reading"

the_other — Mon, 30 Mar 2026 23:01:56 +0000

I'm a beginner with agentic coding. I vibe code something most days, from a few lines up to refactors over a few files. I don't knowingly use skills, rarely _choose_ to call out to tools, haven't written any skills and only one or two ad hoc scripts, and have barely touched MCPs (because the few I've used seem flaky and erratic). I answered as such and got... intermediate.

New comment by the_other in "Maxell MXCP-P100 – wireless cassette player"

the_other — Thu, 26 Mar 2026 15:50:03 +0000

Yes, very likely. Even in the 90s 120min tapes were more fragile and much more likely to warp or get caught than the shorter lengths.

New comment by the_other in "Government agencies buy commercial data about Americans in bulk"

the_other — Thu, 26 Mar 2026 10:50:05 +0000

I read the implication too, as well as the fatigue.

They offered nothing to counteract the idea that we should just shut up and accept it. Then they closed with "And I actually like the concept of reward cards (although I don't use them) because it is pretty much the only way how you can make money off your data." - which sounds like they have given up opposition, and are now considering ways to profit from the situation rather than fight it.

New comment by the_other in "Source code of Swedish e-government services has been leaked"

the_other — Fri, 13 Mar 2026 11:26:29 +0000

As the attack actor now has the data, they're liable for ongoing GDPR failures, on top of the theft. Then anyone they sell the data to becomes liable (on top of handling stolen goods). Could be a money-earner for the EU if they pursue it properly.

New comment by the_other in "Proton Mail Helped FBI Unmask Anonymous 'Stop Cop City' Protester"

the_other — Fri, 06 Mar 2026 09:43:38 +0000

Any functioning national health service. Any national education system. Transport networks. Nations with unprivatised water systems.

New comment by the_other in "Modern CSS Code Snippets: Stop writing CSS like it's 2015"

the_other — Mon, 16 Feb 2026 09:37:06 +0000

> Any selector with the " " operator on A risk expanding to the inner A even if it was intended only for the outer.

Then is potentially a . Consider a small refactor?

New comment by the_other in "Modern CSS Code Snippets: Stop writing CSS like it's 2015"

the_other — Mon, 16 Feb 2026 09:30:23 +0000

SoC is how all maintainable software is built. A function for A, a class for B, DDD-spec'd modules and features, databases on separate machines, API definitions, queuing systems, event systems, load balancing, web servers.

You don't even need to think of the web to see how content and presentation are different. Try editing a text file with hard line breaks in and you'll quickly understand how presentation and content are orthogonal.

New comment by the_other in "The AI Vampire"

the_other — Wed, 11 Feb 2026 16:47:41 +0000

> At what point does the project outgrow the AI in your experience? I have a 70k LOC backend/frontend/database/docker app that Claude still mostly one shots most features/tasks I throw at it.

How do you do this?

Admittedly, I'm using Copilot, not CC.

I can't get Copilot to finish a refactor properly, let alone a feature. It'll miss an import rename, leave in duplicated code, update half the use cases but not all.. etc. And that's with all the relevant files in context, and letting it search the codebase so it can get more context.

It can talk about DRY, or good factoring, or SOLID, but it only applies them when it feels like it, despite what's in AGENTS.md. I have much better results when I break the task down into small chunks myself and NOT tell it the whole story.

New comment by the_other in "Brutalist Southbank Centre Listed"

the_other — Tue, 10 Feb 2026 13:59:46 +0000

Your two opening paragraphs seem opposed to one another.

> Some brutalist architecture may be preserved, as a warning for future generations about the danger of mixing politics, ideology and architecture.

> I am the founder of the architectural uprising non-profit in Norway. The primary goal of architecture is in my view to increase peoples quality of life and to ensure social, economic and environmentally sustainability for future generations.

Can you expand on the "dangers" expressed in the buildings, and how your foundation attempts to mitigate those dangers?

Also:

> Now lets face the fact that most brutalists experiments over the last 80 years has failed miserably.

Yeah, there are a lot of failures, but you've picked on two structures which are broadly successful which is diminishing your point somewhat.

New comment by the_other in "Brutalist Southbank Centre Listed"

the_other — Tue, 10 Feb 2026 13:56:45 +0000

I've visited a flat/appartment in one of the Barbican towers. It was comfy, pleasant. The lifts and hallways were well maintained, well lit, generous dimensions (compared with many London apartment blocks I've seen). It felt like a "good" tower block, rather than a "bad" one.

The arts complex is amazing (slightly confusing, but very functional and fairly pleasant to be inside). The outside spaces create a buzzy calm.

I think it's an excellent complex.

New comment by the_other in "Every book recommended on the Odd Lots Discord"

the_other — Mon, 09 Feb 2026 13:41:55 +0000

I agree with your points about the tone. Money Stuff is definitely more "fun".

I find the content differs between the two, not just the presentation. Odd Lots goes into the broad scale (national, global) backstory a lot more; Money Stuff dives deep into specific businesses, people, or the technical details of a trade. Maybe your circumstances and habits mean you get more from one than the other?

I wish Bloomberg would find presenters for UK or European centric versions of both shows.

New comment by the_other in "I now assume that all ads on Apple news are scams"

the_other — Fri, 06 Feb 2026 16:33:45 +0000

No it wasn't. It was a tool to attempt to keep people on Google's surface area rather than freeing them to browse the web as the web was intended.

New comment by the_other in "Data centers in space makes no sense"

the_other — Wed, 04 Feb 2026 15:16:20 +0000

I think you have read the "redistrubute the money" people wrong. They definitely, absolutely want to reduce the power the tiny minority hold over the many. That's the whole point. The money is a tool to get the work done.

New comment by the_other in "Xcode 26.3 – Developers can leverage coding agents directly in Xcode"

the_other — Wed, 04 Feb 2026 10:41:41 +0000

On the flip side, doesn't this mean that Apple is providing indirect funding (via employment) to any OSS project their employees contribute to during office hours?

New comment by the_other in "Waymo robotaxi hits a child near an elementary school in Santa Monica"

the_other — Thu, 29 Jan 2026 18:27:53 +0000

In the UK we have a great big yellow zig-zag road marking that extends 2/3rds the width of an average car across the road. It means "this is a school, take your car and fuck off". You find it around school gates, to a distance of a few car lengths either side of the gate, and sometimes all along the road beside a school.

It doesn't stop all on street parking beside the school, but it cuts it down a noticeable amount.

New comment by the_other in "Tesla ending Models S and X production"

the_other — Thu, 29 Jan 2026 11:54:38 +0000

Do you already pay a human to do this work?

New comment by the_other in "Radicle: The Sovereign Forge"

the_other — Fri, 23 Jan 2026 16:13:18 +0000

Reading the intro, I feel like I got a good hint about what this is. It sounded like "local first git for teams, without the hell of sharing patches via email".

I don't know what gitea or forgejo are, so comparisons wouldn't help me.

New comment by the_other in "Claude's new constitution"

the_other — Thu, 22 Jan 2026 13:39:56 +0000

I doubt it's "universal". Do coyotes and orcas follow this rule?