Hacker News: thebytefairy

New comment by thebytefairy in "Anthropic acquires Stainless"

thebytefairy — Tue, 19 May 2026 04:20:27 +0000

'Engineer' is also a legally protected title in Canada, so 'developer' is the common term.

New comment by thebytefairy in "Gmail registration now requires scanning a QR code and sending a text message"

thebytefairy — Mon, 11 May 2026 23:16:22 +0000

This is not really an 'email service' the average person can be expected to use..

New comment by thebytefairy in "Oracle files H-1B visa petitions amid mass layoffs"

thebytefairy — Sat, 04 Apr 2026 16:11:09 +0000

Employees should not be able to sell their stock if their company decides to do layoffs? What is the rationale?

New comment by thebytefairy in "MacBook Air with M5"

thebytefairy — Wed, 04 Mar 2026 01:38:02 +0000

Agree. I use both windows and mac daily, and I don't think Mac is much better in terms of annoyances and bugs.

New comment by thebytefairy in "OpenAI should build Slack"

thebytefairy — Sun, 15 Feb 2026 15:30:42 +0000

Failing with GCP? GCP has had accelerating growth the past few years, larger than the other two, and widening profit. I've used all three major clouds and overall I would choose GCP, particularly these days for their data/AI stack

New comment by thebytefairy in "YouTube blocks background video playback on Brave and other browsers"

thebytefairy — Sat, 31 Jan 2026 15:08:37 +0000

Yea, and the scale of impact on the economy of those micro seconds is probably huge

New comment by thebytefairy in "OpenClaw – Moltbot Renamed Again"

thebytefairy — Fri, 30 Jan 2026 16:48:29 +0000

Clippy, is that you?

New comment by thebytefairy in "Why is the Gmail app 700 MB?"

thebytefairy — Wed, 07 Jan 2026 14:42:00 +0000

I think a simpler explanation the some of the others is.. why care? Phones these days, even cheaper ones, have oodles of GB available. They're not losing customers from the size. And I don't think making it smaller is going to draw in new gmail/workspace customers. So why spend time on it when there are tons of new features or active bugs that could be fixed instead?

New comment by thebytefairy in "Apple has locked my Apple ID, and I have no recourse. A plea for help"

thebytefairy — Sat, 13 Dec 2025 16:08:01 +0000

Because it shows some thoughtfulness. 'I know you like x so here's money to spend on that'. Cash looks like you didn't bother.

New comment by thebytefairy in "Advent of Code 2025"

thebytefairy — Sun, 30 Nov 2025 20:37:51 +0000

learnxinyminutes.com is a good resource that tries to cover the key syntax/paradigms for each language, I find it a helpful starting point to skim.

New comment by thebytefairy in "Waymo robotaxis are now giving rides on freeways in LA, SF and Phoenix"

thebytefairy — Wed, 12 Nov 2025 17:33:23 +0000

I've been in ride shares where the driver has crossed a curb road divider or squeezed through tiny gaps in front of trucks. Going too slow sounds like a better 'bad' experience to me.

New comment by thebytefairy in "AI assistants misrepresent news content 45% of the time"

thebytefairy — Wed, 22 Oct 2025 23:33:46 +0000

I'm not able to reproduce something like this. What prompt were you using? Asking it for today's top news gets it to use Google search and provide valid links.

New comment by thebytefairy in "The MacBook Air 2025 Is Now Cheaper Than a Random Mid-Range Windows Laptop"

thebytefairy — Mon, 20 Oct 2025 13:24:08 +0000

You would go back to an old vulnerability infested OS that nobody builds for anymore instead of dealing with a UI change every few years? I have elderly parents on windows 11 and they've been fine, as long as the browser works, outlook loads, and they can scan and print (and tbh a Chromebook may be even better for non techy folks)

New comment by thebytefairy in "The MacBook Air 2025 Is Now Cheaper Than a Random Mid-Range Windows Laptop"

thebytefairy — Mon, 20 Oct 2025 12:57:59 +0000

What issues do you face on windows? I use both Mac and windows daily and I can't say I entirely prefer one over the other, and in recent years I've run into more noticeable bugs on macOS (although it does look better)

New comment by thebytefairy in "Meta’s live demo fails; “AI” recording plays before the actor takes the steps"

thebytefairy — Fri, 19 Sep 2025 02:38:10 +0000

Please share an example. Your 'almost completely useless' claim runs counter to any model benchmark you could choose.

New comment by thebytefairy in "Scammed out of $130K via fake Google call, spoofed Google email and auth sync"

thebytefairy — Wed, 17 Sep 2025 13:46:12 +0000

> Ugh, google

In my experience most authenticators cloud sync automatically, at least on iOS. For most people, this is a benefit. Otherwise, lose your phone and you're stuck, I doubt most people secure recovery codes properly either.

New comment by thebytefairy in "Scammed out of $130K via fake Google call, spoofed Google email and auth sync"

thebytefairy — Wed, 17 Sep 2025 13:41:15 +0000

What was the process for getting your account back?

New comment by thebytefairy in "Google AI Overview made up an elaborate story about me"

thebytefairy — Tue, 02 Sep 2025 02:39:18 +0000

Everyone was dumping on google when OpenAI first launched ChatGPT for playing it too safe and falling behind on cool new tech. Now everyone's upset LLMs are hallucinating and say they shouldn't launch things until proven safe.

New comment by thebytefairy in "Comet AI browser can get prompt injected from any site, drain your bank account"

thebytefairy — Tue, 26 Aug 2025 03:30:34 +0000

I think it depends what kind of system and attack we're talking about. For corporate environments this approach absolutely makes sense. But say in a user's personal pc where the LLM can act as them, they have permission to do many things they shouldn't - send passwords to attackers, send money to attackers, rm -rf etc

New comment by thebytefairy in "H-1B Visa Changes Approved by White House"

thebytefairy — Wed, 13 Aug 2025 02:34:35 +0000

Yes, in addition to the fact that big tech pays equity, and more senior people probably end up on green cards, so it skews junior.