Hacker News: thefz

New comment by thefz in "US reputation hits 'depths not seen this century' – and 'may never recover'"

thefz — Tue, 07 Apr 2026 07:04:16 +0000

Worse than that, friend. We have the flaring confirmation that in fact capitalism does and will always lead to the shittiest outcome for the vast majority bar a one percent of the population.

And to be honest the fact that this president is not impeached over a sex abuse scandal and starting a war nobody wanted says a lot about how detached and uninterested the population of the US is from its government.

New comment by thefz in "The IDE Is Dead. Long Live the ADE"

thefz — Fri, 03 Apr 2026 09:02:44 +0000

> I feel like I'm starting to have an allergic reaction to the AI

New comment by thefz in "The AI Marketing BS Index"

thefz — Wed, 01 Apr 2026 20:24:41 +0000

Could not care less about AI, but this font is amazing.

New comment by thefz in "Iran war sparks renewables boom as Europeans rush to buy solar, heat pumps, EVs"

thefz — Wed, 01 Apr 2026 16:34:37 +0000

The only reason people skip the iPhone here is because it is directly associated with being an asshole. Sent from my heatpump-heated home in the Julian Alps.

New comment by thefz in "CEO of largest public hospital says he's ready to replace radiologists with AI"

thefz — Wed, 01 Apr 2026 16:31:09 +0000

Some hospitals having a CEO is an aberration

New comment by thefz in "Italy, Belgium set to lose gas supply after biggest LNG plant bombed"

thefz — Sun, 22 Mar 2026 17:09:47 +0000

Can't heat a home with solar

New comment by thefz in "Silicon Valley's "Pronatalists" Killed WFH. The Strait of Hormuz Brought It Back"

thefz — Wed, 18 Mar 2026 12:23:29 +0000

> The loudest “pronatalists” (Musk, Andreessen) spent two years killing workplace flexibility while funding nearly a billion in elite fertility tech.

So that you can still go to work, and procreate- Win-win for the masters.

Additionally I would not take Musk as the voice of reason, as he has demonstrated borderline behavior if not complete irrationality on this kind of issues in the past (and why should he have a word in this anyway?).

New comment by thefz in "AirPods Max 2"

thefz — Mon, 16 Mar 2026 17:37:11 +0000

> What makes these worth that much when there are so many options?

You want to be seen in public wearing this object

New comment by thefz in "AirPods Max 2"

thefz — Mon, 16 Mar 2026 16:56:57 +0000

You are wearing it wrong?

New comment by thefz in "Tell HN: AI tools are making me lose interest in CS fundamentals"

thefz — Mon, 16 Mar 2026 08:02:38 +0000

Then don't use them?

New comment by thefz in "Your phone is an entire computer"

thefz — Sat, 14 Mar 2026 16:55:33 +0000

> On my iPhone, there is no such ability. As a US citizen, I must go through the Apple-approved App Store to download / install third-party software. Smells like freedom.

That's the effect of a complete lack of antitrust. In the US corporations can do the fuck they want

New comment by thefz in "The MacBook Neo"

thefz — Thu, 12 Mar 2026 09:48:30 +0000

> And there’s the whole thing with the second USB-C port only supporting USB 2 speeds. That stinks. But if Apple could sell a one-port MacBook a decade ago, they can sell one with a shitty second port today.

This is the kind of reasoning behind why I can not take any Apple product review seriously, or any Apple fan seriously.

New comment by thefz in "The MacBook Neo"

thefz — Thu, 12 Mar 2026 09:12:51 +0000

It's a false comparison, because you are aggregating hardware and OS vendors in the same category while Apple is actually the one doing both.

New comment by thefz in "The optimal age to freeze eggs is 19"

thefz — Tue, 10 Mar 2026 09:43:18 +0000

Because infertility may not be the only reason behind people not procreating in 2026?

New comment by thefz in "AI Error May Have Contributed to Girl's School Bombing in Iran"

thefz — Sat, 07 Mar 2026 16:10:53 +0000

Yes it's 150 girls' fault to have gone to school near a military target. Man, sober up please.

New comment by thefz in "AI Error May Have Contributed to Girl's School Bombing in Iran"

thefz — Sat, 07 Mar 2026 07:38:29 +0000

The final boss of "I don't care about nonwhite human lives"

New comment by thefz in "The Slow Death of the Power User"

thefz — Wed, 25 Feb 2026 21:48:17 +0000

Another important difference is that at least in theory the end goal of a government is the well being of its citizens, while for private companies it is profit.

New comment by thefz in "The Slow Death of the Power User"

thefz — Wed, 25 Feb 2026 21:46:31 +0000

I agree with the author in almost everything and in the end it was all a manufactured shift to benefit the seller of the platform/software/hardware.

New comment by thefz in "Tesla registrations crash 17% in Europe as BEV market surges 14%"

thefz — Wed, 25 Feb 2026 09:31:35 +0000

No other brand - aside Apple - holds such power of flagging the owner/wielder of an object as an asshole.

New comment by thefz in "Cardiorespiratory fitness is associated with lower anger and anxiety"

thefz — Wed, 25 Feb 2026 06:00:43 +0000

Sample size of 1 but after a stressful day it's very hard to come back with the same mindset once you have left for even a quick run.