Hacker News: threatofrain

New comment by threatofrain in "Did Anthropic ask for this?"

threatofrain — Mon, 15 Jun 2026 02:31:42 +0000

Is your point that the name people actually remember is ChatGPT? Okay, let's say the actually popular name that threatens to become the Kleenex of LLMs. ChatGPT.

New comment by threatofrain in "Did Anthropic ask for this?"

threatofrain — Sun, 14 Jun 2026 23:01:59 +0000

It's quite a bit more complicated than that. The popular narrative is not exactly on Anthropic, as the general public is far more aware of OpenAI than Anthropic. The narrative is on AI and whether everything we know about society is going to change.

Also, as far as priorities and worries go, for most people cybersecurity is way down the list.

New comment by threatofrain in "What the fuck happened to nerds"

threatofrain — Fri, 12 Jun 2026 16:29:42 +0000

Technologists don't control technology, and many technologists foolishly think that staying out of politics is some kind of virtue, just like how people scientists should only science. Then we find that scientists don't control science anymore.

Politics is about the negotiation of control.

New comment by threatofrain in "EU should expand to 40 states – including Canada"

threatofrain — Thu, 04 Jun 2026 14:56:44 +0000

I thought the Eurovision was just some musical comedy thing. Why not include Australia.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hfjHJneVonE

New comment by threatofrain in "Failing grades soar with AI usage, dwindling math skills in Berkeley CS classes"

threatofrain — Thu, 04 Jun 2026 03:15:57 +0000

The question comes sooner than the students being tested on the job market. Another possibility is that dropping standardized testing was a net bad idea.

New comment by threatofrain in "When AI Crosses the Line: The Matplotlib Incident"

threatofrain — Mon, 01 Jun 2026 15:11:57 +0000

We've already long past that threshold.

New comment by threatofrain in "Corporate America Is Starting to Ration AI as Cost Skyrockets"

threatofrain — Sat, 30 May 2026 16:00:10 +0000

Oh, war is transforming hard.

New comment by threatofrain in "AI job grief: A psychological crisis hitting tech workers"

threatofrain — Sat, 30 May 2026 15:49:27 +0000

I'm sure people are sad about a changing relationship to their craft, but make no mistake, the biggest sadness people are experiencing in and out of tech is not having a place in society.

New comment by threatofrain in "I am retiring from tech to live offline"

threatofrain — Fri, 29 May 2026 17:48:11 +0000

It's an amazing career because of the pay, not because of how American workers are relating to their hours. Kids out of college joining startups may be working harder than... just about everyone in America, really.

New comment by threatofrain in "How long until AI automates all cognitive labor?"

threatofrain — Thu, 28 May 2026 14:54:20 +0000

So find the group that cares about the collection of capabilities you care to talk about. Regardless of whatever line is drawn for AGI, it's obvious that should some tech advances come to pass, we'll all care about the threshold of many jobs going away. Does that mean AGI? The people who care about jobs won't quibble, they care about the jobs.

If the issue you care about is jobs going away then I think you'll find a growing movement with a common base of beliefs.

New comment by threatofrain in "AWS Fired the One Employee Who Gave a Damn"

threatofrain — Tue, 26 May 2026 13:47:04 +0000

Just have Claude digest it, that's the future we're heading toward. But what is after that?

New comment by threatofrain in "Does anybody like React?"

threatofrain — Tue, 26 May 2026 10:49:55 +0000

Any conversation which isn't dead will age fast in tech. What is the state of discussion on generating a random integer? Even that conversation advances.

New comment by threatofrain in "The Eternal Sloptember"

threatofrain — Mon, 25 May 2026 11:42:59 +0000

And interactive feedback rather than having to specify everything up-front.

New comment by threatofrain in "The American Rebellion Against AI Is Gaining Steam"

threatofrain — Tue, 19 May 2026 05:39:14 +0000

Had things moved slowly? ML is an international race. Every nation has the prerogative of greed.

New comment by threatofrain in "Apple Silicon costs more than OpenRouter"

threatofrain — Sun, 17 May 2026 16:26:06 +0000

And continuing the argument of "more than just...", if you stopped inferencing on your Mac you still have a generally nice computer. The difference between rent vs buy.

New comment by threatofrain in "Mullvad exit IPs are surprisingly identifying"

threatofrain — Fri, 15 May 2026 13:06:52 +0000

This ought not be considered anything close to common courtesy. This is work. Mullvad is engaged in the business of making money. They should show how serious they are with your money.

Since when do you have professionals giving you examinations out of common courtesy? Out of courtesy can I get a free cancer screening?

New comment by threatofrain in "590k buyers paid $59M for Trump's gold phone, but not one has shipped"

threatofrain — Mon, 11 May 2026 20:59:13 +0000

The above argument is exploring the framing that the Trump phone is not fraud because it is more like tithing. As long as Trump puts it to good use then it's all good.

New comment by threatofrain in "I’ve banned query strings"

threatofrain — Sun, 10 May 2026 00:24:42 +0000

A response code of 204 seems more appropriate but the problem is you're not allowed to send further information, which would make that descriptive response... not descriptive enough.

New comment by threatofrain in "Getting arrested in Japan"

threatofrain — Sun, 10 May 2026 00:19:37 +0000

Japan absolutely does not stop being Japan just because they change their prison policy. Just like Sweden doesn't stop having a very well run society just because they don't have the same prison policies as the Japanese.

You can have western values while also having Japanese peacefulness.

New comment by threatofrain in "The Tax of Living in a Low-Trust Society: How Collapsed Trust Costs You"

threatofrain — Sat, 09 May 2026 01:44:14 +0000

The more people lose trust in your work history and other credentials, the more metaphorical leetcode becomes relevant.