Hacker News: thrill

New comment by thrill in "Half of Europe's towns and villages have fewer residents than 60 years ago"

thrill — Tue, 11 Aug 2026 13:15:03 +0000

So the other half have more?

New comment by thrill in "Water system controllers don't belong on the internet, says ex-NSA chief"

thrill — Sat, 08 Aug 2026 18:58:58 +0000

Why bomb something, which carries its own risk profile and success criteria, when you can make some piece of equipment malfunction just enough to wear out in a year instead of 20 years?

New comment by thrill in "Civilian plane crash in New Mexico tied to military GPS blocking"

thrill — Wed, 05 Aug 2026 15:37:36 +0000

Errors can be along any axis, random, infrequent, drifting, and nonobvious.

New comment by thrill in "Apple is getting this wrong"

thrill — Tue, 04 Aug 2026 16:35:17 +0000

We're living through the history of how OpenAI became AppleAI, told in a teenager's diary tone - we just need some doodles in the corners.

New comment by thrill in "Norway became a global salmon behemoth. Now it's facing the consequences"

thrill — Sun, 02 Aug 2026 19:40:31 +0000

auto-erotics ... it was sitting right there.

New comment by thrill in "Banning AI will not make it go away"

thrill — Tue, 28 Jul 2026 23:45:14 +0000

It will just make it so only the privileged can benefit - and that list will not include you.

New comment by thrill in "Answering "why do you want to relocate?" during interviews"

thrill — Wed, 08 Jul 2026 15:44:55 +0000

Sutton's Law.

New comment by thrill in "Show HN: Updated my landing page with Fable (retro pixel style)"

thrill — Fri, 03 Jul 2026 22:06:34 +0000

I think the homepage is creative.

New comment by thrill in "Gun Mistakes in Fiction Writing: Handgun Edition"

thrill — Fri, 03 Jul 2026 15:48:34 +0000

When a certain now famous (in those circles) narrator was first getting started he mentioned on his FB page he wanted help with pronunciation of certain military terminology. I offered to help, knowing people in many fields plus my own. And ... my goodness, the absolute poor quality of some the writing he sent me. One author would use the full terminology for every firearm every time he looked at it, picked it up, loaded it, holstered it, drew it, released the safety, fired it, cleaned it, thought about while in the shower, whatever. You got tired of reading about the "Heckler & Koch HK45 Compact Tactical (HK45CT) MK-24 Mod-0" fully spelled out three times a page.

And then the author with his own specialty started writing about my field ... oh so badly.

So, knowledge of weapons doesn't translate in knowledge of writing (or vice versa). My only criteria any longer is just don't say "clip" unless your character has scored himself a Mauser C96 or similar and we're good.

New comment by thrill in "Gun Mistakes in Fiction Writing: Handgun Edition"

thrill — Fri, 03 Jul 2026 15:19:05 +0000

Just watch "that scene" from Heat again - it's like a double espresso.

New comment by thrill in "Claude Fable 5 Promotional Access"

thrill — Wed, 01 Jul 2026 20:17:44 +0000

I'm disappointed with this. Historically, Claude's API cost a significant multiple of their subscription pricing, and after the promotional period it appears the access to Fable will be API only, if I understand this.

There actually is a limit to what people will pay for model usage, and I suppose this squeeze is one way to find out what that limit is. I've been content paying $200 per month for a solid plan that I actually don't quite use up every month, but this new vector really rubs me the wrong way.

New comment by thrill in "We moved our Bluesky data to Eurosky"

thrill — Tue, 30 Jun 2026 18:42:52 +0000

Why not - eventually it will be The Year Of The Linux Desktop.

New comment by thrill in "BMW iX5 Blows Away the Competition with 460-KW Charging, 435-Mile Range"

thrill — Tue, 30 Jun 2026 18:30:53 +0000

Any BMW with a grill smaller than an ASHPD portal is palatable.

New comment by thrill in "Claude Science"

thrill — Tue, 30 Jun 2026 18:25:07 +0000

It's called Claude Science, not Claude Politician.

New comment by thrill in "22-year-old Mozart's handwritten notebook unearthed in 'major discovery'"

thrill — Fri, 26 Jun 2026 17:27:47 +0000

don't fret over dark keys

New comment by thrill in "22-year-old Mozart's handwritten notebook unearthed in 'major discovery'"

thrill — Fri, 26 Jun 2026 17:24:17 +0000

That looks pretty engaging - all the right people hate it.

New comment by thrill in "Apple to skip high-end M6 Mac chips in favor of AI-focused M7 line"

thrill — Fri, 26 Jun 2026 02:37:18 +0000

Come on Apple - just buy TSMC and fully kit out the RAM in all Mac Studios - you could even make (more of) a fortune selling the excess.

New comment by thrill in "The early hiring funnel is now breaking on both ends"

thrill — Sun, 21 Jun 2026 17:19:18 +0000

Hiring has always been broken.

New comment by thrill in "Dallas Fed: 30% of housing cost increase driven by unauthorized immigration [pdf]"

thrill — Sun, 21 Jun 2026 00:01:22 +0000

If only builders could figure out some way to consolidate multiple living units under single roof, with shared building systems. Maybe something in the vertical dimension?

New comment by thrill in "Now You Don't: When Espionage Meets Magic"

thrill — Sat, 20 Jun 2026 20:03:47 +0000

What the hell is that popover?