Hacker News: todfox

New comment by todfox in "ChatGPT Work"

todfox — Thu, 09 Jul 2026 19:06:06 +0000

This unification is garbage. Chats that are about topics other than programming projects are relegated to a tiny, unsearchable popup window. Renaming the old app "ChatGPT Classic" implies that it will be discontinued at some point. This is a serious regression. What existed before worked fine.

I would expect the mode switcher to include a Chat mode, which would recreate the old, chat-focused UI, for asking about random topics. So, that's basically gone now. Technically, it's hidden and severely castrated.

I hope someone from OpenAI reads this. You guys have made a serious design mistake. I suspect you'll be getting a lot of support requests along the lines of "Where did all my chats go?"

New comment by todfox in "A case study in PDF forensics: The Epstein PDFs"

todfox — Wed, 04 Feb 2026 19:01:22 +0000

He was a pedophile sex trafficker. Epstein and his clients deserve zero privacy.

New comment by todfox in "More on Apple's Trust-Eroding 'F1 the Movie' Wallet Ad"

todfox — Sun, 29 Jun 2025 13:32:18 +0000

Even if I wanted to see that movie, I would refuse to watch it purely because I received an unsolicited ad in the Wallet app.

New comment by todfox in "RFK Jr.: HHS moves to restore public trust in vaccines"

todfox — Mon, 09 Jun 2025 22:13:53 +0000

To be replaced with crackpots like RFK Jr.

New comment by todfox in "Feds Halt the National Electric Vehicle Charging Program"

todfox — Fri, 07 Feb 2025 14:56:54 +0000

4°C global average temperature increase above preindustrial levels.

New comment by todfox in "'I Don't Want to Die.' He needed mental health care. He found a ghost network"

todfox — Sun, 22 Sep 2024 18:39:17 +0000

I once had an insurance plan with a grossly inaccurate provider directory. This cost me a bit as the doctor they suggested to me, verbally on the phone, turned out to be out of network. They later told me it was the doctor’s responsibility to remove themselves from the directories and they often fail to do that. If they’re so incapable of maintaining an accurate list of providers on their own, how did the insurance company know to reject that claim so quickly? They are simply liars and fraudsters.

I began calling random doctors in the directory and one even told me he tried to get his name removed for three years. Anybody at the insurance company could clean up the directory once a quarter. They know the directories are inaccurate. It makes their network look bigger.

Health insurance middlemen need to be eliminated already.

New comment by todfox in "Dublin Core, what is it good for?"

todfox — Mon, 02 Sep 2024 15:56:23 +0000

Absolutely nothin'!

New comment by todfox in "Hawaii home mistakenly built on Bay Area woman's land to be torn down"

todfox — Thu, 27 Jun 2024 13:07:10 +0000

The developer destroyed millions of dollars of their own value by cutting corners and now they have to suffer the consequences. That is reasonable.

New comment by todfox in "Deaths at a California skydiving center, but the jumps go on"

todfox — Fri, 05 Apr 2024 00:05:50 +0000

It does not because it only counts as a skydive if you exit an aircraft. If you're jumping off of land, it's BASE.

Zoozve Is Official [pdf]

todfox — Tue, 06 Feb 2024 01:54:36 +0000

Article URL: https://www.wgsbn-iau.org/files/Bulletins/V004/WGSBNBull_V004_002.pdf

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39269821

Points: 6

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New comment by todfox in "Pentagon ex-UFO chief says conspiracy theorists in government drive spending"

todfox — Sat, 27 Jan 2024 17:41:51 +0000

Nutjobs have already been proven to exist and are in ample supply. Odds are it's not aliens.

New comment by todfox in "Switch off bad TV settings"

todfox — Mon, 04 Dec 2023 18:20:36 +0000

It amazes me that humans continue to have this perverse desire to fix what isn't broken.

New comment by todfox in "Simple streetlight hack could protect astronomy from urban light pollution"

todfox — Sat, 18 Nov 2023 22:19:32 +0000

This doesn't help people like me who just want to stargaze. How about, empty city streets don't need to be lit up at 2 am. And what lighting there is, is too bright, too intrusive, and overused.

New comment by todfox in "One Day You'll Find Yourself"

todfox — Fri, 12 May 2023 03:32:42 +0000

One day you will find yourself a sanctimonious old man who desires to pass on his "wisdom" to all those callow youngsters. Don't bother. You will still die having had no discernible effect on the world. You would have been better off trying to enjoy what time you have left than teach us your forgettable little lessons.

New comment by todfox in "One Day You'll Find Yourself"

todfox — Fri, 12 May 2023 03:31:08 +0000

And yet...

>One day you’ll find yourself wearing shorts. Fair enough, it’s probably hot out. One day you’ll also find yourself wearing a t-shirt. Again, fair enough. Unless you’re playing a sport, however, you will not be wearing the two together because you’re also no longer a ten-year-old boy.

Fucking boomer hypocrite. btw I am wearing shorts as I type this.

New comment by todfox in "My Failure Resume"

todfox — Thu, 16 Mar 2023 17:50:39 +0000

I agree with you, but any time I've attempted it I just feel sick to my stomach.

New comment by todfox in "My Failure Resume"

todfox — Thu, 16 Mar 2023 17:32:20 +0000

I'm sure the Lessons so Far list really does work, but it seems like mental illness to me. Trying to be entertaining to get followers, tailoring your work so that it gets attention, talking to the right people on social media and being sure to take their side or promote them. It's sickening.

This is why every YouTube thumbnail has a face with bugged out eyes and huge fonts. This is why all news is sensationalism now. It's all about grabbing attention and getting revenue over making or doing something worthwhile.

New comment by todfox in "Sexual loneliness: A neglected public health problem?"

todfox — Thu, 26 Jan 2023 18:01:46 +0000

Why do humans have to seek status? Wouldn't we all be happier and healthier if we stopped caring about where we are in the social pecking order?

New comment by todfox in "Sexual loneliness: A neglected public health problem?"

todfox — Thu, 26 Jan 2023 17:53:42 +0000

Sexual loneliness and frustration is strange to me. I accept that it is real and painful for many people. But I just don't understand how the desire for sex drives people to take risks with their health and safety, or how the lack of it causes despair or violence.

What is the big deal about sex anyway? Why do some guys go crazy if they can't have sexual intimacy? A lot of time and effort for what, ten minutes of pleasure? But a deep (non-sexual) friendship can last all your life.

I don't think we should restructure society and become more traditional and conservative (whether de jure or de facto) just to cater to the very few who may become violent when they can't get laid. I think the not getting laid part is just an excuse. Prior to the sexual revolution, when people married young and divorce was rare, violence inside marriages was very common.

Overall I think I'm lucky that I'm asexual. There is a whole class of problems that I have never had to think about. I have no desire to exercise power over others or to allow them to exercise power over me.

New comment by todfox in "The Disappearance of the Ashtray"

todfox — Tue, 24 Jan 2023 05:07:30 +0000

Only 60% of Americans drink? I routinely get astonished looks when I tell people that I've never in my life even tried a drop of alcohol. It seems like way more than 60% have had alcohol.