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New comment by umeshunni in "Where does next-token prediction leave us?"

umeshunni — Wed, 27 May 2026 03:49:54 +0000

> In the data I've seen, the US and European countries have a more negative view of AI than China and developing countries.

I think that's more a sign of the relative state of these economies and the rate of progress. In developing economies, people see progress as something that will improve their lives. In developed economies, they see it as something that will disrupt their current status quo and must be stopped.

New comment by umeshunni in "Erin Brockovich made a map to track data centers around the country"

umeshunni — Wed, 27 May 2026 03:25:42 +0000

There's a class of people who'll run with it - the same people who were protesting 5G towers 5 years ago.

New comment by umeshunni in "Erin Brockovich made a map to track data centers around the country"

umeshunni — Wed, 27 May 2026 03:21:33 +0000

Very similar to the pro-illegal immigration crowd

New comment by umeshunni in "We've made the world too complicated"

umeshunni — Sun, 17 May 2026 00:32:18 +0000

This has probably been true only in the last 300? 500? years. Before that, things were the same for 1000+ years for most of civilization, barring any large invasions from neighboring kingdoms, or some far away empire (mongols etc).

New comment by umeshunni in "Meta's New Reality: Record High Profits. Record Low Morale"

umeshunni — Thu, 14 May 2026 16:25:11 +0000

It's entirely possible that he's changed and his pulse of the market has changed in the 10+ years since that decision.

New comment by umeshunni in "Meta's embrace of AI is making its employees miserable"

umeshunni — Sun, 10 May 2026 04:40:46 +0000

Underwater data centers: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/china-powers-ai-b...

"Flying cars" https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/joby-flie...

New comment by umeshunni in "I want to live like Costco people"

umeshunni — Fri, 08 May 2026 01:18:50 +0000

They learned their lesson from buying Allbirds shoes 10 years ago.

New comment by umeshunni in "Agent Skills"

umeshunni — Tue, 05 May 2026 04:01:37 +0000

> it would only take a couple of these to really fill the context alot.

Only skill front-matter (name, description, triggers etc) are loaded within context by default, so this isn't likely to happen without 1000s of skills.

New comment by umeshunni in "Apple Has Given Up on the Vision Pro After M5 Refresh Flop"

umeshunni — Thu, 30 Apr 2026 04:41:55 +0000

My impressions after trying it in the Apple Store was - amazing v1 hardware, beta quality software and alpha quality content.

New comment by umeshunni in "China blocks Meta's acquisition of AI startup Manus"

umeshunni — Mon, 27 Apr 2026 20:49:37 +0000

> b2b sales would be just as restricted as sales to consumers.

They're not. A significant part of ad spend by the likes of Temu, AliExpress, Shein and other Chinese exporters are on Meta's platforms: e.g. https://www.cnbc.com/2024/01/31/metas-continued-rally-could-...

New comment by umeshunni in "China blocks Meta's acquisition of AI startup Manus"

umeshunni — Mon, 27 Apr 2026 19:36:36 +0000

Meta absolutely does business in China. e.g. https://www.metacareers.com/v2/locations/shenzhen/?p[offices...

https://www.metacareers.com/v2/locations/shanghai/?p[offices...

https://www.metacareers.com/v2/locations/hongkong/?p[offices...

I also assume, like most advertising platforms, they cater heavily to the China export market.

New comment by umeshunni in "Panipat: The rise of the Mughals"

umeshunni — Sat, 25 Apr 2026 21:34:41 +0000

> the south was one of the most economically prosperous regions in the Indian subcontinent at the time.

Still is, tbh

New comment by umeshunni in "Parallel agents in Zed"

umeshunni — Wed, 22 Apr 2026 21:43:18 +0000

Does this work with ACP?

New comment by umeshunni in "San Diego rents declined following surge in supply"

umeshunni — Wed, 22 Apr 2026 04:49:26 +0000

San Francisco is notoriously the most anti-new-housing city in the country.

New comment by umeshunni in "Glasses Got Worse on Purpose"

umeshunni — Thu, 09 Apr 2026 20:57:26 +0000

I did that for my reading glasses, but for shortsightedness, especially as an astigmatic, I find it hard to buy glasses or frames without actually wearing them. Curious what your strategy is.

New comment by umeshunni in "Last gasps of the rent seeking class?"

umeshunni — Fri, 27 Mar 2026 18:21:38 +0000

To be fair, the author does explicitly state that their blog is:

> A home for poorly researched ideas that I find myself repeating a lot anyway

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

umeshunni — Mon, 09 Mar 2026 19:49:22 +0000

I would reframe it from

> Biological optimal vs societal optimal

> Biological optimal vs personal optimal

Snowflake's AI coding agent beats Claude Code at data engineering

umeshunni — Mon, 23 Feb 2026 21:58:48 +0000

Article URL: https://www.snowflake.com/en/blog/cortex-code-cli-expands-support/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47129566

Points: 4

# Comments: 3

New comment by umeshunni in "The US is flirting with its first-ever population decline"

umeshunni — Tue, 10 Feb 2026 20:52:40 +0000

> Once India and China go negative who is going to fill that gap?

Take a look at the fertility rates and population growth rates in African countries.

New comment by umeshunni in "Humans peak in midlife: A combined cognitive and personality trait perspective"

umeshunni — Mon, 09 Feb 2026 18:54:21 +0000

Yes - I suspect this doesn't apply to blue collar or fields like art and sports.