Hacker News: vdaeahttps://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=vdaeaHacker News RSShttps://hnrss.org/hnrss v2.1.1Thu, 25 Jun 2026 07:09:11 +0000<![CDATA[New comment by vdaea in "Institutions try to preserve the problem to which they are the solution"]]>>Failure to collect trash under certain conditions is not a failure of a trash collecting system.

Of course it is. If your phone fails to make calls under certain conditions, that is a failure of the system, and we try to fix it (for example by deploying more antennas, or by fixing software bugs in it).

If workers refuse to pick up trash, we can also fix that (ask Ronald Reagan).

]]>Sat, 24 Feb 2024 22:41:46 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39495797vdaeahttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39495797https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39495797<![CDATA[New comment by vdaea in "Google helped destroy adoption of RSS feeds (2023)"]]>Paying does not guarantee anything. It does not guarantee a more reliable service, it does not guarantee that they will hear you out when they change a feature or the design, ruining it, and it does not guarantee it won't shut down tomorrow. They will refund you, and you will have your money back, but you will have no service, and you will be back in square one.

]]>Sat, 24 Feb 2024 20:32:10 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39494909vdaeahttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39494909https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39494909<![CDATA[New comment by vdaea in "Google helped destroy adoption of RSS feeds (2023)"]]>>I may be misremembering but didn't Feedly step up very quickly? Even offering the ability to easily migrate everything over.

Other rss readers were either much different (think cards design, or too much whitespace everywhere, or whatever), or they had premium plans they were telling you about all the time, or they had premium plans and a low limit of rss feeds you could add, or they had no mobile apps, or the mobile apps required premium, or whatever.

Nothing was like google reader: free, information-dense, and reliable. When google reader was killed, rss died for me.

]]>Sat, 24 Feb 2024 20:20:24 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39494832vdaeahttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39494832https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39494832<![CDATA[New comment by vdaea in "Intel Processor Instability Causing Oodle Decompression Failures"]]>MOBO is MSI, setting was "cpu cooler tuning" which was set at 4096W and I had to change to 253W (the limit according to Intel)

]]>Sat, 24 Feb 2024 10:38:17 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39490592vdaeahttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39490592https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39490592<![CDATA[New comment by vdaea in "Poverty in Argentina hits 20-year high at 57.4%, study says"]]>You don't get to change a country's culture just like that.

]]>Fri, 23 Feb 2024 23:32:09 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39487509vdaeahttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39487509https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39487509<![CDATA[New comment by vdaea in "A 'scam manual' written to help immigrants not become victims"]]>I don't understand this. Why did they sign up for a $2000 loan if they could barely afford it?

]]>Fri, 23 Feb 2024 20:28:39 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39485685vdaeahttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39485685https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39485685<![CDATA[New comment by vdaea in "Brave's AI assistant now integrates with PDFs and Google Drive"]]>I don't know much about the WebExtensions api but it's likely the apis are already there.

]]>Fri, 23 Feb 2024 13:12:46 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39480137vdaeahttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39480137https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39480137<![CDATA[New comment by vdaea in "Intel Processor Instability Causing Oodle Decompression Failures"]]>I have a 13900K. The default BIOS settings set a maximum wattage of 4096W (!!!) that makes Prime95 fail. If I change the settings back to 253W, what Intel says is the maximum wattage, Prime95 stops failing.

Still, I don't know if I should RMA. I got the K version because I intended to overclock in the future. And all of this sounds like I won't be able to. I think increasing the voltage a little bit makes the system more stable. I have to play with it. (Really, if someone can say whether I should RMA or not, I would appreciate some input)

Edit: decided to RMA. I have no patience for a CPU that cost me +600€

]]>Fri, 23 Feb 2024 12:34:59 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39479778vdaeahttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39479778https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39479778<![CDATA[New comment by vdaea in "Intel Processor Instability Causing Oodle Decompression Failures"]]>I have a 13900K and I am affected. Out of the box BIOS settings cause my CPU to fail Prime95, and it's always the same CPU cores failing. Lowering the power limit slightly will make it stable. I intended to better refrigerate the CPU and change the power limit back to the default and if the problems continued I would RMA the CPU, but now I'm not so sure that the BIOS is not pushing it beyond the operating limits.

]]>Fri, 23 Feb 2024 11:14:01 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39479249vdaeahttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39479249https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39479249<![CDATA[New comment by vdaea in "Google cut a deal with Reddit for AI training data"]]>They are using a service that allows them to make their opinion public and publicised and to know other people's opinions. Or does that have no value now?

]]>Thu, 22 Feb 2024 21:06:06 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39473244vdaeahttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39473244https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39473244<![CDATA[New comment by vdaea in "Google to pause Gemini image generation of people after issues"]]>He didn't say "our society", he said "modern corporate culture in the US"

]]>Thu, 22 Feb 2024 14:39:24 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39467727vdaeahttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39467727https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39467727<![CDATA[New comment by vdaea in "AI behavior guardrails should be public"]]>You should try yourself. The bing image generator is open and free. I tried the same prompts, and it is reproduceable. (Requires a few retries, though)

]]>Wed, 21 Feb 2024 21:53:44 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39460111vdaeahttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39460111https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39460111<![CDATA[New comment by vdaea in "AI behavior guardrails should be public"]]>Bing also generates political propaganda (guess of what side) if you ask it to generate images with the prompt "person holding a sign that says" without any further content.

https://twitter.com/knn20000/status/1712562424845599045

https://twitter.com/ramonenomar/status/1722736169463750685

https://www.reddit.com/r/dalle2/comments/1ao1avd/why_did_thi...

https://www.reddit.com/r/dalle2/comments/1ao1avd/why_did_thi...

]]>Wed, 21 Feb 2024 20:46:03 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39459297vdaeahttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39459297https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39459297<![CDATA[New comment by vdaea in "Show HN: Increase Your Attention Span"]]>Enlarge your attention span

]]>Tue, 20 Feb 2024 10:35:41 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39439711vdaeahttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39439711https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39439711<![CDATA[New comment by vdaea in "Job posts for workers without degrees are booming, but not the hiring"]]>You need to have a certain amount of karma points to see the downvote arrow. I think 500 so you're almost there.

]]>Mon, 19 Feb 2024 23:31:43 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39436127vdaeahttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39436127https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39436127<![CDATA[New comment by vdaea in "Job posts for workers without degrees are booming, but not the hiring"]]>This is some bitter truth, hence the downvotes.

]]>Mon, 19 Feb 2024 23:29:23 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39436115vdaeahttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39436115https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39436115<![CDATA[New comment by vdaea in "Big media publishers are inundating the web with subpar product recommendations"]]>I searched for "Best Air Purifier for Pets" and I clicked on the first reddit result https://old.reddit.com/r/dyson/comments/1730x73/best_air_pur...

That post is 4 months old but someone posted this just 7 days ago https://old.reddit.com/r/dyson/comments/1730x73/best_air_pur...

Goes to show how little you can trust reddit comments these days, particularly for good google keywords

This is mentioned in TFA:

>Somehow the user has been banned from Reddit, but their comment is still at the top of the thread — we wonder how many other comments this user has published across different subreddits.

This occurs when a moderator in the subreddit has manually approved the comment.

]]>Mon, 19 Feb 2024 19:47:44 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39433870vdaeahttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39433870https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39433870<![CDATA[New comment by vdaea in "Greener cities: A necessity or a luxury?"]]>A personal car is only a luxury as long as you feel good about mooching off your friends whenever you need one.

]]>Mon, 19 Feb 2024 19:02:22 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39433378vdaeahttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39433378https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39433378<![CDATA[New comment by vdaea in "EU opens formal investigation into TikTok over possible online content breaches"]]>I've seen this done in Spain and basically it means all kids have to go through an entire year of progressive propaganda. Thanks but no thanks.

]]>Mon, 19 Feb 2024 18:45:04 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39433192vdaeahttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39433192https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39433192<![CDATA[New comment by vdaea in "How to make a better default Firefox UI"]]>Standard Firefox.

>I'd image that firefox developers actually use it as their browser too..

The graphic design of Firefox is not made by developers, it's made by designers who don't use Firefox.

]]>Mon, 19 Feb 2024 12:09:30 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39428901vdaeahttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39428901https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39428901