Hacker News: waysa

New comment by waysa in "Openrouter Fusion API"

waysa — Mon, 15 Jun 2026 10:45:50 +0000

> Oh and a Panel of 2 Opus 4.8 models is almost exactly as good as one Fable 5. That smells suspicious. Do we know if that might simply be what Anthropic is doing behind the curtain?

I wouldn't be surprised if Fable/Mythos is a model distilled from a Panel/Council of Claude instances. Recursive self improvement is something all AI labs must be working on in some way or another.

New comment by waysa in "German ruling declares Google liable for false answers in AI Overviews"

waysa — Wed, 10 Jun 2026 09:48:31 +0000

It makes sense to me.

When Google Search is quoting a 3rd-party website that happens to have bad information, that's not on them. Blame shifts to the 3rd-party. This is Google's privilege being a search engine.

When Google operates as an answer machine instead of a search engine, the privelege doesn't apply anymore. There's no 3rd-party to take the blame.

New comment by waysa in "The quiet renovation at Bitwarden"

waysa — Mon, 18 May 2026 15:29:08 +0000

It still says "Always free" on the website for me. It's both on the billing page on the page linked in the article.

I do share the concerns though. The change in leadership, the poor transparency, 100% price increase and the quiet change in core values.

I was happy paying $10 yearly for Bitwarden. I'm still okay with $20 but there's a seed of doubt.

New comment by waysa in "Anthropic says OpenClaw-style Claude CLI usage is allowed again"

waysa — Tue, 21 Apr 2026 10:36:18 +0000

It's almost like they want me to switch to the Chinese clones - which they consider malicious actors.

New comment by waysa in "Afroman found not liable in defamation case"

waysa — Thu, 19 Mar 2026 16:47:38 +0000

> Germany sometimes bans entire political parties

You make it sound like Germany bans political parties every other year.

Germany formally only ever banned two parties:

- Socialist Reich Party (SRP), 1952 - Communist Party of Germany (KPD), 1956

For context: The Federal Republic of Germany was founded in 1949.

There are current discussions about banning - or evaluating a potential ban of - the Alternative für Deutschland (AfD). If the ban went through (I think it won't), it would be the first in 70 years.

New comment by waysa in "Motorola announces a partnership with GrapheneOS"

waysa — Mon, 02 Mar 2026 10:52:57 +0000

I assume Graphene is goning to be an option next to the default google-cerfified Android. Like Fairphone ships e/os as an option.

New comment by waysa in "Is beef tallow making a comeback?"

waysa — Tue, 13 Jan 2026 15:15:35 +0000

> Is beef tallow a better option for a cooking fat? I think it is.

Better compared to what? Better than refined canola? Probably. Better than good quality, cold-pressed vegetable oils? Probably not. It's not great for heart health.

New comment by waysa in "Valve: HDMI Forum Continues to Block HDMI 2.1 for Linux"

waysa — Thu, 11 Dec 2025 09:23:12 +0000

Adapting DP to HDMI using the Synaptics VMM7100 chip is apparently the best (most feature complete) workaround for now. It's the same one that Intel uses in their Arc GPUs.

New comment by waysa in "Unreal Tournament 2004 is back"

waysa — Thu, 04 Dec 2025 13:40:28 +0000

Splitgate 2 is scheduled to launch later this month.

New comment by waysa in "Always Invite Anna"

waysa — Wed, 24 Sep 2025 05:42:26 +0000

This is especially valuable for friends who struggle with depression. They almost never feel like going out because depression sucks out all their energy. But they'll appreciate the invite and that they're not forgotten. It's harder this way for them to isolate and go deeper down the spiral.

One rule that helped me fight my depression was to accept invites no matter what. Go to the loud bar I don't like? I'm in. Cake decorating workshop with annoyingly cheerful Jennifer? Sign me up. Join Joel for his 5am workout? I'm not sleeping anyway.

You get the idea. But it can only work when others take the initiative.

New comment by waysa in "Europe's EV sales surge 26% in 2025 while Tesla faces decline"

waysa — Tue, 23 Sep 2025 12:10:42 +0000

> that aren't so far off the value of Chinese imports.

That is with EU import tariffs of up to 45.3% on "non-cooperating companies" (such as SAIC Group aka "MG").

New comment by waysa in "Owls in Towels"

waysa — Tue, 27 May 2025 13:55:36 +0000

Fairy dish soap is the European version of Dawn. I'd be surprised if the formulation were significantly different.

New comment by waysa in "I put my heart and soul into this AI but nobody cares"

waysa — Fri, 21 Feb 2025 07:28:26 +0000

Attention is worth money. I assume they'll sell the accounts to scammers or political campaigns at some point.

New comment by waysa in "Bluesky now has 30 million users"

waysa — Mon, 03 Feb 2025 12:55:43 +0000

Zero relevance to what/who? There are a lot of "older" people on Facebook who are on no other platform. Super useful for targeted advertising. X users are more likely to also use other social media like Instagram and TikTok. This is why companies can afford stop advertising on X without much issue.

New comment by waysa in "Nvidia and its partners built a system to bypass U.S. export restrictions"

waysa — Tue, 05 Nov 2024 09:48:14 +0000

This is just market forces at work, driven by the demand in China. There is money to be made, so business people (maybe incentivized by CCP) will find ways to avoid sanctions. Nvidia probably could do more to counter this. But why would they? On paper everything looks fine and they make money off it.

Ryujinx Switch Emulator Removed from GitHub

waysa — Wed, 02 Oct 2024 12:01:50 +0000

Article URL: https://twitter.com/RyujinxEmu/status/1841188744126480428

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41719640

Points: 1

# Comments: 1

New comment by waysa in "X ordered to pay €550k to Irish employee fired after yes-or-resign ultimatum"

waysa — Fri, 23 Aug 2024 10:21:53 +0000

In Germany, 3 months notice is common but it depends on the individual contract and there's a maximum defined by law (depending on the years of employment). You also get to take your accrued paid leave before the end of the contract.

New comment by waysa in "Ex-bank CEO gets 24 years after falling for crypto scam, causing bank collapse"

waysa — Fri, 23 Aug 2024 09:44:33 +0000

Apparently, it takes some time until the money is paid out.

From the article:

> Right now, it's unclear how or when victims will be repaid for losses. Broomes ordered "that restitution be finalized at a separate hearing within the next 90 days," the US Attorney's Office said.

New comment by waysa in "Analysis of unicorn startup founders"

waysa — Mon, 12 Aug 2024 14:51:57 +0000

no sane person would start a company ;)

New comment by waysa in "NOFX to retire after final tour without ever having had a job"

waysa — Tue, 25 Jun 2024 08:41:51 +0000

He knows that and he regrets being that way.

  I turn on the TV
  And I don't like what I see
  There's an old punk rocker acting like a jerk
  And that jerk looks a lot like me

From the 2016 song "I Don't Like me Anymore"