Hacker News: westpfelia

New comment by westpfelia in "DoorDash to Acquire Instacart"

westpfelia — Thu, 29 Oct 2026 15:12:04 +0000

It limits the ability for someone to run for office. Making it only so people who CAN afford to not work to run. Seems unfair.

New comment by westpfelia in "Ask HN: Why do people say "I built it" when we should say "Claude built it"?"

westpfelia — Wed, 14 Oct 2026 13:27:57 +0000

I am not a AI-pilled person. But I agree. its a tool first and foremost.

The ONLY way I can agree with someone saying it is not, is only if that person also only programs in machine code. Java basically writes itself after all.

New comment by westpfelia in "US tells France and Germany to release diesel stocks or face US export ban"

westpfelia — Fri, 02 Oct 2026 06:56:29 +0000

If he bans exports the EU is screwed over. It will destroy what little good will the EU has towards the US. It will cause the EU to double down on Chinese partnerships and you will see the EV transition happen faster ESPECIALLY in the Semi Truck space.

New comment by westpfelia in "Updated Google Maps shows destruction of the city of Rafah"

westpfelia — Tue, 29 Sep 2026 13:03:39 +0000

744 ukranian children killed.

https://gwaramedia.com/en/russia-has-killed-744-injured-almo...

20000 palestianian children killed

https://theconversation.com/a-un-report-details-the-overwhel...

more then 20 times the children killed in half time time.

New comment by westpfelia in "Updated Google Maps shows destruction of the city of Rafah"

westpfelia — Tue, 29 Sep 2026 10:03:26 +0000

To busy using white phosphorous on kids.

New comment by westpfelia in "Isar Aerospace launch into orbit [video]"

westpfelia — Sat, 05 Sep 2026 21:17:27 +0000

We made history man. Such a good feeling

New comment by westpfelia in "Isar Aerospace launch into orbit [video]"

westpfelia — Sat, 05 Sep 2026 20:47:39 +0000

As a person involved in the operations side of this campaign. HOLY SHIT we did it!

New comment by westpfelia in "HomeOS – A self-hosted family dashboard for a kitchen touchscreen"

westpfelia — Wed, 02 Sep 2026 13:25:19 +0000

It sounds like this just isnt what you want.

New comment by westpfelia in "Omarchy: Any User Process Can Escalate to Root"

westpfelia — Mon, 31 Aug 2026 07:24:27 +0000

Perfect example of a usecase for nixOS. Single file and its got everything DHH wants.

New comment by westpfelia in "Omarchy: Any User Process Can Escalate to Root"

westpfelia — Mon, 31 Aug 2026 07:21:34 +0000

yea... Not like most of the worlds compute runs on linux.

New comment by westpfelia in "Israel creates fake think tank in likely attempt to dupe AI chatbots"

westpfelia — Tue, 18 Aug 2026 09:24:19 +0000

Sorry what part of the quote was out of context? Sure sounds like he said they arent even people.

New comment by westpfelia in "Deutsche Bank becomes first foreign yuan clearing bank in Europe"

westpfelia — Thu, 13 Aug 2026 13:25:06 +0000

> Not that they wouldn't bomb Taiwan if they thought they could get away with it.

There is zero evidence of this. The last time China even engaged in a direct military conflict was the 1970s. Where as even before Trump America could have invaded almost any country on the planet. and it wouldnt have been to shocking.

New comment by westpfelia in "Deutsche Bank becomes first foreign yuan clearing bank in Europe"

westpfelia — Thu, 13 Aug 2026 13:15:05 +0000

No, and I dont think China wants the Yuan to be the reserve currency. But this is a good step in allowing better currency trading/exchange. Which can make imports between the EU and China cheaper.

New comment by westpfelia in "Qwen3.8-Max: A New Bar for Coding and Cowork"

westpfelia — Mon, 03 Aug 2026 08:30:19 +0000

I'm a big ole noob when it comes to local AI. What are you using for a harness? Or platform to interact with it?

New comment by westpfelia in "Anthropic says Alibaba illicitly extracted Claude AI model capabilities"

westpfelia — Thu, 25 Jun 2026 06:55:44 +0000

Because they arent selling at a loss. The business pipeline is subsidized by the state. But end to end from mining the minerals to shipping you the solar panel everything is "in house". Its all in China. Thats why why can sell so cheap. Its even cheaper to make.

This narative that the CCP is just subsidizing all business to "beat america" is just dumb. Its the build process being made cheaper by the government. Not the final product.

New comment by westpfelia in "Steam Machine launches today"

westpfelia — Tue, 23 Jun 2026 01:40:32 +0000

No case. No custom made motherboard that supports HDMI CEC. Lack of developers specifically developing around valve hardware like they did with the SteamDeck.

New comment by westpfelia in "SpaceX says unproven AI space data centers may not be commercially viable"

westpfelia — Wed, 22 Apr 2026 08:54:42 +0000

Yea no kidding. there is just no way we could make the math work on upkeep, let alone energy required to power them.

New comment by westpfelia in "US and Iran agree to provisional ceasefire"

westpfelia — Wed, 08 Apr 2026 06:39:44 +0000

guy has spent his whole life being labeled as a monster simply for being born. I'm sure that causes a guy to develop some sort of complex.

New comment by westpfelia in "European Tech Alternatives"

westpfelia — Thu, 19 Feb 2026 08:06:23 +0000

I maintain the peak of the internet was Numa Numa. After that its been a ever gaining speed decline of the internet.

New comment by westpfelia in "Goldman Traders Launch AI-Proof Software Basket Amid Sector Rout"

westpfelia — Mon, 16 Feb 2026 13:09:51 +0000

https://archive.ph/2xqIo