Hacker News: xenospn

New comment by xenospn in "US imposes sanctions on ICC hours after former judge wins Nobel Peace Prize"

xenospn — Fri, 09 Oct 2026 19:16:05 +0000

I don’t see how they could possibly do that AND have money leftover to fund space laser research. The math just doesn’t add up.

New comment by xenospn in "Pointing AI at archives found a forgotten meteorite, lost rhinos, and more"

xenospn — Fri, 09 Oct 2026 19:06:55 +0000

I loved it and it brought me joy.

New comment by xenospn in "ICE Has Been Dumping Protester Photos into a Palantir Database"

xenospn — Sat, 03 Oct 2026 14:42:05 +0000

Denazification ended up with many former Nazis in public service and government. The allies realized they simply can’t find enough Germans who were not former Nazis to run the country.

New comment by xenospn in "Startup CEO accuses VC board advisor of spying for competitor"

xenospn — Thu, 01 Oct 2026 18:14:18 +0000

This is what lawyers are for.

New comment by xenospn in "Netherlands bracing for potentially devastating US sanctions against the ICC"

xenospn — Wed, 23 Sep 2026 12:52:51 +0000

Another Israeli here. Wholeheartedly agree.

New comment by xenospn in "The iPhones 18 Pro"

xenospn — Fri, 18 Sep 2026 16:42:51 +0000

I just want a small phone with a big camera.

New comment by xenospn in "iOS 27, iPadOS 27, and macOS 27"

xenospn — Mon, 14 Sep 2026 19:55:33 +0000

I also use it all the time and I hate it very much. It almost never works right on the first try.

New comment by xenospn in "AI Is Breaking This Thing We Call Trust"

xenospn — Sun, 13 Sep 2026 00:42:36 +0000

AI is not breaking trust. People using AI are breaking our trust.

New comment by xenospn in "Netanyahu was warned of 7 October Hamas attacks, book claims"

xenospn — Tue, 08 Sep 2026 23:24:43 +0000

There were a lot of warnings. People chose to ignore those warnings, or didn’t think Hamas was up to it.

New comment by xenospn in "Nathan Fielder's Elizabeth Holmes Doc Met with Shock and Awe at Secret Screening"

xenospn — Tue, 08 Sep 2026 19:30:40 +0000

“Contents: Lizzy Holmes”. That’s all you need.

New comment by xenospn in "Cross-class friendships are strong predictors of upward mobility"

xenospn — Sun, 30 Aug 2026 19:35:51 +0000

So… friends in high places?

New comment by xenospn in "ICE grants $16.7 Million no-bid contract to buy 6000 electric shock gloves"

xenospn — Fri, 28 Aug 2026 18:34:45 +0000

Can I buy these for myself? Asking for a friend.

New comment by xenospn in "Trump signs order to rename Lake Ontario as Lake America"

xenospn — Fri, 28 Aug 2026 00:29:39 +0000

Don’t get your hopes up.

New comment by xenospn in "Opus 5.0 drives incoherence into the stratosphere"

xenospn — Wed, 19 Aug 2026 19:14:39 +0000

You forgot my favorite: “ablation”.

New comment by xenospn in "Anthropic Posts First Profitable Quarter in Frontier AI"

xenospn — Wed, 19 Aug 2026 14:21:31 +0000

Not sure I believe any kind of numbers published by frontier AI labs. They have every incentive to distort the truth.

New comment by xenospn in "U.S. Urges Apple Not to Buy Chinese Memory Chips"

xenospn — Sat, 15 Aug 2026 22:35:27 +0000

Just as a fun thought exercise: let’s say you’re a Chinese state actor, you got Apple to buy your RAM. How could you possibly exploit this? I’m drawing a blank.

New comment by xenospn in "Lovable raises $400M Series C"

xenospn — Wed, 12 Aug 2026 20:41:25 +0000

Churn for these no code businesses has to be off the charts. I wouldn’t count this revenue to hold once everyone had their first try.

New comment by xenospn in "New Intelligence Warns Russia May Provoke NATO Amid Dwindling U.S. Munitions"

xenospn — Fri, 07 Aug 2026 19:21:53 +0000

With a puppet in the White House and an indecisive Europe, it makes perfect sense. And he’ll also get away with it. The Baltics will go first - Europe will not do a single thing other than spin up a few committees.

New comment by xenospn in "LinkedIn Is Cracking Down on 'AI Slop' with New Reporting Tool"

xenospn — Fri, 31 Jul 2026 15:29:16 +0000

They get training data for their own future AI slop AND more clicking engagement from users. Smart move.

New comment by xenospn in "Situational Awareness down 67% in July in AI stock rout"

xenospn — Fri, 31 Jul 2026 15:14:10 +0000

Good for one free crime of your choice