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altern8··on The Download: why AI's latest breakthroughs and fears may be more hype than rea
I see
altern8··on Once Claude can measure something, it can make it faster
MAYBE, but the bar is so low... It's not that it's good in any way
altern8··on Once Claude can measure something, it can make it faster
I used Opus 5.5 today for the first time hoping the writing would be more bearable and it SUCKS.

Why can't they fix that

altern8··on The Download: why AI's latest breakthroughs and fears may be more hype than rea
It's just a marketing stunt. I can't get Claude to align buttons properly most of the times, they're not going to conquer the world
altern8··on Claude Opus 5.5
Yes, it's unbearable. Hopefully they've actuallu lly fixed it.
altern8··on ChatGPT now knows what you do on other websites via ad collector
I don't know if the destruction of many industries in the EU--including manufacturing--can be called an annoyance.

All the EU bureaucrats can do is regulate, that's why it's so difficult to do business in the EU and that's why there is so little innovation over here. If Microsoft and Apple were started in the EU they would've been shut down within a week because you can't operate from a garage.

I guess that every once in a while this might have a positive outcome for consumers, a broken clock is right twice a day.

altern8··on Show HN: Sigabrt.dev – cronjob monitor with an SSH TUI
Because OP is trying to promote his project and get feedback, and you post about a competing product, to me the message is: don't look at the project OP wants you to check out, I've been using this instead and and it's amazing!

Who cares what you're using, I see show HN posts to be about OP's project, seems like a dick move to me to diverge attention to some other project. I just don't understand the motivation

altern8··on Show HN: Sigabrt.dev – cronjob monitor with an SSH TUI
I'll never understand commenting to show HNs with a link to competing products.
altern8··on I'm Tired of the AI Tone
Yes, that makes sense.

I have no idea why they've released models this way since they're so clearly annoying to use. But either way I keep seeing people complaining about this over and over again so I'd think next versions will hopefully fix this.

altern8··on If AI coding is lowering your code quality, you're not managing quality right
It's not.

My manager expects stuff to be done 10 times quicker than 2 years ago, and that can't happen if I spend time understanding and fixing all code being pushed. At that point I might as well write it myself.

altern8··on I tried the new Fairphone, a phone designed to be repaired
Yes, it's big. Right now I have a Google Pixel, and I find it way too big already: https://m.gsmarena.com/compare.php3?idPhone1=14883&idPhone2=...
altern8··on I'm Tired of the AI Tone
What happens in the long term? Doesn't Claude always start with reading CLAUDE.md?
altern8··on I'm Tired of the AI Tone
This might work.

As an example of before/after: "Perform an inspection of the filter" vs. "Inspect the filter

altern8··on If AI coding is lowering your code quality, you're not managing quality right
Of course, it's your fault, not LLMs not being able to write good code and destroying whole codebases in a matter of weeks.
altern8··on I tried the new Fairphone, a phone designed to be repaired
That's a big phone...
altern8··on English: A vs. An
It's the same in Italian, but also the same in English. You say "he's president", not "he's a president", for instance.
altern8··on Minimal Phone 2
I see.

The way I use my phone--mostly for reading--in my case just means that most of the time I would have this thing I don't need taking up space.

But I guess it's good to have alternative, people use things in different ways.

altern8··on Minimal Phone 2
I don't get why having a keyboard is minimal.
altern8··on EU chief opens door for Canada to become 'associate member'
I mean... Different people have different opinions.

I would prefer nuclear

altern8··on EU chief opens door for Canada to become 'associate member'
I've never seen a pumpjack nor any hydrofracking equipment. I have seen a few capitalists but I can't be positive they were red-blooded ones (whatever that means).
altern8··on EU chief opens door for Canada to become 'associate member'
Why, do you like them?

Solar panels are even worse. Here in Poland they're covering entire fields in the countryside, I have no idea why they don't build them on parking lots or on factory roofs.

altern8··on Learning Programming in an Age of LLMs
It was much easier in the Age of Empires II Expansion Edition. Miss those times, too... :-/
altern8··on EU chief opens door for Canada to become 'associate member'
Those wind turbines are destroying the scenery, though.
altern8··on Show HN: Capsule – Single-file web apps that save their data into SQLite
Looks amazing, I don't know if this is legit or useful feedback, but I navigated away after reading "Generate & update apps using AI".

I'm so tired of AI everywhere and everything trying to sell to you because of AI this and AI that.

I think that at this point we assume AI will be available if it makes sense for the product, making it a selling point to me is like slapping "No cholesterol!" on lettuce.

altern8··on Let's make quality the norm again
No idea what you're talking about, I just replied to your message normally
altern8··on Let's make quality the norm again
Not sure, it's a Google Pixel. But a smartphone would probably fall into the "unless I have to" category.

What's your point?

altern8··on Let's make quality the norm again
Could also be that if you're in Singapore you get better stuff. It's possible that European companies pick crappy, cheaper products that they have a higher margin on to cover importing and transport. I have no idea.
altern8··on Let's make quality the norm again
Absolutely! Enjoy.

I don't buy anything that has "smart" features, either. For instance, appliances that come with an app I just immediately skip.

That might be why I'm not seeing all this superb quality.

altern8··on Let's make quality the norm again
And also have the proverb, “If you can cheat, then cheat”. I guess it's just part of their culture.
altern8··on Let's make quality the norm again
That's just my opinion, man. If you think that the Chinese make great stuff, buy it.

I don't have a Twitter account.

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