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techgnosis··on Gemini 3.1 Pro
I'd love a new Gemini agent that isn't written with Node.js. Not sure why they think that's a good distribution model.
techgnosis··on America's pensions can't beat Vanguard but they can close a hospital
Why don't you define private equity so we know what you're referring to
techgnosis··on Show HN: I graded 234 stocks on free cash flow (not earnings)
They have lots of ETFs for this

https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/COWZ/

https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/FLOW/

techgnosis··on Ask HN: How to avoid skill atrophy in LLM-assisted programming era?
IMO the code itself has become much less valuable. Most people in this thread are telling you to stay in the code but I would argue you need to stay current on how to architect a good project. What supporting infra do you need? Did you pick the right language? Did you break the project up into appropriate tasks? You need to become a really great PM.

Learn to wrangle your agent better than everyone else. Don't rely on the chat too much, break up your project into tasks, learn to use sub-agents.

Learn to use the new tools well.

This tool seems obvious but its message is really that what you prompt is profoundly important.

https://developers.googleblog.com/conductor-introducing-cont...

techgnosis··on A few random notes from Claude coding quite a bit last few weeks
Why are we pretending like the need for tenacity will go away? Certain problems are easier now. We can tackle larger problems now that also require tenacity.
techgnosis··on Ask HN: How can we solve the loneliness epidemic?
Best way to solve it is to recognize that it's intentional and start calling it the anti-social epidemic instead. If we keep calling it loneliness then everyone thinks its something that is happening to them, instead of something they are doing.
techgnosis··on Apple is fighting for TSMC capacity as Nvidia takes center stage
Don't forget Intel. They are producing chips on 18A right now, with 14A up next.
techgnosis··on Advancing Claude in healthcare and the life sciences
Is it not a viable strategy for them to only focus on developers? This seems like something I would let Google spend their infinite money on and Anthropic could focus on what they do best and what we already appreciate them for.

I guess not though, otherwise they wouldn't be doing this.

techgnosis··on The world is one bad decision away from a silicon Ice Age
From Ted Kaczynski

https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/library/national...

techgnosis··on Tesla sales fell by 9 percent in 2025, its second yearly decline
Bloom Energy (BE). It's PE is higher than TSLA but I don't think it's culty, we just need power badly and people see that.

I could be wrong. I hold BE shares.

techgnosis··on Stardew Valley developer made a $125k donation to the FOSS C# framework MonoGame
Washington state does not have a state income tax, FYI.
techgnosis··on US blocks all offshore wind construction, says reason is classified
This feels extremely plausible. I don't see anyone else saying this yet, well done.
techgnosis··on US blocks all offshore wind construction, says reason is classified
I would imagine that most if not all will comply with illegal orders out of fear of retaliation, which is a very valid fear.
techgnosis··on You’re not burnt out, you’re existentially starving
I think this is the only comment that captures the message of the article. I feel for everyone who is priced out of life, those are very serious problems, but it wasn't what the article is talking about.

If I was seeing lots of comments say something like "The cost of life is preventing me from pursuing my dreams" then the article would be relevant to that.

techgnosis··on Solution to US debt crisis is severe austerity triggered by a fiscal calamity
SS tax is a flat rate. I'm not asking the rich to pay more than anyone else. I'm asking that the rich pay the SS tax on every dollar they make, just like most people do.
techgnosis··on Ask HN: What are your predictions for 2026?
Oh that's interesting, I didn't know that. In this case I am talking about the Ram 1500. I think this one will make a splash. A truck with almost 700 miles of range. Americans think they hate EVs but they really hate the lack of EV infrastructure.
techgnosis··on Ask HN: What are your predictions for 2026?
* Americans will get their first taste of extended range EVs (full EV powertrain with a tiny ICE that charges the battery) and they explode in popularity. It's the perfect vehicle for the US and most investment in EV charging stations will decrease.

* Oral GLP-1s hit the market and the market shares doubles

* Both OpenAI and SpaceX IPO

* Charlie Kirk's shooter will be executed after being on death row for less than a year. 50/50 chance that it's televised.

* Luigi is also executed

* Seattle causes an international incident with Egypt and Iran when they don't reschedule the Pride Parade to not be on the same day as the world cup game. Trump sends in the troops.

techgnosis··on Go-boot: bare metal Go UEFI boot manager
There aren't that many UEFI shells and the ones that exist are certainly not modern. Anything new is helpful, especially if its written in a popular language like Go.
techgnosis··on Solution to US debt crisis is severe austerity triggered by a fiscal calamity
The healthcare portions of the debt seem unsolvable but I don't know why we think Social Security is that complicated to fix.

1. Define very clearly what SS is. We need to be clear that it's an agreement between the working class and the retired class that says "if you are too old to work and you can't afford to live, we will take care of you"

2. Get rid of the SS tax cap. You don't pay any SS tax above 180k ish, which seems silly. Get rid of the cap and let every earned dollar participate in the program. It doesn't feel like that hard of a sell.

3. You don't get SS payments if you already have enough income. See #1, the agreement. We are agreeing to take care of you if you need it. Many, many retired persons do not need their SS income. Even if you paid SS tax your entire life, see #1. It is not an agreement that you will receive the money you put in later in your life.

Those aren't popular ideas but they are simple and easy to understand for everyone.

techgnosis··on Oracle is underwater on its $300B OpenAI deal
That is exactly what booing is, but citizens are allowed to boo. I can boo you, you can boo me. If you are booing me then I can walk away, and likewise you can walk away from me. If I'm booing you during a public performance that is indeed rude but then I need to be thrown out by security, which is perfectly allowed and expected.

Citizens, i.e each other, are not the problem when it comes to free speech, ever. The only entity which needs to be defended against is the entity that has a monopoly on violence, which is of course the government.

techgnosis··on Show HN: I built a platform where audiences fund debates between public thinkers
I like this idea but I fear the population, in the US at least, is not able to process something like a debate effectively. Any given debate, if won decisively enough, could shutdown any discussion on the topic for a long time. Imagine if you got Jordan Peterson and he absolutely shut-down someone else. I don't think the audience will accept the idea that the other person may have just been a bad debater, or that the ideas that they debated still have merit. It would effectively end the discussion.

People love winners, not ideas. It's just more us-vs-them. Especially because the US population only ever sees the word "debate" when it comes to a political debate on a stage, and those are not debates.

Again, I love this idea in theory but I fear it's time has come and gone already.

techgnosis··on Deno's Decline
At first I thought this was from a site called "DBUS Hell" and I was excited to read war stories about building the Linux desktop.
techgnosis··on Ask HN: What was your most humbling learning moment?
When it finally dawned on me that taking no risk is the biggest risk of all. I was "afraid" to get into the stock market when I started my career in 2009....I didn't change my tune until about 6 months ago. I missed out on life changing gains.
techgnosis··on Plastics producers deceived public about recycling, report reveals
My trash can is very small and expensive but my recycling can is huge and basically free. So even though plastic recycling is a scam I put my plastic in the recycling container.
techgnosis··on LinkedIn is laying off nearly 700 employees
Similar to other posts, LI is probably the website that changed my life the most. It's made finding a new job so easy it's almost embarrassing to discuss with non-tech people. I just set my profile to "Open to work" and recruiters just stream in and eventually I get a job that is awesome and pays well. No other website has had a larger impact on my life.
techgnosis··on Students are submitting answers saying “I am an AI language model”
You can feed the LLM-generated essay into an LLM and ask it to critique the essay.
techgnosis··on Tell HN: How to get Paid Support for Gmail account
I do this. I pay 2.19 a month, but like the other comment implied, I've never tested it.
techgnosis··on Ask HN: How do you cope with enviness?
I'm impressed and pleased that you admitted this on such a public place. I feel a lot of those same feelings and I'm willing to bet a lot of people who read this will too. Humans are emotional animals and what you said smacks of reality. Thanks
techgnosis··on Why Adults Still Dream About School
I'm 37 and I still have dreams that I forgot to attend a class all semester and I'm about to fail to graduate high school. It's always English that I forgot to attend....
techgnosis··on Ask HN: The “coreaudiod” process uses waaay too much resources on macOS. why TF?
I'm seeing the same thing on a new M2 Air. coreaudiod takes like 4-5x CPU than Spotify. Doubt anyone knows why. Probably a bug.
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