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datahack commented on Bluesky CEO Jay Graber is stepping down   bsky.social/about/blog/03... · Posted by u/minimaxir
subscribed · 6 days ago
And that in comparison to Reddit ot Twitter?! :D
datahack · 6 days ago
The majority of humanity is not meaningfully engaged even if they are active on social media platforms.

It has a long way to go.

datahack commented on Nintendo Sues U.S. Government for Tariff Refunds   scribd.com/document/10086... · Posted by u/coloneltcb
DDayMace · 9 days ago
Wow a Nintendo lawsuit that doesn't bother me ;-)
datahack · 9 days ago
That’s the kind of righteous sarcasm you can build a community on.

Take my upvote.

datahack commented on Everett shuts down Flock camera network after judge rules footage public record   wltx.com/article/news/nat... · Posted by u/aranaur
chkaloon · 14 days ago
Awesome. I think I'll put in an open records request for the cameras down the street in my little Wisconsin town. See what happens
datahack · 14 days ago
Wonder if we should coordinate doing it simultaneously in like 10,000 cities and towns?

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datahack commented on Gemini 3.1 Pro   blog.google/innovation-an... · Posted by u/MallocVoidstar
bluegatty · 24 days ago
Yes, this is very true and it speaks strongly to this wayward notion of 'models' - it depends so much on the tuning, the harness, the tools.

I think it speaks to the broader notion of AGI as well.

Claude is definitively trained on the process of coding not just the code, that much is clear.

Codex has the same limitation but not quite as bad.

This may be a result of Anthropic using 'user cues' with respect to what are good completions and not, and feeding that into the tuning, among other things.

Anthropic is winning coding and related tasks because they're focused on that, Google is probably oriented towards a more general solution, and so, it's stuck in 'jack of all trades master of none' mode.

datahack · 24 days ago
I know this is only a partial answer, but I feel like Google is once again trying to build a product based on internal priorities, existing business protectionism, and internal business goals, rather than building a product that is listening actively to real use feedback as the primary priority.

It is the company’s constant kryptonite.

They seem to be, from my third part perspective, repeating the same ol’, same ol’ pattern. It is the “wave lesson” all over again.

Anthropic meanwhile is giving people what they want. They are really listening. And it’s working.

datahack commented on Porsche sold more electrified cars in Europe in 2025 than pure gas-powered cars   newsroom.porsche.com/en/2... · Posted by u/m463
jeanzy · 2 months ago
Porsche sold more electrified cars than gas cars in Europe in 2025. Pretty interesting to see the shift happening so quickly.
datahack · 2 months ago
It’s not rocket science. Porsche discontinued the gas Macan in the EU, leaving the new all electric Macan as the primary option.

That’s the top seller. So… you end up with more electric than gas — because you don’t sell it.

datahack commented on Ask HN: What did you find out or explore today?    · Posted by u/blahaj
e40 · 2 months ago
Still using my Speed Queen washer and dryer. Bought 30 years ago. You’ve given me confidence to try to fix it when it stops working. Thanks!
datahack · 2 months ago
Absolutely.

Ours are 10 years old, and the bearings wore out (well they were squeaking!) on the drum.

It took 20 minutes and a ratchet set to repair — couldn’t be easier.

It’s the best appliance we have ever owned. Can’t speak more highly of the company. Definitely the best on the market.

30 years is impressive!

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datahack commented on Ask HN: What did you find out or explore today?    · Posted by u/blahaj
laci37 · 2 months ago
Be careful what you believe from Balázs Orbán, as a Hungarian I can say he is mostly concerned to come up with a ideology to explain whatever Viktor Orbán is doing and not building a consistent model of world politics that drives actions.
datahack · 2 months ago
Indeed. I think that’s an astute assessment. I listen to a massive variety of perspectives, and as a NATO member I think what they have to say is worth hearing at least. Thanks for your comment — appreciate it.
datahack commented on Ask HN: What did you find out or explore today?    · Posted by u/blahaj
datahack · 2 months ago
I’m learning about the “era of the nations” thinking from Hungary’s Balázs Orbán, via an episode of a podcast called the Winston Marshall show. YouTube just randomly suggested it to me.

I just rebuild a speed queen dryer that broke with spare parts from Amazon, which revealed a remarkably simplistic engineering. Very surprised by how simplistic the mechanism was. It’s incredible how over engineered most laundry systems have become.

Also spent some time digging into the integrations between Tesla FSD and rideshare services today. It’s remarkable how much progress has happened.

u/datahack

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