ggrantrowberry (u/ggrantrowberry)

ggrantrowberry commented on How Google got its groove back and edged ahead of OpenAI wsj.com/tech/ai/google-ai... · Posted by u/jbredeche

ignoramous · a month ago

> 5.2 codex or Claude Code with Opus 4.5 a try

Is using these same models but with GitHub Copilot or Replit equally capable as / comparable to using the respective first-party CLIs?

ggrantrowberry · a month ago

I don’t think so. My favorite tool is Codex with the 5.2-codex model. I use Github Copilot and Codex at work and Codex and Cursor at home. Codex is better for harder and bigger tasks. I’ll use Copilot or Cursor for small easy things. I think Codex is better than Claude Code as well.

ggrantrowberry commented on 65% of Hacker News posts have negative sentiment, and they outperform philippdubach.com/standal... · Posted by u/7777777phil

andrepd · a month ago

Why would young people with dismal economic perspectives and a poisoned political system possibly be miserable? That doesn't take too much to understand.

ggrantrowberry · a month ago

They’re miserable because they think this way. They think this way because they spend time with others spreading cynicism. Dismal economic perspectives and a poisoned political system is a point of view and a talking point and in reality not true for most people. If you know even a little bit about history you likely won’t have this perspective. Get off social media and look around at real life and you’ll see all sorts of great things!

ggrantrowberry commented on All AI Videos Are Harmful (2025) idiallo.com/blog/all-ai-v... · Posted by u/Brajeshwar

pelotron · a month ago

I was involved in a conversation about cheating in video games the other day, and the topic shifted to AI use in music. Someone said, "using AI is like using an aimbot for music." I absolutely love that comparison since it highlights the shortcut past creativity/skill to get a computerized best result while also associating it with blatant cheating.

The "enables creativity" argument is ironic since the root of the word is "create" and AI users are literally removing the "create" step from their production process.

ggrantrowberry · a month ago

I disagree. The point of playing a shooter game is to have fun and be competitive while abiding by the rules of the game. Using aimbot is circumventing the whole purpose.

The purpose of making music is to make music. So why does it matter what tool you use to do it? Because tools like Logic or Garageband can create lots of sounds for you is that removing creativity? Really shouldn’t music be recorded with a live band every time? Those music production tools are destroying creativity… No. Obviously not. AI does enable creativity. Turns out it also requires a lot of skill to use it to get something good.

ggrantrowberry commented on Ask HN: What are your predictions for 2026? · Posted by u/mfrw

y0eswddl · 2 months ago

no, its not - with calculators, it was up to the person using the tool to figure out which formula to use and which values to plug into the calculator.

The human has to have enough understanding of the problem to know which math to apply and calculate in the first place. That requires understanding and discernment. This works the brain. This mental work strengthens our problem solving ability.

Whereas with AI, you just tell it the problem and it gives an easy answer. Thus involving no further work from the human brain which causes it to atrophy just like any other underused muscle.

ggrantrowberry · 2 months ago

Nah. It is the same but at a different scale.

You give a calculator a problem and it gives an easy answer thus involving no further work from the human brain which causes it to atrophy just like any other underused muscle.

Just like a calculator can easily solve some problems so can AI. Sure the set of problems it can solve is bigger than a calculator. AI just enables you to work on bigger problems because you’re not spending so much time “calculating by hand”.

If you delegate all your thinking to AI or you use AI when the point of the activity is to do the activity (ie homework at school) then I think you’ll see problems. Just like using a calculator when you’re supposed to be learning how to add will stunt your growth.

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magic_hamster · 2 months ago

Utter disappointment. The post was building up to this great reveal only to end up with the most mundane explanation. Anyone who uses a bilingual (or more) keyboard has had something similar happen to them a few times.

ggrantrowberry · 2 months ago

Most mysterious are pretty mundane when you solve them.

Also, for people that don’t use bilingual keyboards this is a pretty interesting finding.

ggrantrowberry commented on VPN location claims don't match real traffic exits ipinfo.io/blog/vpn-locati... · Posted by u/mmaia

devilbunny · 2 months ago

Do you have friends or family in your home country that will run an AppleTV box with Tailscale for you as an exit node?

I can't get into work from a non-US IP, but I can Tailscale back to my house and it works just fine. I even gave my in-laws (who live several states away) an AppleTV box running TS just to have another endpoint if for some reason the power goes out at my house while I'm gone (rare, but happens).

ggrantrowberry · 2 months ago

What is this AppleTV box running TS that you speak of? Sounds awesome.