HNHacker News
TopNewBestAskShowJobs

4ndrewl

2,923 karma · joined August 22, 2016

submissionscomments
4ndrewl··on No more JetBrains products for me
Wait, don't you reverse into a parking space and drive straight out?
4ndrewl··on Someone Shared a Real Monet Painting as AI and Asked for Critiques
The only reason people write comments like this is because they've unconsciously normalised the contrarian/rage/emotionally-charged-comment economy.

They clearly don't really mean what they write and to suggest that "everyone" has access to incredible art tools in a world where millions don't even have reliable access to clean water is trite.

4ndrewl··on London Police Deploy Facial Recognition at Protest for First Time
The sad thing is that GP is not even being paid to spread this tripe. I just can't understand their motivation to post such patently false info based on what...Tiktok research from Russia?

At least Farage/Yaxley and their hangers-on are clearly on the make.

4ndrewl··on England Runestones
Depends on how you're using the terms. Norsemen/Danes were the people, Viking was a job. The viking raids of the summer months were replaced by longer term settlements/political agreements (eg Danelaw, London, Dublin, med coast, Seville) but that still necessitated plenty of waterborne travel.
4ndrewl··on London Police Deploy Facial Recognition at Protest for First Time
Or maybe it's just that whenever Tommy ten names has one of his rallies it ends in violence?
4ndrewl··on Solar-based sleep patterns compared to modern norms
You don't even need to go back that far. The biphasic sleep regime was still happening a few hundred years ago https://www.bbc.co.uk/future/article/20220107-the-lost-medie...
4ndrewl··on Swift bricks to be installed on all new buildings in Scotland
You say they're hated, but my echo chamber says they're a great idea.

If you're so opposed though, you could always vote them out in the next Scottish election.

4ndrewl··on Swift bricks to be installed on all new buildings in Scotland
The article focuses on swifts because it's about swift bricks, a cheap and practical answer to helping the declining swift population.

But don't worry, there are plenty of other initiatives elsewhere across Scotland and the UK helping other species of birds, seeing as you're clearly interested in this subject.

4ndrewl··on Software engineering may no longer be a lifetime career
Pretty much every study says so, so I guess?
4ndrewl··on Scientists warn Atlantic current at risk of shutting down
Citation needed
4ndrewl··on Scientists warn Atlantic current at risk of shutting down
De be sure to let us know when you've completed your research into this topic.
4ndrewl··on Just Use Go
It is a decision though, and one you have to consciously make for each and every occurrence. You can't just hope some catch block will eventually handle it...
4ndrewl··on Just Use Go
Account created one hour ago...
4ndrewl··on Just Use Go
The point being that's how you've decided to deal with the error, by ignoring it.
4ndrewl··on I switched from Mac to a Lenovo Chromebook
I got to this point before I realised this wasn't written by a human.
4ndrewl··on SingleRide: Longest route on NYC Subway without visiting the same station twice
Is this like the travelling salesman problem, but looking for the longest, not shortest journey?
4ndrewl··on Your phone is about to stop being yours
Sounds like a classic astroturfer. Did you read tfa? Perhaps engage with some of those arguments already made on that page eg wrt ID.
4ndrewl··on Deep under Antarctic ice, a long-predicted cosmic whisper breaks through
Just read the title and thought "Not now Cthulu, we've got enough going on"
4ndrewl··on GitHub Copilot is moving to usage-based billing
"Plan prices aren’t changing.”

Isn't this like saying "The Porsche you rented at $200/mo is now a Honda. But the price hasn't changed!"

4ndrewl··on If more than 50% press blue, everyone survives. Red pressers always survive
Only the people who have chosen through their own free will to gamble with their lives - it's their choice.
4ndrewl··on If more than 50% press blue, everyone survives. Red pressers always survive
The blues sound like idiots.

Press the red button you survive, or press the blue button you might die

4ndrewl··on An AI agent deleted our production database. The agent's confession is below
"This is the agent on the record, in writing."

There's no record for the agent to be on - it's always just a bunch of characters that look plausible because of the immense amount of compute we've put behind these, and you were unlucky.

LLMs get things wrong is what we're forever being told.

And the explanation/confession - that's just more 'bunch of characters' providing rationalisation, not confession.

4ndrewl··on Google plans to invest up to $40B in Anthropic
Don't agree - the dev is productive because they have a good mental model of the problem space and can cajole the agent into producing code that agrees with the spec. The trend is for devs to become more like product managers (which is why you see some whip-smart product managers able to build products _without_ human devs)
4ndrewl··on Google plans to invest up to $40B in Anthropic
No, but you have a great mental model of the interface between your problem domain and the code, which is where you can affect change.

Outsourcing that to an AI SaaS might be ok I guess. Given past form there's going to be a rug-pull/bait-and-switch moment and dividends to start paying out.

4ndrewl··on A Man Who Invented the Future
You might not be the target audience for this, and that's ok.
4ndrewl··on Google plans to invest up to $40B in Anthropic
Except the dev that gets AI done in 5 hours will have a poorer mental model of the code. Whether that's important might or might not depend on whether that bites you in the ass at some point.
4ndrewl··on Bitwarden CLI compromised in ongoing Checkmarx supply chain campaign
Yes, what if it does incentivize security scanners, or maybe it won't.

Either way there will be fewer eyes on it.

4ndrewl··on Show HN: Gova – The declarative GUI framework for Go
Probably nice, but only 7 commits and over 2 days? Are you in this for the long run?
4ndrewl··on Bitwarden CLI compromised in ongoing Checkmarx supply chain campaign
The problem with cooldowns is that the more people use them, the less effective they become.
4ndrewl··on Website streamed live directly from a model
It looks pretty nice - reminds me of Dorling Kindersley books. But the graphics, whilst stylised, are pretty hit-and-miss. Great idea, just a bit too soon.
← PreviousPage 4 of 30Next →