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535188B17C93743··on Letterboxd Is Up for Sale, and A24, Sony and the New York Times Are Bidding
Can't wait for the enshittification of Letterboxd.

Dear God, don't let Amazon do what it did to Goodreads here.

535188B17C93743··on Kimi K3, Qwen 3.8, and Anthropic's (Potential) Unravelling
Yeah, I've heard of Taalas doing it. Not sure of others but I'm sure lots of companies are considering it, especially as we start to hit points of depreciating returns in training.
535188B17C93743··on Ask HN: Who is quitting? (July 2026)
I just quit. A comically inept director who screamed at people and promotions given out for obsequiousness over impact. I'm guessing the second one will be more-or-less the same everywhere but I'd rather not deal with people I don't respect in the slightest.
535188B17C93743··on Is It Out Yet?
Edit button exists but isn't clickable? Little boxes look exactly like Claude's UI.

Grade A slop.

535188B17C93743··on Algorithmic Monocultures in Hiring
That told me they wanted me to do this and I told them to pound sand. Doesn't help that their online reviews indicate its a sweatshop.

Anyway, they did layoffs like 2 weeks later so I guess I dodged a bullet there.

535188B17C93743··on OpenAI Is Preparing to File for an IPO Soon
SpaceX and OpenAI? Market's gettin' frothy. Oh, this bubble is about to pop.
535188B17C93743··on Are the costs of AI agents also rising exponentially? (2025)
I always wondered why the equivalent of integrated mining didn't apply to LLM inference... now it turns out it does and there's a company making it fast and robust!
535188B17C93743··on "McKinsey in a Box": The End of Strategic Consulting?
I really don't want to be a conspiracy theorist, but it honestly feels like a pyramid scheme. The MBAs/consultants help out the MBAs/consultants. Their effectiveness isn't super important. It's very rare I see a coworker who is actually effective get promoted––it's always the ones who are loudest, steal credit from others, and who are really social/fun to be around.
535188B17C93743··on Grok3 Launch [video]
Presumably the benchmarks? I'm also interested.
535188B17C93743··on The Americans Pledging to Buy Less–Or Even Nothing
How did you get permitted without an inspection or adhering to code?
535188B17C93743··on What we know about CEO shooting suspect
It's in the 98th percentile, lol. Yes, it's very high.
535188B17C93743··on New York City Council Votes to End Broker Fees Squeezing Renters
Didn't they do this before and brokers found a way around it?
535188B17C93743··on California's gas prices to increase 65 cents per gallon with new fuel standards
California needs to just fully invest in nuclear. And regulate or use eminent domain to buy PG&E to socialize it. Costs would go down, executive pay would go down, reliability and issues related to forest fires would likely go down.

And they need to invest in better public transit. Imagine LA with SF-level public transit. Or SF with NYC-level public transit (or better).

535188B17C93743··on Report on the role of standardized test scores in undergraduate admissions [pdf]
I agree. Every other comment here seems to be like "well duh" and I'm... skeptical. My experience is that the ACT/SAT seem to be good indicators of getting good grades in well-defined spaces. But things like creativity, curiosity, work ethic are much better predictors of other kinds of success that frankly matter much more in the real world.

I know some really, really unintelligent people who got good grades in college. They just ate books.

535188B17C93743··on All the Major Tech Layoffs in 2024 So Far
I think companies used to be able to deduct "R&D time" which was a very vague definition for programmers and the IRS has tightened that up.

https://www.eisneramper.com/insights/tax/impact-174-software...

535188B17C93743··on More Californians are driving EVs, making public charging a potential nightmare
Unless they park in parking garages.
535188B17C93743··on MBAs who can't find jobs
I think it's important to note how they're highlighting top MBA programs though where admissions numbers haven't changed a ton and are "typically" still highly sought after.
535188B17C93743··on Who makes the most reliable new cars?
Isn't Subaru also Toyota?
535188B17C93743··on The secretive rise of the 'overemployed'
As long as there's no conflict of interest between the companies, what's the issue? How is this any different from someone taking a job at all of those companies sequentially?
535188B17C93743··on California employers must reimburse remote workers for all necessary expenses
Central Ohio [1]. I didn't realize it was so cheap.

1. https://www.betterbuyenergy.com/ - Zip 43215

535188B17C93743··on California employers must reimburse remote workers for all necessary expenses
$0.42/kWh!??! Jesus Christ. I think I'm paying around $0.0629/kWh. Where is this?
535188B17C93743··on Is the end of AIDS in sight?
Lol, no one was observing COVID precautions at that point. It was dodged because people got vaccinated for it and observed spacing requested in a responsible manner.

Hell, in the UK heterosexual cases of AIDs overtook homosexual cases because of adherence to medication and good practice. [1]

1. https://www.tht.org.uk/news/heterosexual-hiv-diagnoses-overt...

535188B17C93743··on Is the end of AIDS in sight?
So queer people should remain celibate?

Other methods of protection fail. People lie about the status. People don't know their status.

Know what's ridiculous is that these drugs cost so much money and companies like Gilead can engage in "revenue maximization" schemes at the cost of the health of US citizens... and then apparently win lawsuits with their Big Pharma war chests.

535188B17C93743··on IKEA Redesigns Its Bestsellers
Awesome!
535188B17C93743··on IKEA Redesigns Its Bestsellers
Why is there no way to save comments on HN? Or is there? I want to save this for one day when I can afford this all, haha.
535188B17C93743··on Missouri House Republicans vote to defund libraries
Not to mention the destruction of places of knowledge but this move destroys one of the last free third places in existence.
535188B17C93743··on Low and moderate alcohol consumption not associated with increased mortality
Not at the time. But frequently.
535188B17C93743··on Low and moderate alcohol consumption not associated with increased mortality
I'm in this comment and I don't like it.
535188B17C93743··on Apple introduces Apple Pay Later
Hypothetically, you could pop that money into a checking account with extremely marginal interest and still make money. Better in your pocket than Apple's, I guess.
535188B17C93743··on Tell HN: MailChimp blacklists your IP if you open the browser's dev tools
Yeah, I'm not seeing any evidence to support this...
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