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Evil_Saint··on Sixty percent of US consumers say 'AI' in brand messaging is a turnoff
I definitely prefer phone trees the ai agents. Something that has never made sense to me is why we even need most of the phone trees. Could they not just have separate numbers? Billing is X num. CS is Y num. Save the human species minutes for every fucking call.

I realize the decision makers have been prioritizing the opposite. Making calls take as long as possible but I have no idea what is incentivizing them to do that.

Evil_Saint··on Ask HN: What did you read in 2025?
I hated book 5. I thought 4 was the worst of series until I read 5.

The ending was just really shitty and stupid to me.

Evil_Saint··on Bible and Quran apps flagged NSFW by F-Droid
Exempting religious content makes no sense in any context to me. It's all human generated content.
Evil_Saint··on Making Every Windows 11 PC an AI PC
It's not hard. They make it hard for dumb reasons.
Evil_Saint··on US Supreme Court Upholds Texas Porn ID Law
This shit is genuinely terrifying and it seems like no one is doing anything to stop it.
Evil_Saint··on Ask HN: Why hasn’t AMD made a viable CUDA alternative?
I worked on at both companies on drivers. The programming models are quite different. Both make GPUs but they were designed by different groups of people who made different decisions. For example:

Nvidia cards are much easier to program in the user mode driver. You cannot hang a Nvidia GPU with a bad memory access. You can hang the display engine with one though. At least when I was there.

You can hang an AMD GPU with a bad memory access. At least up to the Navi 3x.

Evil_Saint··on Ask HN: Why hasn’t AMD made a viable CUDA alternative?
Having worked at both Nvidia and AMD I can assure you that they both feature lots of generated header files.
Evil_Saint··on Nuclear power is officially a clean energy source in Colorado
How do the batteries not require some kind of hazardous waste removal/cleanup process?
Evil_Saint··on The Cult of the American Lawn
It is the government's job to make sure we have fair contracts to protect consumers right? Contacts are not always enforceable.

Land is a limited resource. We are not making any more of it. Sometimes just looking farther away is an option but often times it isn't.

HOA's being required on certain properties is bonkers to me. It feels like extortion. Either agree to these onerous terms or get nothing.

Evil_Saint··on The Cult of the American Lawn
It is really hard to avoid them. I think the only solution is a federal law allowing you to opt out of any HOAs.
Evil_Saint··on 1/4 of startups in YC current cohort have almost entirely AI-generated codebases
This is exactly how I feel. It's like they are racing to find the shittiest viable product.
Evil_Saint··on 1/4 of startups in YC current cohort have almost entirely AI-generated codebases
AC changes? Can you expand that acronym?
Evil_Saint··on Math Academy pulled me out of the Valley of Despair
I completely disagree. Proofs are very abstract. Learning to read them is a skill you have develop before you can learn anything from them.
Evil_Saint··on Apple's Dictation System Transcribes the Word 'Racist' as 'Trump'
In your mind how should they protest?
Evil_Saint··on Thinking About Why YouTube Is a Monopoly
I don't see Nebula as a competitor to YouTube. They're both streaming platforms and have some of same content.

Nebula isn't free. Only invited creators are on there. Seems like they're clearly focusing on a niche.

I also had issues with Nebula at first. It's been steadily getting better. When did you try it?

I think now it probably performs more reliably than Youtube + Firefox on my Android.

Evil_Saint··on Musk's Doge Team Tries to Gain Access to Taxpayer Information
They probably don't even know. If they do know then they're happy about it.
Evil_Saint··on Ask HN: Do you still use Google?
Are any of the options mature enough to be a daily driver yet? It's been a while but I was not successful with switching to the pinephone when I first got it. The librem5 was still having battery issues last time I checked as well.
Evil_Saint··on Suspension of inbound parcels from China and Hong Kong
The Golden Gate Bridge is a public bridge and a destination for suicidal people.

Foxconn is a place where people live and work. Not accessible to the public.

Where is the overlap?

Evil_Saint··on Suspension of inbound parcels from China and Hong Kong
That's not the same at all.
Evil_Saint··on Fair Pricing
I straight up get better results than current Google.
Evil_Saint··on Apple Invites
Worse they require frequent logins on device to keep the with client working. Just making the account on device isn't enough. You have to maintain it as well.
Evil_Saint··on Apple Invites
Wow. I assumed you could use Whatsapp on the web but you literally can't. You have to have an Android or Iphone. I guess maybe there's a way to fake it with emulators on your computer but that's a lot of work that you shouldn't need to have to do.
Evil_Saint··on The young, inexperienced engineers aiding DOGE
Cool Story Bro. Username are meaningless. I know that you know that.
Evil_Saint··on The young, inexperienced engineers aiding DOGE
This is a False Dilemma fallacy. I'm not going to pretend the government is perfect but handing the keys of the kingdom to a Nazi will always be a bad idea. Let's do something else.
Evil_Saint··on The young, inexperienced engineers aiding DOGE
Musk is a Nazi. I've read history books. I'll take the status quo over Musk every time.
Evil_Saint··on The young, inexperienced engineers aiding DOGE
Sunlight is the best disinfectant. Nothing these people are doing is transparent.

They're doing shady stuff in the shadows as fast as they can. Which is exactly the way you do things when they're not above board legally or ethically.

Evil_Saint··on Curtis Yarvin wants American democracy toppled (2022)
I started reading the article and couldn't finish it. My mood is already low enough without this depressing content.
Evil_Saint··on Why making friends as an adult is harder
I think the core idea is fine though. Kind of like random acts of kindness but as a team. I guess it's a respin on Habits for Humanity right?

I don't think it's idiotic. I think you're selling yourself short using that word. Try "silly".

Evil_Saint··on ExxonMobil's Alleged Hack-for-Hire Campaign Targeting Climate Activists
No. No I wouldn't.
Evil_Saint··on Is that ship still stuck?
In an emergency situation like this: could they not use helicopters to lift containers off of the ship and just stack them next to the canal until they've freed the ship?

Seems pretty quick to setup and do assuming there are helicopters that can move that weight.

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