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altern8··on September 2026: The world today, as seen by one Polish guy
I guess that's why houses are so expensive, now
altern8··on September 2026: The world today, as seen by one Polish guy
Feels like you don't know how bad Poland had it in the past...
altern8··on September 2026: The world today, as seen by one Polish guy
Not to be that guy, but I'm pretty sure that "Polish" is capitalized. "polish oil" is what I use on my leather shoes
altern8··on European industry is doing better than you may think
Ah, that makes sense
altern8··on European industry is doing better than you may think
WOW, the want you to pay for articles like these? It's just a handful of paragraphs
altern8··on Plan mode is dead
I use plan mode for anything that touches more than 2-3 files because I want to know what code will be added beforehand.

I guess people don't even look at code anymore

altern8··on Italian parliament votes for return to nuclear energy
I agree with that, in Italy the telephone lines, highways and trains were privatized the same way, but that's just because politicians are corrupt and they were able to convince people that public companies had to make money like they were private and operating at a loss was bad.
altern8··on Italian parliament votes for return to nuclear energy
Does it need to be profitable without subsidies? Governments run a lot of stuff at a loss as a service to citizens. For instance highways, trains, post offices etc.
altern8··on The Download: why AI's latest breakthroughs and fears may be more hype than rea
I see
altern8··on Once Claude can measure something, it can make it faster
MAYBE, but the bar is so low... It's not that it's good in any way
altern8··on Once Claude can measure something, it can make it faster
I used Opus 5.5 today for the first time hoping the writing would be more bearable and it SUCKS.

Why can't they fix that

altern8··on The Download: why AI's latest breakthroughs and fears may be more hype than rea
It's just a marketing stunt. I can't get Claude to align buttons properly most of the times, they're not going to conquer the world
altern8··on Claude Opus 5.5
Yes, it's unbearable. Hopefully they've actuallu lly fixed it.
altern8··on ChatGPT now knows what you do on other websites via ad collector
I don't know if the destruction of many industries in the EU--including manufacturing--can be called an annoyance.

All the EU bureaucrats can do is regulate, that's why it's so difficult to do business in the EU and that's why there is so little innovation over here. If Microsoft and Apple were started in the EU they would've been shut down within a week because you can't operate from a garage.

I guess that every once in a while this might have a positive outcome for consumers, a broken clock is right twice a day.

altern8··on Show HN: Sigabrt.dev – cronjob monitor with an SSH TUI
Because OP is trying to promote his project and get feedback, and you post about a competing product, to me the message is: don't look at the project OP wants you to check out, I've been using this instead and and it's amazing!

Who cares what you're using, I see show HN posts to be about OP's project, seems like a dick move to me to diverge attention to some other project. I just don't understand the motivation

altern8··on Show HN: Sigabrt.dev – cronjob monitor with an SSH TUI
I'll never understand commenting to show HNs with a link to competing products.
altern8··on I'm Tired of the AI Tone
Yes, that makes sense.

I have no idea why they've released models this way since they're so clearly annoying to use. But either way I keep seeing people complaining about this over and over again so I'd think next versions will hopefully fix this.

altern8··on If AI coding is lowering your code quality, you're not managing quality right
It's not.

My manager expects stuff to be done 10 times quicker than 2 years ago, and that can't happen if I spend time understanding and fixing all code being pushed. At that point I might as well write it myself.

altern8··on I tried the new Fairphone, a phone designed to be repaired
Yes, it's big. Right now I have a Google Pixel, and I find it way too big already: https://m.gsmarena.com/compare.php3?idPhone1=14883&idPhone2=...
altern8··on I'm Tired of the AI Tone
What happens in the long term? Doesn't Claude always start with reading CLAUDE.md?
altern8··on I'm Tired of the AI Tone
This might work.

As an example of before/after: "Perform an inspection of the filter" vs. "Inspect the filter

altern8··on If AI coding is lowering your code quality, you're not managing quality right
Of course, it's your fault, not LLMs not being able to write good code and destroying whole codebases in a matter of weeks.
altern8··on I tried the new Fairphone, a phone designed to be repaired
That's a big phone...
altern8··on English: A vs. An
It's the same in Italian, but also the same in English. You say "he's president", not "he's a president", for instance.
altern8··on Minimal Phone 2
I see.

The way I use my phone--mostly for reading--in my case just means that most of the time I would have this thing I don't need taking up space.

But I guess it's good to have alternative, people use things in different ways.

altern8··on Minimal Phone 2
I don't get why having a keyboard is minimal.
altern8··on EU chief opens door for Canada to become 'associate member'
I mean... Different people have different opinions.

I would prefer nuclear

altern8··on EU chief opens door for Canada to become 'associate member'
I've never seen a pumpjack nor any hydrofracking equipment. I have seen a few capitalists but I can't be positive they were red-blooded ones (whatever that means).
altern8··on EU chief opens door for Canada to become 'associate member'
Why, do you like them?

Solar panels are even worse. Here in Poland they're covering entire fields in the countryside, I have no idea why they don't build them on parking lots or on factory roofs.

altern8··on Learning Programming in an Age of LLMs
It was much easier in the Age of Empires II Expansion Edition. Miss those times, too... :-/
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