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kzzzznot··on AI's debt binge can't last, hidden borrowing reaches $1.65T
WSB? Keynes said that…
kzzzznot··on Ask HN: I still don't understand why AI agents need "skills"
How do you sell them - do you give a preview or how else do you protect it from just being copy/pasted?
kzzzznot··on How does a Dev's job look like in a few years?
That is that commitstrip cartoon... "we'll be able to write a comprehensive spec and bam we don't need programmers anymore"

"and do you know what you call that?" "code, it's called code"

kzzzznot··on Why write code in 2026
Because professional development is not just for fun
kzzzznot··on Ask HN: Is the Job Market Actually Bad?
Location probably matters, where are you?
kzzzznot··on Ask HN: Is the Job Market Actually Bad?
To be fair, in the best of climates that is still searching in a niche market with an attempt to do something new with an engineering experience gap
kzzzznot··on Tell HN: I'm 60 years old. Claude Code has re-ignited a passion
It confuses me when people talk about frameworks as being totally different. They solve the same problems, slightly differently. It’s not a big lift to learn a new one if you are familiar with one or two already.
kzzzznot··on Leak confirms OpenAI is preparing ads on ChatGPT for public roll out
Most people don’t do this and won’t start
kzzzznot··on Margin debt surges to record high
All you need is some deposits
kzzzznot··on Mechanical Watch: Exploded View
I love this. Would absolutely buy one if it were for sale. Thanks for posting.
kzzzznot··on Ask HN: What newspaper are you paying for these days?
Having lived in Hong Kong for a significant portion of my life, I have a soft spot for the SCMP. However it is owned by Alibaba now, so effectively an arm of the CCP.

Use it wisely to bias western propaganda with eastern.

kzzzznot··on TSMC execs allegedly dismissed OpenAI CEO Sam Altman as 'podcasting bro'
Sure that means they need half the number of engineers to stand still. Most companies aim to grow not stand still.
kzzzznot··on TSMC execs allegedly dismissed OpenAI CEO Sam Altman as 'podcasting bro'
“Fixed lump of work fallacy” as noted by commenter above. If a company can get 100% more output they don’t fire half their people so they stand still/get no additional productivity gain.

They produce twice as much and grow.

What forum is this???

kzzzznot··on Julian Assange has reached a plea deal with the U.S., allowing him to go free
Of course they do. And where states' intelligence agencies or militaries overstep their mandates their citizens should know and act accordingly/
kzzzznot··on Julian Assange has reached a plea deal with the U.S., allowing him to go free
States do have secrets. And when those secrets are grave and destructive, their citizens have a right to know about them.
kzzzznot··on Julian Assange has reached a plea deal with the U.S., allowing him to go free
This seems like some real mental gymnastics. Not sure how true the above is, but your argument has some serious holes.

Does the bad entity that is doing bad things have a right to do bad things? No

Does a man exposing the bad entity have a right to do bad things? Also no

kzzzznot··on Julian Assange has reached a plea deal with the U.S., allowing him to go free
Why? To punish and deter.

He exposed terrible things done by large powers, therefore he was persecuted absolutely.

kzzzznot··on ICQ will stop working from June 26
RIP ICQ

Spent a lot of my childhood using it.

kzzzznot··on Jim Simons has died
The distinction in my mind is HFT is “worse” for market participants because of the front running of large orders between exchanges.

I’d argue this cross exchange arbitrage does still provide some value by keeping prices of securities across exchanges/the world in sync, despite being quite unfair and taking value from those putting in large orders.

Liquidity provided by algo market makers is also a service to market participants because they take risk to ensure there is always someone to buy or sell - this reduces volatility and risk for everyone.

Algo trading is also required for keeping ETFs in line their benchmarks, which is an entirely separate subject you could fill a book with.

So no, all algo trading is not the same thing, there are valid and productive uses of code rather than people shouting across a pit or running slips up and down roads to keep capital flowing through markets efficiently.

kzzzznot··on Jim Simons has died
Please explain why quantitative algo (not HFT) trading is “bad”?
kzzzznot··on Jim Simons has died
That’s a great episode and covers a lot in depth. Would recommend Acquired in general - appeals to me as interested in tech, business and finance
kzzzznot··on Mario meets Pareto
Exactly. Handling and Acceleration are the most important factors at 200cc.

Acceleration because when (not if) you get hit/crash, you need to be able to catch up quickly.

kzzzznot··on Mario meets Pareto
Well I always pick Koopa, who is apparently the worst. Although in my group of friends I win the most by far… I’ll keep with him to keep it fair :)
kzzzznot··on Ask HN: Is crypto still bad for the environment?
3) The exact inverse is much more commonly visible - disingenuous promotion of crypto from those with vested interests
kzzzznot··on To revive Portland, officials seek to ban public drug use
That viewpoint is both draconian and fiscally irresponsible
kzzzznot··on Ask HN: What is your policy regarding smartphones for your children?
Then it makes no sense. If most middle schoolers have heroin and tasers we are talking about a very different situation.
kzzzznot··on Ask HN: Refusing all cookies, still targeted by ads. How?
Does an IP alongside a HTTP request count as personal data?
kzzzznot··on Ask HN: What is the morale like inside Reddit, as an employee?
Plenty of publicly traded companies have free APIs allowing third parties to build the same front end and sidestep their primary source of revenue (showing users ads)?

To clarify - I am not a fan of Reddit’s latest move, I see it as a product of the management hoping to soon be beholden to Wall Street. That necessarily comes with securing of revenue streams.

kzzzznot··on Ask HN: Refusing all cookies, still targeted by ads. How?
I’m not an expert on this, but perhaps it’s the usage of that data and linking to a person that crosses the line.

A web server’s logs may include the IP and http request they’ve made, but once you start attaching that to an identity instead it might count as data processing.

kzzzznot··on Command line functions around OpenAI
When that tool is a 3rd party which takes proprietary code as an input surely you can understand pushback from big software, financial services etc companies?
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