bhy's comments

On: Show HN: I spent 3 years reverse-engineering a 40 yo stock market sim from 1986

[bhy]

The game itself could be a good benchmark for AI agents.

On: Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (Nov 2025)

[bhy]

Does this follow some structured therapy approach like cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT)?

[ianberdin → bhy]

Exactly. Helps to figure out missing instruction to our body no one gave to us.

On: NixOS moderation team resigns over NixOS Steering Committee's interference

[bhy]

How does your private fork work? Does that mean some flakes and packages for your own use, or you maintain patches that touch deeper into the system?

[Mathnerd314 → bhy]

The Nixpkgs repo is a Git repository. I forked the repository and I merge in updates using the normal git workflow. I've tried flakes and stuff, but none of them are as convenient as directly modifying files.

On: Frying Eggs and Air Quality Tests

[bhy]

This kind of cooking generate a lot of ultra fine particles, which is too small to be measurable with PM2.5 sensors.

On: A qualitative analysis of pig-butchering scams

[bhy]

Well yes, I believe some interventions happened awhile ago in Myanmar in the form of war between factions.

[jacknews → bhy]

Was that not just a power grab?

There is a more recent conflict over this issue in Cambodia.

I'm thinking more targeted interventions. International organizations and so on.

Failing that, maybe accidentally short the xformer supplying the building...

On: ChatGPT Developer Mode: Full MCP client access

[bhy]

What is c4ai? Crawl4ai?

[n8m8 → bhy]

Yes~

On: Sci-Net

[bhy]

It require token payment for invitation codes, however the current implementation is frustrating. It generate a QR code for mobile wallet, but there's no way to pay from a browser wallet, which I suppose is more commonly used in web3.

On: Query Apple's FindMy network with Python

[bhy]

I don't think AirTag work that way. AirTag protocol is specifically designed so Apple or other parties will not be able to track users by serial numbers.

[gjsman-1000 → bhy]

Where there's a will, there's a way. Apple is very clear law enforcement can approach them with any AirTag and they will immediately be able to tie it to a user.

[kolinko → gjsman-1000]

One doesn’t exclude the other - a physical airtag may have an ID available, but not broadcast it anywhere.

Also, “when there’s a will…” doesn’t really apply to cruptography

[bolognafairy → gjsman-1000]

That is not the same thing.

On: ChatGPT Search

[bhy]

Are you plus or team user and logged in? The link is to the normal chatgpt prompt, but with the "Search" button enabled.

[paul7986 → bhy]

Im not logged into GPT (am subscribed for this month tho on my iPhone but that's separate) and able to do a web search and or ask GPT a question.

Actually i am logged into my iCloud on my macbook so guess that's why im seeing the search on that device of mine (not seeing on another where Im not logged into iCloud).

On: It's Time to Stop Taking Sam Altman at His Word

[bhy]

But note that the price they can charge is based on market supply and demand. If Claude is priced at $20, ChatGPT won’t be able to ask $100.

[peteforde → bhy]

If OpenAI sent out an email today informing me that to maintain access to the current 4o model I will have to pay $1000 a year, and that it would go up another $500 next year... it would still be well worth it to me.

[rocho → peteforde]

To you maybe. But if Claude or any other competitor with similar features and performance keeps a lower price, most users will migrate there.

[peteforde → rocho]

You could be right, but I suspect that you're underestimating the degree to which GPT has become the Kleenex of the LLM space in the consumer zeitgeist.

Based on all of the behaviour psychology books I've read, Claude would have to introduce a model that is 10x better and 10x cheaper - or something so radically different that it registers as an entirely new thing - for it to hit the radar outside of the tech world.

I encourage you to sample the folks in your life that don't work in tech. See if any of them have ever even heard of Claude.

[barrell → peteforde]

I don’t think people outside of tech hearing about OpenAI more than Claude is really indicative of much. Ask those same people how much they use an LLM and it’s often rare-to-never.

Also, in what way has OpenAI become the Kleenex of the LLM space? Anthropic, Google, Facebook have no gpts, nobody “gpts” something, nobody uses that companies “gpt”.

I would say perhaps OpenAI has become the Napster, MySpace, or Facebook of the LLM space. Time will tell how long they keep that title

[peteforde → barrell]

I am surrounded by people who "ask GPT" things constantly.

That seems like the same thing to me.

[barrell → peteforde]

Are these people asking chatGPT though? Or do they say “ask GPT” and then use other LLMs?

I feel like I hear “ask Claude” as much as “ask chatGPT”

[peteforde → barrell]

Yeah... I think it's GPT.

I just sampled my family and nobody could name an LLM that wasn't GPT. In this very small, obviously anecdotal scenario, GPT == LLM.

They seemed vaguely aware that there are other options; my wife asked if I meant Bing.

Meanwhile, I have literally never heard the words "ask Claude" out loud. I promise to come back and confirm if/when that ever changes.