tommit's comments

On: Meta Platforms: Lobbying, dark money, and the App Store Accountability Act

[tommit]

isn't Gen Z the first generation that's scoring worse on all kinds of tests than their parents did?

seems like this time it may actually be different. and peer reviewed.

On: Have a fucking website

[tommit]

Yeah. "put some HTML on a server" may as well say "split a few atoms" for people who have never done so.

No one is saying that it's impossible to learn all that stuff. But it takes time, has a fairly high entry barrier (despite LLMs and all that), and needs to happen _while_ keeping the business afloat.

On: Bring bathroom doors back to hotels

[tommit]

tbh if I start worrying about poop particles in my day to day, I fear I'm one step closer to becoming a germaphobe. plus I feel if that's something that truly worries you, you'd start taking showers after each poop because clearly you will bring some poop particles with you when you leave anyway.

maybe this thread will end up being some kind of revelation, but I very much agree with the person you replied to. If I'm alone, I'm not bothered and the door may as well stay open

[drowsspa → tommit]

Sure, you can't get rid of everything. But you can mitigate a few things, and closing the door is such an easy fix... There's worrying too much, and there's not worrying enough

On: GPT-5.1: A smarter, more conversational ChatGPT

[tommit]

of course it is. this seems so obvious to me.

I even wrote into chatGPTs "memory" to NOT ASK FOLLOW UP QUESTIONS, because it's crazy annoying imo. it respects it about 40% of the time I'd say

On: AWS multiple services outage in us-east-1

[tommit]

Do you not have a self-hosted instance of every single service you use? :/

[pinkgolem → tommit]

No. But for the important ones, yes I do.

Everything in and around my house is working fully offline

On: Meow.camera

[tommit]

They are all over this thread with hot takes.

On: Show HN: AI toy I worked on is in stores

[tommit]

> So he should just eat the cost that will add up over time, which is an unsustainable business model?

No, I think he should just not have built this product. However, this is my personal feeling and it seems there is some kind of market for it, so what do I know.

On: Apple introduces a universal design across platforms

[tommit]

FYI for anyone not aware it's CMD + Shift + 4 (no option)

[adregan → tommit]

Oops. Thank you!

On: Apple introduces a universal design across platforms

[tommit]

Please no. I can never remember which Cali area we're on. I almost always know which year it is. This has been long overdue. Should have learned their lesson from OS X and gone that way after iOS 10 the latest.

On: Trump wins presidency for second time

[tommit]

I genuinely do not understand how anybody could listen to Trump saying something about a topic he clearly does not know about (of which there are a couple -- let's face it) and describe it as "selling".

I'm not at all attacking you here by the way. But I'm legit speechless at that interpretation of his senile rambling.

[hackeraccount → tommit]

It is rambling but he's enthusiastic and he doesn't talk down to his supporters. When he's telling people that illegal immigrants are eating people's pets he speaks to his audience the way a friend would tell you that they caught the co-worker no one likes not flushing the toilet. There's shock, surprise, a bit of humor but not like he's a teacher lecturing.

Harris on the other hand. There wouldn't be a joke. She'd take some time to explain why flushing the toilet was something everyone should do. Then she'd finish up by letting you know that she too always flushes.