Hacker News: AndrewDucker

New comment by AndrewDucker in "Dutch Railways offers unlimited off-peak train travel nationwide for €49/month"

AndrewDucker — Thu, 18 Jun 2026 20:44:30 +0000

What kind of abuse are you thinking of?

Windows and Linux users: The deadline to update Secure Boot keys is near

AndrewDucker — Wed, 17 Jun 2026 11:51:21 +0000

Article URL: https://arstechnica.com/security/2026/06/windows-and-linux-users-the-deadline-to-update-secure-boot-keys-is-near/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48569058

Points: 6

# Comments: 1

New comment by AndrewDucker in "Hyperglycosylation is a metabolic driver of Alzheimer's disease"

AndrewDucker — Tue, 16 Jun 2026 15:43:42 +0000

Glucosamine is heavily used by older people, of course...

Hyperglycosylation is a metabolic driver of Alzheimer's disease

AndrewDucker — Tue, 16 Jun 2026 15:42:58 +0000

Article URL: https://www.nature.com/articles/s42255-026-01538-4

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48557046

Points: 6

# Comments: 3

New comment by AndrewDucker in "Dangerous hormone-disrupting chemicals found in US breast milk samples"

AndrewDucker — Sun, 14 Jun 2026 20:45:46 +0000

Are they accurate or inaccurate?

Because I'd quite like to be informed about accurate incoming doom.

New comment by AndrewDucker in "The Road to the WASM Component Model 1.0"

AndrewDucker — Thu, 11 Jun 2026 08:36:31 +0000

The article cites the research that JS wrapping of DOM calls slows things down by 50%.

New comment by AndrewDucker in "The Road to the WASM Component Model 1.0"

AndrewDucker — Thu, 11 Jun 2026 08:35:27 +0000

Far more overhead.

New comment by AndrewDucker in "Google's 20% 'project' has become AI's 120% 'attention'"

AndrewDucker — Wed, 10 Jun 2026 09:34:33 +0000

Unfortunately, the "AI Polish" is really obvious and offputting to many people.

New comment by AndrewDucker in "Mercedes‑Benz starts large‑scale production of electric axial flux motor"

AndrewDucker — Wed, 10 Jun 2026 09:12:31 +0000

It would have been awesome if that article had, at any point, explained what an electric axial flux motor was, and why anyone might want one.

New comment by AndrewDucker in "New Referendum Would Flip Brexit Result 10 Years On, Poll Finds"

AndrewDucker — Mon, 08 Jun 2026 19:26:53 +0000

What reforms do you want to see from the EU?

S&P 500 rejects SpaceX, also blocking entry for OpenAI and Anthropic

AndrewDucker — Fri, 05 Jun 2026 19:00:32 +0000

Article URL: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/06/sp-500-blocks-fast-spacex-entry-wont-waive-rule-for-unprofitable-ai-firms/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48416753

Points: 3

# Comments: 1

New comment by AndrewDucker in "Dutch gov't will only allow European company to operate DigiD platform"

AndrewDucker — Fri, 05 Jun 2026 15:40:30 +0000

For some reason the government isn't willing to pay software developer salaries. It would rather pay a company to pay them instead.

New comment by AndrewDucker in "Communication on European Tech Sovereignty, and an EU Open-Source Strategy"

AndrewDucker — Fri, 05 Jun 2026 13:52:09 +0000

RoI isn't instant. If it takes you 20 years to build as much supply as you need then you're spending money over that time to try and get back to where you were.

And spending money on one thing means you don't have it for something else. Even if you're borrowing, you can borrow less for other things, unless you want to break your credit score, which would also hurt.

New comment by AndrewDucker in "Communication on European Tech Sovereignty, and an EU Open-Source Strategy"

AndrewDucker — Fri, 05 Jun 2026 13:39:30 +0000

Because it will cost money, and that money has to come from somewhere.

If you have 300 froblets per month being shipped to you, and suddenly you have only 200 froblets arriving and you have to spend £5 billion building a froblet factory, then you're both going to be short on froblets and high on expenses at least until the factory is built.

And yes, in the long run you'll have built the factory, will be getting a safer supply of froblets, and everything will be sunshine and roses, but while you're building it all that's an extra expense that you have to find the money for.

New comment by AndrewDucker in "Communication on European Tech Sovereignty, and an EU Open-Source Strategy"

AndrewDucker — Fri, 05 Jun 2026 13:25:32 +0000

Losing a chunk of your energy supply, while simultaneously having to build a bunch of new energy supply, will hit the economy.

New comment by AndrewDucker in "I'm skeptical about efforts to revolutionize schooling"

AndrewDucker — Fri, 05 Jun 2026 11:27:31 +0000

"test results and graduating are the objective of an education"

No. The objective is for you to learn a specific topic. Tests are how we tell if you have learned it. Graduating is proof that you have learned it.

New comment by AndrewDucker in "EU should expand to 40 states – including Canada"

AndrewDucker — Thu, 04 Jun 2026 14:51:37 +0000

A few percent either way: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opinion_polling_for_the_United...

As opposed to a 20-ish% lead for Rejoin at the moment: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potential_re-accession_of_the_...

New comment by AndrewDucker in "EU should expand to 40 states – including Canada"

AndrewDucker — Thu, 04 Jun 2026 14:49:39 +0000

I'd be happier with expansive trade deals with Canada.

New comment by AndrewDucker in "AI Doesn't Have ROI"

AndrewDucker — Tue, 02 Jun 2026 15:29:14 +0000

This is known as "Intermittent Reinforcement" and is the most powerful kind of conditioning.

New comment by AndrewDucker in "Dune's Butlerian Jihad and the Future of AI"

AndrewDucker — Mon, 01 Jun 2026 09:30:24 +0000

Why are you assuming that some technology can only be discovered by AGI?