Hacker News: AnnikaL

New comment by AnnikaL in "Am I German or Autistic?"

AnnikaL — Thu, 09 Apr 2026 17:22:44 +0000

Is Kantian morality popular in Germany? I admittedly know few Germans but they do not seem to be especially deontological in morality.

New comment by AnnikaL in "I ported Mac OS X to the Nintendo Wii"

AnnikaL — Wed, 08 Apr 2026 20:50:34 +0000

Wow! This is really impressive!

I kind of want to try some project like this sometime, but I wouldn't even know where to start...

Kona EV Hacking

AnnikaL — Wed, 11 Mar 2026 21:26:16 +0000

Article URL: http://techno-fandom.org/~hobbit/cars/ev/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47342185

Points: 134

# Comments: 75

New comment by AnnikaL in "Spain’s LaLiga has blocked access to freedom.gov"

AnnikaL — Sun, 22 Feb 2026 23:14:44 +0000

Should the Spanish government decide what is "misinformation"? Should it be forbidden to read false or misleading statements on the Internet?

New comment by AnnikaL in "Irish man with valid US work permit held in ICE detention for five months"

AnnikaL — Tue, 10 Feb 2026 18:32:15 +0000

Green cards are for permanent residency, so it makes sense to me that someone would live in the US for 30 years with one. That seems very different than spending over a decade in the US without any permanent status, just temporary visas.

New comment by AnnikaL in "Memories of .us"

AnnikaL — Fri, 28 Nov 2025 04:02:36 +0000

The notion that community colleges can't use .edu no longer seems true. When I took community college classes, I got an @my.smccd.edu email address.

New comment by AnnikaL in "Where do the children play?"

AnnikaL — Tue, 18 Nov 2025 03:24:44 +0000

Without court approval, no one under 16 can get married in any US state.

New comment by AnnikaL in "Largest Mass Resignation in US History as 100k Federal Workers Quit"

AnnikaL — Wed, 01 Oct 2025 06:05:24 +0000

Why shouldn't Agriculture scale with population? Presumably a larger population involves more food being sold in the US (and grown in the US if the share of exports/imports remains the same).

New comment by AnnikaL in "Tinder, Hinge, and their corporate owner keep rape under wraps"

AnnikaL — Wed, 24 Sep 2025 19:10:11 +0000

I would prefer to date an averagely-physical-attractive person whom I enjoy spending time with than a very physically attractive person whose personality I dislike.

New comment by AnnikaL in "I asked four former friends why we stopped speaking (2023)"

AnnikaL — Tue, 05 Aug 2025 00:32:29 +0000

Hm, 57% of first marriages not "failing" (presumably meaning that they last until one spouse dies) actually seems kind of comforting? It suggests that you and your spouse don't even have to be better at marriage than the median couple to avoid divorce.

New comment by AnnikaL in "UK backing down on Apple encryption backdoor after pressure from US"

AnnikaL — Mon, 21 Jul 2025 19:42:31 +0000

The population of East Germany in 1990 was 16 million, while the population of the UK today is over 4 times larger at 68 million.

(I still don't think the UK should jail people for being hateful online, though.)

New comment by AnnikaL in "Seven Engineers Suspended After $2.3M Bridge Includes 90-Degree Turn"

AnnikaL — Thu, 10 Jul 2025 18:20:00 +0000

The second link is in Canada.

New comment by AnnikaL in "Infinite Mac OS X"

AnnikaL — Fri, 20 Jun 2025 04:16:01 +0000

I'm 20, and I vaguely remember using 10.5 or 10.6 when I was a young child, so nostalgia I guess?

New comment by AnnikaL in "California vanity license plate applications with reasons for rejection (2020)"

AnnikaL — Mon, 19 May 2025 02:12:01 +0000

The submission does explain PS, though! They said it means "peace" as in "charge for peace".

New comment by AnnikaL in "I should have loved biology too"

AnnikaL — Tue, 22 Apr 2025 19:23:28 +0000

I am not sure biology is not a "hard science"?

New comment by AnnikaL in "First hormone-free male birth control pill enters human trials"

AnnikaL — Mon, 21 Apr 2025 02:57:26 +0000

Really? It seems like there's already plenty of non-reproductive sex happening! Leaving aside condoms and non-PIV sex acts, there are lots of women on birth control, men who have vasectomies, post-menopausal women, and infertile people in the world, who could certainly have lots of unprotected sex without any reproduction. Those people seem way better off than heroin addicts!

New comment by AnnikaL in "Bloodletting recommended for Jersey residents after PFAS contamination"

AnnikaL — Sun, 19 Jan 2025 04:58:48 +0000

My SF-born mother also often calls it "The City" (though this is 3 syllables).

New comment by AnnikaL in "Insurers rely on doctors whose judgments have been criticized by courts"

AnnikaL — Mon, 30 Dec 2024 19:31:34 +0000

Maggie De Block is a Belgian government official, not Danish.

New comment by AnnikaL in "U.S. women are outpacing men in college completion in every major group"

AnnikaL — Sat, 23 Nov 2024 08:01:49 +0000

Highly selective STEM schools are both coed and close to 50/50 for undergrads!

* MIT is 49/51 female/male

* Harvey Mudd is 50/50

* Caltech is 43/57 (the exception, I guess)

* Olin is 52/48

Of course, these schools are not feasible options for most people but it is still a relevant counterexample.

Knot Theory and DNA [pdf]

AnnikaL — Wed, 04 Sep 2024 19:47:22 +0000

Article URL: https://math.mit.edu/research/highschool/primes/circle/documents/2020/Ayinon_2020.pdf

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41449906

Points: 2

# Comments: 0