<rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Hacker News: BurningFrog</title><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=BurningFrog</link><description>Hacker News RSS</description><docs>https://hnrss.org/</docs><generator>hnrss v2.1.1</generator><lastBuildDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2026 11:45:16 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://hnrss.org/user?id=BurningFrog" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"></atom:link><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by BurningFrog in "Where did my taxes go?"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Easy to remember fact:<p>The federal government spends $20B per day. $5B of that is borrowed.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2026 19:09:30 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47783753</link><dc:creator>BurningFrog</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47783753</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47783753</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by BurningFrog in "Where did my taxes go?"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Not sure if this is comforting or distressing, but it's the same in all welfare states.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2026 19:02:04 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47783654</link><dc:creator>BurningFrog</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47783654</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47783654</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by BurningFrog in "Two Months After I Gave an AI $100 and No Instructions"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>We'll get worse at the things we don't need to do anymore.<p>That <i>should</i> mean that we can focus the freed up brain power at getting better at things we still need to do.<p>Time will tell!</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2026 13:59:37 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47765763</link><dc:creator>BurningFrog</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47765763</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47765763</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by BurningFrog in "Cambodia unveils statue to honour famous landmine-sniffing rat"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Putin has been very clear that he doesn't consider Ukraine a legitimate/"real" country.<p>In his own words: <a href="http://en.kremlin.ru/events/president/news/67828" rel="nofollow">http://en.kremlin.ru/events/president/news/67828</a></p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2026 02:21:08 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47760508</link><dc:creator>BurningFrog</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47760508</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47760508</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by BurningFrog in "The Rational Conclusion of Doomerism Is Violence"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I agree, but it's only half of the equation.<p>Your solution also can't be worse than the problem it solves!<p>Overly clear example: Killing your noisy neighbors actually achieves the end of a quiet home. But that really doesn't justify it.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2026 18:02:18 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47755727</link><dc:creator>BurningFrog</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47755727</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47755727</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by BurningFrog in "Emperor penguin and Antarctic fur seal now endangered"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Most of the planet already is unlivable for humans.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 17:15:38 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47706373</link><dc:creator>BurningFrog</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47706373</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47706373</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by BurningFrog in "Cambodia unveils statue to honour famous landmine-sniffing rat"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>With an expansive Russia next door it's hard to forego effective defense measures.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2026 20:35:40 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47681018</link><dc:creator>BurningFrog</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47681018</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47681018</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by BurningFrog in "Germany Doxes "UNKN," Head of RU Ransomware Gangs REvil, GandCrab"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Doxxing a hostile act.<p>If it's negative depends on if you think they deserve the hostility.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2026 16:43:25 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47663321</link><dc:creator>BurningFrog</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47663321</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47663321</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by BurningFrog in "Artemis II crew see first glimpse of far side of Moon [video]"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I half agree. It <i>is</i> new and important.<p>But it's hard, at least for me personally, to get really excited about it...</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 05 Apr 2026 22:23:51 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47654561</link><dc:creator>BurningFrog</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47654561</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47654561</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by BurningFrog in "Artemis II crew see first glimpse of far side of Moon [video]"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I'm very excited about the later steps of the Artemis project!<p>Landing on the Moon South Pole and start setting up the lunar station there will be a huge step, especially after 50 years of nothing!!<p>But <i>this</i> flight has already been done without a crew. Doing it with a human crew is important, but it achieves nothing new and exciting.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 05 Apr 2026 19:26:28 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47652947</link><dc:creator>BurningFrog</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47652947</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47652947</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by BurningFrog in "Iranian missile blitz takes down AWS data centers in Bahrain and Dubai"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Closed-loop water cooling systems are common and use very little water, despite what you may hear from alarmists.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 04 Apr 2026 23:00:25 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47644428</link><dc:creator>BurningFrog</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47644428</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47644428</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by BurningFrog in "Artemis II crew take “spectacular” image of Earth"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Moonlight <i>is</i> reflected sunlight.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 22:22:51 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47633122</link><dc:creator>BurningFrog</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47633122</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47633122</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by BurningFrog in "Sweden goes back to basics, swapping screens for books in the classroom"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>2 of your 3 pieces of evidence are your guesses ("I bet", "I assume").<p>That tells us more about you than about tech CEOs.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 17:04:28 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47617080</link><dc:creator>BurningFrog</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47617080</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47617080</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by BurningFrog in "SpaceX files to go public"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>The obligatory "Elon is a poophead!" responses anytime you mention Elon without criticizing him is my least favorite thing about this forum.</p>
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<p>Starlink is incredibly profitable though.<p>It's not like they're subsidizing some experimental internal project. Starlink is the majority of their profits and growing fast.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 02:25:55 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47609290</link><dc:creator>BurningFrog</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47609290</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47609290</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by BurningFrog in "SpaceX files to go public"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>The stated goal for Grok is to be as truthful as possible.<p>Maybe that shows up as being more right leaning than the competition.</p>
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<p>Grok is of course also trained on the same giant blob of "all human writing" that the other models are trained on.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 02:16:37 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47609248</link><dc:creator>BurningFrog</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47609248</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47609248</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by BurningFrog in "Live: Artemis II Launch Day Updates"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I don't think I would be bored in this trip!</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 02:09:06 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47609214</link><dc:creator>BurningFrog</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47609214</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47609214</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by BurningFrog in "New Washington state law bans noncompete agreements"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>All voluntary transactions benefits both buyer and seller.<p>This is as it should be!</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2026 18:55:04 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47578252</link><dc:creator>BurningFrog</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47578252</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47578252</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by BurningFrog in "South Korea Mandates Solar Panels for Public Parking Lots"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Capturing the radiation to convert it to electricity is the whole point of solar panels.</p>
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