Hacker News: CGMthrowaway

Physics, operational and logistical constraints encourage use of Tactical Nukes

CGMthrowaway — Sat, 17 Oct 2026 00:27:43 +0000

Article URL: https://medium.com/@averagejoseph96/how-physics-operational-and-logistical-constraints-may-encourage-the-usage-of-mrr-tactical-nukes-5e2c8292e3bd

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50126557

Points: 1

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New comment by CGMthrowaway in "Claude reveals ECDSA curve origins"

CGMthrowaway — Fri, 16 Oct 2026 19:45:51 +0000

Why did they specifically skip other apparently suitable curve candidates? The B-163 seed and the base point origins of several other curves are still not explained

On the painful prescience of Seinfeld

CGMthrowaway — Fri, 16 Oct 2026 19:42:32 +0000

Article URL: https://alexberenson.substack.com/p/on-the-painful-prescience-of-seinfeld

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50123511

Points: 4

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New comment by CGMthrowaway in "Neural networks are clean"

CGMthrowaway — Thu, 15 Oct 2026 22:55:22 +0000

What did it say? One comment is totally flagged away now

China's Secret Nuclear Tests

CGMthrowaway — Thu, 15 Oct 2026 22:53:40 +0000

Article URL: https://www.swp-berlin.org/10.18449/2026C31/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50111509

Points: 7

# Comments: 1

Project Excalibur: nuclear-pumped X-ray laser in space

CGMthrowaway — Thu, 15 Oct 2026 18:19:22 +0000

Article URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Excalibur

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50107917

Points: 2

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New comment by CGMthrowaway in "One in ten people are older than 65. Three in four live under a leader who is"

CGMthrowaway — Thu, 15 Oct 2026 18:18:21 +0000

Yeah you can add 18 to my 48 number if you are going to look at it that way. Not sure that it changes anything

New comment by CGMthrowaway in "One in ten people are older than 65. Three in four live under a leader who is"

CGMthrowaway — Thu, 15 Oct 2026 13:32:23 +0000

>The founding fathers were in their 30s.

The average age of the Constitutional Convention was 42 years old. Life expectancy of an adult[1] at that time was only about 48 years old, and the the median age of all American adults 18+ was about 30 (today it is 48).

[1]Avg life expectancy of someone from birth during this time was 37 years old.

New comment by CGMthrowaway in "One in ten people are older than 65. Three in four live under a leader who is"

CGMthrowaway — Thu, 15 Oct 2026 13:24:10 +0000

I read that book. William Golding, right?

New comment by CGMthrowaway in "One in ten people are older than 65. Three in four live under a leader who is"

CGMthrowaway — Thu, 15 Oct 2026 04:32:32 +0000

Ten in ten children have parents who are older than them

Not Mutual but Assured

CGMthrowaway — Wed, 14 Oct 2026 22:43:23 +0000

Article URL: https://monroelab.com/2025/01/01/not-mutual-but-assured/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50096542

Points: 4

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Cyberattack Disrupts Refrigeration Systems at French Supermarkets

CGMthrowaway — Mon, 12 Oct 2026 20:32:03 +0000

Article URL: https://www.france24.com/en/france/20261012-french-supermarket-chains-say-cyberattack-shut-down-refrigerators

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50062620

Points: 4

# Comments: 1

New comment by CGMthrowaway in "NYC's "Click to Cancel" rule is now in effect"

CGMthrowaway — Mon, 12 Oct 2026 05:39:22 +0000

  Doubled the police force and cut crime in half, including murders down 66%, shootings down 72%
  Zero-tolerance policy against public disorder, panhandling and public nuisance crimes (unheard of today!)
  Cleaned up times square transforming from a seedy red light district into a major tourist destination
  Converted a $2.3 billion city budget deficit into a $2.9 billion surplus
  Reduced or eliminated 23 different city taxes, saving taxpayers over $9 billion
  Overhauled the welfare system, helping people get jobs and successfully moved over 600K people off assistance
  Led NYC and USA through the immediate aftermath of 9/11
  Earned the title America's Mayor, Time magazine Person of the Year and an honorary knighthood

New comment by CGMthrowaway in "Anthropic Bans Cruelty to Claude, Still Won't Say What It Protects"

CGMthrowaway — Mon, 12 Oct 2026 05:35:48 +0000

Neither is talking to a chatbot

New comment by CGMthrowaway in "Food processing influences metabolism and brain activity"

CGMthrowaway — Mon, 12 Oct 2026 01:05:26 +0000

The average dinner plate today is 11.5 inches. Fifty years ago, it was 9.5in. A hundred years ago, it was 9 inches. In the 1700-1800s, it was 8 to 8.5 inches. For centuries before that, the common "trencher" was 4-6 inches square. And say ~2000 years ago, food was served for the entire dinner party on a single 12-16inch communal platter.

Dinner plates have gotten huge, historically speaking.

New comment by CGMthrowaway in "Anthropic Bans Cruelty to Claude, Still Won't Say What It Protects"

CGMthrowaway — Mon, 12 Oct 2026 00:54:40 +0000

>are you saying people who run over pedestrians on GTA just for the fun of it or punch other people or beings in Street Fighter or Mortal Kombat are all psychos

Pretty sure he said not all, but there is a chance some are. Which seems sensible.

New comment by CGMthrowaway in "Anthropic Bans Cruelty to Claude, Still Won't Say What It Protects"

CGMthrowaway — Mon, 12 Oct 2026 00:53:47 +0000

> Shooting NPCs in video games isn't anything like doing the real thing. If it was then yeah i would very likely think it would have some effect. Talking to Claude is a lot like the 'real' thing

What if the NPC's dialogue is powered by Claude? Checkmate lol

New comment by CGMthrowaway in "NYC's "Click to Cancel" rule is now in effect"

CGMthrowaway — Mon, 12 Oct 2026 00:46:56 +0000

I'm old enough to remember that everyone said the same thing about Giuliani when he was mayor. Now everyone hates him

Millions could get $280 In Equifax Credit Reporting Settlement for coding error

CGMthrowaway — Fri, 09 Oct 2026 19:05:15 +0000

Article URL: https://www.centraloregondaily.com/news/consumer/equifax-100-million-settlement-credit-score-error-claim-payment/article_c6bdc71c-7182-551d-8ab8-1f92156655e9.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50025230

Points: 1

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New comment by CGMthrowaway in "Trump administration is suspending Microsoft from a green card program"

CGMthrowaway — Thu, 08 Oct 2026 17:51:42 +0000

If anyone needs an example of this happening, here is one from yesterday. Netflix is advertising a fully remote $750K software engineering job in the Seattle Times classifieds but the same job isn't listed on their career website: https://x.com/JobsNowPR/status/2107816460634784094