Hacker News: CodeWriter23

New comment by CodeWriter23 in "Seeing beyond BMI: Estimating cardiometabolic risk with smartphone imagery"

CodeWriter23 — Thu, 20 Aug 2026 15:35:24 +0000

Putting this out here in case anyone with metabolic disorders may find it useful. Labcorp has a recently added blood screening, the 'Metabolic Vulnerability Index' aka MVX. This looks outside the 'standard of care' cholesterol/glucose/bp triad which typically results in managed decline to identify underlying causes of said triad.

A metabolic specialist who understands how these work is essential to the recovery process.

New comment by CodeWriter23 in "Ocean heat records broken as hottest July temperature recorded"

CodeWriter23 — Wed, 12 Aug 2026 21:12:07 +0000

So you're saying energy + inert gas is an energy generator? Politely, GTFO.

New comment by CodeWriter23 in "Ocean heat records broken as hottest July temperature recorded"

CodeWriter23 — Wed, 12 Aug 2026 21:11:15 +0000

I'm a person YIC. And to answer your question, a gas composing 0.04% of our atmosphere does not trump the sun's energy in any way shape or form.

New comment by CodeWriter23 in "Plug-In Solar Panels Starting to Sprout in U.S. Backyards"

CodeWriter23 — Sun, 09 Aug 2026 22:01:23 +0000

Thanks for the answer instead of a downvote.

New comment by CodeWriter23 in "Plug-In Solar Panels Starting to Sprout in U.S. Backyards"

CodeWriter23 — Sun, 09 Aug 2026 19:13:22 +0000

There was a carport fire in my building back in the 90's. The firefighters got all set up to turn their hoses on it but did not actually start using water to fight the fire until the utility guy from the city arrived to de-energize the supply from a nearby vault.

How does that safety protocol work when the electrical connections and supplies are distributed around the house and may be inaccessible due to fire?

New comment by CodeWriter23 in "An OpenAI Strategist Says AI Labs Should Rival Government Power"

CodeWriter23 — Sun, 09 Aug 2026 19:05:54 +0000

Well at least they're not hiding their objective any longer.

New comment by CodeWriter23 in "Civilian plane crash in New Mexico tied to military GPS blocking"

CodeWriter23 — Thu, 06 Aug 2026 07:48:32 +0000

The NTSB has published their report? Because they don’t lead with speculation. Ever. I do however expect so-called experts to be aware of announced no-fly zones where the military is jamming.

New comment by CodeWriter23 in "Civilian plane crash in New Mexico tied to military GPS blocking"

CodeWriter23 — Wed, 05 Aug 2026 18:08:15 +0000

Interesting how neither you nor the article affirm or deny if they plane was flying in restricted airspace either before or during the crash.

New comment by CodeWriter23 in "I'm 38 and I Can't Support Myself Anymore"

CodeWriter23 — Tue, 28 Jul 2026 22:02:02 +0000

Fortunately, just about all of those are the result of slow poisoning via industrialized food sources. And can be remedied via diet. It's not fun wanting chili fries and having to eat eggs and home-made yogurt instead. But it's working in my case and I have the labs to prove it.

New comment by CodeWriter23 in "I'm 38 and I Can't Support Myself Anymore"

CodeWriter23 — Tue, 28 Jul 2026 21:58:38 +0000

My answer: "Whatever it takes"

New comment by CodeWriter23 in "OpenAI’s accidental attack against Hugging Face is science fiction that happened"

CodeWriter23 — Thu, 23 Jul 2026 20:00:59 +0000

You’re viewing it from a freedom not a profit perspective. If a license to use AI is required, that creates artificial scarcity. The price goes up. If gov declares Qwen et.al apostate, lack of competition increases prices.

And Anthropic’s delayed rollout was a direct response to them trying to impose extra-legislative rules on The Pentagon. I kinda doubt OpenAI has such ‘scruples’.

New comment by CodeWriter23 in "OpenAI’s accidental attack against Hugging Face is science fiction that happened"

CodeWriter23 — Thu, 23 Jul 2026 18:38:27 +0000

If by "accidental" you mean "humans deliberately trained the AI to do that", then ok.

IMO, this was a PR stunt to goad the Feds into regulating AI to shore up OpenAI's moat against open source models.

New comment by CodeWriter23 in "You Opened a Credit Card. ICE Now Knows Where You Live"

CodeWriter23 — Thu, 23 Jul 2026 05:23:53 +0000

> Last century, a year in jail ended after the year.

Yes I am seriously refuting your prior statement. Not saying things are identical; I am saying a jail term didn’t disappear for part of the last century,

New comment by CodeWriter23 in "Most Americans say "not in my backyard" to AI data centers"

CodeWriter23 — Wed, 22 Jul 2026 19:06:59 +0000

Musk has is it right. Terafab and orbital data center pods.

New comment by CodeWriter23 in "You Opened a Credit Card. ICE Now Knows Where You Live"

CodeWriter23 — Wed, 22 Jul 2026 19:06:00 +0000

Ahem, you misspelled completely legal-to-own weapons. Whereas ICE is tracking illegal immigration activity.

New comment by CodeWriter23 in "You Opened a Credit Card. ICE Now Knows Where You Live"

CodeWriter23 — Wed, 22 Jul 2026 16:54:30 +0000

Lefties didn't have a problem with this when the intent was tracking ammo purchases.

New comment by CodeWriter23 in "You Opened a Credit Card. ICE Now Knows Where You Live"

CodeWriter23 — Wed, 22 Jul 2026 16:53:20 +0000

Nah, we had the "Have you been convicted of a felony in the past 7 years" job application question in the 80's. And background checks were accessible.

New comment by CodeWriter23 in "Should DayQuil Be Legal?"

CodeWriter23 — Mon, 06 Jul 2026 19:32:59 +0000

It should be legal. Caveat Emptor applies always. to everything. I'd rather have choices available in a marketplace rather than a nanny state stifling innovation through its own incompetence.

New comment by CodeWriter23 in "Should DayQuil Be Legal?"

CodeWriter23 — Mon, 06 Jul 2026 19:24:41 +0000

Not to chastise you or your wife, there is an actual "Liver Warning" on Tylenol Product labels. They warn against 4000mg/day or with alcohol consumption. It's not an on/off switch, the damage occurs on a ramp that achieves a critical point after so much consumption.

Saying this to encourage label reading and to refute those who might try to characterize your wife's experience as anecdotal. And for those who stop reading a page like this one, after the first paragraph that touts "no evidence": https://www.tylenolprofessional.com/safety-and-efficacy/safe... when at the bottom it reveals the Liver Warning.

New comment by CodeWriter23 in "Feds Tracked Down an Anti-ICE Dad in NYC Hotel, but How?"

CodeWriter23 — Mon, 29 Jun 2026 22:42:27 +0000

I'm 100% positive there is more evidence in these cases than is covered by the rag known as Gizmodo.