Hacker News: Dumblydorr

New comment by Dumblydorr in "Bob Odenkirk would like to remind you that life is a meaningless farce"

Dumblydorr — Mon, 27 Apr 2026 12:36:06 +0000

Did you read the article? He struggled for many years before achieving fame, and his main source of purpose was having young children. The HN headline doesn’t give the context that he feels outside of Mr Show and raising children, and after a near death experience, he feels less purpose than ever.

New comment by Dumblydorr in "Tell HN: An app is silently installing itself on my iPhone every day"

Dumblydorr — Sun, 26 Apr 2026 13:18:06 +0000

The irony of a meditation mindfulness app becoming a zombie and annoying and distracting thousands of people is palpable. I don’t use the app but it sounds completely off brand!

New comment by Dumblydorr in "The U.K. Smoking Ban Is Illiberal"

Dumblydorr — Sat, 25 Apr 2026 22:18:49 +0000

Extraordinary claims require evidence, not snarky Google mentions. Spending amounts are for what specifically? Do those 2.6 billion account for second and third hand smoke? For smoking in pregnancy leading to problems?

New comment by Dumblydorr in "Ask HN: Is Zuckerberg just a „one-hit-wonder"?"

Dumblydorr — Sat, 25 Apr 2026 20:59:44 +0000

He’s a sociopath. Why ignore that obvious fact? He buys a Hawaiian island and builds a secret bunker there for when the wasted mouths are eradicated. These robber billionaires aren’t normal people.

New comment by Dumblydorr in "Ask HN: Is Zuckerberg just a „one-hit-wonder"?"

Dumblydorr — Sat, 25 Apr 2026 20:58:32 +0000

They did, he stole the ideas or bought them. What did he actually do himself?

New comment by Dumblydorr in "I Stumbled Upon Paul Graham's Essays – and Can't Stop Reading"

Dumblydorr — Thu, 23 Apr 2026 16:29:29 +0000

Yeah maybe my standard is high but PG is just another essayist. I’d rather reach for real literature or historical non-fiction before PG. I will grant for the tech industry it’s some of the more insightful stuff I’ve seen but I don’t need more folk wisdom, I need more screen-free doing and less consumption of text.

New comment by Dumblydorr in "I Stumbled Upon Paul Graham's Essays – and Can't Stop Reading"

Dumblydorr — Thu, 23 Apr 2026 16:26:56 +0000

It seems based heavily on recency? Not a lot questions per day it seems. Does anyone have the algorithm for ranking?

New comment by Dumblydorr in "College instructor turns to typewriters to curb AI-written work"

Dumblydorr — Sun, 19 Apr 2026 12:51:40 +0000

“You” being the operative word in You solved it. Typing a question into AI and having it solve it is not “you” solving it by any stretch.

New comment by Dumblydorr in "Gas Town: From Clown Show to v1.0"

Dumblydorr — Wed, 15 Apr 2026 12:38:07 +0000

I have no idea if this is a real thing or a joke, but it was hilarious! That’s where we are I guess

New comment by Dumblydorr in "For the first time in the U.S., renewables generate more power than natural gas"

Dumblydorr — Tue, 14 Apr 2026 17:45:09 +0000

Not in the same ballpark. Chernobyl nearly poisoned the entire continent’s water supply. Nuclear waste is far far worse than excess water.

New comment by Dumblydorr in "How to get better at guitar"

Dumblydorr — Wed, 08 Apr 2026 10:59:54 +0000

Deliberate practice. Whatever you do, take it slow and careful. Learn it the right way once slowly. If you learn it too quickly and too surface level, you’ll practice-in mistakes and create 10X “tech debt” to solve later.

New comment by Dumblydorr in "The team behind a pro-Iran, Lego-themed viral-video campaign"

Dumblydorr — Tue, 07 Apr 2026 11:16:31 +0000

The USA didn’t turn Iran into a terrorist Jihadist state attempting to get nukes. Not everything is the USA’s doing, give extremely violent Islam its fault as well.

New comment by Dumblydorr in "Ask HN: Client took over development by vibe coding. What to do?"

Dumblydorr — Wed, 01 Apr 2026 12:10:47 +0000

You’re collaborating in multiple ways more than you anticipated. What would you do if they brought in another dev to work on it independently?

If you see failure in the projects future due to this, make sure you establish your limits and boundaries and obligations clearly in writing. Don’t get officially saddled with their slop.

New comment by Dumblydorr in "Fear and denial in Silicon Valley over social media addiction trial"

Dumblydorr — Sat, 28 Mar 2026 02:28:00 +0000

And feeding toxic content to children while doing so.

New comment by Dumblydorr in "Goodbye to Sora"

Dumblydorr — Wed, 25 Mar 2026 12:25:15 +0000

Reminds me of when photo filters and initial stickers and mirror filters came out on MacBook in like 2007. It was super fun for a couple days then the novelty wore off.

New comment by Dumblydorr in "Microsoft's "fix" for Windows 11"

Dumblydorr — Tue, 24 Mar 2026 12:14:37 +0000

Yeah, fully agree. The idea domestic abusers care about flowers is ludicrous. They’re violent and mostly remorseless about it. Anyone who dealt with it personally would chuck the flowers in the bin.

New comment by Dumblydorr in "Microsoft's "fix" for Windows 11"

Dumblydorr — Tue, 24 Mar 2026 12:12:17 +0000

Mac’s are way more expensive than most people need. If anyone asked me today, I’d say buy a cheap laptop and I’ll install Linux on it for you. Ask ChatGPT on your phone if ever any bugs come up. Problem solved, hundreds of dollars saved over the Mac.

New comment by Dumblydorr in "Honda is killing its EVs"

Dumblydorr — Wed, 18 Mar 2026 10:57:43 +0000

Source? That sounds dubious. Here in USA you hear blazing engines constantly, I’m skeptical a rubber tire is louder than that

New comment by Dumblydorr in "The American Healthcare Conundrum"

Dumblydorr — Tue, 17 Mar 2026 15:09:41 +0000

We already have multiple forms of socialized medicine, it isn’t perfect. Burning our current system down and shoving them all into Medicare and the VA system would kill thousands or more people, healthcare needs to be operational 24/7/365.

I think a gradual move to single payer is the way, but even if you could get that passed as legislation, which you can’t due to a rigged senate balance, and not struck down by SCOTUS, you’d need 10 years to begin the changeover. It’s really that massive of a project.

But it won’t happen with the current solidifying conservative governmental systems. Say hello to your future, it’s now.

New comment by Dumblydorr in "The American Healthcare Conundrum"

Dumblydorr — Tue, 17 Mar 2026 15:06:44 +0000

Capitalism =\= free-market

We have crony capitalism in the US, healthcare is one of the easiest areas to see it.

Free-market is the illusive perfect sphere. Most markets are oval or amoeba shaped. Rarely can the US achieve a true free market in any industry, since money pours into politics and corrupts the laws and regulations.