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New comment by Johnny_Bonk in "Launch HN: Rise Reforming (YC S26) – Turning Waste Gases into Valuable Chemicals"

Johnny_Bonk — Tue, 28 Jul 2026 00:58:57 +0000

Yeah I agree its also a worthwhile use case rather than flaring methane into the atmosphere

New comment by Johnny_Bonk in "Benchmarking Opus 5 on SlopCodeBench"

Johnny_Bonk — Tue, 28 Jul 2026 00:25:39 +0000

like all good science, measure everything

New comment by Johnny_Bonk in "Launch HN: Rise Reforming (YC S26) – Turning Waste Gases into Valuable Chemicals"

Johnny_Bonk — Tue, 28 Jul 2026 00:20:40 +0000

I disagree with this, I work in the same field and I left a startup for the exact same reason of what you're proposing. There are a subset of founders probably like these folks and myself who would rather not build anything at all then continue to create BAU and raise money/build a product with the intention of 'one day maybe we'll make it sustainable'. How about RIGHT NOW, how about building things FROM THE GET GO based on deep principles that what you introduce from the start is already more beneficial for the planet. And I doubt they're greenwashing because there are several 3rd party verified certifications that can attest to whatever theyre producing is what they say it is, and then it becomes a matter of which certification.

New comment by Johnny_Bonk in "Benchmarking Opus 5 on SlopCodeBench"

Johnny_Bonk — Mon, 27 Jul 2026 23:54:44 +0000

yeah i agree

New comment by Johnny_Bonk in "Benchmarking Opus 5 on SlopCodeBench"

Johnny_Bonk — Mon, 27 Jul 2026 23:37:59 +0000

I haven't joined your chats in a while but glad to see you put this together, I truly feel as though opus 5 is not much of an improvement. The only time i ever felt a wow factor was opus 4, 4.6 and fable pre trump admin lobotimizing

New comment by Johnny_Bonk in "Our position on open-weights models"

Johnny_Bonk — Mon, 27 Jul 2026 23:35:13 +0000

Thanks for sharing, i agree no one should have absolute control of anything imo, and the mo greater the magnitude of implications the more important it should be stewarded democratically with clear and transparent principles with values adhering to things like human dignity, freedom, human, planetary & animal wellbeing etc etc. ill have to read the article

New comment by Johnny_Bonk in "Launch HN: Rise Reforming (YC S26) – Turning Waste Gases into Valuable Chemicals"

Johnny_Bonk — Mon, 27 Jul 2026 22:31:11 +0000

It was using genetically modified bacteria via industrial fermentation. It's essentially a specialty chemical used in pharma, automotive, paints & adhesives and theoretically for biodegradable plastics but unfortunately PHB (the plastic you can make out of it) doesn't have great properties. All in all, the 3HB market was pretty small with tight supply chains and not a huge amount of growth. I'm sure you guys will have more success depending on your outputs.

New comment by Johnny_Bonk in "Our position on open-weights models"

Johnny_Bonk — Mon, 27 Jul 2026 22:26:07 +0000

THiS! I'm pretty amazed how many people shoot them down without acknowledging the very real and somewhat probable risks they and other researchers have laid out. I don't agree with every point they make but folks really do just seem to think we should just keep building any technology and whine when we start to consider there are very real risks associated with powerful technology. checks notes see nuclear bombing of japan

New comment by Johnny_Bonk in "Launch HN: Rise Reforming (YC S26) – Turning Waste Gases into Valuable Chemicals"

Johnny_Bonk — Mon, 27 Jul 2026 20:46:19 +0000

Not exactly similar technology* but similar domain.

New comment by Johnny_Bonk in "Launch HN: Rise Reforming (YC S26) – Turning Waste Gases into Valuable Chemicals"

Johnny_Bonk — Mon, 27 Jul 2026 20:45:32 +0000

Congrats! I've worked on a similar technology converting waste syngas to 3-hydroxy-butyrate for further applications. Unfortunately in my case, we couldn't see any valuable and scalable end products from that particular molecule but I'm excited to follow your journey. Best of luck!

New comment by Johnny_Bonk in "French firefighters face 'pyrocumulonimbus' for first time"

Johnny_Bonk — Mon, 27 Jul 2026 04:18:56 +0000

Thank you for this

New comment by Johnny_Bonk in "Amid Increased Scrutiny, ICE Detention and Deportation Data Goes Dark"

Johnny_Bonk — Wed, 22 Jul 2026 21:12:17 +0000

Man you’re really all over the place but ONE thing is for certain. You really don’t care about humans. Best of luck in this life :)

New comment by Johnny_Bonk in "Amid Increased Scrutiny, ICE Detention and Deportation Data Goes Dark"

Johnny_Bonk — Tue, 21 Jul 2026 16:12:38 +0000

What about the extremism causing all of this, three years ago we didn't have folks with legal right to work here being executed in the street, separated from their families, deported right after getting out of a hospital for life threatening illnesses... politicians calling other people subhuman, animals, all criminals.. odd you dont mention THAT extremism.

New comment by Johnny_Bonk in "Former NOAA employees built Climate.us to preserve climate data and resources"

Johnny_Bonk — Mon, 13 Jul 2026 22:39:28 +0000

Thanks for the clarification lol

New comment by Johnny_Bonk in "Former NOAA employees built Climate.us to preserve climate data and resources"

Johnny_Bonk — Mon, 13 Jul 2026 22:22:49 +0000

Why would you say it’s useless data?

New comment by Johnny_Bonk in "Launch HN: Parsewise (YC P25) – Reason Across Documents with an API"

Johnny_Bonk — Thu, 02 Jul 2026 13:23:02 +0000

no but we're all implicated including myself

New comment by Johnny_Bonk in "Launch HN: Parsewise (YC P25) – Reason Across Documents with an API"

Johnny_Bonk — Thu, 02 Jul 2026 13:22:25 +0000

yes i do agree, thank you

New comment by Johnny_Bonk in "Launch HN: Parsewise (YC P25) – Reason Across Documents with an API"

Johnny_Bonk — Wed, 01 Jul 2026 17:50:51 +0000

Noted — and I did wish the founder success. I have no personal ill will towards them. But what I'd ask HN to consider is this: our world, and the technology we introduce into it, isn't apolitical or free of normative stakes and real, harmful implications for people. Treating where you've worked and what technology you've stewarded into being as an ethically neutral fact isn't neutral at all. What concerns me is that there's an increasing firewall against calling out things that ACTUALLLY harm people — while an objection gets reframed as a personal attack on someone willingly able to propagate problematic things. But this seems to be where the corporate tech world is moving as it cozies up to the authoritarians.

New comment by Johnny_Bonk in "Launch HN: Parsewise (YC P25) – Reason Across Documents with an API"

Johnny_Bonk — Wed, 01 Jul 2026 15:03:11 +0000

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New comment by Johnny_Bonk in "The US ambassador had Belgian police stop our reporting"

Johnny_Bonk — Tue, 30 Jun 2026 14:22:53 +0000

Exactly my thought… I just woke up