Hacker News: MaysonL

New comment by MaysonL in "What we lost when we stopped letting kids leave the front yard"

MaysonL — Tue, 26 May 2026 16:07:27 +0000

I remember walking the last couple miles of the Garden State Parkway a week or two before it opened. Could a youngster do such a thing today?

After checking the Wikipedia page, I realized that I was only 10 or 11 at the time. Somehow I remembered it as having been older – high school age.

Tofersen, a New Treatment for ALS, Reverses Symptoms for Some

MaysonL — Tue, 12 May 2026 03:09:33 +0000

Article URL: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/06/well/als-treatment-tofersen-qalsody.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48103738

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

Is Ukraine winning the war? [audio]

MaysonL — Fri, 01 May 2026 15:34:55 +0000

Article URL: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/is-ukraine-winning-the-war/id1896022989?i=1000765432553

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47976000

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

New comment by MaysonL in "Apple reports second quarter results"

MaysonL — Thu, 30 Apr 2026 23:08:02 +0000

Actually, the product they should build is an ebike. They should buy Weel.[1]

[1] https://insideevs.com/news/614379/weel-evb-electric-concept-...

An "Observatory" for a Shy Super AI?

MaysonL — Thu, 30 Apr 2026 16:15:24 +0000

Article URL: https://robreid.substack.com/p/an-observatory-for-a-shy-super-ai

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47964695

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

AI researchers want AI to fake "thinking" – by Mike Elgan

MaysonL — Tue, 28 Apr 2026 23:52:14 +0000

Article URL: https://www.machinesociety.ai/p/ai-researchers-want-ai-to-fake-thinking-247

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47942427

Points: 3

# Comments: 2

New comment by MaysonL in "The Illuminated Man: an unconventional portrait of JG Ballard"

MaysonL — Thu, 23 Apr 2026 00:08:33 +0000

Note that the title is probably an allusion to Ray Bradbury’s collection “The Illustrated Man”.

LAcon V Announces 2026 Hugo Awards Finalists

MaysonL — Tue, 21 Apr 2026 20:48:49 +0000

Article URL: https://file770.com/lacon-v-announces-2026-hugo-awards-finalists/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47854330

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by MaysonL in "Brands got worse on purpose"

MaysonL — Tue, 21 Apr 2026 16:04:16 +0000

And, before major purchases, check to make sure that private equity firm has not bought them.

New comment by MaysonL in "Apple ignores DMA interoperability requests and contradicts own documentation"

MaysonL — Tue, 21 Apr 2026 15:57:26 +0000

First iPhone had no App Store: no third-party apps.

New comment by MaysonL in "Tim Cook's Impeccable Timing"

MaysonL — Tue, 21 Apr 2026 15:47:17 +0000

Apple _is_ a software company: everything it sells is based on a Mac OS X foundation.

The 'unregistered Americans': because of their parents, they do not exist

MaysonL — Tue, 21 Apr 2026 15:27:40 +0000

Article URL: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2026/apr/21/unregistered-americans-sovereign-citizen

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47850184

Points: 5

# Comments: 0

Chinese Electrotech Is the Big Winner in the Iran War

MaysonL — Wed, 15 Apr 2026 23:57:45 +0000

Article URL: https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/chinese-electrotech-is-the-big-winner

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47786951

Points: 7

# Comments: 0

New comment by MaysonL in "Stanford report highlights growing disconnect between AI insiders and everyone"

MaysonL — Mon, 13 Apr 2026 21:37:22 +0000

“Make people want something, and sell it to them”.

New comment by MaysonL in "Expanding Swift's IDE Support"

MaysonL — Wed, 08 Apr 2026 20:19:01 +0000

Is there an open—source Swift IDE that can modify itself without restarting? (written in Swift) I loved Oberon µSystems Oberon/F aka Component Pascal for that capability.

Or am I going to have to vibe-code one.

Sleeping sickness drug simplifies treatment, raising hopes for eradication

MaysonL — Sat, 04 Apr 2026 22:27:11 +0000

Article URL: https://www.science.org/content/article/truly-spectacular-drug-sleeping-sickness-simplifies-treatment-raising-hopes-eradication

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47644174

Points: 4

# Comments: 0

The sheep farmer turned a 1-800 call to coal giant AGL into a solar grazing deal

MaysonL — Tue, 31 Mar 2026 01:58:45 +0000

Article URL: https://reneweconomy.com.au/the-sheep-farmer-who-turned-a-1800-call-to-coal-giant-agl-into-a-major-solar-grazing-deal/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47581907

Points: 1

# Comments: 1

New comment by MaysonL in "We haven't seen the worst of what gambling and prediction markets will do"

MaysonL — Fri, 27 Mar 2026 01:35:54 +0000

“The best way to predict the future is to invent it.”

California Regulator Says Tesla's 'Robotaxis' Are More Like a Limo in the Law

MaysonL — Thu, 26 Mar 2026 17:23:46 +0000

Article URL: https://gizmodo.com/california-regulator-says-teslas-robotaxis-are-more-like-a-limo-in-the-eyes-of-the-law-2000738512

Hacker News: MaysonL

New comment by MaysonL in "What we lost when we stopped letting kids leave the front yard"

Tofersen, a New Treatment for ALS, Reverses Symptoms for Some

Is Ukraine winning the war? [audio]

New comment by MaysonL in "Apple reports second quarter results"

An "Observatory" for a Shy Super AI?

AI researchers want AI to fake "thinking" – by Mike Elgan

New comment by MaysonL in "The Illuminated Man: an unconventional portrait of JG Ballard"

LAcon V Announces 2026 Hugo Awards Finalists

New comment by MaysonL in "Brands got worse on purpose"

New comment by MaysonL in "Apple ignores DMA interoperability requests and contradicts own documentation"

New comment by MaysonL in "Tim Cook's Impeccable Timing"

The 'unregistered Americans': because of their parents, they do not exist

Chinese Electrotech Is the Big Winner in the Iran War

New comment by MaysonL in "Stanford report highlights growing disconnect between AI insiders and everyone"

New comment by MaysonL in "Expanding Swift's IDE Support"

Sleeping sickness drug simplifies treatment, raising hopes for eradication

The sheep farmer turned a 1-800 call to coal giant AGL into a solar grazing deal

New comment by MaysonL in "We haven't seen the worst of what gambling and prediction markets will do"

California Regulator Says Tesla's 'Robotaxis' Are More Like a Limo in the Law

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