Hacker News: Mobius01

New comment by Mobius01 in "Genie 4"

Mobius01 — Tue, 27 Oct 2026 21:57:06 +0000

For me, this does nothing. I am attracted to film and gaming for the artistry and deliberate choices made by the authors. A synthetic approach may be stimulating but I find it ultimately void.

New comment by Mobius01 in "Tesla profits drop 43% in Q3"

Mobius01 — Thu, 22 Oct 2026 04:44:46 +0000

Tesla could have been so much more with an adult at the helm.

Toyota Releases Video of Wheelchair-Alternative Mobility Concepts in Action

Mobius01 — Wed, 21 Oct 2026 21:20:53 +0000

This is something I’ve been hoping to see more now that robotics is advancing at a decent clip.

Edit - no idea why Octal omitted the URL:

https://www.core77.com/posts/145699/Toyota-Releases-Video-of-Wheelchair-Alternative-Mobility-Concepts-in-Action#

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50187813

Points: 14

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New comment by Mobius01 in "Butlerian Jihad"

Mobius01 — Sat, 17 Oct 2026 03:33:00 +0000

We did. Brian Herbert’s expansion of his father’s work is best left in the shelf.

New comment by Mobius01 in "Nearly 200 people under observation after Irkutsk lab worker dies from plague"

Mobius01 — Mon, 05 Oct 2026 04:13:55 +0000

How did you enjoy the book? I did like her nuclear war volume, but it could have used some editing.

New comment by Mobius01 in "America.gov"

Mobius01 — Wed, 30 Sep 2026 20:00:18 +0000

Of course not. Most likely this administration unilaterally decides to rename the rest of the Americas to something nonsensical.

New comment by Mobius01 in "What California is learning from solar panels built over irrigation canals"

Mobius01 — Wed, 23 Sep 2026 19:14:25 +0000

Unfortunately our oil-first administration in the US will find any number of reasons to impede solar progress. That we don’t have a robust national program to incentivize rooftop solar is absurd.

New comment by Mobius01 in "Gateside by TSA Precheck"

Mobius01 — Sun, 06 Sep 2026 02:46:42 +0000

I didn’t blame the administration for starting Pre-Check: I’m faulting them for not ending it, instead adding another feature to it. The new gate access is free - for TSA Pre-Check enrollees. Meaning this will increase demand for the service. They could have done the population a (rare) solid and found a way to phase out the security theater.

New comment by Mobius01 in "Gateside by TSA Precheck"

Mobius01 — Sun, 06 Sep 2026 02:25:58 +0000

Instead of rolling back the ineffective and draconian security measures to pre-2001, they simply decided to monetize it. That tracks for this administration.

New comment by Mobius01 in "Dwarf Fortress is getting the mother of all magic updates"

Mobius01 — Thu, 27 Aug 2026 19:50:09 +0000

I wish nothing but success to Tarn and Zach, it’s great that releasing on Steam and adding a friendlier UI helped the game reach new audiences. It’s the proverbial time black hole.

New comment by Mobius01 in "DARPA, U.S. Air Force fly AI-controlled F-16"

Mobius01 — Thu, 23 Jul 2026 19:25:46 +0000

One Sharon Apple concert before the end!

New comment by Mobius01 in "Polymarket has flooded social media with deceptive videos by paid creators"

Mobius01 — Tue, 23 Jun 2026 01:53:48 +0000

I remember in 2006 when online sports gambling was banned, and witnessed first hand some sleaze bags flee to Costa Rica where many of the actual operations were located. What I witnessed regarding addiction and exploitation put me off sports for a long time. Now here we are, with the tech industry and political capital behind it, this time engineered to engulf the entire population. It's repulsive.

New comment by Mobius01 in "Ask HN: What has been bothering you lately?"

Mobius01 — Wed, 17 Jun 2026 23:27:51 +0000

> I do not see AI taking jobs, I see it more as everyone got a great secretary/junior to offload 'busy' work onto.

I’m afraid that your perspective is flawed. There are many jobs whose output can’t be enhanced by offloading certain tasks to improve productivity - the output itself is replaced by AI.

For instance, a family member who is a successful freelance illustrator and whose field has dramatically shrank with the introduction of image generation. They don’t need a secretary, they need clients. The same clients that now are happy to replace 50%-80% of their demand with AI-generated imagery.

New comment by Mobius01 in "Show HN: Files.md – Open-source alternative to Obsidian"

Mobius01 — Mon, 18 May 2026 17:41:53 +0000

Timely, just this morning I took an interest in Obsidian and the immediate query about it being open source returned a disappointing “no”. So count me in to try this one.

New comment by Mobius01 in "Casio S100X Japanese Lacquer Edition (JP Page Only)"

Mobius01 — Sun, 10 May 2026 19:24:28 +0000

Becoming aware of typography practices will drive you insane. The world is full of atrocities. Live in bliss. But still buy the calculator :)

New comment by Mobius01 in "If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies"

Mobius01 — Sat, 09 May 2026 00:17:34 +0000

I had some credits sitting on Audible doing nothing, so I picked this up out of curiosity about Mr. Yudkowsky's reputation as an irredeemable AI pessimist. Hopefully this is better than the AI Doc film, which was borderline insulting.

New comment by Mobius01 in "US Government releases first batch of UAP documents and videos"

Mobius01 — Fri, 08 May 2026 18:53:51 +0000

Am I supposed to take The Department of Defense seriously when the presentation of these alleged real findings looks like a website best described as marketing for the Call of Duty crowd?

New comment by Mobius01 in "VibeVoice: Open-source frontier voice AI"

Mobius01 — Tue, 28 Apr 2026 14:21:24 +0000

Microsoft has historically made poor choices in product naming, but this has to be a new low.

New comment by Mobius01 in "Not buying another Kindle"

Mobius01 — Tue, 21 Apr 2026 02:10:03 +0000

Thanks for sharing Bookshelves. It’s great.

New comment by Mobius01 in "Tesla tells HW3 owner to 'be patient' after 7 years of waiting for FSD"

Mobius01 — Sat, 18 Apr 2026 04:09:53 +0000

It would require an administration that had a modicum of care for the average consumer/taxpayer, and the current one isn’t it.