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New comment by MrDrMcCoy in "Fruits and Vegetables 50% Less Nutritious Than in the 1960s"

MrDrMcCoy — Sun, 18 Oct 2026 04:51:38 +0000

The tale of Golden Rice has long since drained me of hope in this regard.

New comment by MrDrMcCoy in "Artificial intelligence is capitalism's final destination"

MrDrMcCoy — Sun, 18 Oct 2026 04:08:43 +0000

Praise the Omnisiah

New comment by MrDrMcCoy in "When No ID Means No Internet"

MrDrMcCoy — Sun, 18 Oct 2026 03:31:44 +0000

Given [gestures vaguely at history], I really don't understand why someone would trust any tech company with their legal ID.

New comment by MrDrMcCoy in "Nine-Inch Snails"

MrDrMcCoy — Sat, 17 Oct 2026 09:35:26 +0000

Good flavor I can buy, but the last time I tried snails it was the texture that had me gagging.

New comment by MrDrMcCoy in "Show HN: Sygal – Convert PDFs, scans and web pages to Markdown, locally"

MrDrMcCoy — Fri, 16 Oct 2026 06:30:32 +0000

That is an entirely different question. If you like your current solution, there's no reason to switch.

New comment by MrDrMcCoy in "Show HN: Sygal – Convert PDFs, scans and web pages to Markdown, locally"

MrDrMcCoy — Thu, 15 Oct 2026 20:48:00 +0000

LLMs have been self-hostable for a while now.

New comment by MrDrMcCoy in "Passkeys are a trap"

MrDrMcCoy — Mon, 12 Oct 2026 00:44:34 +0000

Yes. I've done many imports/exports and have lost no passkeys with Vaultwarden.

New comment by MrDrMcCoy in "The RAM shortage is bringing back DDR4"

MrDrMcCoy — Sun, 11 Oct 2026 15:18:35 +0000

Rather, the LLMs will make the OS on those old e-readers much more maintainable.

New comment by MrDrMcCoy in "CIA World Factbook is dead – Here is an attempt at recreation"

MrDrMcCoy — Sun, 11 Oct 2026 04:24:41 +0000

Feature request: include the source and date last updated for all information fields.

New comment by MrDrMcCoy in "CIA World Facebook Is Dead – Here Is an Attempt at Recreation"

MrDrMcCoy — Sun, 11 Oct 2026 04:21:27 +0000

No, it was a guidebook anyone could use for just about every country. It well predates PRISM, and was well regarded until it was discontinued.

New comment by MrDrMcCoy in "Trump says anyone who uses the phrase "artificial intelligence" is "the enemy""

MrDrMcCoy — Sat, 10 Oct 2026 07:12:35 +0000

Sure, buddy. Give yourself another pat on the back.

New comment by MrDrMcCoy in "Anger as man sentenced to death for Facebook comment"

MrDrMcCoy — Sat, 10 Oct 2026 00:16:38 +0000

"Muslim" is not a race.

New comment by MrDrMcCoy in "Anger as man sentenced to death for Facebook comment"

MrDrMcCoy — Sat, 10 Oct 2026 00:14:28 +0000

I would imagine that the idea is to have representation for mental illness in government, but stability and compassion are more important.

New comment by MrDrMcCoy in "Trump says anyone who uses the phrase "artificial intelligence" is "the enemy""

MrDrMcCoy — Fri, 09 Oct 2026 19:41:00 +0000

I wouldn't call myself a Heinlein fan. He was sometimes interesting, but was all over the map and had some pretty messed up ideas. I can't think of any particular tribe or style I'd like to adhere to, and I'm not about to change myself to fit in.

Save reactions like this for users of incel-speak like *maxxing.

New comment by MrDrMcCoy in "Trump says anyone who uses the phrase "artificial intelligence" is "the enemy""

MrDrMcCoy — Fri, 09 Oct 2026 19:27:33 +0000

I found Heinlein's works to be the full gamut of interesting and disgusting. That one word was amusing enough for me to use, and somehow that paints my entire character? It was one of the more innocuous things that could be lifted from his writing. You're trying to extrapolate far too much from that.

New comment by MrDrMcCoy in "ADHD as a circadian rhythm disorder: evidence and implications for chronotherapy (2025)"

MrDrMcCoy — Fri, 09 Oct 2026 07:29:39 +0000

A very uninformed opinion.

New comment by MrDrMcCoy in "ADHD as a circadian rhythm disorder: evidence and implications for chronotherapy (2025)"

MrDrMcCoy — Fri, 09 Oct 2026 07:25:51 +0000

> so conditioned to being groggy in the mornings that I still find it hard to get up even if I feel fairly refreshed.

I am very much in the same boat. Mornings have never been my friend. Even the few restful nights and refreshed mornings I get are spoiled by learned grogginess and overstaying in bed.

New comment by MrDrMcCoy in "ADHD as a circadian rhythm disorder: evidence and implications for chronotherapy (2025)"

MrDrMcCoy — Fri, 09 Oct 2026 07:05:19 +0000

I've long since had to wear an eye mask to bed, which I hated until I found one I liked. The ones that do it for me are the weighted ones, in case you've never tried.

New comment by MrDrMcCoy in "Trump says anyone who uses the phrase "artificial intelligence" is "the enemy""

MrDrMcCoy — Fri, 09 Oct 2026 01:39:21 +0000

Top tier criticism, well done. Thank you for enriching the topic.

New comment by MrDrMcCoy in "Trump says anyone who uses the phrase "artificial intelligence" is "the enemy""

MrDrMcCoy — Thu, 08 Oct 2026 23:29:18 +0000

A simple Markov chain is more coherent than Trump these days...