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New comment by Snoozus in "Goldman Says Hedge Funds Had Worst July vs. S&P 500 in 20 Years"

Snoozus — Fri, 21 Aug 2026 18:50:18 +0000

The Schadenfreude is fine, but maybe they are smarter than the S&P and have bet against some hypes, just a little early?

New comment by Snoozus in "Melatonin impairs morning cognition in healthy young adults (2023)"

Snoozus — Sun, 09 Aug 2026 11:27:08 +0000

There is a world where melatonin is not worth it in the short run, but the result flips after a few days of sleep deprivation in the control group.

New comment by Snoozus in "Ask HN: Why are US tech workers so pro open borders?"

Snoozus — Thu, 23 Jul 2026 16:19:27 +0000

There could be a border, where the law and currency change. But people could still be free to cross that border.

I don't know what you mean with the russia/Ukraine thing, bringing a tank over the border would obviously be illegal in either legal system.

New comment by Snoozus in "Tesla allegedly in autopilot mode crashes into Texas house, woman killed"

Snoozus — Sat, 20 Jun 2026 23:23:37 +0000

Here is a video from the youtube channel Better Biomed, from the scene, apparently it was his house: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6L_8x-Y0jqg

New comment by Snoozus in "SpaceX says it has agreement to acquire Cursor for $60B"

Snoozus — Wed, 22 Apr 2026 13:57:40 +0000

because your paycheck comes only one day per month, so that estimate would bee too high by a factor of 30

New comment by Snoozus in "Bitcoin miners are losing on every coin produced as difficulty drops"

Snoozus — Sat, 11 Apr 2026 13:38:33 +0000

If everyone stopped mining transactions couldn't go through anymore and the value of bitcoin would drop. If you're heavily invested in bitcoin that's bad. Also miners try to squeeze in their preferred transactions which they can't do when they're not mining. Finally the costs dont drop to zero when you turn the miners off, so the loss from mining might be less than the loss when not mining.

New comment by Snoozus in "A Crazy Expensive U.S. Drone Just Disappeared over Strait of Hormuz"

Snoozus — Sat, 11 Apr 2026 04:09:44 +0000

This calculation is a bit naive, you should at least take into account the capabilities and crew training and operation cost. That's before you start thinking about the cost of crew rescue missions. It seems to fly way higher than the poseidon, so I guess it covers more ground as well.

New comment by Snoozus in "Microsoft terminates VeraCrypt account, halting Windows updates"

Snoozus — Thu, 09 Apr 2026 05:47:07 +0000

The boot verification code wasn't replaced, because it sits in the encrypted partition.

New comment by Snoozus in "No "New Deal" for OpenAI"

Snoozus — Tue, 07 Apr 2026 12:45:08 +0000

Are 18 dollar virgin negronis a thing? I love these obscure bits of cultural information. Does anyone know of a resource that lists more?

New comment by Snoozus in "Iran Is Not Blocking the Strait of Hormuz. It's Running a Toll Booth"

Snoozus — Tue, 07 Apr 2026 12:31:39 +0000

Is this a human writing in the style of LLMs?

The exemption is diplomatic, not commercial.

The Yuan Dimension

I hate it.

New comment by Snoozus in "Nitrile and latex gloves may cause overestimation of microplastics"

Snoozus — Sun, 29 Mar 2026 14:13:27 +0000

You would, but if you do studies that claim that microplastics accumulate in our bodies or even in out brains it makes a difference.

New comment by Snoozus in "iPhone 17 Pro Demonstrated Running a 400B LLM"

Snoozus — Tue, 24 Mar 2026 07:26:37 +0000

Unfortunately no, experts are typically switched out for every token. The way I understand it the idea was something like having each expert be good at one kind of task, but that's not how it panned out after training.

Can a wealthy family change the course of a deadly brain disease?

Snoozus — Sat, 07 Mar 2026 03:06:58 +0000

Article URL: https://www.science.org/content/article/can-wealthy-family-change-course-deadly-brain-disease

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47284061

Points: 39

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New comment by Snoozus in "CXMT has been offering DDR4 chips at about half the prevailing market rate"

Snoozus — Sun, 22 Feb 2026 06:42:25 +0000

Exactly, there are no losers here, everyone gets lunch.

New comment by Snoozus in "CXMT has been offering DDR4 chips at about half the prevailing market rate"

Snoozus — Sun, 22 Feb 2026 06:35:04 +0000

Would you build a fab that costs billions and takes years to start production because of a bubble?

New comment by Snoozus in "Interference Pattern Formed in a Finger Gap Is Not Single Slit Diffraction"

Snoozus — Sun, 15 Feb 2026 09:29:58 +0000

-I do see it on the edge of a single finger.

-I agree, also I can only observe the effect when focusing on the gap

-sure, but weirdly the effect has to be wavelength dependent, but there are no color fringes.

I think this is something else, but haven't figured it out yet.

New comment by Snoozus in "How often do full-body MRIs find cancer?"

Snoozus — Sun, 15 Feb 2026 06:52:41 +0000

That's not the case. Most of these wouldn't kill you. Many of those that would kill you would be spotted in time anyways.

And the few that would kill you and would otherwise not be noticed are so rare that the risk of the procedures on the others is considered higher.

New comment by Snoozus in "How often do full-body MRIs find cancer?"

Snoozus — Sun, 15 Feb 2026 06:48:45 +0000

No, you still wouldn't, because doctors are neither free nor perfectly rational.

The probability of finding something worth a biopsy is not low, it is high compared to the probability of the patient requiring intervention.

New comment by Snoozus in "How often do full-body MRIs find cancer?"

Snoozus — Sun, 15 Feb 2026 06:41:04 +0000

It is not only money, machines and doctors are also a limited resource.

The other bit is that no one follows your protocol, everyone looks at the scans, finds reasons to worry. Then you have the choice between unnecessary biopsies and psychological stress.

New comment by Snoozus in "Recreating Epstein PDFs from raw encoded attachments"

Snoozus — Fri, 06 Feb 2026 04:49:56 +0000

this one has a better font, might be a simple copy&paste job