Hacker News: ThrowawayTestr

New comment by ThrowawayTestr in "Over 181,000 AI meeting recordings left wide open in note taking app"

ThrowawayTestr — Mon, 10 Aug 2026 15:03:10 +0000

More proof that software engineering isn't real engineering. If a civil engineer made a mistake that bad in my country, he'd likely lose his engineering licence.

New comment by ThrowawayTestr in "Andrew Wiles on proving Fermat’s Last Theorem (1995) [video]"

ThrowawayTestr — Sun, 09 Aug 2026 21:48:36 +0000

YouTube generally doesn't allow that

New comment by ThrowawayTestr in "Nashville uses eminent domain to block data center near zoo"

ThrowawayTestr — Thu, 06 Aug 2026 18:12:26 +0000

Stadiums actually provide utility to the local community

New comment by ThrowawayTestr in "FFmpeg 9.0"

ThrowawayTestr — Tue, 04 Aug 2026 15:13:38 +0000

>Animated WebP decoder

>Animated WebP demuxer

This is huge

New comment by ThrowawayTestr in "[dead]"

ThrowawayTestr — Sun, 02 Aug 2026 03:25:01 +0000

No, but you're wrong for telling everyone about it

New comment by ThrowawayTestr in "Ask HN: Any tips for a college freshman enrolled in computer science?"

ThrowawayTestr — Sat, 01 Aug 2026 17:17:58 +0000

Switch to petrochemical engineering

New comment by ThrowawayTestr in "Physicists Solve a Muon Mystery. Now, Old Results Don't Add Up"

ThrowawayTestr — Fri, 31 Jul 2026 02:36:18 +0000

No human process is perfect. Every human makes mistakes. If more people were able to admit being wrong the whole world would be a better place.

New comment by ThrowawayTestr in "Physicists Solve a Muon Mystery. Now, Old Results Don't Add Up"

ThrowawayTestr — Thu, 30 Jul 2026 16:32:15 +0000

That's the best part about science.

New comment by ThrowawayTestr in "Why DNA damage from smoking and UV rays cause cancer in some but not others"

ThrowawayTestr — Thu, 30 Jul 2026 15:09:35 +0000

Vitamin D deficiency

New comment by ThrowawayTestr in "I wouldn't say Pangram is broken, but I would say that it's brittle"

ThrowawayTestr — Sun, 26 Jul 2026 18:11:56 +0000

If Pangram worked the AI companies would be using it to improve their models

New comment by ThrowawayTestr in "Park by Robot at London Gatwick Airport"

ThrowawayTestr — Sun, 26 Jul 2026 18:07:03 +0000

What difference does that make?

New comment by ThrowawayTestr in "Who does Anubis actually stop?"

ThrowawayTestr — Sat, 25 Jul 2026 22:39:03 +0000

I mean I know about the heart weighing thing but I'm pretty sure I didn't learn it in school.

New comment by ThrowawayTestr in "Harddrive Is Probably Full"

ThrowawayTestr — Sat, 25 Jul 2026 17:51:22 +0000

I bought a 8tb drive just before prices exploded so I'm alright

New comment by ThrowawayTestr in "Why Would Meta Download So Much Porn?"

ThrowawayTestr — Sat, 25 Jul 2026 13:41:48 +0000

My experience with image gen makes me think that all of the models include porn in their datasets.

New comment by ThrowawayTestr in "The Visual 6502"

ThrowawayTestr — Fri, 24 Jul 2026 02:18:27 +0000

60Hz on my phone

New comment by ThrowawayTestr in "Physical Media vs. Digital Media"

ThrowawayTestr — Wed, 22 Jul 2026 20:25:00 +0000

I've had the same collection of MP3s on my phone for the last decade.

New comment by ThrowawayTestr in "Jellyfin founder Andrew leaves team"

ThrowawayTestr — Tue, 21 Jul 2026 16:37:16 +0000

Generally you wouldn't expect someone working on a hobby for free to experience burnout.

New comment by ThrowawayTestr in "Jellyfin founder Andrew leaves team"

ThrowawayTestr — Tue, 21 Jul 2026 06:53:07 +0000

Yes but those people aren't doing it as a hobby.

New comment by ThrowawayTestr in "The Three-Second Theft: Why AI Voice Fraud Outruns Every Defence"

ThrowawayTestr — Wed, 15 Jul 2026 14:38:49 +0000

Montgomery County in Indiana, specific enough for you?

New comment by ThrowawayTestr in "The Three-Second Theft: Why AI Voice Fraud Outruns Every Defence"

ThrowawayTestr — Wed, 15 Jul 2026 14:04:27 +0000

The US government