Hacker News: Trav5

New comment by Trav5 in "AI should elevate your thinking, not replace it"

Trav5 — Mon, 27 Apr 2026 14:03:43 +0000

The craftsman didn't move to the assembly line.

New comment by Trav5 in "The Deepfake Nudes Crisis in Schools Is Worse Than You Thought"

Trav5 — Wed, 15 Apr 2026 15:49:23 +0000

I have kids, I would not be OK with anyone doing that to my kids. That is much different from being OK with the technology existing. Kids/people doing terrible things and kids/people allowing it to continue is the problem.

You can kill with a gun, a knife, a fork. Removing the tool does not change the situation of being around a person who wants to kill you.

We homeschool our kids and they have grown up to be respectful people.

New comment by Trav5 in "Most-read tech publications have lost over half their Google traffic since 2024"

Trav5 — Tue, 03 Mar 2026 15:07:40 +0000

Some of us do but many people do not. Source: Married for 22 years.

New comment by Trav5 in "Switching to an N95 mask gives a 75x boost in Covid protection"

Trav5 — Wed, 12 Jan 2022 15:32:27 +0000

For me, fogging my glasses means I have a leak and the air is being forced out gaps around my nose. Maybe under extreme weather conditions a perfect fit would still fog, but that's not what the op is talking about.

New comment by Trav5 in "Amazon acknowledges issue of drivers urinating in bottles in apology"

Trav5 — Sat, 03 Apr 2021 15:25:01 +0000

Toilets are available, but why use one if you have mastered pissing in a bottle? Sounds convenient to me :)

Note: I would not want to be forced to do that by my employer.

New comment by Trav5 in "Recycling was a lie to sell more plastic, recycling industry veteran says"

Trav5 — Thu, 08 Oct 2020 03:30:16 +0000

In addition to replacing single use plastic bags with heavy weight reusable bags. We can't reuse bags any more due to covid19. So now we are single using heavy weight reusable plastic bags.

New comment by Trav5 in "Japan facing credit card number shortage"

Trav5 — Wed, 26 Aug 2020 03:51:28 +0000

Same, but once every 2 years. Just email me for goodness sake!

New comment by Trav5 in "Inviting employees back to the office – if you dare"

Trav5 — Mon, 17 Aug 2020 19:53:35 +0000

I agree. Sit in your front yard and work from there if the weather is nice. You may find more people routinely walk by than you thought. Say hello. No need to drive to "your community". Especially now that more people are working from home.

New comment by Trav5 in "Ask HN: Concepts the modern tech industry falsely believes it invented?"

Trav5 — Sun, 12 Jul 2020 23:38:43 +0000

Slide to unlock

New comment by Trav5 in "My dad got scammed for $3k worth of gift cards"

Trav5 — Tue, 07 Jul 2020 02:34:08 +0000

My wife's family does the same thing, but with cash and checks and sometimes gift cards. Cracks me up.

New comment by Trav5 in "Halmak – AI designed keyboard layout"

Trav5 — Sat, 02 Nov 2019 05:49:33 +0000

I always thought splitting the keyboard and number pad so I could put the mouse in the middle would be a great optimization. Finally did it last year and ended up with tennis elbow. Turns out having my mouse pad a good distance away from the keyboard gives me a chance to stretch out my arm. That tiny bit of extra movement was crucial in not pushing my body over the limit of too much tiny movements resulting in elbow/arm pain. There are other contributors like using my phone too much in the evenings. But for sure, the keyboard change pushed me over the edge. I now view micro optimizations like this slightly differently. Maybe this keyboard layout would be great! But I sure would pay more attention and watch for negative side effects now.

New comment by Trav5 in "The largest methane fountain so far discovered in the Arctic Ocean"

Trav5 — Fri, 01 Nov 2019 04:44:53 +0000

Generally you talk to a realtor... Zillow is a good place to start though.

New comment by Trav5 in "Grandmaster level in StarCraft II using multi-agent reinforcement learning"

Trav5 — Thu, 31 Oct 2019 15:29:42 +0000

What do you guys think about having the ai communicate to a person and having them execute the moves?

New comment by Trav5 in "Instagram now forces people to sign in to view public profiles"

Trav5 — Tue, 29 Oct 2019 14:56:58 +0000

That is an odd word. Seems "de-energized areas" would be better. De-energizaton is the action that was taken on the area.

I agree with the other commentor. This term indicates it was done on purpose. It describes the stare of the power line. I think it's better than blackout.

New comment by Trav5 in "Leonard Kleinrock on what went wrong with the internet"

Trav5 — Tue, 29 Oct 2019 14:25:25 +0000

> there is just a whole lot of new things that apparently doesn't interest you as much.

Or these new things interest them more and they don't like it. Like a frustrating addiction.

New comment by Trav5 in "“My Google account got suspended because of NewPipe”"

Trav5 — Mon, 14 Oct 2019 14:33:50 +0000

If it's paid for by taxes, then it's not free. The cost is just hidden.

New comment by Trav5 in "Computer Files Are Going Extinct"

Trav5 — Sun, 13 Oct 2019 15:53:27 +0000

Ha, that's how I got my boss to buy me one. I backed up the server and carried my music around with me. Now I just carry a portable hard drive...

New comment by Trav5 in "Pair Locking Your iPhone"

Trav5 — Thu, 10 Oct 2019 02:11:22 +0000

Ha, the up side of my failed usb port I guess... I can only wirelessly charge is the downside...

New comment by Trav5 in "Ocean plastic waste probably comes from ships, report says"

Trav5 — Wed, 02 Oct 2019 16:51:38 +0000

I wonder if they would be like stale cheetos, that would make sense, ha. I agree with your statements.

New comment by Trav5 in "Estimates that mineral levels in vegetables have dropped by up to 90% since 1914"

Trav5 — Sat, 14 Sep 2019 02:59:51 +0000

I have had amazing and bland Strawberries from Safeway in the US. Not sure how to pick the good ones. Time of year?