Hacker News: armada651

New comment by armada651 in "AURpocalypse now: a look at the recent AUR attacks"

armada651 — Sat, 20 Jun 2026 06:09:03 +0000

> There's no silver bullets here.

Because it's a trade-off, just like stability is, they're both software bugs in the end so mitigating them has similar pros and cons.

New comment by armada651 in "Ask HN: Will programmers write more efficient code during the memory shortage?"

armada651 — Sat, 20 Jun 2026 06:02:27 +0000

Who determines the specs?

New comment by armada651 in "How Japan's railways stayed one while splitting apart"

armada651 — Fri, 19 Jun 2026 03:58:21 +0000

This is a big difference with much of the U.S. and Europe, Japan doesn't subsidize car ownership as heavily. There is no on-street parking in the city, businesses aren't required to provide parking and if you want to own a car you first have to prove you have a parking space for it.

New comment by armada651 in "Nobody ever gets credit for fixing problems that never happened (2001) [pdf]"

armada651 — Fri, 12 Jun 2026 01:42:24 +0000

The problem is that a lot of people have a very binary view on life. Either something is a complete success or a complete waste of money, rarely do we accept that most projects fall somewhere in the middle.

New comment by armada651 in "CEOs who think AI replaces their employees are just bad CEOs"

armada651 — Tue, 09 Jun 2026 20:29:35 +0000

I always found advertisements for AI to be so strange, why would you advertise your AI to the public as a danger for humanity that will also put everyone out of work? Such advertising would only appeal to sociopaths, but of course that's because it's intended to appeal to CEOs.

New comment by armada651 in "If LLMs Have Human-Like Attributes, Then So Does Age of Empires II"

armada651 — Sun, 07 Jun 2026 23:23:49 +0000

By that logic an abacus has human-like attributes. Just because it can simulate the processes involved does not mean it is at all practical to compute them.

Besides, LLMs are not a simulation of the physics involved in human consciousness to begin with.

New comment by armada651 in "What happens if Japan takes in zero immigrants?"

armada651 — Fri, 05 Jun 2026 04:55:09 +0000

I guess we're ready to blame anything but work hours, no one has time to take care of kids anymore. The correlation between industrialization and falling birth rates has long been established, but it's just shrugged off as a "that's just the way it is" rather than taking a serious look at the 8-hour work day.

New comment by armada651 in "U.S. to dismantle system tracking Atlantic currents that are at risk of collapse"

armada651 — Thu, 04 Jun 2026 08:32:58 +0000

Then stop using the roads and everything else that tax money paid for. If you keep using things that's been paid for using taxes the government will only feel more entitled to collect it.

New comment by armada651 in "U.S. to dismantle system tracking Atlantic currents that are at risk of collapse"

armada651 — Thu, 04 Jun 2026 04:09:16 +0000

It's mostly just about getting the data out of the news cycle. If you don't have new data on the oceans warming then there's no news story, so less pressure on Big Oil to greenwash their industry.

New comment by armada651 in "U.S. to dismantle system tracking Atlantic currents that are at risk of collapse"

armada651 — Thu, 04 Jun 2026 04:05:46 +0000

That stretch of ocean is closer to Canada than it is to mainland Europe.

New comment by armada651 in "Naphtha shortages in Japan"

armada651 — Sat, 30 May 2026 03:36:35 +0000

Since very few types of plastic are actually recyclable most of it ends up being burned despite being separately collected, so I don't think you can simply discount the recycled plastic from the plastic waste being produced.

New comment by armada651 in "US's big bet on quantum computing may not be legal"

armada651 — Thu, 28 May 2026 19:26:27 +0000

Because the startup is going to buy $2 billion worth of services from IBM.

New comment by armada651 in "Can we have the day off?"

armada651 — Thu, 28 May 2026 01:18:33 +0000

When your labor force makes gains in productivity you can choose to do one of two things:

1. Reduce working hours 2. Grow the economy

Guess which option was last picked in 1868 and never again despite massive gains in productivity?

New comment by armada651 in "Getting an old Computer online with Android Ethernet tethering"

armada651 — Mon, 25 May 2026 00:54:15 +0000

I learned what a crossover cable was as a teenager because I was in an electronics store buying an ethernet cable and I picked the cool-looking black-and-red cable. Then the guy behind the counter told me that the cool-looking cable I picked is a special cable and instead handed me a boring grey cable. :(

New comment by armada651 in "US tech firms share Dutch regulator officials' names with Senate"

armada651 — Sat, 23 May 2026 17:52:38 +0000

So the United States should step in because it knows better than our elected representatives? Are you sure you're on the side of democracy here?

New comment by armada651 in "Chewing gum restores dad's taste and smell years after Covid"

armada651 — Sat, 23 May 2026 14:35:11 +0000

You may not have complete immunity beyond 10 years though, so the recommendation is that you get a booster every 10 years.

But I don't see your point? Are you arguing that the COVID vaccine grants immunity for much longer than advertised? That seems unlikely given the mutation rate of coronaviruses.

New comment by armada651 in "US tech firms share Dutch regulator officials' names with Senate"

armada651 — Sat, 23 May 2026 14:29:27 +0000

This is not public scrutiny though, that comes from the public and their institutions. This is simply a nation meddling in the internal affairs of other nations.

New comment by armada651 in "Chewing gum restores dad's taste and smell years after Covid"

armada651 — Fri, 22 May 2026 01:02:14 +0000

You need a booster every 10 years to maintain immunity.

New comment by armada651 in "Chewing gum restores dad's taste and smell years after Covid"

armada651 — Fri, 22 May 2026 00:02:31 +0000

When did you get your last tetanus shot?

New comment by armada651 in "Why is Inkwell stuck in review"

armada651 — Wed, 20 May 2026 18:55:39 +0000

What's legal doesn't matter, it's their store, if they want to claim they own the word Pear too they can do that.

I think holding that kind of power over devices people own is problematic, but I seem to be in the minority here.