Hacker News: asdf333

New comment by asdf333 in "Any Human Ever – One life, drawn at random from all who have ever lived"

asdf333 — Thu, 03 Sep 2026 21:05:12 +0000

i love this. it really shows you someone else's perspective.

had you drawn a different lot in life things would be very different.

imo it is a good example of Rawl's veil of ignorance thought experiment.

How would you design the world if you will be randomly dropped into any position anywhere on earth.

well done.

New comment by asdf333 in "Bomb fishing is wreaking havoc on Indonesia's coral reefs"

asdf333 — Tue, 25 Aug 2026 18:32:59 +0000

yeah maybe lets not do bomb fishing

New comment by asdf333 in "Finland sets tougher guidelines: No social media or smartphones for under-13s"

asdf333 — Fri, 23 Jan 2026 08:45:49 +0000

they're not banning computers. just a few sites...

New comment by asdf333 in "Zenobia Pay – A mission to build an alternative to high-fee card networks"

asdf333 — Thu, 14 Aug 2025 12:26:32 +0000

ngl i read it as zenophobia pay

New comment by asdf333 in "Don't force your kids to do math"

asdf333 — Sun, 20 Apr 2025 03:03:08 +0000

math circles are good for this. i’d suggest it if there is one nearby

New comment by asdf333 in "Understanding Solar Energy"

asdf333 — Fri, 21 Mar 2025 12:21:50 +0000

not necessarily. if he bought your car and traded up from a real clunker with worse fuel efficiency the net result is likely better.

New comment by asdf333 in "Understanding Solar Energy"

asdf333 — Fri, 21 Mar 2025 12:15:59 +0000

other way to deal with intermittency is to dynamically price electricity. then people can shut off/on usage in response. many activities do not need to be done exactly at a certain time.

it doesn’t all need to be fixed on the supply side

New comment by asdf333 in "Pro bettors disguising themselves as gambling addicts"

asdf333 — Tue, 01 Oct 2024 17:45:56 +0000

maybe just get a job?

New comment by asdf333 in "Boeing workers vote to strike"

asdf333 — Fri, 13 Sep 2024 22:01:23 +0000

unions are bad for our economy. they are monopolies in themselves

New comment by asdf333 in "Show HN: Summate.it – Quickly summarize web articles with OpenAI"

asdf333 — Wed, 18 Jan 2023 02:13:08 +0000

soon writers will be writing summaries to get open ai to expand into articles which readers will have open ai summarize so they can read summaries.

ais writing for other ais

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New comment by asdf333 in "‘Breakthrough’ obesity drugs that have stunned researchers"

asdf333 — Thu, 05 Jan 2023 03:45:07 +0000

it could be the effects of caloric restriction. 3 months, in the context of a whole life plus increased lifespan is not that much time.

New comment by asdf333 in "Riffusion – Stable Diffusion fine-tuned to generate music"

asdf333 — Thu, 15 Dec 2022 16:55:23 +0000

is classical music harder? noticed you didn't have any classical music tracks. i wonder if it is because it is more structured?

New comment by asdf333 in "The worst part of working from home is now haunting reopened offices"

asdf333 — Wed, 30 Mar 2022 13:39:59 +0000

this is probably more due to pipes freezing

New comment by asdf333 in "Two-minute battery changes push India’s delivery riders to switch to e-scooters"

asdf333 — Wed, 23 Mar 2022 12:42:36 +0000

i bet it needs to do some checks to verify someone didn’t plug in a fake battery, the user has a valid subscription etc

New comment by asdf333 in "Divorce in the rich world is getting less nasty"

asdf333 — Sat, 22 Jan 2022 02:39:36 +0000

i get it but in reality in many families someone is sacrificing their career for the family unit. i don’t think it’s unfair to take that opportunity cost into consideration

New comment by asdf333 in "Hertz orders 100k Teslas"

asdf333 — Tue, 26 Oct 2021 05:07:35 +0000

superchargers are not too bad. 30 mins at a charging station while you grab food and stretch your legs is all it takes.

New comment by asdf333 in "CA drought: Past dry periods have lasted more than 200 years, scientists say"

asdf333 — Wed, 18 Aug 2021 02:24:46 +0000

i think it is “exacerbated by climate change”

New comment by asdf333 in "The Economic Consequences of Major Tax Cuts for the Rich [pdf]"

asdf333 — Mon, 26 Jul 2021 17:26:20 +0000

anyone surprised?

New comment by asdf333 in "Dubai is making its own fake rain to beat 122°F heat"

asdf333 — Wed, 21 Jul 2021 14:39:17 +0000

it’s also not just the shade. for some reason plant cover is significantly cooler than just shade. i am not sure why

New comment by asdf333 in "Solar is dirt-cheap and about to get even more powerful"

asdf333 — Sun, 11 Jul 2021 06:07:06 +0000

pretty cool