Hacker News: bobomonkey

New comment by bobomonkey in "Ascending into the Realm of Japanese Charts"

bobomonkey — Mon, 13 Apr 2026 23:06:02 +0000

A bit jealous that Japanese facilitates thin, readable labels for the X axis, as each character can be stacked vertically and still make sense on its own

New comment by bobomonkey in "Iran demands Bitcoin fees for ships passing Hormuz during ceasefire"

bobomonkey — Wed, 08 Apr 2026 17:27:01 +0000

I like Trump, but this could very well be true. He's getting rich off of something.

New comment by bobomonkey in "Move Detroit"

bobomonkey — Tue, 07 Apr 2026 22:19:41 +0000

Be really careful about cheap Detroit homes as they can come with a backlog of property taxes.

New comment by bobomonkey in "Why so many control rooms were seafoam green (2025)"

bobomonkey — Thu, 26 Mar 2026 19:07:36 +0000

Install the boring shit and use colored vinal wrap for fun. Good resale value and you can enjoy life.

New comment by bobomonkey in "Someone needs to go to jail"

bobomonkey — Wed, 04 Mar 2026 01:46:29 +0000

Workaround: I'm rich and would just start up a newspaper that gave my candidates good coverage.

In my opinion, this isn't a easy problem if you value freedom of speech, freedom of association, and freedom of people to spend their own money.

New comment by bobomonkey in "New accounts on HN more likely to use em-dashes"

bobomonkey — Wed, 25 Feb 2026 20:33:38 +0000

The key was to present what looked like a lively debate. The dirty trick was to have the "bad side" over state the position horribly. For example, to make Republicans look bad we'd start having their fake personas use subtle racism.

New comment by bobomonkey in "New accounts on HN more likely to use em-dashes"

bobomonkey — Wed, 25 Feb 2026 17:14:05 +0000

I had a past life of drumming up community comments for engagment: The only thing that's changed is that humans are getting lazy and using AI. Fake comments have always been a thing.

New comment by bobomonkey in "Exercise has 'similar effect' to therapy, study on depression shows"

bobomonkey — Fri, 20 Feb 2026 18:06:15 +0000

Happens for physical heath too. I jumpstarted progress with GLP-1 and Statins and now I probably don't need them because I enjoy exercising and eating well.

New comment by bobomonkey in "Single vaccine could protect against all coughs, colds and flus"

bobomonkey — Thu, 19 Feb 2026 23:48:25 +0000

Even if it worked perfectly, I would be worried that an unexercised immune system would turn on me.

New comment by bobomonkey in "Claude just gave me access to another user's legal documents"

bobomonkey — Thu, 19 Feb 2026 23:42:55 +0000

An LLM generating a bunch of text is to be expected.

New comment by bobomonkey in "Stephen Colbert going down swinging"

bobomonkey — Wed, 18 Feb 2026 16:48:46 +0000

Fox News doesn't use public airwaves as I understand it.

New comment by bobomonkey in "Claims of disability are highest at elite universities"

bobomonkey — Wed, 18 Feb 2026 00:02:51 +0000

It's true that the law is clear.

New comment by bobomonkey in "Canadians promised to boycott travel to US. They meant it"

bobomonkey — Tue, 17 Feb 2026 20:17:23 +0000

US prices are insane if you're paid in CAD. The good news is that Canada is great if you're paid in USD and are used to costal prices. It's like going to a third world country.

New comment by bobomonkey in "Stephen Colbert says CBS forbid interview of Democrat because of FCC threat"

bobomonkey — Tue, 17 Feb 2026 19:42:10 +0000

Use publicly owned airwaves, expect to have to abide by the campaign finance rules. Can't just donate excellent coverage to just one candidate.