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New comment by boilerupnc in "Sleep regularity is a stronger predictor of mortality risk than sleep duration"

boilerupnc — Wed, 15 Jul 2026 13:05:30 +0000

Would love to see a causal model [0] to help better understand all of the mediators considered as well as confounders. I'm close to finishing up an interesting read from Judea Pearl/Dana Mackenzie - The Book of Why: The New Science of Cause and Effect [1]. Talks alot about Causal Models, Causal Inference, the 3 ladders of causation, etc. I liked the graphical approach to help outline exactly how one thinks about direct and indirect effects and how it facilitates counterfactual analysis and causal mediation analysis.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Causal_model

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Book_of_Why

New comment by boilerupnc in "US holds off blacklisting DeepSeek, more than 100 firms deemed security risks"

boilerupnc — Wed, 17 Jun 2026 19:20:41 +0000

Not sure if having point of presence (POP) managed DNS for China is of interest, but my company offers something for China traffic [0].

Disclosure: I’m an IBMer

[0] https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/ns1-connect?topic=started-manage...

New comment by boilerupnc in "Tech sell-off widens as South Korea index plunges"

boilerupnc — Mon, 08 Jun 2026 03:14:27 +0000

https://archive.ph/f0mzg

New comment by boilerupnc in "The Smart TV in Your LivingRoom Is a Node in the AIScraping Economy"

boilerupnc — Sat, 06 Jun 2026 15:20:06 +0000

MDM: Mobile Device Management. Software that helps ops folks control a fleet of mobile devices like tablets, phones, etc…

Mobile EDR: Endpoint detection and response. This is cybersecurity software to monitor and deal with network activity happening in mobile devices like tablets, phones, etc…

Eliza effect at work: Avoiding emotional attachment to AI coworkers

boilerupnc — Tue, 05 May 2026 13:49:57 +0000

Article URL: https://www.ibm.com/think/insights/eliza-effect-avoiding-emotional-attachment-to-ai

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48022542

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by boilerupnc in "Eliza effect at work: Avoiding emotional attachment to AI coworkers"

boilerupnc — Tue, 05 May 2026 13:46:34 +0000

Provided link seems wrong. Should be [0]

[0] https://www.ibm.com/think/insights/eliza-effect-avoiding-emo...

New comment by boilerupnc in "Newly purchased Vizio TVs now require Walmart accounts to use smart features"

boilerupnc — Thu, 26 Mar 2026 15:33:16 +0000

Pi-Hole sped up my Samsung home and menu screens tremendously. I use something like this list [0]. The growing size of the list itself is a testament to the enshittification of Smart TVs.

I wonder if the SmartTV blocklist change history and size of commits could tell a historical story of how things have evolved? I'm aware that DoH makes this approach less and less viable ... but for my existing TVs it still seems to work fine as long as I'm careful not to blindly update.

[0] https://github.com/Perflyst/PiHoleBlocklist/blob/master/Smar...

New comment by boilerupnc in "LotusNotes"

boilerupnc — Thu, 19 Mar 2026 11:39:05 +0000

New comment by boilerupnc in "To understand our fascination with crystals, researchers gave some to chimps"

boilerupnc — Wed, 04 Mar 2026 14:53:46 +0000

archive.ph isn’t working for me, but .is works

https://archive.is/EHCxx

New comment by boilerupnc in "How to talk to anyone and why you should"

boilerupnc — Mon, 02 Mar 2026 12:35:18 +0000

My personal philosophy has always been that “everyone has at least ONE good story to share.” Everyone. Best way to discover these gems is to talk with anyone as when the mood suits you. I’m a richer person for the stories that I’ve been honored to hear.

New comment by boilerupnc in "A better streams API is possible for JavaScript"

boilerupnc — Fri, 27 Feb 2026 16:00:54 +0000

Off topic - But just wanna say - Love the cheat code! 30 Lives added :-) Nostalgia runs deep with that code. So deep - in fact, that I sign many of my emails off with "Sent by hitting Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, B, A"

New comment by boilerupnc in "Google workers seek 'red lines' on military A.I., echoing Anthropic"

boilerupnc — Fri, 27 Feb 2026 14:36:38 +0000

Related: Reminds me of the slaughterbot video [0] and the Hated in the Nation Dark Mirror Episode [1][2]

[0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9CO6M2HsoIA

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hated_in_the_Nation

[2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TN_kI7ELLJE

New comment by boilerupnc in "Anthropic drops flagship safety pledge"

boilerupnc — Wed, 25 Feb 2026 11:44:14 +0000

[0]. https://civai.org/p/ai-values

New comment by boilerupnc in "The US is flirting with its first-ever population decline"

boilerupnc — Tue, 10 Feb 2026 16:59:20 +0000

Surprised nobody has brought this up yet. There is also a competitive element to family additions in the form of pets. While not cheap, they are significantly cheaper. Lower emotional and financial stakes also makes them feel like an easier choice.

"Loving dogs has become an expression not of loneliness but of how unhappy many Americans are with society and other people. [...] For some owners, dogs simply offer more satisfying relationships than other people do." [0]

[0] https://theconversation.com/americans-are-asking-too-much-of...

New comment by boilerupnc in "After two years of vibecoding, I'm back to writing by hand"

boilerupnc — Mon, 26 Jan 2026 16:52:49 +0000

I feel like the aviation pilot angst captured by "automation dependency" and the fears around skills loss is another great analogy. [0]

[0] https://eazypilot.com/blog/automation-dependency-blessing-or...

New comment by boilerupnc in "Nukeproof: Manifesto for European Data Sovereignty"

boilerupnc — Wed, 21 Jan 2026 17:49:53 +0000

I believe this is one of the drivers for IBM Sovereign Core Announcement recently [0].

“ Technically, IBM Sovereign Core builds on open-source technology from the Red Hat ecosystem. The software uses OpenShift, among other things, and is designed to run on existing infrastructure. Organizations can deploy the platform in on-premises data centers, regional cloud environments, or through local service providers.”

* Disclaimer: I’m an IBMer

[0]. https://www.techzine.eu/news/privacy-compliance/137981/ibm-l...

New comment by boilerupnc in "The percentage of Show HN posts is increasing, but their scores are decreasing"

boilerupnc — Wed, 21 Jan 2026 16:01:54 +0000

The word "Maven" comes to mind. In my circles, there are many different Mavens that I lean on depending on the categorical niche that I'm evaluating.

MTV Rewind

boilerupnc — Mon, 19 Jan 2026 05:21:41 +0000

Article URL: https://wantmymtv.xyz/player.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46675324

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by boilerupnc in "Ask HN: How can we solve the loneliness epidemic?"

boilerupnc — Fri, 16 Jan 2026 02:11:04 +0000

Related: Why Americans Suddenly Stopped Hanging Out

https://archive.is/BIcjb

New comment by boilerupnc in "To those who fired or didn't hire tech writers because of AI"

boilerupnc — Thu, 15 Jan 2026 13:31:48 +0000

Well said. I try to capture and express this same sentiment to others through the following expression:

“Technology needs soul”

I suppose this can be generalized to “__ needs soul”. Eg. Technical writing needs soul, User interfaces need soul, etc. We are seriously discounting the value we receive from embedding a level of humanity into the things we choose (or are forced) to experience.