Hacker News: cainxinth

The Tragedy of Johannes Kepler

cainxinth — Thu, 05 Nov 2026 18:37:20 +0000

Article URL: https://loveofallwisdom.com/blog/2026/10/the-tragedy-of-johannes-kepler/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50382709

Points: 4

# Comments: 1

A.I. Stories in the Age of AI Hype: A Conversation with Ted Chiang

cainxinth — Tue, 03 Nov 2026 14:56:37 +0000

Article URL: https://buttondown.com/charliejane/archive/ai-stories-in-the-age-of-ai-hype-a-conversation/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50352792

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

The New Hot Job in Law Doesn't Require a J.D

cainxinth — Sat, 31 Oct 2026 14:51:01 +0000

Article URL: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/31/business/dealbook/legal-engineer-ai-law.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50316705

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

A Self-Described 'Junkie' Rode Synthetic Drugs to Oblivion – and Fame

cainxinth — Thu, 29 Oct 2026 13:07:26 +0000

Article URL: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/29/world/europe/synthetic-opioids-estonia.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50288372

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

New comment by cainxinth in "Wikipedia's Cleanup of AI-Generated Content"

cainxinth — Tue, 27 Oct 2026 13:06:20 +0000

> Much of wikipedia is written by one person, Steven Pruitt. He has created more than 33,000 Wikipedia articles.

There are over 7m articles in English Wikipedia.

New comment by cainxinth in "Lego collaboration with Daft Punk"

cainxinth — Sun, 25 Oct 2026 14:43:59 +0000

I have listened to Alive 2007 more than any other live album. I am unbelievably jealous.

I want to see the Sphere in Vegas, but so far there hasn’t been an act that interest me. Frankly, all I need are two actors in robot costumes to press play on Alive 2007.

The Adult Children Cleaning Up Their Parents' Feeds

cainxinth — Fri, 23 Oct 2026 15:37:10 +0000

Article URL: https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/boomer-parents-screen-time-problem.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50210799

Points: 6

# Comments: 0

New comment by cainxinth in "Disney Raising Prices Days After Confirming Ads Will Now Show Up on Every Tier"

cainxinth — Fri, 23 Oct 2026 13:15:38 +0000

This is not an option for everyone, but as someone who gave up TV several years ago (not entirely, just mostly), not feeling the draw of these platforms or having to put up with their costs and changes is really nice.

TV is sort of like caffeine (another thing I gave up - though that one wasn't by choice, but required by my doctors) in that you cannot imagine yourself living without it and wouldn't want to. And the first few months of abstinence are genuinely very difficult.

But eventually it gets easier, and then it gets completely easy, and then you actually feel as good or better than before. And once you finally become accustomed to it, you can't imagine going back to the old way.

Is Wikipedia the 'Last Best Place on the Internet'?

cainxinth — Wed, 21 Oct 2026 21:00:47 +0000

Article URL: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/21/books/review/the-last-best-place-on-the-internet-richard-cooke.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50187557

Points: 4

# Comments: 6

New comment by cainxinth in "What shall I teach my son?"

cainxinth — Wed, 21 Oct 2026 13:17:01 +0000

Kindness, honesty, patience, and critical thinking. Everything else will work out if he has those.

New comment by cainxinth in "Hybrid Reasoning Agents: LLM agents that think in latent space, act through text"

cainxinth — Sun, 18 Oct 2026 23:06:39 +0000

It reminded me of Dune: "Thou shalt not make a machine in the likeness of a human mind."

New comment by cainxinth in "Hybrid Reasoning Agents: LLM agents that think in latent space, act through text"

cainxinth — Sun, 18 Oct 2026 22:24:50 +0000

The Most Forbidden Technique by Zvi Mowshowitz, Mar 12, 2025:

https://thezvi.substack.com/p/the-most-forbidden-technique

New comment by cainxinth in "Show HN: High-quality duck audio synthesizer"

cainxinth — Sun, 18 Oct 2026 13:37:05 +0000

I have nothing to add other than this is very relaxing and I love duck’s names.

No Context Adam Curtis Intertitles [video]

cainxinth — Fri, 16 Oct 2026 20:57:22 +0000

Article URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jAnoYLg44QI

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50124579

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

New comment by cainxinth in "Bookofjoe's Favorite Thing: Best Pill Splitter"

cainxinth — Thu, 15 Oct 2026 12:47:28 +0000

He writes about it like it’s amazing that it still works. Meanwhile, I bought a no-name cheapo splitter for maybe $5 15 years ago that still works perfectly fine.

We're Learning to Live with Waymos. It's Going Weird

cainxinth — Wed, 14 Oct 2026 20:21:24 +0000

Article URL: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2026/10/19/were-learning-to-live-with-waymos-its-going-weird

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50094536

Points: 4

# Comments: 0

Worlds more habitable than Earth?

cainxinth — Tue, 13 Oct 2026 12:23:34 +0000

https://archive.is/yIYpb

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50070554

Points: 100

# Comments: 223

Whatever became of holography? (2011)

cainxinth — Sun, 11 Oct 2026 23:50:34 +0000

Article URL: https://www.americanscientist.org/article/whatever-became-of-holography

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50049411

Points: 173

# Comments: 112

New comment by cainxinth in "The RAM shortage is bringing back DDR4"

cainxinth — Sun, 11 Oct 2026 14:05:34 +0000

Don’t call it a comeback, I’ve been here for years!

New comment by cainxinth in "Computers Cannot Make Decisions"

cainxinth — Sat, 10 Oct 2026 12:29:06 +0000

These are issues that come up in legal disputes.

The question isn’t who or what made the decision, per se. It’s who is responsible for the outcome. The entity making the decision might be the actual cause but not the proximate cause (the cause most closely connected to legal liability) for the harm that occurred.