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New comment by codersfocus in "Training our own AI models"

codersfocus — Wed, 27 May 2026 17:13:01 +0000

I think it might be better to get rid of the organ *donation* system entirely.

Organ transplant surgery costs hundreds of thousands of dollars, yet donors get zilch, which is completely unfair when everyone else in the value chain gets paid.

If instead it was "allow my organs to be sold for my estate" I think the supply of organs would greatly increase, which would be win/win.

New comment by codersfocus in "The looming college-enrollment death spiral"

codersfocus — Mon, 13 Apr 2026 21:42:53 +0000

One man's eduction is another man's indoctrination and your comment is a prime example of that.

New comment by codersfocus in "Productive Procrastination"

codersfocus — Sat, 11 Apr 2026 19:05:55 +0000

I think novelty-seeking is a symptom rather than cause of procrastination.

If you're in an impulsive mode, that's what causes procrastination. Being impulsive will obviously lead to novelty seeking.

Here's how I model the action loop (image at the top): https://wisedayplanner.com/blog/action-loop-impulsive-vs-eff...

New comment by codersfocus in "Chimpanzees in Uganda locked in eight-year 'civil war', say researchers"

codersfocus — Fri, 10 Apr 2026 20:32:06 +0000

There's a post that says illness killed some important leaders (who were friends) on both sides of the camp. Once these leaders died, the two groups realized they didn't have anything in common with each other so they're fighting.

New comment by codersfocus in "Marc Andreessen is wrong about introspection"

codersfocus — Fri, 03 Apr 2026 15:51:21 +0000

There's a balance to be had between introspection and taking action. People tend to have a bias for one or the other (action bias vs thinking bias.)

Those who act would do well to think a bit more, and those who think a lot need help taking action.

I recently launched an app that can help in either case (Wiseday on the app store.)

It lets you print a daily page that can both be used to introspect, as well as an execution aid to help you actually take consistent action towards your goals.

New comment by codersfocus in "NRC issues first commercial reactor construction approval in 10 years [pdf]"

codersfocus — Sat, 07 Mar 2026 14:28:06 +0000

What happens if a natural (massive volcano eruption) or man made disaster (e.g. nuclear war) darkens the skies for weeks? Don't hitch your energy needs on one technology.

New comment by codersfocus in "A macOS app that blurs your screen when you slouch"

codersfocus — Mon, 26 Jan 2026 00:57:09 +0000

What a stupid thing to call a paradox. When infrastructure is better, you'd expect it to be used more.

New comment by codersfocus in "Tesla’s 4680 battery supply chain collapses as partner writes down deal by 99%"

codersfocus — Tue, 30 Dec 2025 12:49:39 +0000

Ah yes, managing people, science, and research and development are well known to be very predictable and stable, easily modeled even by a teenager.

New comment by codersfocus in "Calendar"

codersfocus — Sun, 28 Dec 2025 11:28:26 +0000

This looks neat, not exactly sure how useful such a tiny space for each day would be by itself.

I took the complete opposite approach with Wiseday, giving each day its own page (and each waking hour some space too.)

Example: https://imgur.com/a/LjSDPw9

V1 releasing on iOS as soon as Apple finishes reviewing if anyone wants to try (waitlist at https://wisedayplanner.com/waitlist/)

New comment by codersfocus in "Texas app store age verification law blocked by federal judge"

codersfocus — Wed, 24 Dec 2025 12:05:04 +0000

You don't understand that news item. The police didn't search a specific person's account, they asked Google (who gave it to them voluntarily) anyone who searched the victim's address in the past week. Nothing unconstitutional about that.

New comment by codersfocus in "Backing up Spotify"

codersfocus — Sun, 21 Dec 2025 01:22:09 +0000

Anthropic had to pay $1.5 billion recently so you're incorrect. I'm sure more of such cases will come up against big tech too.

New comment by codersfocus in "Amazon will allow ePub and PDF downloads for DRM-free eBooks"

codersfocus — Fri, 19 Dec 2025 21:58:33 +0000

The world's marketplace is alibaba.com, or aliexpress.com for individual orders.

You can find 99% of the junk on amazon on aliexpress for a lower price, though without prime shipping.

New comment by codersfocus in "Analysis finds anytime electricity from solar available as battery costs plummet"

codersfocus — Sat, 13 Dec 2025 18:38:37 +0000

Does anyone know whether it makes sense to setup solar arrays closer to users or to concentrate them in sunny places and send them throughout the country?

e.g. an analysis of whether we should setup all the solar farms in Nevada for the whole country... set them up in the general south and transmit north... or will each state have their own farms?

New comment by codersfocus in "Basalt Woven Textile"

codersfocus — Thu, 20 Nov 2025 08:40:01 +0000

Isn’t Rockwool the unwoven version of this?

New comment by codersfocus in "Aggressive bots ruined my weekend"

codersfocus — Wed, 29 Oct 2025 15:53:33 +0000

IPv6 wouldn't solve this, since IPs would be too cheap to meter.

New comment by codersfocus in "Talent"

codersfocus — Fri, 17 Oct 2025 04:06:10 +0000

People absolutely can control quality. A simple example is handwriting, I can write chicken scratch or something neater if I slow down. Working longer on many creative pursuits will improve the quality, by experimenting with ideas.

New comment by codersfocus in "Talent"

codersfocus — Fri, 17 Oct 2025 03:55:22 +0000

If there's a one word takeaway of the article it's attitude, and I'm curious if someone with as foul a one as yours can compete as well. Let me know if you write something!

New comment by codersfocus in "Social anxiety isn't about being liked"

codersfocus — Fri, 03 Oct 2025 20:14:27 +0000

The reason you feel that way is because social anxiety correlates with anhedonia. The person doesn't engage in playfulness which is the basis of social connection across mammals. Because they aren't playful, you perceive this as "deepness."

This cognitive fallacy connecting deepness / seriousness to substance, and connecting playfulness to triviality and frivolity has unfortunately affected me (I remember arguing it in high school English class!)

Consciously adopting a "playful" attitude fixes my social anxiety, and adds charisma and humor to my character.

New comment by codersfocus in "Everyone's trying vectors and graphs for AI memory. We went back to SQL"

codersfocus — Wed, 24 Sep 2025 17:19:48 +0000

So HN is upvoting AI written ad slop now?

New comment by codersfocus in "Pig lung transplanted into a human"

codersfocus — Sat, 30 Aug 2025 19:28:20 +0000

3d printing is not the approach that will yield organs. My money is on the work Michael Levin is doing on bioelectronics, where you essentially “command” (/convince) cells to turn into the organ you need by talking with them in cellular electronic language.