Hacker News: dan_quixote

New comment by dan_quixote in "Why are there so many rationalist cults?"

dan_quixote — Tue, 12 Aug 2025 19:36:07 +0000

As a former mechanical engineer, I visualize this phenomenon like a "tolerance stackup". Effectively meaning that for each part you add to the chain, you accumulate error. If you're not damn careful, your assembly of parts (or conclusions) will fail to measure up to expectations.

New comment by dan_quixote in "Samsung is paying $350M for audio brands B&W, Denon, Marantz and Polk"

dan_quixote — Thu, 08 May 2025 16:31:23 +0000

Ahem...

> So all that is left is ultra-high end applications and there are few of those.

(and yes, I am mostly in that tiny demographic)

New comment by dan_quixote in "Mark Zuckerberg Says Social Media Is Over"

dan_quixote — Thu, 24 Apr 2025 16:03:12 +0000

I've seen the exact same and immediately my mind thinks of IRC :)

New comment by dan_quixote in "Mark Zuckerberg says social media is over"

dan_quixote — Thu, 24 Apr 2025 16:02:02 +0000

> Unfortunately it is exactly what users "want"

I might fine tune this to "users most likely to click ads"

New comment by dan_quixote in "Trump temporarily drops tariffs to 10% for most countries"

dan_quixote — Wed, 09 Apr 2025 23:51:43 +0000

Agreed - that's a huge indicator that they don't care about fixing the deficit. But they also don't want to be seen making it vastly worse.

New comment by dan_quixote in "Interviewing a software engineer who prepared with AI"

dan_quixote — Tue, 08 Apr 2025 15:34:34 +0000

> awkward and/or neurodivergent people are going to have to learn social skills again.

Whatever future interviews look like, I sure as hell hope we don't maintain this ^ attitude.

New comment by dan_quixote in "McLaren invented new carbon fiber tape to build even more complex parts"

dan_quixote — Fri, 21 Mar 2025 15:05:31 +0000

It looks exactly how the aerospace automated fiber placement robot arms operated starting 10 years ago...but with a slightly smaller table. So they revolutionized the technology by slightly reducing the working volume!

It's still very cool to see the technology propagate to other industries though.

New comment by dan_quixote in "I stopped everything and started writing C again"

dan_quixote — Wed, 12 Mar 2025 18:08:30 +0000

> Similar to C, but with much more help from the compiler with all sorts of things.

Is that not the problem rust was created to solve?

New comment by dan_quixote in "TSMC expected to announce $100B investment in U.S."

dan_quixote — Tue, 04 Mar 2025 22:40:59 +0000

You would be an excellent author of history books!

New comment by dan_quixote in "When your last name is Null, nothing works"

dan_quixote — Fri, 21 Feb 2025 02:01:49 +0000

My wife is Korean. The anglicized version of Korean given names always has a space in it. This makes for a few kinds of broken naming schemes - like removing the space or the second half of the given name becomes the middle name, or the second half of the given name just truncated entirely.

New comment by dan_quixote in "DOGE puts $1 spending limit on government employee credit cards"

dan_quixote — Fri, 21 Feb 2025 00:01:27 +0000

Got a link handy? I'm not finding it so far.

New comment by dan_quixote in "Ask HN: Why is Pave legal?"

dan_quixote — Wed, 11 Sep 2024 16:39:24 +0000

I think it's a pretty safe assumption that a company paying to gain information that gives them an advantage in negotiation isn't going to freely give up that advantage.

New comment by dan_quixote in "Boar's Head plant posed an 'imminent threat' years before listeria outbreak"

dan_quixote — Wed, 11 Sep 2024 16:30:35 +0000

I think your perception of "premium" is flawed in this case.

New comment by dan_quixote in "Boar's Head plant posed an 'imminent threat' years before listeria outbreak"

dan_quixote — Wed, 11 Sep 2024 16:28:48 +0000

Did you ever try the previous brands available at your grocer before Boars Head cornered the market? For my local grocers it was an immediate reduction in variety, increase in price and equal-to-worse quality. Nothing about that move was better for the customer.

New comment by dan_quixote in "CrowdStrike fixes start at "reboot up to 15 times", gets more complex from there"

dan_quixote — Fri, 19 Jul 2024 17:19:27 +0000

> our IT wizard says the fixes wont work on lathes/CNC systems

Why, whY, WHY...are these things connected to the internet?!

New comment by dan_quixote in "Asian groceries like H Mart and Patel Brothers are reshaping America"

dan_quixote — Tue, 25 Jun 2024 03:17:26 +0000

Get acclimated with Maangchi and you'll be making great stuff in no time. https://www.maangchi.com/

New comment by dan_quixote in "Asian groceries like H Mart and Patel Brothers are reshaping America"

dan_quixote — Mon, 24 Jun 2024 20:11:50 +0000

It's thriving in my PNW window. Grew it from seeds and just needs water every few days.

New comment by dan_quixote in "The Rabbit R1 is probably running Android and is powered by an Android app"

dan_quixote — Wed, 01 May 2024 23:49:40 +0000

No argument from me. I don't see the end of smartphones any time soon. And if pulling a smartphone out of your pocket is too inconvenient, the smartwatch almost certainly has your use-case covered.

New comment by dan_quixote in "The Rabbit R1 is probably running Android and is powered by an Android app"

dan_quixote — Wed, 01 May 2024 17:30:37 +0000

> why it's not just an app

If it's just an app...their hardware has no reason to exist AND they are competing directly with Google/Microsoft.

New comment by dan_quixote in "Pulumi AI is poisoning Google search results with AI answers"

dan_quixote — Mon, 29 Apr 2024 15:26:49 +0000

>I'll pay a premium for high-quality very precise and reliable consumer goods that undergo strict quality assurance processes

How? Every time I find something like this, Private Equity scoops up this company and strips it for parts by the time I want to buy more.