Hacker News: dbcooper

New comment by dbcooper in "Eight Bits of Trust; eMudhra's CA keys cracked in milliseconds"

dbcooper — Wed, 21 Oct 2026 10:36:01 +0000

All the numbers were under 384. Surely they couldn't have ...

New comment by dbcooper in "Things that apparently cause cancer"

dbcooper — Sat, 03 Oct 2026 03:00:30 +0000

Some methodology issues with the first paper are described on PubPeer:

https://pubpeer.com/publications/AEA87585FB0365719098E2C0D06...

New comment by dbcooper in "The little holes in your bread are telling you something"

dbcooper — Fri, 11 Sep 2026 06:39:21 +0000

Absolutely. I will never waste my time with slop that doesn't get to the point. This is a lousy blog post about bread, not a great novel.

New comment by dbcooper in "Arm Mali G2-Ultra NX GPU: desktop-class mobile gameplay with AI-native graphics"

dbcooper — Tue, 08 Sep 2026 10:54:01 +0000

Samsung is using AMD in upcoming premium chips? Small market share again.

New comment by dbcooper in "Audacity 4.0"

dbcooper — Thu, 03 Sep 2026 11:24:23 +0000

Release video looking at the new UI (Qt6 based):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BTQymidLYIM

New comment by dbcooper in "Moderna reports first positive Phase 3 for mRNA neoantigen therapy in melanoma"

dbcooper — Wed, 19 Aug 2026 23:38:55 +0000

A comment from Derek Lowe:

https://www.science.org/content/blog-post/merck-and-moderna-...

>Postscript: Our Secretary of Health and Human Services of course cancelled $500 million in mRNA vaccine R&D contracts (22 different programs) last year, and cited a pile of misinformation (and cluelessly misunderstood research citations) to justify it. Our Director of the National Institutes of Health was apparently just fine with this decision and cited mRNA vaccines’ alleged failure to “earn public trust” as one of his reasons, along with public statements that “the mRNA platform is no longer viable”. I have a number of suggestions for each of these individuals and their supporters about how they might spend the rest of their day, and will be glad to send details if they contact me.

New comment by dbcooper in "New Amazon Data Center Is Set to Have the Most Polluting Power Plant in the U.S."

dbcooper — Sat, 08 Aug 2026 12:32:22 +0000

Zero data on Greenhouse gas CO2-equivalent per kWh. A combined-cycle gas power plant is going to have lower impact per kWh than the 200+ coal plants in the US.

New comment by dbcooper in "Show HN: Docx-CLI: agents read/edit Word docs using 1/2 the time and tokens"

dbcooper — Wed, 08 Jul 2026 00:01:08 +0000

There have been a few similar posts on HN recently for working with MS Office docs:

https://github.com/iOfficeAI/OfficeCLI

https://github.com/rcarmo/python-office-mcp-server

https://github.com/espressoplease/smalldocs

It would be great to see some benchmarks for token use, correctness, features etc.

New comment by dbcooper in "Claude Science"

dbcooper — Tue, 30 Jun 2026 20:55:32 +0000

A "standing review agent" seems to be one of the main differences beyond the new connectors and in place visualisation tools.

>A standing reviewer agent. This runs in the background during a session, checking citations against sources, flagging numbers it can't trace back to evidence, and catching figures that don't match the code that supposedly generated them. That's not something Code or Cowork do automatically — you'd have to ask Claude to double-check itself as a separate step.

FulcrumSec Leaks Novo Nordisk Data After $25M Demand Goes Unpaid

dbcooper — Thu, 18 Jun 2026 07:43:29 +0000

Article URL: https://databreaches.net/2026/06/15/scoop-fulcrumsec-leaks-novo-nordisk-data-after-25m-demand-goes-unpaid/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48582121

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

New comment by dbcooper in "Fable flags "cancer" as a biosecurity risk"

dbcooper — Wed, 10 Jun 2026 13:56:29 +0000

I had the same experience with a prompt about an antibody's structure and properties.

Fable flags "cancer" as a biosecurity risk

dbcooper — Wed, 10 Jun 2026 13:56:29 +0000

Article URL: https://twitter.com/DeryaTR_/status/2064414826122866707

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48476360

Points: 3

# Comments: 1

New comment by dbcooper in "1-Bit Bonsai Image 4B Image Generation for Local Devices"

dbcooper — Sun, 31 May 2026 22:20:04 +0000

A few implementations listed on LM Studio. Any recommendations for which one to use?

Private Equity Woos Personal Injury Law Firms

dbcooper — Wed, 27 May 2026 05:27:29 +0000

Article URL: https://news.bloomberglaw.com/business-and-practice/private-equity-woos-personal-injury-law-firms-with-profits-tech

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48290043

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

New comment by dbcooper in "Wi is Fi: Understanding Wi-Fi 4/5/6/6E/7/8 (802.11 n/AC/ax/be/bn)"

dbcooper — Sat, 09 May 2026 08:06:18 +0000

Love this site for communicating the properties of WiFi protocols.

New comment by dbcooper in "Gap between national food production and food-based dietary guidance (2025)"

dbcooper — Tue, 05 May 2026 11:01:51 +0000

Yes, very questionable. They also missed New Zealand which is the largest exporter of dairy products (~ 21%).

Nature Food is one of those also ran journals that sully the brand. None of my colleagues in related fields bother with it.

New comment by dbcooper in "Gap between national food production and food-based dietary guidance (2025)"

dbcooper — Tue, 05 May 2026 10:59:11 +0000

The Netherlands is almost legendary for its agricultural productivity. Its greenhouse operations were the model for NZ capsicum production and other efforts. It also leads food science research in some areas. Wageningen is perhaps the best in that field.

Discover the Robot Athlete That Competes with Professional Table Tennis Players

dbcooper — Wed, 22 Apr 2026 22:19:49 +0000

Article URL: https://ai.sony/blog/inside-project-ace-discover-the-robot-athlete-that-competes-with-professional-table-tennis-players

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47870055

Points: 4

# Comments: 0

New comment by dbcooper in "The Illuminated Man: an unconventional portrait of JG Ballard"

dbcooper — Wed, 22 Apr 2026 21:53:45 +0000

"The 60 Minute Zoom" is a good short story to start with.

New comment by dbcooper in "Show HN: Antenna – RSS reader with a built-in MCP server"

dbcooper — Tue, 21 Apr 2026 13:45:34 +0000

Will this convert websites into RSS feeds? Can I run a daily update on them?