<rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Hacker News: diydsp</title><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=diydsp</link><description>Hacker News RSS</description><docs>https://hnrss.org/</docs><generator>hnrss v2.1.1</generator><lastBuildDate>Sat, 29 Aug 2026 10:04:51 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://hnrss.org/user?id=diydsp" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"></atom:link><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by diydsp in "Autistici/Inventati's main .org domain goes dark after US terrorism designation"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Ah. The old hn downvotearoo in response to objective facts that clarify a mystery.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 29 Aug 2026 03:48:56 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49486707</link><dc:creator>diydsp</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49486707</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49486707</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by diydsp in "Autistici/Inventati's main .org domain goes dark after US terrorism designation"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Antifacist, styled "antifa," and Republican are adjectives like Christian.  Christianity and the GOP are massive, documented networks with representatives and hierarchies.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2026 16:52:17 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49481284</link><dc:creator>diydsp</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49481284</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49481284</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by diydsp in "Autistici/Inventati's main .org domain goes dark after US terrorism designation"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Looking closelier at their data, it's only up to 7/25.  It doesnt include two right wing attacks that took place shortly after that:<p>1. An anti-LGBTQ plot targeting a Texas pride parade<p>2. The attack on a Michigan Mormon congregation.<p>Also csis states "the fall in right-wing violence is likely temporary"</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2026 16:48:25 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49481225</link><dc:creator>diydsp</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49481225</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49481225</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by diydsp in "Show HN: 20,000 words – which is the middle?"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>That was actually fun and simple.<p>If possible on android can you clear keyboard entry after you guess so you can see the bottom of the screen?<p>Bookmarked!</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2026 11:09:17 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49462856</link><dc:creator>diydsp</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49462856</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49462856</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by diydsp in "Early-life stress leaves a 'scar' inside brain cells in mice"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Wait that's very interesting.  Any suggs for bio hacking?<p>Iiuc zinc can be tricky/fraught to experiment with and iron somewhat risky.  Don't know about B2.<p>So perhaps start with each one on small dose, one week one, two weeks off, keep a journal, making no other changes?<p>And any suggs for things to avoid?</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2026 17:04:08 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49401583</link><dc:creator>diydsp</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49401583</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49401583</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by diydsp in "Casio F-B100W-1A"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>My bathroom scale requires gps access via my phone if I want to log data to it...</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2026 00:02:03 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49368807</link><dc:creator>diydsp</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49368807</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49368807</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by diydsp in "Ask HN: Does anyone else feel like nothing matters anymore?"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>This is a form of ego death and should be taken seriously.<p>Your/our place(s) in society have been shaken up like dice in a cup...and someone may not even care to pour them out and see what numbers come out.<p>What are you like when no one is watching?<p>Like any death, it will re-arrange your values.<p>Fortunately existentialist philosophers have been grasping with this for some time.<p>The secret is you have to make your own meaning.  It can be scary.  Don't freak out. You've essentially been forced to become a radical non-conformist.<p>Also: the ego usually reassembles itself like the robot in Saturn 3.  It just comes back a little different, a little more mature.  And often it's grateful for every good thing you've ever done for yourself and others.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2026 02:32:22 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49340488</link><dc:creator>diydsp</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49340488</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49340488</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by diydsp in "Abdominal fat predicts heart disease risk better than BMI"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>BMI is at best 66% accurate, so "mostly" is correct, but what is mostly good enough for?<p>BMI has known biases in gender, age, and race.  It misclassified Asians, women, elderly w sarcopenia, and people with high body fat to lean tissue ratio.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 16 Aug 2026 00:12:57 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49315574</link><dc:creator>diydsp</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49315574</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49315574</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by diydsp in "DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>>are you protecting some crazy discovery<p>Yes. If someone figured out my current project they would have a huge scoop.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2026 21:16:14 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49278666</link><dc:creator>diydsp</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49278666</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49278666</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by diydsp in "SQLite Critical CVEs or LLM Slop?"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Much of an LLM's capability comes from the structure encoded in its learned representations. The probabilistic outputs are primarily a way of expressing uncertainty and generating fluent text, while compression during training is what forces the model to discover that underlying structure.</p>
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<p>Sorry but are you saying the article is somehow inadequate bc it's largely about Mexico?  Is Big Food expected to be an a USA-only enemy?<p>I urge you to re-read.  there are many more important ideas there.<p>it's an international story.  one of the main points are how much resources are wasted by international governments managing the diseases caused by bad foods and fighting these hundreds of lawsuits.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2026 16:30:00 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49135816</link><dc:creator>diydsp</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49135816</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49135816</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by diydsp in "How to Exist"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>No.  You're allowed to direct your attention.  The problem would be in how you approach it.  If you <i>strive</i> then you're doing it wrong.<p>Liken it to brushing your teeth: you can't really judge it.  You probably did it good enough.  It's more important to keep doing it steadily every day than to evaluate progress.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2026 15:51:54 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49135460</link><dc:creator>diydsp</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49135460</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49135460</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by diydsp in "How to Exist"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>+1 Titration works.  E.g. blending caff and decaf.<p>The "cup" measure of coffee is a blunt quantization.  My ideal amount is approx 3-4 oz.</p>
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<p>A professor taught us genre is defined by how you resolve dissonance...<p>And dissonance has cultural and physiological components...<p>And other traditions focus on rhythm over harmony...<p>That said this looks like a good introduction.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2026 16:03:11 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49085935</link><dc:creator>diydsp</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49085935</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49085935</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by diydsp in "What I learned selling 2,500 MIDI recorders: Hardware is not so hard"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>With 2500 units sold, no one has moved to counterfeit yet(1).  A device this simple will be cloned by AI in an afternoon.  There is no imaginable anticounterfeit strategy.<p>(1)2500*$175=$437,500.  Estimated profit is 33-66%, so $150-300k.  Nice for a soloprenuer, but limited market, so small target for piracy.</p>
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<p>We should be making more protest about this.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2026 11:10:35 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48904948</link><dc:creator>diydsp</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48904948</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48904948</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by diydsp in "Commodore Made a Digital Detox Phone That Isn't Dumb"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>The cool thing is running two phones w same number.  One big market phone and one minimal.  Take the minimal out most of the time and the big one when you need to.<p>Tmobile used to let me do that but it was pricey.</p>
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<p>That's an argument against people actng lszy, not against them using ai.</p>
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<p>Vast majority?<p>The combined market cap of those four companies is maybe $500-600 billion combined. The total S&P 500 market cap is roughly $45-50 trillion.<p>So defense contractors represent maybe 1-1.5% of a typical index fund portfolio.</p>
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<p>History will note this action was made the same day scaffolding was set up to remove the president's name from the Kennedy center.</p>
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