Hacker News: donkey_brains

New comment by donkey_brains in "Failing grades soar with AI usage, dwindling math skills in Berkeley CS classes"

donkey_brains — Fri, 05 Jun 2026 00:29:38 +0000

Well, sometimes we have to subtract 1 from something, too.

New comment by donkey_brains in "Failing grades soar with AI usage, dwindling math skills in Berkeley CS classes"

donkey_brains — Fri, 05 Jun 2026 00:10:31 +0000

Oh, so only extremely corrosive, cool

New comment by donkey_brains in "Superintelligence: The Idea That Eats Smart People (2016)"

donkey_brains — Tue, 02 Jun 2026 02:20:58 +0000

Well that’s just not fair. Even the fastest human on earth can’t be expected to keep up with a horse riding a bike.

New comment by donkey_brains in "Rumors of my death are slightly exaggerated"

donkey_brains — Fri, 08 May 2026 20:33:27 +0000

Wrong thread bud

New comment by donkey_brains in "The map that keeps Burning Man honest"

donkey_brains — Thu, 07 May 2026 16:34:53 +0000

That’s a narrow definition of a leader. Seems to me that a leader can be someone who others _choose_ to follow.

New comment by donkey_brains in "A network smuggling Starlink tech into Iran to beat internet blackout"

donkey_brains — Sun, 03 May 2026 03:45:35 +0000

The point being that we need to not incriminate these people.

New comment by donkey_brains in "Trump fires NSF's oversight board"

donkey_brains — Sun, 26 Apr 2026 03:56:25 +0000

Eh, they’re probably too busy molesting their younger siblings to take notice or offense.

New comment by donkey_brains in "Tell HN: An app is silently installing itself on my iPhone every day"

donkey_brains — Sun, 26 Apr 2026 03:44:53 +0000

But why this one specific app and no others?

New comment by donkey_brains in "Caffeine, cocaine, and painkillers detected in sharks from The Bahamas"

donkey_brains — Mon, 13 Apr 2026 10:52:31 +0000

Unlike plastic gloves, researchers don’t typically bring these substances into the lab.

New comment by donkey_brains in "Sam Altman's home targeted in second attack"

donkey_brains — Mon, 13 Apr 2026 00:54:55 +0000

I think you have to be at least remotely a sympathetic figure to be a martyr

New comment by donkey_brains in "Cyberattack on vehicle breathalyzer company leaves drivers stranded in the US"

donkey_brains — Mon, 23 Mar 2026 21:04:13 +0000

Dunno where the parent comment was referring to, but different countries have different standards. In Colombia the bus transit stations all have breathalyzer stations and the drivers have to pass the breathalyzer before starting their shifts. It was pretty wild to see as an outsider but completely unremarkable to everyone else.

New comment by donkey_brains in "Kona EV Hacking"

donkey_brains — Mon, 16 Mar 2026 17:26:11 +0000

Elsewhere in the site he publishes her name and address.

New comment by donkey_brains in "Peter Thiel's Antichrist Lectures"

donkey_brains — Fri, 13 Mar 2026 11:09:36 +0000

“Who was the Antichrist? When would he arrive? What would he preach? What kind of SaaS offerings will he want to invest in?”

New comment by donkey_brains in "See the oldest fossilized 'butthole' imprint"

donkey_brains — Fri, 06 Mar 2026 20:21:25 +0000

Clickbait title…it’s just a cloaca

New comment by donkey_brains in "Fentanyl makeover: Core structural redesign could lead to safer pain medications"

donkey_brains — Thu, 26 Feb 2026 15:15:22 +0000

Hey, let’s not discount the opinion of some internet guy just because of the lived experience of the rest of humanity throughout history. /s

New comment by donkey_brains in "Sub-$200 Lidar could reshuffle auto sensor economics"

donkey_brains — Mon, 23 Feb 2026 11:16:02 +0000

Mass surveillance is a relatively recent development. Dense urban civilizations are not. And yet their denizens have not historically devolved into a “nasty, brutish, and short” existence. In fact, cities have been centers of culture and learning throughout history. How does this square with your theory?

New comment by donkey_brains in "15 years later, Microsoft morged my diagram"

donkey_brains — Wed, 18 Feb 2026 11:46:40 +0000

No “for” loop in the example purportedly showing an iterative approach.

Not mentioning the pain of debugging the streaming solution is also a little disingenuous.

New comment by donkey_brains in "Rathbun's Operator"

donkey_brains — Wed, 18 Feb 2026 11:36:41 +0000

It’s “row”. The expression is “a tough road to row”. This refers to the fact that rowboats are notoriously difficult to operate on dry land.

New comment by donkey_brains in "Rathbun's Operator"

donkey_brains — Wed, 18 Feb 2026 02:19:48 +0000

“If this “experiment” personally harmed you, I apologize.”

Real apologies don’t come with disclaimers!

New comment by donkey_brains in "The "Crown of Nobles" Noble Gas Tube Display (2024)"

donkey_brains — Thu, 12 Feb 2026 14:58:46 +0000

It’s nice to see this guy getting some attention for a different reason. Maybe something good will come out of this whole debacle.