Hacker News: drBonkers

New comment by drBonkers in "Chatto is now open source"

drBonkers — Wed, 08 Jul 2026 18:00:43 +0000

Needs drop in voice rooms a la Discord or Slack's Huddle

New comment by drBonkers in "Show HN: Agentic interface for mainframes and COBOL"

drBonkers — Wed, 13 May 2026 02:22:18 +0000

Would she consider taking on someone interested in learning COBOL to support her and the team?

New comment by drBonkers in "Why AI companies want you to be afraid of them"

drBonkers — Wed, 29 Apr 2026 16:51:13 +0000

Do you have any readings you recommend to start thinking in terms of non-deterministic algorithms and cheap verifiers?

New comment by drBonkers in "I'm done making desktop applications (2009)"

drBonkers — Fri, 24 Apr 2026 18:25:16 +0000

Hey, I notice this kind of thing all the time. People use "data" to tell the story they want to -- similar to how it seems humans make a decision subconsciously then weave a rational decision to back it up afterwards.

Do you have principles on how to tackle this? I feel stuck between the irrationality of anecdata and the irrationality of lying with numbers. As if the only useful statistic is one I collect and calculate myself. And, even then, I could be lying to myself.

New comment by drBonkers in "Backpacks got worse on purpose"

drBonkers — Wed, 15 Apr 2026 23:07:52 +0000

I don't care about internet service, long distance phone calls, or TVs. I care about shelter, groceries, healthcare, and education. I can forego the former, I must buy the latter.

New comment by drBonkers in "Study: Back-to-basics approach can match or outperform AI in language analysis"

drBonkers — Wed, 15 Apr 2026 16:03:17 +0000

This is a concise statement of what I've tried to articulate by analogizing it to railroad infra buildout.

What applications do you think make the most sense so far?

New comment by drBonkers in "Backpacks got worse on purpose"

drBonkers — Wed, 15 Apr 2026 15:54:50 +0000

> They also found that, if inflation adjusted, you get could, in most categories, the same or better quality for the same price.

I argue you must evaluate against median purchasing power; it accounts for inflation and (lack of) wage increases.

Comments from your linked video:

> The problem with the “adjusted for inflation” argument is that it does not factor in buying power. The increase in wages has risen at out half the rate of inflation, so sure; $20 in 1975 would be $124 today, but the minimum wage in 1975 was $2.10 an hour as opposed to $7.25 today, giving you half the buying power you had 50 years ago.

> healthcare, housing, and education ... have increased by an insane margin leaving people with less money once that has been paid for (if at all).

> It's even worse when you consider that people are paying 45-55% of their monthly income on a house that cost 20x more than it would have in 1975. Your buying power is fucked from all sides.

New comment by drBonkers in "Apple's accidental moat: How the "AI Loser" may end up winning"

drBonkers — Mon, 13 Apr 2026 05:06:23 +0000

What’s better than AirPods and AirTags? I want them

New comment by drBonkers in "Improving my focus by giving up my big monitor"

drBonkers — Fri, 03 Apr 2026 16:17:23 +0000

[Unnatural Scroll Wheels](https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&opi=8997844...)

New comment by drBonkers in "U.S. Navy turns down Hormuz escort requests because of high risk"

drBonkers — Thu, 12 Mar 2026 15:51:22 +0000

Who do you follow for news on the Ukraine-Russian war? I use to follow combat footage to see what was going on, but I had to stop after seeing too many minefield and drones bombing humans videos.

New comment by drBonkers in "OpenClaw is what Apple intelligence should have been"

drBonkers — Thu, 05 Feb 2026 01:44:18 +0000

Network effects.

See social media, bitcoin, iOS App Store, blu-ray, Xbox live, and I’m sure more I can’t think of rn.

New comment by drBonkers in "Fedora Asahi Remix is now working on Apple M3"

drBonkers — Mon, 26 Jan 2026 18:35:06 +0000

Can anyone point me to a good report of the current working status and known drawbacks of Asahi on Apple Silicon? Would there ever be a reason to run it on a Mac Mini or Apple desktop device? Or at that point would you just get a Linux box?

New comment by drBonkers in "Internet voting is insecure and should not be used in public elections"

drBonkers — Thu, 22 Jan 2026 03:04:56 +0000

These objections to secure voting always smell the same as “privacy and encryption bad, must protect children!”

New comment by drBonkers in "Nuudel: Non-Tracking Appointment Tool"

drBonkers — Tue, 20 Jan 2026 18:21:32 +0000

When2meet.com is better

New comment by drBonkers in "Spotify increases its US subscription prices for the third time in 3 years"

drBonkers — Fri, 16 Jan 2026 20:46:03 +0000

What iPod do you use? Any docs you like on how to? I tried to get a shuffle working but couldn’t get it to connect or power on.

How do you like to discover music now?

New comment by drBonkers in "Ask HN: ADHD – How do you manage the constant stream of thoughts and ideas?"

drBonkers — Wed, 14 Jan 2026 17:52:37 +0000

How often do you sleep for an entire day?

New comment by drBonkers in "US will ban Wall Street investors from buying single-family homes"

drBonkers — Thu, 08 Jan 2026 00:39:08 +0000

Have you read anything on this you could point me to?

New comment by drBonkers in "As AI gobbles up chips, prices for devices may rise"

drBonkers — Mon, 29 Dec 2025 16:52:28 +0000

> it's probably time to relearn those (the upper classes never stopped using them)

Can you tell me more about these? I’m actively trying to find ways to cultivate my community.

New comment by drBonkers in "The Right Kind of Stubborn"

drBonkers — Tue, 09 Jul 2024 03:59:33 +0000

This also reminds me of the 1-way vs 2-way doors analogy Bezos mentioned in his interview with Lex Fridman — sweat the 1-way door decisions, not the 2-way door decisions.

New comment by drBonkers in "YC’s founder-matching service helped medical records AI startup Hona"

drBonkers — Wed, 08 May 2024 01:29:59 +0000

> when you try to explain thinking about the organization's goals, and that their job is to help the team collectively achieve that... they think you're just spewing empty platitudes, like they were taught to spew for college application personal statements and job interviews.

Me in my first job.