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New comment by dukeofdoom in "Rare medieval bookmark exceeds expectations at auction"

dukeofdoom — Sun, 21 Jun 2026 13:59:21 +0000

Maybe bookmarks need innovation. Not sure what exists out there now, but could be a cool product

New comment by dukeofdoom in "LLMs are eroding my software engineering career and I don't know what to do"

dukeofdoom — Sun, 07 Jun 2026 13:30:19 +0000

So instead of a programmer, you become a software designer. I recently came across the idea of building fantasy for the player (in context of games), but now that I think more about it. Onlyfans, is just that. Advertising, Beauty products, novels, games, TV shows, and so on. You're really just creating / selling a fantasy for vast majority of people. Most people will never lose that 30 lbs, but you can sell them all kinds of products to fuel the fantasy of them losing that weight, being beautiful, rich, healthy and so on. So an LLM replacing the need for you to write every piece of code, is actually kind of freeing. You as a a former programmer, should embrace your new creative role. Writing code, at least for me was always slow and tedious. I just want to be able to express the ideas I have, so LLMs just make it possible to build things I never could otherwise.

New comment by dukeofdoom in "Public Domain Image Archive"

dukeofdoom — Sun, 07 Jun 2026 12:22:15 +0000

This is great, came across an image of a Labyrinth, which led me to a 1920s book about Labyrinths. I'm currently making a game level with hedge mazes. Thanks.

New comment by dukeofdoom in "Let's Buy Spirit Air"

dukeofdoom — Mon, 04 May 2026 03:44:21 +0000

The "Butthurt" airline, where you fly once remember for a life time. I still remember how much my ass hurt sitting in their seats, and it's been a decade.

New comment by dukeofdoom in "DeepClaude – Claude Code agent loop with DeepSeek V4 Pro"

dukeofdoom — Mon, 04 May 2026 02:59:49 +0000

Is there some way to make claude/codex beep when it finishes a task.

New comment by dukeofdoom in "Deezer says 44% of songs uploaded to its platform daily are AI-generated"

dukeofdoom — Mon, 20 Apr 2026 17:36:22 +0000

That might be true, but if you watch some of the youtube videos from solo game devs where they spend 5 years making a game, and come out with 28k in sales. Anything that brings a game concept to market faster I think is a win for everyone.

New comment by dukeofdoom in "Deezer says 44% of songs uploaded to its platform daily are AI-generated"

dukeofdoom — Mon, 20 Apr 2026 17:12:28 +0000

I can see this being useful for solo game devs

New comment by dukeofdoom in "All phones sold in the EU to have replaceable batteries from 2027"

dukeofdoom — Mon, 20 Apr 2026 16:52:38 +0000

I envision somone keeping a phone long time, not updating it and evtualluy the spying hooks get obsolete and so phone gets more secure, as tech companies move on with new apis and drop support for the old ones. This might be the biggest win. Ms still has customers using win95

New comment by dukeofdoom in "Show HN: Saunas lower nighttime heart rate more than exercise (n=59,000)"

dukeofdoom — Mon, 20 Apr 2026 14:57:37 +0000

Seems to me what we now know about neural networks, we should maybe weighted sum of inputs, that fire off the desired output. The human body/brain process all kinds of stimulus at once, and might only react to a combination of inputs.

New comment by dukeofdoom in "Himalayas bare and rocky after reduced winter snowfall, scientists warn"

dukeofdoom — Mon, 12 Jan 2026 08:22:17 +0000

On the flipside, it might make greenland actually green.

New comment by dukeofdoom in "Being poor vs. being broke"

dukeofdoom — Sat, 15 Nov 2025 00:24:49 +0000

Dog food is about $30 a week.

New comment by dukeofdoom in "Being poor vs. being broke"

dukeofdoom — Fri, 14 Nov 2025 21:02:59 +0000

Sorry I don't. Guy looked kind of like Dan Gilbert but somewhat like a Bill O Riley personality. Maybe 2012 or 2013 interview. Possibly 60 minutes. It was in major network. I tried searching it too but couldn't find it. I remember watching an interview about an attractive female pilot that was flying to Epstain Island and can't find that interview now either. So I'm thinking maybe it got scrubbed

New comment by dukeofdoom in "Being poor vs. being broke"

dukeofdoom — Fri, 14 Nov 2025 18:23:16 +0000

I think its some sort of decline thats happening Some of is dumb environmental policy. Showerheads that don't spray enough water. Dishwashers that don't wash properly so you need to wash dishes before you put them in and after you take them out. Time of use pricing that means you need to cook at inconvenient times, and even still most of the bill is fixed charges. It's just going on. The decline in Canada seems like its mostly targeted towards poor people. I know a family friend that has a broken bone leg is waiting months for a specialist when anytime he could get an infection and die from infection. Totally preventable even in a third world country, yet it is what it is. My mom also know somone thats waiting for a proecdure too, and they asked hime multiple times if he wants to do Maid. It's almost cynical.

New comment by dukeofdoom in "Being poor vs. being broke"

dukeofdoom — Fri, 14 Nov 2025 18:11:04 +0000

I remember an interview with some billionaire talking about how people should grow their own food. He underpays his workers. One the surface great idea. Aside for the fact that it's hugely inefficient and why we have massive farms to take care of the inefficiency problem. Innovation was supposed to take care of this so poor people don't have to substance farm in cities. I mean by all means do that as a hobby. But keep im mind many cities have contaminated soil. People doing their own laundry also had a stay at home parent back than yo do these chores. Now 2 people need to work jobs to pay a mortgage. So don't feel its really a viable alternative

New comment by dukeofdoom in "Being poor vs. being broke"

dukeofdoom — Fri, 14 Nov 2025 17:35:30 +0000

It's also owning lower quality goods, that plague you by breaking all the time. So the maintenance cost (time and energy) is quite high. It's almost better not to have things when you're poor, because the things you have are just a big headache. I think it's also that increasingly working people are living in old houses that were never built properly, and now have lots of problems. And even new things you buy, are just kind of annoying. I have an LG electric stove. Instead of modulating heat, it pulses the burner top. So you can't effectively lower the heat, just extend the time it takes to cook. The oven timer doesn't turn off, it tries to keep the food warm, and plays chime every minute. Exactly opposite of what I want, since I cook food for my dog and want the food to cool off. And it's stuff like that, the constant annoyance of dealing with badly designed products, and things breaking. I had 2 driers break (all plastic parts), and a washing machine that started leaking oil inside that damaged the clothes in the last year. It's the cumulative effect of dealign with lower quality things.

New comment by dukeofdoom in "Learn Prolog Now (2006)"

dukeofdoom — Wed, 12 Nov 2025 16:21:01 +0000

Always felt this would be language that Sherlock Holmes would use...so be sure to wear the hat when learning it

New comment by dukeofdoom in "Widespread distribution of bacteria containing PETases across global oceans"

dukeofdoom — Tue, 11 Nov 2025 15:10:25 +0000

This implies in the future plastic will rot like wood.

New comment by dukeofdoom in "China has added forest the size of Texas since 1990"

dukeofdoom — Thu, 30 Oct 2025 04:38:04 +0000

I always wondered why Western democracies want carbon taxes, when just reverting more land back to managed forests, seems like a much more reasoned solution. It would trap carbon, help wild life, and provide fresh air, and jobs in forestry, and renewable resources like wood. Seems to me Carbon Taxes primarily benefit the banks, and grow bureaucracy.

New comment by dukeofdoom in "Austrian ministry kicks out Microsoft in favor of Nextcloud"

dukeofdoom — Tue, 28 Oct 2025 15:38:07 +0000

Mom hates teams, and wants skype back.

New comment by dukeofdoom in "Can “second life” EV batteries work as grid-scale energy storage?"

dukeofdoom — Thu, 23 Oct 2025 20:19:43 +0000

It's possible it might actually be more reliable long term, once the technology matures. For example, in cold weather the gas engine might heat the battery for better battery performance, maybe even extend its life if it prevents it from being drawn down too much. The gas engine, would also likely last longer since its not used for daily commutes.

"In many PHEV systems, there are different modes:

Electric mode (EV mode): The vehicle runs purely on the electric motor(s) and battery until the battery depletes to some extent.

Hybrid/Parallel mode: Both the petrol engine and electric motor(s) work together to drive the wheels, especially under high load, higher speeds or when battery is low. Ithy

Series mode (in some designs): The petrol engine acts only as a generator to charge the battery or power the electric motor(s), and the wheels are driven by the electric motor(s).

For the BYD Leopard 5 (and many BYD PHEVs) the petrol engine can drive the wheels (i.e., it is not purely a generator). It is part of the drive system, especially when high power or long range is needed.

At the same time, it likely can assist with charging the battery or maintaining battery state of charge (SOC) when needed (for example, to keep the battery at some reserve level or in “save” mode). User-reports show that the petrol engine will kick in to support the electric system, charge the battery, or assist the drive under certain conditions" -