Hacker News: epoxyhockey

New comment by epoxyhockey in "Eric Schmidt booed at University of Arizona after praising AI"

epoxyhockey — Mon, 18 May 2026 02:41:31 +0000

This doesn't even work as a metaphor

The whole speech was probably written by AI anyway

New comment by epoxyhockey in "Eric Schmidt booed at University of Arizona after praising AI"

epoxyhockey — Sun, 17 May 2026 19:59:10 +0000

The dotcom boom (it wasn't a crisis) was about putting brick and mortar stores online and making shopping more convenient and price efficient. The younger generation was much more enthusiastic about shopping online, and being initial drivers of it. I remember the $25 off (no minimum order) coupons to basically get free stuff every week. The older generations still preferred to go to a store. It was a much slower progression taking 10-years for the older generations to become comfortable with shopping online.

AI is being driven by the more enthusiastic older generation (in my view) and it's not just about taking a fraction of brick and mortar sales away, it's about systematically replacing the full breadth of white collar jobs, especially the entry level jobs. You know, the jobs that college grads are vying for.

New comment by epoxyhockey in "Silicon Valley finally has a big electronics retailer again: Micro Center opens"

epoxyhockey — Fri, 30 May 2025 23:33:52 +0000

The store had pre-opening for the past 2 days. I drove by on Wednesday and the parking lot was completely full with folks parking across the street and walking over. I thought I would be able to stroll in and get the free USB drive but ended up not able to visit yet. Talk about pent up demand!

New comment by epoxyhockey in "Capitol Trades: Tracking Stock Market Transactions of Politicians"

epoxyhockey — Mon, 07 Apr 2025 01:53:39 +0000

He is a professional trader and the others are politicians.

New comment by epoxyhockey in "Capitol Trades: Tracking Stock Market Transactions of Politicians"

epoxyhockey — Mon, 07 Apr 2025 01:45:45 +0000

Their staffers are in the discussions and do you know that they leak information like sieves. A "top secret business discussion" in Washington, are you kidding me?

New comment by epoxyhockey in "Capital Trades: Tracking Stock Market Transactions of Politicians"

epoxyhockey — Mon, 07 Apr 2025 01:41:33 +0000

Inverse Jim Cramer ETF closed 1 year ago due to lack of interest, sheesh.

To follow Pelosi, just look up the public record on the government website. It tells you the date and the product he used. Then just look up the chart for that day and look at the price range.

New comment by epoxyhockey in "Capitol Trades: Tracking Stock Market Transactions of Politicians"

epoxyhockey — Sun, 06 Apr 2025 23:03:32 +0000

I'll save everyone hours of headache. The only politician's disclosures that are worth anything are Pelosi's. And by Pelosi, it is actually her husband that trades but that she has to disclose those trades as a politician. You can also copy Pelosi's trades exactly if you are into speculation and you can experience first hand how many of his trades end up -30% or more, but over the course of the year they have a chance of gaining. They gain not so much because there is any meaningful insider information, but because he holds the position for 1 year and we are still in a bull market (even as of tonight).

I think it's amusing that folks think that politicians have any sort of capability to be able to consistently beat the S&P 500.

New comment by epoxyhockey in "$2.4M Texas home listing boasts built-in 5,786 sq ft data center"

epoxyhockey — Mon, 17 Jun 2024 01:42:39 +0000

Excessive paranoia? The photos and pictures indicate it was a crypto mining facility.

New comment by epoxyhockey in "'The world 9/11 created: What if the U.S. had not invaded Iraq?'"

epoxyhockey — Sat, 11 Sep 2021 21:16:20 +0000

It could also have been as simple as Saddam had once tried to assassinate GW's daddy and GW was ok with anything detrimental to Iraq's leadership.

New comment by epoxyhockey in "I didn’t know how to write about my sister’s death, so I had AI do it for me"

epoxyhockey — Sat, 14 Aug 2021 14:07:32 +0000

Author using AI as a form of algorithmic MDMA to get in touch with her feelings. I can see how she selects AI passages of deeper reflection and inspection.

Yes, it feels fake from the surface level to pick from words that AI generates. But the same principle applies to a psychologist's suggestive words during a consultation, IMO.

New comment by epoxyhockey in "Big Tech are supposed to be the plumbers, not patricians of internet discourse"

epoxyhockey — Sun, 08 Aug 2021 21:01:23 +0000

I think the title is distasteful, but the title tag of the article matches the hn title and is also the first title displayed above the fold (on a mobile browser, at least).

New comment by epoxyhockey in "Baltimore prosecutor ends drug, sex prosecutions as violent crime plummets"

epoxyhockey — Sat, 27 Mar 2021 14:21:06 +0000

Stopping prosecution of non violent crime is one part of the equation. We can't overlook the UBI aspect of the stimulus checks, which could have had an impact on lower property crime.

New comment by epoxyhockey in "GM self-driving tech unit Cruise laying off about 8% of staff"

epoxyhockey — Thu, 14 May 2020 20:18:37 +0000

the layoff includes staff at an engineering team in Padasedna, California, that works on Lidar

New comment by epoxyhockey in "Miscarriage can lead to 'long-term post-traumatic stress'"

epoxyhockey — Tue, 21 Jan 2020 06:00:45 +0000

> So we've never celebrated a pregnancy

I’m sorry to hear this and it must make you sad every time you think about it.

I think it is very difficult to go through life, experiencing all of life’s milestones in the way we might wish.

Another example is in those fortunate to celebrate a work retirement party. Others may fall ill, take leave and quietly retire without returning to work and have no retirement party.

Life seems unpredictable, unfair. Knowing that makes celebrations of life, when we can have them, much more special.

New comment by epoxyhockey in "Gracefully Restarting a Go Program Without Downtime"

epoxyhockey — Sat, 09 Jun 2018 20:22:15 +0000

Another reference project: https://github.com/facebookgo/grace

New comment by epoxyhockey in "Where to Score: Classified Ads from Haight-Ashbury"

epoxyhockey — Thu, 22 Mar 2018 16:05:28 +0000

I’m not saying it is the case here, but there are perfectly legitimate reasons for why someone would want to disappear from their parents, no matter how well written the parents’ classified ad may be.

New comment by epoxyhockey in "G.M. Unveils Its Driverless Cars, Aiming to Lead the Pack"

epoxyhockey — Wed, 29 Nov 2017 19:00:27 +0000

I see them a lot along the 3rd St corridor. Recently saw one almost come to a complete stop at a green light on 3rd in Dogpatch, before the driver took over and gunned the gas pedal.

New comment by epoxyhockey in "Alphabet's Project Loon says it will run the program with fewer balloons"

epoxyhockey — Fri, 17 Feb 2017 02:35:09 +0000

This article [0] says they expect latency to be between 25 and 35ms with the 4,425 satellite constellation.

[0] https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2016/11/space...

New comment by epoxyhockey in "Russian Hacker, Wanted by F.B.I., Is Arrested in Prague, Czechs Say"

epoxyhockey — Wed, 19 Oct 2016 17:00:02 +0000

The arrest happened 2 weeks ago, but is being reported just now? Interesting timing..

New comment by epoxyhockey in "Barack Obama: America Will Take the Giant Leap to Mars"

epoxyhockey — Tue, 11 Oct 2016 14:12:33 +0000

And their actions to be repealed or cut by the next politician in line.