Hacker News: ev0lv

New comment by ev0lv in "Sixty percent of US consumers say 'AI' in brand messaging is a turnoff"

ev0lv — Wed, 17 Jun 2026 20:45:12 +0000

How did you handle escalation to a human flow?

New comment by ev0lv in "Meta workers can opt out of being tracked at work up to 30 min"

ev0lv — Thu, 04 Jun 2026 02:50:22 +0000

Am I the only one that sees the irony of people working for creepy adtech like meta having to endure being tracked?

New comment by ev0lv in "FindMyCat – Open-Source Pet Tracker"

ev0lv — Mon, 18 Sep 2023 15:47:18 +0000

Letting your domesticated cat roam the neighborhood is the worst thing you can do to the natural environment around you. In N America, domestic cats are the most invasive species. Why? Because they absolutely destroy the local wildlife population. Wonder why you don't see a ton of birds? Because your cat is probably murdering them for recreation.

This is a great example of engineers optimizing the wrong thing.

New comment by ev0lv in "A song that uses AI to clone the voices of Drake and The Weeknd has gone viral"

ev0lv — Mon, 17 Apr 2023 14:21:51 +0000

I've been really getting into AI generated music. I see this as something that's going to get much better rather quickly.

Here are my two favorites:

https://youtu.be/uWuxdH02U9o

https://youtu.be/k85boKH1WYk

New comment by ev0lv in "FTX hacker identity discovered by Kraken Exchange team?"

ev0lv — Mon, 14 Nov 2022 00:57:08 +0000

>>who they trafficked children to

Well, in the very least, we have flight logs. I think that's better than nothing.

New comment by ev0lv in "Felt"

ev0lv — Tue, 05 Jul 2022 13:18:45 +0000

This guy codes! No seriously, this is great feedback for the devs.

New comment by ev0lv in "Report: 90% of nurses considering leaving the profession in the next year"

ev0lv — Wed, 27 Apr 2022 18:27:11 +0000

>>4. RaDonda Vaught's conviction. This is certainly not helping the case to get more nurses.

The precedent RaDonda's conviction set is far from favorable to a profession which is already very difficult and taxing. This is a BIG reason.

New comment by ev0lv in "Ask HN: Best way to learn about computing history?"

ev0lv — Fri, 22 Apr 2022 20:00:56 +0000

My HS teacher made a pretty good high level video on computing history. I recommend starting there.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZ3tSPF83yo

New comment by ev0lv in "McGill must reckon with the reality of MK Ultra (2020)"

ev0lv — Wed, 30 Mar 2022 14:38:06 +0000

Just the rhythm of the algorithm baby!

New comment by ev0lv in "McGill must reckon with the reality of MK Ultra (2020)"

ev0lv — Wed, 30 Mar 2022 13:35:13 +0000

Why do people even think that we can have a civilization by only making morally-sound decisions?

These types of experiments were reasoned to benefit the collective at the cost of the few. Which might be a decision one would make, if the factor to optimize for is the long term prosperity of the collective. Morality is relative, individualized, ambiguous, and always changing. Concluding that morality is not a stable pillar for civilization.

So why are we sitting here asking the government to be accountable to our morality?

I think morality is trending.

I think what happened is the government started to get good at Public Relations. Morality has become a reason fed to us for justification of legislation that somehow takes something from us. The irony is, government decisions cannot be biased by morality in principle.

New comment by ev0lv in "Tell HN: If You Are in Russia"

ev0lv — Tue, 01 Mar 2022 23:39:06 +0000

>>We generally should not give any advice to them

I disagree completely. Putin's decisions aren't the decisions of everyday Russians. And the Ukranian conflict is more complicated than the single-side narratives you are fed. Giving people advice is the morally right thing to do.

New comment by ev0lv in "Namecheap: Russia Service Termination"

ev0lv — Tue, 01 Mar 2022 23:26:03 +0000

This is an attack on the Russian citizen, a normal person who works a normal job.

I do not agree that the valid response is to hurt innocent bystanders. FU namecheap.

New comment by ev0lv in "Names of Canada truck convoy donors leaked after reported hack"

ev0lv — Tue, 15 Feb 2022 16:57:07 +0000

The adversity of your words is against hacker news rules. This isn't reddit.

>>Be kind. Don't be snarky. Have curious conversation; don't cross-examine. Please don't fulminate. Please don't sneer, including at the rest of the community.

New comment by ev0lv in "Biden Orders Vaccine-or-Test Mandate for Businesses with 100 or More Workers"

ev0lv — Thu, 09 Sep 2021 23:34:16 +0000

I'll quit my current job if this is enforced by my company.

New comment by ev0lv in "The Coronavirus Is Here Forever"

ev0lv — Wed, 25 Aug 2021 16:21:52 +0000

Is your view different? You don't believe natural immunity?

New comment by ev0lv in "FDA Approves First Covid-19 Vaccine"

ev0lv — Tue, 24 Aug 2021 20:53:04 +0000

This is actually a common misconception.

Covid has an animal host vector. Unless we start vaccinating deer, it's here to stay regardless.

New comment by ev0lv in "I was let go for refusing to deploy a dark pattern"

ev0lv — Fri, 25 Jun 2021 14:46:05 +0000

But what about making it easier to auto-fill member's information into a contract? (sarcasm)

New comment by ev0lv in "Heart inflammation cases in young men higher than expected after mRNA vaccines"

ev0lv — Fri, 11 Jun 2021 15:13:32 +0000

>>I'd expect it to manifest many years later

You're spot on. Long term risks take many years to evaluate.

New comment by ev0lv in "Discord ends deal talks with Microsoft"

ev0lv — Tue, 20 Apr 2021 19:40:05 +0000

TeamSpeak is still used heavily in the gaming community. Discord sucks when you have 50 people in the same voice chat.

New comment by ev0lv in "Visa Plans to Enable Bitcoin Payments at 70M Merchants"

ev0lv — Fri, 19 Mar 2021 14:53:07 +0000

>but I can't bring myself to buy something that doesn't work.

Doesn't that also describe most stocks that do not have dividends? What is their tangible value?