<rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Hacker News: firebot</title><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=firebot</link><description>Hacker News RSS</description><docs>https://hnrss.org/</docs><generator>hnrss v2.1.1</generator><lastBuildDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2026 16:10:24 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://hnrss.org/user?id=firebot" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"></atom:link><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by firebot in "FPS.cob: A first person shooter in COBOL"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>We need to start putting guardrails on hn to not allow those pointless comments complaining about usage of peepee poop<p>Could you stop evacuating your bladder and bowels? Puuuuhfleas</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 17:34:16 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48493546</link><dc:creator>firebot</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48493546</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48493546</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by firebot in "Anti-social: It's fads, not friends, which now dominate social media feeds"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>You're just a cost of acquisition.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2026 20:56:18 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48451882</link><dc:creator>firebot</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48451882</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48451882</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by firebot in "macOS needs its grid back"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I recall using litestep back in the 9x days. Loved this feature (virtual desktops.)<p>Plus the wharfs were cool, imo.</p>
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<p>3. They should rename it LIMP. Linux ....</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2026 16:05:03 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48195183</link><dc:creator>firebot</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48195183</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48195183</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by firebot in "Trials on veterans suggest ibogaine could provide a new treatment for PTSD"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Like inducing a 'god' experience?</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2026 09:19:50 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48177147</link><dc:creator>firebot</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48177147</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48177147</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by firebot in "Trials on veterans suggest ibogaine could provide a new treatment for PTSD"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>A small dose of DXM boosts the effectiveness of Wellbutrin by 10x or so. It's not an antidepressant itself. It's a dissociative and cough suppressant.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2026 09:17:28 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48177137</link><dc:creator>firebot</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48177137</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48177137</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by firebot in "Newton's law of gravity passes its biggest test"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>They have varying degrees of 'inelegance' or 'complexity.'<p>But generally they closely conform to Einstein gravity/standard model, as they incorporate relativity.<p>But that's still the thing. No theory can explain gravity across the spectrum of variables (from micro to macro scales, apparent lack of dark matter in some galaxies, black holes, why galaxies don't fly apart, etc.) We have a dark gravity problem regardless of which theory you like best.</p>
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<p>PhotoPea works in any browser on any platform.<p>Also you might prefer gimpshop(or whatever the latest PS-ified gimp is these days), as the default hotkeys in gimp are shit. Ctrl, shift, and alt have universal contexts beyond Adobe products that gimp completely ignores.<p>Just like Macs and the stupid command button. And don't even think of remapping, say the clipboard, to use Ctrl. Many apps just won't honor it. Because that would just make too much sense.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 16 May 2026 10:29:22 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48158839</link><dc:creator>firebot</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48158839</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48158839</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by firebot in "I love Linux, but I can't quit Windows"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I think the web page delayed loading is often server-side these days trying to detect bots. Especially with a dynamic IP.... You'll generally be fine after that first detection flags you as human. Also this seems to affect firefox moreso than some other browsers, but that's subjective.<p>Also, if you're familiar with sysinternals suite for Windows there's a Linux equivalent to all the tools with nice GUIs. So you should be able to track down most process-caused performance issues fairly easily without knowing all the appropriate CLI commands.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 16 May 2026 10:12:48 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48158741</link><dc:creator>firebot</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48158741</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48158741</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by firebot in "YouTube, your RSS feeds are broken"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>As a YouTube app user, these complaints are also part of the core app experience. Notifications often never land, especially if you're _trying to_ follow someone's live streams. Even if you're a mod... (Sometimes appearing hours after the live or even the next day or never.)<p>It'll even randomly drop subscriptions. Forcing the user to resubscribe.<p>Thanks vibe coding?</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2026 11:25:49 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48034958</link><dc:creator>firebot</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48034958</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48034958</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by firebot in "Newton's law of gravity passes its biggest test"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>MOND reduces but doesn't eliminate the need for dark matter.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2026 22:32:26 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48015833</link><dc:creator>firebot</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48015833</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48015833</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by firebot in "Newton's law of gravity passes its biggest test"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>2. It's called relativistic MOND. That exists as a category. RelMOND(for short) includes TeVeS, Einstein–Aether variants, BIMOND, and others.<p>3. I would wager that what we call the CMB is more of a local effect than a big bang remnant.<p>I lack the karma to downvote, don't blame me. :)</p>
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<p>It's absolutely an LBO. The leverage is maximizing debt to equity. That debt is then transferred to the new entity.<p>It's how they destroy companies while making billions in private profit. They over leverage them. Accrue debts. Sell of equity. Wash, rinse, repeat until bankrupt.</p>
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<p>Yea. That last part is a bit incongruent. My bad.<p>Modern medicine relies heavily on petrochemical feedstocks (derived from fossil fuels.) These are used to make plastics, solvents, reagents, packaging, and some pharmaceuticals Many of these materials currently have no scalable, cost-effective substitutes.</p>
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<p>I believe most of the Internet (especially the modern web) is QUIC(UDP/IP)...</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 03 May 2026 13:24:43 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47996727</link><dc:creator>firebot</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47996727</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47996727</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by firebot in "Investors pile into clean energy as Iran war drives push for energy security"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>T1 Energy in Texas is producing solar panels and systems including batteries at gigawatt(about 3 currently, but they're expanding) scales.<p>Illuminate USA in Ohio claims to be going even bigger than T1. Over 5 GW/year (10 million panels). But they just seem to manufacture panels and not batteries.<p>Some others include: Tesla, Qcells, Mission Solar, First Solar, Ambri, Enphase, Ørsted, TotalEnergies, and Generac.<p>Not all are fully vertically integrated and many still rely on global supply chains...</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 03 May 2026 12:45:58 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47996419</link><dc:creator>firebot</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47996419</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47996419</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by firebot in "Investors pile into clean energy as Iran war drives push for energy security"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Fossil fuels hopefully aren't going anywhere.<p>We should absolutely stop burning them, though.<p>For instance, modern medicine requires petroleum and there's no real alternatives at this time.</p>
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<p>They've found some of those in the wild. They weren't that deep.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 03 May 2026 12:33:21 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47996315</link><dc:creator>firebot</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47996315</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47996315</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by firebot in "The Claude Delusion: Richard Dawkins believes his AI chatbot is conscious"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>That's the fun part. One revolutionary discovery and every "expert" becomes a mere bonafide fool.</p>
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<p>Can anyone here prove they're not a "stochastic parrot?"<p>I didn't think so.</p>
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