Hacker News: gorpy7

New comment by gorpy7 in "As the Japanese countryside empties out, wildlife is disappearing"

gorpy7 — Sat, 07 Nov 2026 04:54:27 +0000

there is a phrase that reasonates with me and it goes something like this- all symbiotic relationships were once parasitic. There are plenty of caveats but i think the time regime is something we don’t really respect given that some of these processes are always happening at almost always on a timeframe that we don’t appreciate- naturally, being so briefly here.

New comment by gorpy7 in "SketchAgentBench – evaluate LLMs on 3D spatial reasoning"

gorpy7 — Sat, 07 Nov 2026 03:35:22 +0000

i had astra route some ducting thru joists and beams and other crap and i was so surprised and rejoicing because it knocked it out of the park! this is sketchup pro. i’m not especially good at sketchup. i also had it do some plumbing and again it was good. i wanted proper slope on all the joints and pipes and if i needed to adjust a route- boy was that aggravating! but then asked astra and just sipped my pop.

New comment by gorpy7 in "Tesla to wind down Cybertruck production"

gorpy7 — Sat, 07 Nov 2026 03:05:25 +0000

don’t get lost in the minutiae, these are banner features by there are hundreds of little details that matter perhaps more. and just like the iphone had nothing radically new, it’s the synthesis and implementation that matter more. a strong argument is that that tried to do too much. the truck has true issues but many have been resolved. show me the car that i should be getting excited about. i just get so exhausted by the selective hole-poking.

New comment by gorpy7 in "Tesla to wind down Cybertruck production"

gorpy7 — Sat, 07 Nov 2026 02:53:11 +0000

the cybertruck in its whole was new in that there is nothing else like it. even the ss panels are different alloy and rear steering is differently implemented. The polarization is probably its only real downfall- essentially suffering from ridicule and too often actual harassment. your argument against it is that you think it was drawn with a crayon(subjective and childish)when the motivation was to simplify the manufacturing>cost thru folding. and last, “It wasn't a good truck, vehicle, EV, anything”- what does that add to the conversation?

New comment by gorpy7 in "AI Is Threatening Natural Resources for Billions"

gorpy7 — Fri, 14 Aug 2026 04:46:47 +0000

i’ve noticed in the last month that HN discourse has improved- which i’m super glad for. this thread is a good example of lots of you seeing thru the hyperbole/rhetoric! one of the remaining errors that people make is sort of assuming ai as it is today or even last year is what ai will be 5 years from now. well, it’s going to get a whole lot better and i’m curious to see what that will enable. and although there is lots of fear about how the owners of the models will steer peoples’ world view, i see more of the basal views improving dramatically. what i mean is, people are educating themselves on fundamentals more efficiently and cutting through a lot of the bull that would otherwise lead them to scam or hype or… driven decisions. every once in a while i watch daytime tv and get blown away by the drivel and think, who would watch/be moved by this! that part of our society needs to die fast but it’s still here- it’s sort of forgotten, at least to me, but it probably is more impactful than we’d like to believe. so i’m encouraged by sort of what i would call death to bull and a cleaner path to decently synthesized knowledge. on the top end, it’s the enablement of dreams where previously a business is paperwork not the actual business of making and improving the sold product or experience. i look forward to seeing what people who are newly enabled will bring to the world.

New comment by gorpy7 in "The most unlikely school bag"

gorpy7 — Thu, 28 May 2026 20:09:13 +0000

this was written with at least the help of ai- it’s still a good article and idk if i’m the only one who can tell or we’re beyond the point of needing or wanting or caring to point it out. idk

New comment by gorpy7 in "European Stagnation Is Real"

gorpy7 — Wed, 13 May 2026 17:01:06 +0000

“we”? i think it’s damn obvious that it’s not “we”. the world doesn’t get to move together until all differences are resolved, is that the progress you think we’ve made in the last 100 years? I don’t understand how talk like this goes unchallenged so often. it’s fine aspirationally but come on! I look at a growing economy like a bicycle, the slower it goes the less stable it is. in other words, you can’t just stop unless you want mass death or you want to transition to a stabilizing mechanism the world is yet unaware of. I would also suggest we don’t foolishly bully human nature with policy- there is a certain and deep injustice to that.

Life’s motto is to grow. asking it to not grow or to greatly hamper it? its outrageous really, especially without a genius respectable path to get there. i don’t mind aspiration because dreaming is good but this one is a bit tired and uncontested. and just so i’m not just complaining, i’ll suggest that people stop trying to be dubious global citizens in problem space that outstrips their capabilities and work to be better stewards of one’s self, family, friends. support /relatively/ steady growth.

New comment by gorpy7 in "Solar panels are creating an unexpected effect by forming rainfall clouds"

gorpy7 — Mon, 13 Apr 2026 00:59:14 +0000

“…good enough” and why is it that we can’t be a part of the planet’s ecology? it must have happened when we exceeded the beaver and ascended. there’s a cake joke in this somewhere but i’d rather just suggest it than wait for the joke to come to me.

New comment by gorpy7 in "Sam Altman's response to Molotov cocktail incident"

gorpy7 — Sat, 11 Apr 2026 03:30:09 +0000

Thanks for the response. i had too many noodles tonight and forgot to check my writing. I’m a rare generalist and so it is so very hard to keep up with this without saying “better autocomplete” my one goal is to not get washed out like my parents did in the great username and password wars. i used to have this theory about knowledge in society/silos and i likened it to condensation on a window. you have all this water so close to each other and yet not touching-then, something happens and a bead runs down the window and it all connects. i guess distillation reminds me of it but ai overall reminds me of it. because we all know there are silos and complementary info just waiting to run together and make something happen. I am undoubtedly a naive optimist and believe there are good things coming. it’s not a popular opinion and i think that’s mostly because people would rather spend their time guarding than defining their future. oh baby, there are more noodles in the fridge and to think i almost left them at the restaurant.

New comment by gorpy7 in "Sam Altman's response to Molotov cocktail incident"

gorpy7 — Sat, 11 Apr 2026 03:07:49 +0000

i’ve often thought that less than one second is all you need.One of my fun super powers when someone asks what i’d like to have is 1 second ahead of everyone else- that’s all i need. i honest don’t know where the distillation conversation is at. is it real, is it ongoing? i think that aspect would big one. Your point is valid if it’s valid. i’m not a great global citizen, you know, lots going on out and about.

New comment by gorpy7 in "Golf game built last night with Claude Code, Svelte and ThreeJS"

gorpy7 — Sun, 15 Feb 2026 19:19:00 +0000

Programming is hard, even for someone who has an interest in it. i know some c# just for selenium work- honestly im quite terrible and have too little concentration or innate skill to get anywhere. i’ve made attempts but they fizzle. Those barriers of esoteric knowledge are folding like card castles now. would it be helpful to understand perfectly the underlying principles, heck yeah, but i want to see my visions for different programs come to life! apps that i believe don’t exist. I sincerely don’t mean it as jab to the author but programmers tend to be rigid thinkers and it’s totally practical to do PoC on golf but yeah, rigid thinking doesn’t always result in novelty. let’s let things play out and see what happens when this sort of capability reaches other creatives/types of people. and as the tools strengthen and expand.

New comment by gorpy7 in "You need a kitchen slide rule"

gorpy7 — Thu, 15 Jan 2026 03:14:18 +0000

i believe i threw a slide ruler in the trash recently. i stopped reading as soon as they said something about a c position. i’d rather have a digital scale- so many fewer measuring cups/spoons used, just do the addition in your head or tare as you add additional ingredients.

New comment by gorpy7 in "2 in 3 Americans think AI will cause major harm to humans in the next 20 years [pdf] (2024)"

gorpy7 — Mon, 29 Dec 2025 01:38:31 +0000

anyone have anything positive to say?

New comment by gorpy7 in "American Heart Association says melatonin may be linked to serious heart risks"

gorpy7 — Mon, 10 Nov 2025 15:25:55 +0000

i bought a bottle from cvs. 60 gummies each 5 mg. my kid was having trouble sleeping and these worked like a sledghammer, it was great! also comical, knowing the dose was way too high, i would slice the pinky-fingernail-sized gummy into 10 tiny pieces. “do you want this gummy?” “can i have more?” “no” “do you still want the little piece” “yes”. so then she would try to make it last by sort of licking it or just taking it in and out of her mouth and it would get lost of forgotten- funny business. anyway, we dropped off the use of the sledgehammer precipitously as we wanted her to develop her own sleep skills and avoid any of these lesser known potentially negative effects. we still keep the (lifetime supply)tool in our back pocket for rare occasions, like traveling.

New comment by gorpy7 in "Tesla is at risk of losing subsidies in Korea over widespread battery failures"

gorpy7 — Tue, 14 Oct 2025 17:39:45 +0000

Tesla’s current products are similar to older failed products from other manufacturers. Tesla’s future products are similar to older failed products from other manufacturers. Tesla’s current products are largely profitable. Just exactly why are we bashing on attempts to bring products to market? I will say i view the “lies” as woefully aspirational but not malicious in intent. and i do think the lines can blur. but i’d rather have cool new things and a few fools fooled benevolently than, for instance, no true EV market.

New comment by gorpy7 in "New thermoelectric cooling breakthrough nearly doubles efficiency"

gorpy7 — Mon, 22 Sep 2025 14:22:18 +0000

I tried gpt to get an idea of what this meant relative to compressor tech and i had to put my tail between my legs and crawl back in my cave. it said it could be COP very efficient iirc COP 50 over tiny temp lifts. i don’t fully understand that yet. But the theme is matching the application with techs characteristics. solid state should be great but as someone mentioned, expansion and contraction at the solder or connection is troublesome. on the other hand, those that mention it wouldn’t work for residential cooling/heating should keep in mind the cost of installation for current heat pumps- if this cost could be reduced or homeowner-capable, then that’s a huge win. My point is is this constellation of characteristics the SOTA and how they interact with the moving world can be hard to track and if something isn’t viable, it may suddenly become viable. it’s a tricky thing to notice if you’re just looking at the one characteristic of efficiency.

New comment by gorpy7 in "What could have been"

gorpy7 — Mon, 18 Aug 2025 23:48:55 +0000

it’s peculiar because i love to use chat gpt to fill my knowledge gaps as i work through solutions to building and energy problems that i want to solve. i wonder how many people are doing something similar and, although i haven’t* read through all the comments, i doubt much is being said let alone giving credence to that simple but potentially profound idea. learning amplified.

New comment by gorpy7 in "Tesla Robotaxi launch is a dangerous game of smoke and mirrors"

gorpy7 — Tue, 17 Jun 2025 23:49:16 +0000

I used to try it for a few drives after each release then revert to driving myself. with the newest version i let it drive a lot- and i’m on the older hardware. Everyone likes to bemoan the lying but every corp lies, at least with Tesla you get to point the finger instead of yell at a faceless mass. and if it’s 15 years of lying and a well known political target, then at some point it’s not lying- it’s a feature. people need to take some personal responsibility. also, of course, every day that goes by without a fatality is another day that all the naysayers should capitulate- but we won’t hear it. time and pressure will solve fsd sooner than later, i doubt there is a soul in here that doubts it, so there is also /that/ clock that is ticking.

Cars, one of life’s current greatest killers. by accidents and by pollution-hmmm, let’s run down that evil dude!

edited: made on writing mistakes

New comment by gorpy7 in "2 Minnesota lawmakers shot in politically motivated killings, governor says"

gorpy7 — Sat, 14 Jun 2025 17:40:08 +0000

Someone very local to the scene said they have received about 5 alerts so far.

New comment by gorpy7 in "OpenAI can stop pretending"

gorpy7 — Mon, 02 Jun 2025 01:05:03 +0000

I always get a little triggered when i hear the phrase job creation. it’s like a solution in search of a problem. here idk if you’re using it in the way i usually hear it because i generally agree -productivity gains boost the economy. for me, i wish the focus was on value creation. i think of the economy like a bike, the slower it goes the harder it is to balance. i come from a biology background and there there is ‘boom bust’ as a widespread and normal process. if humans are clever enough, even when we run out of resources and are about to bust, we can just suddenly invent fertilizer or countless other things. we took natural gas and added value to it. humans have lots of tricks to keep the bicycle chooching along. Regarding ai, it’s a systemic change. most people aren’t great at systems thinking because most people are specialists. so it’s not too likely you’ll hear a salient take on what ai will do despite some rather smart people commenting. The one trend i like to look at is sort of a scale reset or, how do you say forest from the trees? what i mean is, one of corporate’s great advantages are their size and swath of roles and the coordination that allows them to have an outsized advantage-essentially leveraging the collection of specialist to gain a dominate effect in working ‘the system’(navigating government, economy or scale, overwhelming capital, etc). Enter AI, subsuming these roles into one thing and sort of resetting the required scale to have some of the corporate power/advantages. Of course these are some rosy shades but i often approach new things with “what’s the best that could happen” and it has served me well.