Hacker News: hcknwscommenter

New comment by hcknwscommenter in "Who is Satoshi Nakamoto? My quest to unmask Bitcoin's creator"

hcknwscommenter — Thu, 09 Apr 2026 01:24:01 +0000

I know this is a joke, but you did it wrong. There are obviously people (like me) who have had DHMO and are not dead.

100% of the people who have died have been exposed to DHMO.

New comment by hcknwscommenter in "3M's PFAS exit killed the supply chain for two-phase immersion cooling in DCs"

hcknwscommenter — Fri, 20 Mar 2026 12:41:00 +0000

Not really accurate. These chemicals are quite unreactive. Precursors from manufacturing waste can be very reactive, but most of the problematic contamination regards the forever chemicals themselves, not precursors. This paper is probably the best scientific review of what is going on in the human body. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S03043...

Maybe sci-hub has a copy of the full paper. Not sure.

As briefly as possible, and therefore glossing over many many details, the toxic effects are mainly due to cell membrane perturbation, cell membrane transport disruption, and binding to hydrophobic protein cavities (thus disrupting the usual function of these cavities).

New comment by hcknwscommenter in "Judge orders government to begin refunding more than $130B in tariffs"

hcknwscommenter — Fri, 06 Mar 2026 03:13:50 +0000

The budget wasn't appropriate regardless of tariffs. And OP's point is that 130B is a tiny number that no where near makes up for the loss in tax revenue from the very very stupid "OBBB".

New comment by hcknwscommenter in "Judge orders government to begin refunding more than $130B in tariffs"

hcknwscommenter — Fri, 06 Mar 2026 03:11:29 +0000

You may be right, but the honesty has destroyed an insane amount of good will and privilege that the US previously enjoyed (deservedly or not). To throw that all away for literally no benefit is . . . not good.

New comment by hcknwscommenter in "Judge orders government to begin refunding more than $130B in tariffs"

hcknwscommenter — Fri, 06 Mar 2026 03:09:55 +0000

If the OP had (incorrectly) rounded 130B to 200B, OP's point would have still been perfectly understandable and correct. Your odd quibble about rounding completely misses the point. Whooosh.

New comment by hcknwscommenter in "Russia's economy has entered the death zone"

hcknwscommenter — Tue, 17 Feb 2026 19:45:20 +0000

Any insights (anecdotes) from those in Russia and willing to opine on whether the economy seems like its collapsing presently?

New comment by hcknwscommenter in "The engineer who invented the Mars rover suspension in his garage [video]"

hcknwscommenter — Fri, 30 Jan 2026 16:36:32 +0000

Most of my comments on hacker news are to point out something incorrect or mischaracterized. All I can come up with here is that this is a brilliant and heartfelt and entertaining documentary. Thanks to OP for posting.

New comment by hcknwscommenter in "If you tax them, will they leave?"

hcknwscommenter — Wed, 28 Jan 2026 21:18:01 +0000

I agree with your overall point. But I find it odd that you consider sales taxes to be the "fairest". Similarly, I find it odd that you put "progressive" taxes in some tension with "fair" taxes. Folks in the highest income range arguably benefit the most from govt services (e.g., infrastructure, defense, R&D, rule of law). They also have a much higher ability to pay well beyond basic survival needs. And, they can reduce sales tax burden by saving versus consuming, a choice that is not available to lower-income.

New comment by hcknwscommenter in "Meta announces nuclear energy projects"

hcknwscommenter — Sun, 11 Jan 2026 22:36:08 +0000

you literally said "cheap" and the comment said "cheap-er not cheap". I think the comment is correct and you are wrong. China is building the same design again and again and again. And it's still not cheap.

New comment by hcknwscommenter in "Seven diabetes patients die due to undisclosed bug in Abbott's glucose monitors"

hcknwscommenter — Fri, 26 Dec 2025 03:25:56 +0000

Doesn't really work that way. If you want to sue Abbot, then you have to reveal yourself. At which point, it will be clear that you were in fact using the product and did in fact agree to the ToS. If you never sue Abbot, then sure. But then it doesn't matter.

New comment by hcknwscommenter in "Taxing Growth"

hcknwscommenter — Wed, 10 Dec 2025 14:18:29 +0000

Flat tax and dregulation. Pretending like they are new ideas.

New comment by hcknwscommenter in "Prozac 'no better than placebo' for treating children with depression, experts"

hcknwscommenter — Sat, 22 Nov 2025 04:50:01 +0000

I have overseen over 20 phase III clinical trials. Many of those clinical trials have failed to show statistical efficacy. In every single one of those trials there are patients who see dramatic and undeniable benefits. In the oncology field, we continue to treat such patients even when the statistics say, no benefit. And, sometimes those patients just stay better. My point is, when the trial shows "no better than placebo", it doesn't mean the treatment doesn't work. It might be that. But more likely it means we don't know how to define the population of folks for whom the treatment does work. Maybe it's a particular genetic background, maybe it's age, gender, serum CPR or Tau level. Maybe it's something else. This stuff is complicated and interesting. And we are still figuring it out.

New comment by hcknwscommenter in "Apple's Problem with Bodies"

hcknwscommenter — Sat, 22 Nov 2025 04:29:19 +0000

Very strange article. The author is very upset that an "intimacy tracker" might receive an 18+ rating on the app store. I mean yes, younger folks do it, but the vast majority of potential customers are 18+. Why is this an problem?

New comment by hcknwscommenter in "The time has finally come for geothermal energy"

hcknwscommenter — Mon, 17 Nov 2025 18:38:19 +0000

all the machinery used to obtain and maintain an economically viable fusion reaction. Having worked with particle accelerators and synchrotron rings, I'll tell you that stuff breaks down all the time.

New comment by hcknwscommenter in "My dad could still be alive, but he's not"

hcknwscommenter — Thu, 13 Nov 2025 02:41:03 +0000

Something similar happened to a friend of mine. In San Francisco. I just sort of assumed it was just bad luck. Bad things happen occasionally even in good systems. But maybe that assumption is wrong? Is this a thing? Are ambulances just unreliable?

New comment by hcknwscommenter in "The last-ever penny will be minted today in Philadelphia"

hcknwscommenter — Wed, 12 Nov 2025 19:28:49 +0000

Very unlikely that would happen. The way similar issues have been dealt with in the past is that settlement is negotiated to something "reasonable" (at least arguably so) and administrable. Probably the settlement amount would just go to a fund that the state would then distribute according to its priorities.

New comment by hcknwscommenter in "Trying two dozen different psychedelics"

hcknwscommenter — Wed, 12 Nov 2025 01:23:03 +0000

Ehh. I've done mushrooms, lsd, etc. about once to three times a year pretty much my whole adult life (decades). I find it fun. I have a relaxed good time with like minded friends and that's it. I think the whole "mind awakening" nonsense is just as much nonsense as the PTSD or worse folks. Perhaps someone with underlying severe mental health issues might experience things differently. But for folks in a pretty healthy headspace, it's just a recreational drug with extremely low addiction potential and zero hang over. What's not to like?

New comment by hcknwscommenter in "EVs are depreciating faster than gas-powered cars"

hcknwscommenter — Fri, 17 Oct 2025 19:41:13 +0000

I think the numbers of those early leafs (a lot were sold), their horribly degraded batteries, and their consequently low sales price make the numbers appear a bit more dire for resale EVs as a whole than they are in reality (breakdown loss of resale value by model and other EVs are doing much better). However, I think it is also true that EV resale values are lower than they perhaps should be due to used battery fears.

New comment by hcknwscommenter in "EVs are depreciating faster than gas-powered cars"

hcknwscommenter — Fri, 17 Oct 2025 19:24:58 +0000

>For EVs the depreciation curve is especially aggressive because of perceived advancements.

And many comments disagree with this statement. There are few perceived advancements. Used EVs are not trusted, particularly because the used battery fear.

New comment by hcknwscommenter in "EVs are depreciating faster than gas-powered cars"

hcknwscommenter — Fri, 17 Oct 2025 19:21:32 +0000

Aside from battery longevity is there really anything better about a new model S compared to a 5 year old model?