Hacker News: hsnewman

New comment by hsnewman in "Claude: System Prompts"

hsnewman — Sun, 16 Aug 2026 14:47:36 +0000

Has Gemini prompts been released, and how do they compare?

New comment by hsnewman in "Building on the Moon: How AI and Moon Dust Make It Possible"

hsnewman — Thu, 06 Aug 2026 15:44:31 +0000

I'm sorry Dave, but I can't do that.

New comment by hsnewman in "Grok Build is open source"

hsnewman — Wed, 15 Jul 2026 22:32:08 +0000

That is probably the best solution too!

New comment by hsnewman in "Show HN: Runloom – Go-style coroutines for Python free-threaded"

hsnewman — Fri, 10 Jul 2026 15:13:31 +0000

Why not just use Go?

New comment by hsnewman in "Life Without Google"

hsnewman — Tue, 07 Jul 2026 15:24:19 +0000

Why?

Billionaire's Warning: I'm Selling. The Crash Is Here [video]

hsnewman — Thu, 25 Jun 2026 15:45:48 +0000

Article URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32u5T6lO8qk

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48675151

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

New comment by hsnewman in "Billionaire Tax Officially Heads to Nov. 3 Ballot"

hsnewman — Sun, 21 Jun 2026 16:30:19 +0000

In the USA "all men are created equal". Owning money should allow you more representation than not owning money. Companies/institutions should not be allowed to spend money on politics, and a flat tax would solve this.

Is Artificial General Intelligence Achievable?

hsnewman — Thu, 11 Jun 2026 13:23:56 +0000

If AGI is powerful enough that it must always be heavily restricted, society may never experience the practical benefits of unrestricted AGI. Therefore, the economic justification for pursuing AGI could be weaker than advocates claim.

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48490015

Points: 2

# Comments: 2

Scientists found a surprisingly simple way to create powerful quantum states

hsnewman — Sat, 06 Jun 2026 15:31:00 +0000

Article URL: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/06/260606075510.htm

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48425990

Points: 3

# Comments: 1

New comment by hsnewman in "Google to pay SpaceX $920M a month for compute capacity at xAI data centers"

hsnewman — Sat, 06 Jun 2026 14:24:41 +0000

Because SpaceX has excess capacity.

New comment by hsnewman in "Can the stockmarket swallow Anthropic, SpaceX and OpenAI?"

hsnewman — Tue, 02 Jun 2026 16:32:06 +0000

86 X

New comment by hsnewman in "SDF Public Access Unix System"

hsnewman — Mon, 20 Apr 2026 07:40:44 +0000

I've been on it forever, it's such a great resource

New comment by hsnewman in "Nanny state discovers Linux, demands it check kids' IDs before booting"

hsnewman — Fri, 13 Mar 2026 14:18:08 +0000

Biased headline indicates misleading contents.

New comment by hsnewman in "NASA's DART spacecraft changed an asteroid's orbit around the sun"

hsnewman — Thu, 12 Mar 2026 14:49:00 +0000

Is this a surprise?

New comment by hsnewman in "U-Haul Growth Index: Top U.S. Growth Metros and Cities of 2025 Announced"

hsnewman — Fri, 06 Mar 2026 17:53:20 +0000

I recently went to a U-Haul for service and I was amazed at how well it is run. (I asked, and it's privately owned.)

New comment by hsnewman in "MacBook Neo"

hsnewman — Wed, 04 Mar 2026 15:57:14 +0000

Will it run linux?

New comment by hsnewman in "Elon Musk wants to build a giant catapult on the moon"

hsnewman — Thu, 12 Feb 2026 23:47:43 +0000

He can say this and not be fired?

Elon Musk wants to build a giant catapult on the moon

hsnewman — Thu, 12 Feb 2026 23:18:54 +0000

Article URL: https://mashable.com/article/elon-musk-moon-catapult

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46996676

Points: 4

# Comments: 5

New 'cloaking device' shields electronics from disruptive magnetic fields

hsnewman — Sun, 21 Dec 2025 21:33:08 +0000

Article URL: https://phys.org/news/2025-12-cloaking-device-concept-shields-electronics.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46348733

Points: 8

# Comments: 0

New comment by hsnewman in "Geothermal Breakthrough in South Texas Signals New Era for Ercot"

hsnewman — Sun, 30 Nov 2025 17:46:40 +0000

I too moved from TX, never been happier.