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New comment by hvs in "The turbulent AI era is here"

hvs — Thu, 27 Aug 2026 19:11:27 +0000

Unfortunately radiology is also one area of healthcare being highly targeted for AI replacement of humans.

New comment by hvs in "Buyer cancels showing after Deflock shows two cameras utilized by the HOA"

hvs — Mon, 17 Aug 2026 13:09:30 +0000

A private organization that is tied into governments and police departments across the country have cameras everywhere that can track license plates and have 24-hour video for tracking people and it is completely unregulated.

New comment by hvs in "“Gravity is worth asking about”"

hvs — Wed, 05 Aug 2026 12:18:28 +0000

The "Great Man" theory of history is considered debunked.

The idea that visionary leadership in a single organization can make a difference is very true.

New comment by hvs in "LLMs reward expertise"

hvs — Mon, 03 Aug 2026 22:41:50 +0000

Yes, I do. And it wouldn't take you that long to learn, either.

Halcyon Dawn

hvs — Wed, 29 Jul 2026 11:28:27 +0000

Article URL: https://madgoatlabs.com/halcyondawn/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49096044

Points: 3

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New comment by hvs in "I Built the Only 2026 WWII Jeep"

hvs — Thu, 09 Jul 2026 14:40:56 +0000

One of my great regrets in life is not knowing anything about how to rebuild an engine (and various other car parts). It's not exactly a cheap hobby, so it's probably for the best, but I have the feeling I would love working on cars (my wife probably not so much).

New comment by hvs in "The glass backbone: Why the Army's logistics will break in the next war"

hvs — Thu, 09 Jul 2026 14:16:12 +0000

That was discussed in the article.

New comment by hvs in "How Kalshi Infects the News"

hvs — Mon, 06 Jul 2026 15:36:26 +0000

And DraftKings/FanDuel

New comment by hvs in "Morbid: Debunking Modern Longevity Science"

hvs — Tue, 30 Jun 2026 21:33:01 +0000

There was documentary about this in the 80's: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088933/

New comment by hvs in "Age verification is just a precursor to automated attribution of speech"

hvs — Mon, 29 Jun 2026 14:32:12 +0000

The Patriot Act is perfect example of the adage, "Never let a crisis go to waste."

New comment by hvs in "How the Fifth Lateran Council unlocked financial theory"

hvs — Wed, 24 Jun 2026 22:04:11 +0000

"Usury" is still a word in use but now, for legal purposes, it means "interest that a lender charges a borrower at a rate above the lawful ceiling on such charges" rather than just any interest at all.

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

hvs — Wed, 17 Jun 2026 14:11:28 +0000

My wife, who honestly tries to avoid technology at all costs, was working on her business site and said, "It's almost impossible to find any good stock photos with all the AI slop out there."

AI, among non-tech people means two things: slop and shitty customer service bots.

New comment by hvs in "Salesforce to Acquire Fin (formerly Intercom) for $3.6B"

hvs — Mon, 15 Jun 2026 16:34:03 +0000

As someone with extreme phone anxiety to begin with, long waits on phones are deal breakers for me. If you are a company that answers your phone quickly by a real person you've earned yourself a lifelong customer.

New comment by hvs in "Fox to buy Roku"

hvs — Mon, 15 Jun 2026 16:09:23 +0000

I used Rokus for years (happily) but they slowly began to degrade the experience with ads on their home screen (that were often not appropriate for children). Due to an unrelated project that required me to purchase an AppleTV I was quickly amazed at how much better their product was. Fast and clean. Never going back.

New comment by hvs in "Discovery of Cold War-era rare Eastern Bloc computers in a German hangar"

hvs — Fri, 12 Jun 2026 00:13:25 +0000

I know that as technologists we tend to think of this as "treasure" but most other people think of it as "large metal objects that are expensive to store or landfill." Maintaining, storing, and restoring them on top of that is also very expensive. Usually they'll give them to anyone willing to take them off their hands. We only need to look at the closure of the Living Computers Museum closing [1] to see that most people do not see the value in the history of computing. That's why the CHM is doing such is important work.

[1] https://www.geekwire.com/2024/seattles-living-computers-muse...

New comment by hvs in "A Forth-inspired language for writing websites"

hvs — Fri, 22 May 2026 15:29:02 +0000

HN Hug of Death: https://web.archive.org/web/20260522134016/https://robida.ne...

New comment by hvs in "I designed a nibble-oriented CPU in Verilog to build a scientific calculator"

hvs — Fri, 15 May 2026 19:41:59 +0000

A byte is always 8 bits. The word you're looking for is `word-size` which, in this case would be 4 bits.

New comment by hvs in "Tesla is recalling its cheaper Cybertruck because the wheels might fall off"

hvs — Fri, 08 May 2026 16:24:59 +0000

In Minnesota they tend to be (or were) owned by companies in the construction / maintenance industry and plastered with full body advertisements for said services (not actually used by construction workers).

New comment by hvs in "Welcome to Gas City"

hvs — Mon, 04 May 2026 22:10:13 +0000

Came here to say that a lot of these LLM posts make me feel like I was hit by a hammer and I can't understand the world anymore. Thankfully, the HN comments confirm that this is as insane as I thought it was.

New comment by hvs in "All 12 moonwalkers had "lunar hay fever" from dust smelling like gunpowder (2018)"

hvs — Fri, 17 Apr 2026 19:49:11 +0000

If you want to get depressed about all the problems with trying to colonize Mars, I recommend A City on Mars: https://www.acityonmars.com/

It's by the cartoonist of Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal and his wife (the one with an actual science PhD). https://www.smbc-comics.com/