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New comment by iammjm in "Caveman: Why use many token when few token do trick"

iammjm — Sun, 05 Apr 2026 12:06:55 +0000

I speak German, Polish, and English fluently and my take is: German is very precise, almost mathematical, there is little room to be misunderstood. But it also requires the most letters. English is the quickest, get things done kind of language, very compressible , but also risks misunderstanding. Polish is the most fun, with endless possibilities of twisting and bending it's structures, but also lacking the ease of use of English or the precision of German. But it's clearly just my subjective take

New comment by iammjm in "Brain scans reveal how to enters a psychedelic-like trance without drugs"

iammjm — Sun, 05 Apr 2026 11:37:43 +0000

Not a single sentence as to how she is doing that? I am not doubting her,I would just like to know

New comment by iammjm in "Random numbers, Persian code: A mysterious signal transfixes radio sleuths"

iammjm — Thu, 02 Apr 2026 14:40:06 +0000

Thanks for that, I love this album and never knew that info

New comment by iammjm in "Ukrainian drone holds position for 6 weeks"

iammjm — Wed, 01 Apr 2026 21:06:07 +0000

Why are talking about something you have no idea about? There are multiple videos of this system engaging in combat missions. There are first-person videos from them accompanied by footage of recon drones flying above them. And some of those videos are from last year already.

New comment by iammjm in "Ukrainian drone holds position for 6 weeks"

iammjm — Wed, 01 Apr 2026 21:00:14 +0000

You are being dishonest. Those squads usually have SOME degree of drone, artillery and aviation support behind them. They are basically there to find out where the defenders are. Sure they are expendable, but they are just a part of the attack. I bet 24 hours sitting in a trench with FPVs, 152mms, and FABs exploding all over your position would change your mind as to the danger posed by those attacks you make fun of. Being at exactly this location vs kilometers away while remotely controlling a mobile gun turret makes ALL the difference

New comment by iammjm in "When do we become adults, really?"

iammjm — Sun, 29 Mar 2026 21:09:25 +0000

"they" clearly must be men, I doubt any woman would say such a thing

New comment by iammjm in "Slovenia becomes first EU country to introduce fuel rationing"

iammjm — Fri, 27 Mar 2026 21:53:41 +0000

Slovenia is a small country with 2 million people, bordering countries with a total of over 82 million people. The neighbors are also relatively rich countries, such as Austria and Italy

New comment by iammjm in "Drone attack on parked U.S. Army BlackHawk in Iraq"

iammjm — Wed, 25 Mar 2026 21:05:14 +0000

won't happen for now, drones are generally too slow for that. Unless it's stationary/on the ground. Ukrainians did manage to shoot down 2 russian KA-52 helicopters mid-flight last week though.

New comment by iammjm in "Iran's South Pars Gas Field Is Attacked by Israel, Sending Energy Prices Soaring"

iammjm — Wed, 18 Mar 2026 17:57:46 +0000

They are setting the world on fire and we will all pay the price

New comment by iammjm in "Which jobs are most vulnerable to AI?"

iammjm — Mon, 16 Mar 2026 16:32:40 +0000

"AI robots that can clean how a Janitor does"

I am yet to see a robot that could clean my bathroom. And I have a pretty basic bathroom: a toilet, a shower, a bathtub, a sink, a mirror, some shelves, laundry baskets, a washing machine, a window, a door, a floor.

How would you design a robot that can clean all of those?

New comment by iammjm in "Corruption erodes social trust more in democracies than in autocracies"

iammjm — Mon, 16 Mar 2026 15:19:54 +0000

Speaking of "the West" is dumb, ignorant, and worst of all, not really helpful or insightful. Just as speaking of "the East" or "Asia". It just doesn't make sense to make these broad generalized statements about various multiple self-governing countries spanning hundreds of millions of people and thousands of square kilometers.

New comment by iammjm in "Animated 'Firefly' Reboot in Development from Nathan Fillion, 20th TV"

iammjm — Sun, 15 Mar 2026 23:15:19 +0000

like which ones, let's get concrete here

New comment by iammjm in "Animated 'Firefly' Reboot in Development from Nathan Fillion, 20th TV"

iammjm — Sun, 15 Mar 2026 23:13:49 +0000

♫♪♪ Burn the land, boil the sea, you can't take the sky from me ♫♪♪

New comment by iammjm in "Palantir defends its role in the kill chain"

iammjm — Sun, 15 Mar 2026 19:18:12 +0000

why did this get flagged?

New comment by iammjm in "Palantir defends its role in the kill chain"

iammjm — Sun, 15 Mar 2026 16:59:00 +0000

So what? I don't really care if you are proud of your work if I think you work is objectively evil. I imagine the designers of the Auschwitz's gas chambers were also proud of their "good" work. Yeah I ain't empathizing with them either and you can call that a "blind spot"

New comment by iammjm in "Hollywood Enters Oscars Weekend in Existential Crisis"

iammjm — Sun, 15 Mar 2026 14:43:54 +0000

Actors being this wealthy and famous has always been a mystery to me. Oh so you are a good looking person that recites other people's words for money while faking emotions? And you can take as many takes as you can and your fuckups will be corrected in post-production anyway? Well I guess the work you do totally merits the hundreds of millions of dollars you've amassed. Like even kicking a ball or whatever makes more sense to me because there is an objective measurement of what it means to do it well, while with actors its mostly about sympathy or preference

New comment by iammjm in "Enhancing gut-brain communication reversed cognitive decline in aging mice"

iammjm — Fri, 13 Mar 2026 12:23:48 +0000

Clearly "tasting good" is not the primary driver behind all of this. Good taste is an incentive to satisfy something more primary, similar like sex feels good in order to satisfy procreation

New comment by iammjm in "Enhancing gut-brain communication reversed cognitive decline in aging mice"

iammjm — Fri, 13 Mar 2026 11:55:25 +0000

I believe there is a lot of shame-induced ignorance around this whole subject. Culturally poopin' is in the similar category like sex or death, outlawed from most "civilized" debates. But consider how central digestion is to our existence: basically almost before everything else we must consume -> digest -> expel first. You are not getting that smart brain of yours without that poopy butthole to go along with it

New comment by iammjm in "Don't post generated/AI-edited comments. HN is for conversation between humans"

iammjm — Wed, 11 Mar 2026 19:49:31 +0000

I believe the issue of proving who is and who isn't really human on the Internet will be a really important issue in the coming years, especially without sacrificing people's right to privacy and anonymity in the process.

New comment by iammjm in "Defeat as Method"

iammjm — Tue, 10 Mar 2026 19:32:29 +0000

I hate theocracies. I hate that Iranian-made drones are killing people in Ukraine. Still, the tragedy and suffering of the Iranian people makes me deeply sad