Hacker News: it_citizen

New comment by it_citizen in "Air pollution directly linked to increased dementia risk"

it_citizen — Sun, 07 Sep 2025 14:11:16 +0000

What level of PM2.5 are they considering? I cannot read the full study

New comment by it_citizen in "Stripe Launches L1 Blockchain: Tempo"

it_citizen — Thu, 04 Sep 2025 17:05:35 +0000

Second line of the page:

> Stablecoins enable instant, borderless, programmable transactions, but current blockchain infrastructure isn’t designed for them: existing systems are either fully general or trading-focused. Tempo is a blockchain designed and built for real-world payments.

What is different in the details, no idea.

New comment by it_citizen in "Is the A.I. Boom Turning Into an A.I. Bubble?"

it_citizen — Tue, 12 Aug 2025 19:28:48 +0000

I don't think putting all your net worth in S&P would be considered diversified.

With an MSCI world, those companies would drop to ~22% exposure. Throw a bit of real estate, more exposure to your home country if you are not in the US some real estate, some bonds and you can make it drop to <10%.

New comment by it_citizen in "Is the A.I. Boom Turning Into an A.I. Bubble?"

it_citizen — Tue, 12 Aug 2025 18:26:50 +0000

> The global pandemic will tank the stock market

> War in Ukraine will tank the stock market

> High interest rates will tank the stock market

> Tariffs will tank the stock market

> IA will tank the stock market <- We are here

All those statements made sense to me at the time. And I have no doubt that one of these days, someone will make a correct prediction. But who the hell know what and when.

Diversify, be reasonable and be prepared for it to happen someday. But freaking out with any new prediction of doom is not the winning strategy.

New comment by it_citizen in "The United States withdraws from UNESCO"

it_citizen — Tue, 22 Jul 2025 15:58:28 +0000

It is not a opinion article about the current admin. It is the direct statement from the state department on a topic that doesn’t belong less here than many other general interest topics found on hacker news. A few post below, there is a petition against pesticides in France.

UNESCO stands for international cooperation in education, science, culture, and communication. That seems well within what HN can cover in my opinion.

New comment by it_citizen in "The United States withdraws from UNESCO"

it_citizen — Tue, 22 Jul 2025 15:21:05 +0000

It is one of the most 10 upvoted topics on the main page.

People seem to want to see it here and comment about it.

Personally I am happy to see it discussed here. I have seen interesting comments tempering and contextualizing the headline that I appreciate.

There are still a vast majority of articles on other topics. Those ones are easy to ignore if they bother someone.

New comment by it_citizen in "TODOs aren't for doing"

it_citizen — Tue, 22 Jul 2025 15:16:03 +0000

Then maybe those todos are not todos but just regular comments?

New comment by it_citizen in "Show HN: Piano Trainer – Learn piano scales, chords and more using MIDI"

it_citizen — Mon, 07 Jul 2025 23:50:00 +0000

I messed up my message, I wrote it from memory later.

I meant: At 3:17, which is the perfect fifth of E. It is B, the video is showing A.

New comment by it_citizen in "Show HN: Piano Trainer – Learn piano scales, chords and more using MIDI"

it_citizen — Mon, 07 Jul 2025 15:57:40 +0000

Nitpick: The perfect fifth of G is E but the video says A: https://vimeo.com/730642802

New comment by it_citizen in "Musk-Trump dispute includes threats to SpaceX contracts"

it_citizen — Sun, 08 Jun 2025 00:56:18 +0000

Well, he did get elected TWICE so, seems deserved enough to me.

New comment by it_citizen in "After Pornhub left France, this VPN saw a 1,000% surge in signups in 30 minutes"

it_citizen — Sat, 07 Jun 2025 17:08:18 +0000

Clearly they cannot. They had already banned selling alcohol to kids.

New comment by it_citizen in "Generative AI is not replacing jobs or hurting wages at all, say economists"

it_citizen — Tue, 29 Apr 2025 11:42:15 +0000

No opinion on the topic but "say economists" doesn't inspire trust

New comment by it_citizen in "TikTok is harming children at an industrial scale"

it_citizen — Thu, 17 Apr 2025 16:14:19 +0000

> If you want people addicted to less things, design society where everyday life is less boring

I think society has never been so entertaining. I feel like we should instead learn to embrace the boredom. Life is supposed to be boring most of the time. It is healthy.

New comment by it_citizen in "Global sales of combustion engine cars have peaked"

it_citizen — Tue, 04 Mar 2025 03:44:53 +0000

Also, with time, we can make effort to decarbonize the production chain of EVs. With ICE vehicles, they reject carbon and there are only so many micro-adjustments we can do.

New comment by it_citizen in "US friendship is in freefall – shredding bonds and cutting lives short"

it_citizen — Tue, 25 Feb 2025 02:04:16 +0000

And in the past weeks, America as a country has clearly signaled it didn't want friends anymore.

Isolationism at every level of society. From friends, neighbours, people with a different background, other nations.

Future looks really depressing.

New comment by it_citizen in "Ask HN: Practical Tips to Stay Productive?"

it_citizen — Wed, 25 Dec 2024 15:03:25 +0000

Don’t have kids.

New comment by it_citizen in "Microsoft Confirms Password Deletion for 1B Users"

it_citizen — Tue, 17 Dec 2024 19:39:03 +0000

The password book of every person around me become awful over time. They don’t distinguish between uppercase and lowercase, they write bad notes, most of the content is outdated, sometimes there duplicates and overall cause me more headache than anything.

I hate password books. I don’t have a better solution though.

For now, I teach them to use chrome password manager for now and log in their chrome account when they need help. It sucks too. But at least I don’t get angry with their notes.

New comment by it_citizen in "School smartphone ban results in better sleep and improved mood: study"

it_citizen — Sun, 15 Dec 2024 05:56:45 +0000

Hypothesize then experiment

New comment by it_citizen in "Rails is better low code than low code"

it_citizen — Mon, 02 Dec 2024 03:53:15 +0000

I agree. But with great powers comes great responsabilities.

New comment by it_citizen in "OpenAI hits pause on video model Sora after artists leak access in protest"

it_citizen — Wed, 27 Nov 2024 05:16:04 +0000

Looking at the examples here: https://x.com/kimmonismus/status/1861450051085545880

It seems pretty underwhelming compared to what was shown in early 2024 no?