Hacker News: jackyinger

New comment by jackyinger in "Aspirational Clownmaxxing and Joey's cadillac todo list"

jackyinger — Sat, 29 Aug 2026 00:05:51 +0000

Heck with perpetual September, we’re entering perpetual mid-2020’s

New comment by jackyinger in "Aspirational Clownmaxxing and Joey's cadillac todo list"

jackyinger — Sat, 29 Aug 2026 00:04:08 +0000

What even is the point of posting something like this? No serious person is going to be impressed. Assuming a human was involved they must be deep in AI induced psychosis.

Man, HN used to have some really good stuff. Now it’s mostly AI slop.

New comment by jackyinger in "Visual Analysis of Binary Files"

jackyinger — Fri, 28 Aug 2026 19:35:27 +0000

The wrench thing is real. My approach to a DIY mechanic’s stethoscope is to stick the handle of a screwdriver against my ear and the tip on whatever I want to listen to. Great for figuring out what part of the machine a noise is coming from.

New comment by jackyinger in "A humble cabbage became one of the Forbidden City’s treasures (2025)"

jackyinger — Fri, 14 Aug 2026 18:01:51 +0000

I have seen this in person, it really is remarkable how the artist used the natural color gradient in the stone. The entire museum is well worth a visit.

New comment by jackyinger in "AI Is Threatening Natural Resources for Billions"

jackyinger — Thu, 13 Aug 2026 20:31:41 +0000

How about instead of sewing FUD and justifying one evil by pointing at others, we actually gave a damn about the world we’re creating.

People act like doing things that are good for the environment is inherently lacking in economic value. My Dad’s environmental consulting business put me through college, while doing good things for the environment and people, and that is really small scale stuff. And his primary customer was a bank wishing to avoid lending on contaminated sites.

There could absolutely be massive money to be made in doing good things for the environment, it is the people making money doing bad things for the environment who do their damndest to keep grasp on the wheel and subvert any attempt to make doing good things for the environment economically advantageous.

These people are virtually selling their children’s future for a few extra bucks today. The earth is going to be around for a long time yet. We should care about our children, grandchildren and so on.

New comment by jackyinger in "FDA Admitted in Print That Nothing It Knows of Will Wash Cyclospora Off Lettuce"

jackyinger — Wed, 12 Aug 2026 17:59:49 +0000

Congrats! Being overwhelmed with tomatoes and cucumbers sounds like a great opportunity to can tomatoes and pickle cucumbers.

New comment by jackyinger in "AI is removing the middle class of software engineering?"

jackyinger — Wed, 12 Aug 2026 17:45:14 +0000

The scale of a cloud datacenter is pretty awesome to witness. I had the opportunity to visit a large cloud company’s data center years ago, it was immense in scale and (mostly) very well thought out.

New comment by jackyinger in "Possible invasive species superspreader event near Strait of Hormuz"

jackyinger — Sun, 26 Jul 2026 02:56:23 +0000

Ok, my bad. There’s nothing there that negative towards the article.

It just strikes me that this line of questioning blasting is often used to create uncertainty. My hostility to that came out here, when it was unfounded.

New comment by jackyinger in "Possible invasive species superspreader event near Strait of Hormuz"

jackyinger — Sun, 26 Jul 2026 02:41:44 +0000

It’s pretty simple, stuff grows on boats, then boats move, then stuff falls off. Source: I’ve owned boats that lived in salt water.

Maybe try just appreciating those basic facts rather than trying to overwhelm them with very hard to answer questions.

Does the basic idea in this article attack your world view?

New comment by jackyinger in "FCC approves test of space mirror to light night sky"

jackyinger — Sat, 11 Jul 2026 15:50:43 +0000

How is this under the FCC’s authority?

New comment by jackyinger in "Strange Balls found on Queensland beaches could be toxic 'space debris': experts"

jackyinger — Mon, 06 Jul 2026 01:07:11 +0000

Even if they aren’t, it’s best to assume they are and stay the fuck away. Hydrazine is nasty

New comment by jackyinger in "LibreCAD in the Browser"

jackyinger — Thu, 02 Jul 2026 23:11:50 +0000

Ok, solve space is cool. But let me know when it’s ready to tackle more than a “hello world” level design problem.

New comment by jackyinger in "AI in mathematics is forcing big questions"

jackyinger — Sat, 27 Jun 2026 01:29:06 +0000

To bluntly put it in a nutshell, and state the obvious:

If you don’t understand the problem you can’t be sure that the computer does.

New comment by jackyinger in "The disappearance of Japan's animators"

jackyinger — Thu, 25 Jun 2026 14:43:20 +0000

God forbid we invest in the future. Investors need those profits now!

New comment by jackyinger in "Extreme Heat conference cancelled due to extreme heat warning"

jackyinger — Wed, 24 Jun 2026 03:25:03 +0000

That heat goes out into the world, it doesn’t just disappear

New comment by jackyinger in "Extreme Heat conference cancelled due to extreme heat warning"

jackyinger — Wed, 24 Jun 2026 03:15:20 +0000

Sure the sun is a proximal cause…

But are you really going to tell me that you me that tho evidence that temperatures are getting warmer is bunk? For starters check out the top diagram here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Climate_change#

Would you argue against the physics of greenhouse gases? https://www.quantamagazine.org/physicists-pinpoint-the-quant...

Are you too young to have noticed climate changes over time in your life?

Edit: And the accumulation of greenhouse gases in our atmosphere: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon_dioxide_in_the_atmosphe...

New comment by jackyinger in "Why thinking out loud with someone beats thinking alone"

jackyinger — Thu, 18 Jun 2026 00:34:24 +0000

I draw a lot to figure out engineering details. I used to make beautiful drawings in diagramming software (draw.io and the lil). But man, it took a lot of time. Now I scribble on printer paper unless it’s something I plan to share.

New comment by jackyinger in "U.S. pulling ocean sensors a 'shock' for Canadian research as El Niño nears"

jackyinger — Tue, 16 Jun 2026 21:01:35 +0000

A small price to pay to increase the standing of a select few. /s

New comment by jackyinger in "SpaceX to buy Cursor for $60B"

jackyinger — Tue, 16 Jun 2026 15:45:17 +0000

To be clear I don’t see gambling to increase one’s wealth as a vision. That’s playing a game.

Vision is seeing a change that could be made. “I could be richer” is about as banal as a vision could get.

New comment by jackyinger in "SpaceX to buy Cursor for $60B"

jackyinger — Tue, 16 Jun 2026 13:29:31 +0000

This is an insane take. Of course there are other areas that are growing or could grow if there was investment.

The problem is an absolute lack of vision on the part of those holding the capital.

Meeting the challenges of climate change could hold huge opportunities. Look at China’s massive expansion in renewables, look at the expansion of renewables in the US despite political headwinds.

Have some imagination, break out of your echo chamber. AI ain’t the only game to be played.