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New comment by jackyinger in "The first wired XR glasses powered by Android XR"

jackyinger — Thu, 29 Oct 2026 01:28:14 +0000

Uh, I think some good old fashioned ones could do the trick: “sheeple”, “dumbass”, etc.

New comment by jackyinger in "The Disease called Politics (1962)"

jackyinger — Sat, 10 Oct 2026 16:39:16 +0000

It is trivial to find things that are apolitical. Enjoying a beautiful flower or sunset for instance. You might argue they have little import, but they are nonetheless examples of aspects of life free from politics.

Edit: Of course, if you are driven you can layer politics on anything. But the political interpretation is a layer, not the actual underlying thing.

New comment by jackyinger in "On social reality in China"

jackyinger — Sat, 03 Oct 2026 00:25:22 +0000

Once, on a flight back from China I happened to sit next to an old Chinese man watching a serial drama show set about 150?? years ago in China. It was the best in flight entertainment I’ve ever had. He noticed me watching and offered an earbud. Tho my enjoyment was probably amplified by not really knowing what was going on.

New comment by jackyinger in "Raspberry Pi blocks changing RAM chips"

jackyinger — Mon, 21 Sep 2026 17:08:27 +0000

Etch it in the top layer of copper, cover it with soldermask. A bit harder to see, but harder to tamper.

New comment by jackyinger in "The LLMentalist Effect (2023)"

jackyinger — Sun, 20 Sep 2026 15:14:01 +0000

Actually, there are material differences in the practical outcomes of using AI or not. Proofs don’t confer understanding. AI prose and “art” is materially different than human made.

There is a difference between you not liking something and it being wrong. Maybe think about that with your grey matter.

New comment by jackyinger in "How to Write with an LLM"

jackyinger — Fri, 18 Sep 2026 12:58:12 +0000

Agreed. If I’m spending my precious time reading something thing, I want the author to have invested their personal effort to write it.

New comment by jackyinger in "Dimethyl Mercury Exposure Incident at MIT"

jackyinger — Tue, 01 Sep 2026 04:39:58 +0000

Actually organophosphates are not that lethal. See the LD50 of this example: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malathion

You may also be thinking of phosgene, which actually contains no phosphorous at all. But it is extremely toxic see the LC50: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phosgene

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.