Hacker News: karakoram

A Single Cobalt Shock Could Trigger Global EV Battery Supply Chaos

karakoram — Sat, 20 Jun 2026 16:55:53 +0000

Article URL: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/06/260619101402.htm

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48610771

Points: 4

# Comments: 0

Epidurals Are a Miracle Technology

karakoram — Sat, 20 Jun 2026 16:24:44 +0000

Article URL: https://worksinprogress.co/issue/the-wonder-of-epidurals/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48610475

Points: 5

# Comments: 1

Write a Letter to Your Future Self

karakoram — Sat, 20 Jun 2026 16:23:47 +0000

Article URL: https://www.futureme.org/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48610469

Points: 4

# Comments: 0

Meta's Threads Reaches 500M Monthly Users, Rolls Out New Features

karakoram — Sat, 20 Jun 2026 14:43:11 +0000

Article URL: https://about.fb.com/news/2026/06/meta-launching-new-features-500-million-monthly-threads-users/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48609581

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

Vacation With An Artist – Mini-Apprenticeships with Artists in Their Studios

karakoram — Sat, 20 Jun 2026 14:40:12 +0000

Article URL: https://vawaa.com/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48609553

Points: 73

# Comments: 17

US Scientist John Jumper to Leave Google DeepMind for Anthropic

karakoram — Sat, 20 Jun 2026 14:32:15 +0000

Article URL: https://www.reuters.com/technology/us-scientist-john-jumper-leave-google-deepmind-anthropic-2026-06-19/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48609506

Points: 77

# Comments: 10

Subscription Cost Visualizer

karakoram — Sat, 20 Jun 2026 14:13:31 +0000

Article URL: https://visualize.nguyenvu.dev/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48609378

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

The Price of Lighting in the UK Has Dropped over 99.9% Since 1700

karakoram — Sat, 20 Jun 2026 14:10:28 +0000

Article URL: https://ourworldindata.org/data-insights/the-price-of-lighting-has-dropped-over-999-since-1700

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48609356

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by karakoram in "Ask HN: Would it be useful to have a slop button in addition to flag?"

karakoram — Sat, 20 Jun 2026 00:06:56 +0000

No. The flag is enough and given the change in the user demographics of HN, a proposed "slop" button or anything similar will just be abused in a very tribal manner to push down anything AI related.

How smashing the NIMBYs created modern capitalism

karakoram — Thu, 18 Jun 2026 22:37:22 +0000

Article URL: https://worksinprogress.co/issue/how-abolishing-the-stakeholder-state-caused-the-industrial-revolution/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48592576

Points: 20

# Comments: 2

New comment by karakoram in "The Enrollment Cliff Is Here. Which Schools Will Survive It?"

karakoram — Thu, 18 Jun 2026 00:54:19 +0000

https://archive.md/flfhM

The Enrollment Cliff Is Here. Which Schools Will Survive It?

karakoram — Thu, 18 Jun 2026 00:54:19 +0000

Article URL: https://www.newyorker.com/news/fault-lines/the-enrollment-cliff-is-here-which-schools-will-survive-it

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48579155

Points: 4

# Comments: 2

New comment by karakoram in "Western Men Are Going Abroad to Find Traditional Wives"

karakoram — Wed, 17 Jun 2026 21:58:22 +0000

https://archive.md/WcVd4

Western Men Are Going Abroad to Find Traditional Wives

karakoram — Wed, 17 Jun 2026 21:58:22 +0000

Article URL: https://www.economist.com/culture/2026/04/16/western-men-are-going-abroad-to-find-traditional-wives

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48577498

Points: 4

# Comments: 2

New comment by karakoram in "Has AI already killed self-help nonfiction books?"

karakoram — Wed, 17 Jun 2026 18:53:15 +0000

How is the email newsletter business/department doing? Are people opening/engaging with your emails or that's declining too?

New comment by karakoram in "Only 16 Percent of Americans Think AI Will Have a Positive Impact on Society"

karakoram — Wed, 17 Jun 2026 18:25:58 +0000

Exactly, there is no full opt-out in any product people use daily.

New comment by karakoram in "Only 16 Percent of Americans Think AI Will Have a Positive Impact on Society"

karakoram — Wed, 17 Jun 2026 18:23:47 +0000

I have said this before, I just can NOT understand how you can measure adoption of a technology or product without giving people a full opt-out.

This is very basic in technology products.

It is very easy to say that Gmail AI product has 1.8 Billion users because there are about 1.8 Billion Gmail accounts/users and they have absolutely no way of completely opting out. (opting out without the company punishing users by taking away important features)

A simple A/B Test with just 50,000 or 100,000 users depending on the product will give everyone the REAL picture of where users stand.

Only 16 Percent of Americans Think AI Will Have a Positive Impact on Society

karakoram — Wed, 17 Jun 2026 17:07:32 +0000

Article URL: https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/17/only-16-percent-of-americans-think-ai-will-have-a-positive-impact-on-society-a-new-study-shows/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48573332

Points: 398

# Comments: 499

New comment by karakoram in "Ask HN: Is anyone shorting the overspend in AI yet?"

karakoram — Wed, 17 Jun 2026 17:03:22 +0000

While shorting can work for some people, I believe people who actually understand the underlying technology and are actually smart can make way more money riding the wave.

I don't mean just with stocks or in the market.

If truly know what's going on behind the scenes both technically and professionally, you'll know how to fully milk this super-trend.

The fact its a bubble or the spend is circular is besides the point, if you really know what you're doing, are in the right location, have access to the right people, making millions or billions is difficult but very much possible.

Ask HN: What Are the Trade-Offs of Working Fully Remotely?

karakoram — Wed, 17 Jun 2026 16:55:06 +0000

What Are The Opportunity Costs Of Being Fully Remote?

Many people recognize the benefits of fully remote work, and those advantages have been widely discussed on HN. What are some of the less obvious downsides?

What are some overlooked or unexpected disadvantages?

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48573153

Points: 9

# Comments: 10