Hacker News: kbmr

New comment by kbmr in "WriteUp: 16 Bytes of x86 that turn Matrix rain into sound"

kbmr — Mon, 18 May 2026 05:53:16 +0000

Well done! What were you exploring that seeded this in your mind?

New comment by kbmr in "LLMs can be exhausting"

kbmr — Mon, 16 Mar 2026 02:16:11 +0000

>Reviewing LLM output requires constant context-switching between "what does this code do" and "is this what I actually wanted."

Best way I've seen it framed

New comment by kbmr in "Maybe you’re not trying"

kbmr — Sun, 16 Nov 2025 16:24:04 +0000

> When trying to examine someone else's problems, you can see the problem itself. But what you aren't seeing is a pile of all the little habits, beliefs, behaviors, impulses and assorted mind defects that prevented them from solving it in the first place.

This is accurate. The roadblocks to solving their problem are often several small things completely unrelated to the problem itself.

New comment by kbmr in "Ping, You've Got Whale: AI detection system alerts ships of whales in their path"

kbmr — Tue, 22 Apr 2025 23:08:51 +0000

Starring Meg Ryan and Tom Hanks

New comment by kbmr in "RIP Val Kilmer: Real Genius .. the Film Nerd Culture Deserves (2015)"

kbmr — Wed, 02 Apr 2025 12:00:17 +0000

When are you and him grabbing coffee

New comment by kbmr in "'Once in a Century' Proof Settles Math's Kakeya Conjecture"

kbmr — Sat, 15 Mar 2025 07:03:41 +0000

need to wait another century for the rest

New comment by kbmr in "Chess grandmaster Magnus Carlsen rejoins tournament he quit over wearing jeans"

kbmr — Mon, 30 Dec 2024 16:02:30 +0000

It is a mental sport

New comment by kbmr in "Security flaws found in all Nvidia GeForce GPUs. Update drivers ASAP"

kbmr — Sun, 03 Nov 2024 03:54:03 +0000

Let's see if they recommend the fixed version by Monday or Tuesday at the latest

New comment by kbmr in "Starship Flight 5: Launch and booster catch [video]"

kbmr — Sun, 13 Oct 2024 20:56:30 +0000

Did he get a chance to see any of the recent SpaceX accomplishments?

New comment by kbmr in "OS/2 TCPBEUI Name Resolution"

kbmr — Thu, 10 Oct 2024 15:32:48 +0000

how long were you doing that for? Did the grey beard finish his career at IBM?

New comment by kbmr in "Popular gut probiotic craps out in randomized controlled trial"

kbmr — Sat, 05 Oct 2024 17:42:00 +0000

Which pills specifically did you take?

New comment by kbmr in "Why TCP needs 3 handshakes"

kbmr — Thu, 03 Oct 2024 00:58:43 +0000

Troll Control Protocol

New comment by kbmr in "Google-Wiz deal fizzles out, company will pursue IPO"

kbmr — Wed, 24 Jul 2024 01:29:53 +0000

existed prior to today https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/meteo...

New comment by kbmr in "Super Heavy has splashed down in The Gulf of Mexico"

kbmr — Thu, 06 Jun 2024 18:43:47 +0000

This was a huge achievement and the workers were rightly cheering. I didn't take it as a sign of a cult of personality surrounding Musk at all.

New comment by kbmr in "Bored Ape conference attendees wake up with eye pain, vision loss"

kbmr — Tue, 07 Nov 2023 00:34:51 +0000

RIP

New comment by kbmr in "Dave Cutler on Windows [video]"

kbmr — Sun, 22 Oct 2023 23:26:41 +0000

how far did you get into No Dignity Speedrun Any% before realizing something was off