Hacker News: kdkirsch

New comment by kdkirsch in "FBI is investigating Minnesota Signal chats tracking ICE"

kdkirsch — Wed, 28 Jan 2026 11:25:50 +0000

So now being a nuisance is justification for summary extrajudicial executions?! If people on HN believe this then we’re toast.

New comment by kdkirsch in "Parental controls aren't for parents"

kdkirsch — Fri, 02 Jan 2026 19:34:10 +0000

Seems like a trusted non-profit should spearhead a working group to come up with clear requirements and recommendations. This parental control spec would be clear for developers to implement instead of each team guessing what should and should not be allowed. This could then be 3rd party verified and parents could rest a little easier. (All of the above has probably been tried in previous instantiations of the Matrix.)

New comment by kdkirsch in "Laguna Seca Sued by Neighbors"

kdkirsch — Tue, 23 Jan 2024 01:55:24 +0000

I know there are a lot of petrolheads in this community. Enjoy the laugh.

Laguna Seca Sued by Neighbors

kdkirsch — Tue, 23 Jan 2024 01:55:24 +0000

Article URL: https://www.hagerty.com/media/opinion/laguna-seca-lawsuit-homeowners-perplexed-as-iconic-race-track-materializes-overnight/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39098521

Points: 1

# Comments: 3

New comment by kdkirsch in "The Bond villain compliance strategy"

kdkirsch — Sat, 25 Nov 2023 07:26:57 +0000

I really appreciated the deep insightful analysis wrapped in an excellent metaphor.

New comment by kdkirsch in "HTML Design Principles (2007)"

kdkirsch — Sun, 03 Sep 2023 18:30:20 +0000

When posting old pages/articles it may help if the OP explained why they are sharing on HN. Is there a particular question it answers? Is there some development that has made the article more or less useful/accurate? A comment would help guide additional comments.

New comment by kdkirsch in "Vincent van Gogh's paintings and drawings"

kdkirsch — Thu, 29 Jun 2023 00:04:49 +0000

They’re doing this! Read about the restoration of Rembrandt’s The Night Watch (https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/whats-on/exhibitions/operation...). Amazing tech.

New comment by kdkirsch in "AlphaFold reveals the structure of the protein universe"

kdkirsch — Fri, 29 Jul 2022 03:19:25 +0000

Watch this video on DNA polymerase [1]. Obviously it’s an illustration, but I think it helps answer you question because cartoons are great. (MD, not PhD biologist)

[1] https://youtu.be/sKe3UgH1AKg

New comment by kdkirsch in "I wasted $40k on a fantastic startup idea (2020)"

kdkirsch — Mon, 28 Mar 2022 21:15:51 +0000

I’m a physician. I really appreciate Tom’s enthusiasm, but I think that enthusiasm led him to overestimate the significance of the problem. Moreover he didn’t really understand for whom he was building this product. At first he thought it would be a consumer product. But he realized that consumers would not pay/subscribe and later learned that advertising wouldn’t work. Next he thought doctors would pay because “Doctors have money, right?” Again paying for this or any service is an expense. Its value has to justify the expense. We pay hundreds of dollars a year for UpToDate because it’s valuable. Cochrane is the gold standard for meta-analyses and they’re publishing for topics that are of clinical significance. Ultimately I doubt anyone is going to change their practice based on this product because there isn’t a compelling reason to do so. My major observation is that Tom tried to make a healthcare startup with negligible understanding of healthcare: the players, how payments work, how physicians practice, and what patients want/need. By not understanding the environment you’re not going to be able to understand the Problem which means your Solution will probably fail. This is a mistake repeated by most of the engineer founded health startups I’ve read about. Finally for anyone wondering I usually recommend ibuprofen 800mg every 8 hours and Tylenol 1000mg every 8 hours. This isn’t medical advice, just something you may find from a quick search.

New comment by kdkirsch in "I wasted $40k on a fantastic startup idea (2020)"

kdkirsch — Mon, 28 Mar 2022 20:45:25 +0000

There are already other resources which we (I’m an MD) already pay for and use to help make decisions when there is ambiguity about the best course of action. UpToDate was previously mentioned and it’s something we pay hundreds of dollars a year for (unless our hospital has a subscription). You’re not wrong about introducing these tools to medical students but the value needs to be there because it’s actually a very crowded space.

New comment by kdkirsch in "EU to force Apple to switch to USB-C standard"

kdkirsch — Wed, 22 Sep 2021 20:58:25 +0000

Apple gets unreasonable flak for this. They have used 2 proprietary connectors over their entire mobile range since the first iPhone in 2007 (or iPod when the dock connector was introduced in 2003). Each Samsung or Nokia phone I owned until getting my first iPhone in 2010 used a different connector. USB-C sure looks like the future but by the same logic the EU could have force micro USB which was inferior to lightning and would have sucked.

New comment by kdkirsch in "US Military Could Lose Space Force Trademark to Netflix Series"

kdkirsch — Tue, 09 Jun 2020 03:15:04 +0000

“ The show's name has no relation to the newest organization of the U.S. military...” Is this a joke? It’s more bothersome than the subpar legal analysis.

New comment by kdkirsch in "Unbearable news"

kdkirsch — Sun, 15 Dec 2019 21:08:19 +0000

Touché. I agree with you about user fatigue and have already changed news sites I check for this reason. Also it was very effective and rewarding demonstration for those of us who read to the end…of the article not the book.

New comment by kdkirsch in "Dropbox for Teams"

kdkirsch — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 19:38:51 +0000

Sorry, it wasn't clear to me from this link that it was moving out of beta to open.

And the pricing now seems generous (1 TB to start). I wonder how long they can sustain that price. I'm worried that they might be biting off more they can chew with the unlimited offer. In beta, wasn't it 350 GB?

New comment by kdkirsch in "Dropbox for Teams"

kdkirsch — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 19:25:54 +0000

A) I am a huge Dropbox fan (I stopped by to see their office when I was in sf a few months ago). B) the price for teams does seem a bit steep for many small businesses certainly businesses that only have 5 users. C) This is old news. Nothing new to see. Why was it posted?