Hacker News: kpmcc

New comment by kpmcc in "The Brain Sandwich"

kpmcc — Sun, 18 Oct 2026 17:16:22 +0000

Like the concept.

Pedantic addendum: this is an AI sandwich, not a brain sandwich.

New comment by kpmcc in "Global warming will exceed 1.5-degree limit, UN says"

kpmcc — Sat, 05 Sep 2026 15:46:09 +0000

Buddy with all 24/7 gas powered data centers in the works we’ll be lucky to keep below 3 C.

New comment by kpmcc in "Dolly Parton has died"

kpmcc — Tue, 25 Aug 2026 19:29:13 +0000

If anyone wants to listen to an underrated Dolly track, my rec is Silver Dagger.

New comment by kpmcc in "Is America becoming a gerontocracy?"

kpmcc — Sat, 27 Jun 2026 08:17:52 +0000

A little late no?

New comment by kpmcc in "The Rich and Powerful Want to Live Forever. What If They Could?"

kpmcc — Fri, 24 Apr 2026 13:01:44 +0000

Gonna go out on a limb here and say that old age and dying are actually good, and that many of the problems in Western society are due to people living too long and holding onto power longer than they should / not passing on power and resources to younger generations.

New comment by kpmcc in "Smoking ban for people born after 2008 in the UK agreed"

kpmcc — Tue, 21 Apr 2026 15:06:54 +0000

This is good and all, but they should probably also restrict the advertising of nicotine products in this country. Coming here from the states, I was astounded that you can advertise Zyn like nicotine pouches in tube stations and around in public.

New comment by kpmcc in "The Seasons Are Wrong"

kpmcc — Sat, 11 Apr 2026 09:13:36 +0000

Moving from the US to the UK, one of the first things I noticed was that the colloquial understanding of the seasons mapped much more cleanly onto what actually happens with the weather here. Growing up in the midwest of the US the seasons all felt off in the same way the author describes.

New comment by kpmcc in "Bugs Apple loves"

kpmcc — Fri, 23 Jan 2026 14:10:08 +0000

Audio balance issues: for some reason on macOS the left right balance for audio will just change from being centered???

At least 6 years old.

https://superuser.com/questions/1516621/macbook-sound-balanc...

Still around as of 2025: https://www.techradar.com/computing/mac-os/its-2025-and-appl...

There’s a dedicated applet to fix this…

New comment by kpmcc in "GoFundMe CEO: economy is so bad his customers crowdfund to pay for groceries"

kpmcc — Sun, 19 Oct 2025 09:26:07 +0000

There is a method for dealing with widespread inequality coinciding with generational wealth transfer, it’s called taxation. Tax transfers of wealth. It’s not complicated and doesn’t rely on the goodwill of ‘values-driven, digitally native, and community oriented’ young people.

We have a system designed to incentivize greed. Gross inequality is the result. Taxation is one viable method to deal with such a failure mode.

Landmark Global Shipping Deal Abandoned Under US Threats

kpmcc — Fri, 17 Oct 2025 21:29:33 +0000

Article URL: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c3vnl0yxg53o

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45622311

Points: 4

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New comment by kpmcc in "Ryanair flight landed at Manchester airport with six minutes of fuel left"

kpmcc — Fri, 10 Oct 2025 16:34:52 +0000

Is this a joke?

New comment by kpmcc in "Ryanair flight landed at Manchester airport with six minutes of fuel left"

kpmcc — Fri, 10 Oct 2025 16:28:53 +0000

Which airlines? I feel like if this is an issue we should be naming names.

New comment by kpmcc in "EU court rules nuclear energy is clean energy"

kpmcc — Sat, 13 Sep 2025 07:58:02 +0000

What is climate friendly about natural gas?

New comment by kpmcc in "Aging-related inflammation is not universal across human populations"

kpmcc — Tue, 01 Jul 2025 08:36:25 +0000

If anyone wants an interesting read on inflammation / stress for lay audiences, I'd recommend 'Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers' by Sapolsky.

New comment by kpmcc in "Dasung Paperlike 13K is a 13.3 inch E Ink color monitor"

kpmcc — Fri, 09 May 2025 15:57:55 +0000

The video is very clearly a render and not a video of the real screen...

New comment by kpmcc in "Where does air pollution come from?"

kpmcc — Wed, 02 Apr 2025 11:32:55 +0000

Does anyone recognize the plotting library they're using? Those interactive charts are really nice.

New comment by kpmcc in "Germany tightens travel advice to US after three citizens detained"

kpmcc — Fri, 21 Mar 2025 09:12:07 +0000

It certainly would be cheaper, but then how would the people running the arbitrary detention centers get paid?

New comment by kpmcc in "'The tyranny of apps': those without smartphones are unfairly penalised"

kpmcc — Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:14:54 +0000

Somewhat unrelated to the piece, but this is the second website I’ve seen in two days that appears to not have properly merged an edit?

“ The RAC’s head of policy, Simon Williams, says many people are overwhelmed by the multitude of apps they have to use, “when in reality you want one that you like and you’re happy using and that you can use everywhere”.

Six years ago the Department for Transport started developing a “national parking platform” (NPP) designed to enable drivers to use one app of their choice to pay for all their parking. It has been trialled by a number of councils, but a big question mark hangs over its future as public funding for the project looks likely to be withdrawn.

The RAC’s head of policy Simon Williams says many people are overwhelmed by the multitude of apps they have to use, “when in reality you want one that you like and you’re happy using and that you can use everywhere”.

Six years ago the Department for Transport started developing a “national parking platform” (NPP) designed to enable drivers to use one app of their choice to pay for all their parking, and it has been trialled by a number of councils. However, a big question mark now hangs over its future as public funding for the project looks likely to be withdrawn imminently.”

I think the other one was an npr piece posted on HN yesterday? Is there a bug with wordpress or are people just getting sloppy?

New comment by kpmcc in "Order Declassifying JFK and MLK Assassination Records [pdf]"

kpmcc — Tue, 04 Feb 2025 11:53:14 +0000

Flooding the zone. Don't lose focus.

New comment by kpmcc in "No evidence social media time is correlated with teen mental health problems"

kpmcc — Sat, 05 Oct 2024 20:59:02 +0000

I think a useful framing might be to compare social media to drugs. Many people do various sorts of drugs. Some people can do some drugs and not have their lives destroyed by said drugs. Other people have their lives upended by some drugs, sometimes the same ones that other people do without such serious consequences. We recognize that not all drugs are equivalent and recognize that they need to be taken seriously, limited, or prohibited outright.

Many people, and clearly many teenagers are able to use social media and not be all that harmed. For some, that's clearly not the case.