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New comment by kvgr in "How to get better at guitar"

kvgr — Wed, 08 Apr 2026 09:40:01 +0000

I just started photography last year and it makes much sense. This and: - do it with intention, to copy or simulate to learn how to do what you want. If you just go out and take random pictures you will not learn much. If you go and try to simulate some style, lightning, you learn a lot. I also think most of my pictures really suck even if i try. But then i look on pictures of someone who has "photographer" in profile with couple thousand subscribers and most of their pictures also suck. I hope one day to bridge the gap.

New comment by kvgr in "My astrophotography in the movie Project Hail Mary"

kvgr — Thu, 26 Mar 2026 10:29:52 +0000

For me it is a mix of things, i referenced Star Trek because author of the comment mentioned it in comparison. But for me fantasy is in the past in the "better times" and magic. SciFi for me looks into the future or alternative reality enhanced by technology.

Dune for me is SciFi, because space, spaceships, and very little magic. It is about comparison of societies rejecting and embracing technology, with little magic on top.

New comment by kvgr in "My astrophotography in the movie Project Hail Mary"

kvgr — Wed, 25 Mar 2026 13:17:51 +0000

Why are some people so narrow minded? Different style, get over it. Not everything SciFi must be "true scifi like Star Trek". This rant reminds me of Big Bang theory.

New comment by kvgr in "I Quit Editing Photos"

kvgr — Tue, 24 Mar 2026 14:04:19 +0000

I started photography last year, i shoot raw because i dont like sony colors. But I have very quick process: "auto", little fidgeting with sliders, one in 10 photos gets a mask for sky and then i apply some preset that i like most for the photo. I just cant spend 30minutes on one photo.

But the editing process is very subjective. even in era of film there was a lot of processing, colors with chemicals, fixing defects. Just manual photoshop.

I understand the simplicity and joy of purists, but to each his own i guess.

New comment by kvgr in "Colon cancer now leading cause of cancer deaths under 50 in US"

kvgr — Thu, 12 Mar 2026 22:20:12 +0000

Yeah, i wonder what was the fiber i take for someone from egypt or hunter gatherers. I get it that in our modern diet, fiber is better than sugar and plastic stuff made in factories combining oils and sugar into something that looks like food. But if a person is regular and does not have any gut issues, how would more fiber help?

New comment by kvgr in "Colon cancer now leading cause of cancer deaths under 50 in US"

kvgr — Thu, 12 Mar 2026 22:15:59 +0000

I don’t know. Something about eating a lot of fiber. I cant do it for example. I eat some veggies, but probably not “enough” fiber compared to modern recommendations and i cant process it. I am doing OK without it from subjective perspective. Also i am interested how much nonsoluble fiber did regular people eat before modern vegetable and fruits. Potatoes and cabbage, wheat and some roots and max some berries max.

Like where would the need for the fiber come from evolutionary.

New comment by kvgr in "Malus – Clean Room as a Service"

kvgr — Thu, 12 Mar 2026 15:56:42 +0000

If the AI could do good refactor of OS project, remove unused code/features and make the code more efficient. Than we really would be out of jobs :D

New comment by kvgr in "Colon cancer now leading cause of cancer deaths under 50 in US"

kvgr — Thu, 12 Mar 2026 15:53:55 +0000

There is going to be some big AHA moment tied so couple food practices. Like washing chicken in chlorine or something. I wonder how are the stats in other developed countries. The title says US.

New comment by kvgr in "The MacBook Neo"

kvgr — Thu, 12 Mar 2026 15:46:20 +0000

This is imho great MB for traveling, you want to edit some pictures, read/write and edit some code without being afraid of you 3K MB Pro getting damaged or stolen? Great!

I want to do more travel and photography, with occasional light work on my own project. And this feels like better option than iPad, because i can use Xcode and android Studio. And for +- the same price.

New comment by kvgr in "The MacBook Neo"

kvgr — Thu, 12 Mar 2026 11:34:59 +0000

But for any real work, like coding/photo/video you just pick Pro with parameters you want and you are good. For office work you can choose air and for low level students or whatever you can have neo. You still basically know what you need, without needing to try really hard to understand it.

New comment by kvgr in "Yann LeCun's AI startup raises $1B in Europe's largest ever seed round"

kvgr — Tue, 10 Mar 2026 11:43:38 +0000

There will be no corporate taxes for a long time, so alls good.

New comment by kvgr in "The engine of Germany's wealth is blocking its future"

kvgr — Mon, 09 Mar 2026 16:02:48 +0000

What Imperial will if you dont mind asking? That they stoped buying gas from country that attacked europe and tries to overthrow democracy in other EU countries? Their delusion was in turning off nuclear... and it was exactly what russia wanted. By funding anti nuclear protests in EU, and selling more and more gas to make Europe attached. So when Russia does something bad, it is harder to sanction them. What happend in Germany is real political failure in seeing this, maybe even treason.

New comment by kvgr in "Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (March 2026)"

kvgr — Mon, 09 Mar 2026 12:02:14 +0000

Very small app for framing photos on Mac/ipad/iphone. I know some web alternatives. But when i wanted to add borders to photos I took to upload to IG i used imagemagick. I want to make something stylish(no tacky borderds), also usable for batch processing. I have prorotype and need to fix some issues.

New comment by kvgr in "IDF killed Gaza aid workers at point blank range in 2025 massacre: Report"

kvgr — Thu, 26 Feb 2026 13:51:18 +0000

The russian bots are here too downvoting? Great.

New comment by kvgr in "Fentanyl makeover: Core structural redesign could lead to safer pain medications"

kvgr — Thu, 26 Feb 2026 13:49:54 +0000

The chinese factories and cartels can hop on this new formula not.

New comment by kvgr in "Fentanyl makeover: Core structural redesign could lead to safer pain medications"

kvgr — Thu, 26 Feb 2026 13:48:57 +0000

I mean that is great. But the overuse of opioids in Us is crazy. I am from europe, had broken arm, sprained ankles, broken fingers, root canals done, appendix operation and never got anything stronger than ibuprofen. Hopefully, the prescription craziness is getting better.

New comment by kvgr in "IDF killed Gaza aid workers at point blank range in 2025 massacre: Report"

kvgr — Tue, 24 Feb 2026 13:16:12 +0000

Not Israel, but Russia - good old KGB honeytrap.

New comment by kvgr in "The Sideprocalypse"

kvgr — Mon, 16 Feb 2026 16:56:23 +0000

I think developers overestimate the amount of people who want to create app. My friends are lawyers, doctors, musicians, Pr, sales and they really dont care about creating their own apps or software. They use their iPhones for calls and Instagram.

New comment by kvgr in "AI doesn’t reduce work, it intensifies it"

kvgr — Tue, 10 Feb 2026 12:24:18 +0000

Also i didn't read that book, if there are similarities in language it must be accident or claude steering me to what he knows. And if its the interpreter design, than it probably if from that book. And they told us, that they don't memorise the material.

New comment by kvgr in "AI doesn’t reduce work, it intensifies it"

kvgr — Tue, 10 Feb 2026 12:03:41 +0000

Yes, but you can combine the solutions. Aka, you know what you are working on.You can make it much faster. Or you builds something and learn from it.

I think there will be a lot of slop and a lot of usefull stuff. But also, what i did was just an experiment to see if it is possible, i don't think it is usable, nor do i have any plans to make it into new language. And it was done in less than 3 hours total time.

So for example, if you want to try new language features. Like let's say total immutability, or nullability as a type. Then you can build small language and try to write a code in it. Instead of writing it for weeks, you can do it in hours.