Hacker News: m0llusk

New comment by m0llusk in "I Stopped “Creating Content”"

m0llusk — Mon, 20 Jul 2026 17:30:23 +0000

Ironic that this piece is mostly discontent.

New comment by m0llusk in "Hacker wipes Romania's land registry database"

m0llusk — Mon, 20 Jul 2026 17:25:37 +0000

Seems like property ownership histories could be one of the few good applications of blockchain technology.

New comment by m0llusk in "GitHub's 2FA is to become mandatory on September 2, 2026"

m0llusk — Mon, 20 Jul 2026 15:26:06 +0000

I'm an uncertain contributor so this shouldn't apply to me.

New comment by m0llusk in "Americans are angry about data centers. Politicians are feeling the pressure"

m0llusk — Sun, 19 Jul 2026 23:16:46 +0000

Similar to the trajectory of nuclear power which lost public approval for reasons that are not entirely rational.

New comment by m0llusk in "AI advice made people less accurate but more confident – sudy"

m0llusk — Sun, 19 Jul 2026 23:14:15 +0000

Right now we don't have AI. We have LLMs. LLMs compose responses and have now ability to say they don't know any answer or are unsure. This combines with the chipper manner of their communication to make for a dangerous mix.

New comment by m0llusk in "If You Build It, They Will Come"

m0llusk — Sat, 18 Jul 2026 18:27:25 +0000

Friend, I know where there is stored an entire casque of Orval!

New comment by m0llusk in "My car's OTA update broke Android Auto, and it's a indictment of modern software"

m0llusk — Fri, 17 Jul 2026 00:11:11 +0000

Wasn't LLM tech supposed to fix this?

New comment by m0llusk in "Are we offloading too much of our thinking to AI?"

m0llusk — Tue, 14 Jul 2026 16:23:39 +0000

LLMs are strongly mean reverting in their decision making, so heavy users are likely to be readily identified by their unadventurous conformism much as generated media is identified now.

New comment by m0llusk in "LAPD lets contract with surveillance giant Flock expire"

m0llusk — Mon, 13 Jul 2026 17:36:54 +0000

They should hire some juniors to patch together analysis with local LLMs and do that on an as needed basis to avoid the creepiness. Networks of cameras remain a highly powerful way of holding evildoers accountable.

New comment by m0llusk in "The social physics of conversation: Communication patterns matter"

m0llusk — Mon, 13 Jul 2026 11:55:39 +0000

Products exist and can be measured and counted.

New comment by m0llusk in "The social physics of conversation: Communication patterns matter"

m0llusk — Mon, 13 Jul 2026 11:54:00 +0000

Wrong. Energy, velocity, and flow characteristics are central to this analysis. The term Social Physics differentiates this context from Physics.

New comment by m0llusk in "Under federal rule, colleges must leave grads better off or lose financial aid"

m0llusk — Sun, 12 Jul 2026 12:44:11 +0000

Seems like this will increase the importance of expelling low achievers. That in turn could sabotage the social and cultural role of higher education.

New comment by m0llusk in "Lost city discovered beneath Egypt's desert with ancient church"

m0llusk — Fri, 10 Jul 2026 15:52:32 +0000

The Ancient Architects video on YouTube has a quite good summary of the history of this site.

New comment by m0llusk in "Why jet engines aren't made in China"

m0llusk — Mon, 06 Jul 2026 20:28:25 +0000

The Second Avenue subway?

New comment by m0llusk in "Multilingual experience linked to delayed aging"

m0llusk — Mon, 06 Jul 2026 17:54:49 +0000

That seems like saying weightlifting is pointless because we have robots for lifting and moving things around. But lifting weights can improve health and lifespan. It may also be that thinking in another language is different from merely translating because of the idioms and cultural norms and references involved.

New comment by m0llusk in "AMD Ryzen AI Halo – $4k AI Dev Kit"

m0llusk — Mon, 06 Jul 2026 17:48:19 +0000

Seems like having a big and clunky external power supply enables a smaller profile for the rest of the unit while making installation a bit more complex. How exactly is this thing going to be installed for use? Wouldn't it be easier to just have a bigger box with more shielding and heat dissipation?

New comment by m0llusk in "FreeBSD ate my RAM"

m0llusk — Sat, 04 Jul 2026 00:57:06 +0000

HN has disappointed JWZ

New comment by m0llusk in "Why jet engines aren't made in China"

m0llusk — Thu, 02 Jul 2026 21:45:21 +0000

High speed rail in China is a disaster. Basic safety failings have led to repeated crashes and deaths. Confiscation of property on a massive scale has damaged government credibility. Trillions of dollars worth of investment is not paying off while depreciation does it's work. Prices have been cranked up, large numbers of workers have been fired, and the whole system is still deep in the red. The only solid good coming from Chinese high speed rail is the demonstration of how much damage out of control dictators can do to the bottom line.

New comment by m0llusk in "Why software engineers are grieving"

m0llusk — Fri, 26 Jun 2026 16:10:27 +0000

Depending on the trade that may require reeducation, apprenticeship, and so on. Riding through years of that will be difficult for many if they are used to raising a family with full time pay or have only so many years before needing to face retirement.

New comment by m0llusk in "Crypto in 2026: Oh, This Is the Bad Place"

m0llusk — Tue, 23 Jun 2026 12:59:02 +0000

The article speaks of doom and nihilism, but isn't this another example of reversion to the mean?