Hacker News: macrocosmos

New comment by macrocosmos in "Nobody ever gets credit for fixing problems that never happened (2001) [pdf]"

macrocosmos — Fri, 12 Jun 2026 02:33:09 +0000

One thing I don't get about the concept of capability traps is why is it expected that a company which is good at one thing would be capable at the new thing? What exactly makes a capability trap a trap?

New comment by macrocosmos in "We've made the world too complicated"

macrocosmos — Sun, 17 May 2026 16:29:24 +0000

He actually said much more. One of his most radical statements was to love your enemy. Even your enemies love their neighbors so why feel good about yourself for doing that. Even some evil people love their friends and it is therefore really not a thing to be proud of. To love your enemy is what all people are called to do.

New comment by macrocosmos in "Show HN: Race to the Bottom"

macrocosmos — Fri, 15 May 2026 04:38:41 +0000

I’m speaking of reality. How is a country having an army for defense a bad thing in the existence we currently find ourselves?

New comment by macrocosmos in "Show HN: Race to the Bottom"

macrocosmos — Fri, 15 May 2026 03:53:42 +0000

How is a country having an army for defense bad?

New comment by macrocosmos in "Show HN: Race to the Bottom"

macrocosmos — Fri, 15 May 2026 03:51:13 +0000

Some of the options make no sense at all.

New comment by macrocosmos in "The future of everything is lies, I guess: Work"

macrocosmos — Tue, 14 Apr 2026 17:24:31 +0000

That catastrophe is entirely on Bonin the bonehead.

New comment by macrocosmos in "How Complex is my Code?"

macrocosmos — Sun, 12 Apr 2026 09:16:28 +0000

Thats projection.

New comment by macrocosmos in "[dead]"

macrocosmos — Sun, 12 Apr 2026 05:51:04 +0000

I pretty much always read the first sentence of an article, then the last paragraph, and then the full first paragraph, then the beginning sentences of middle paragraphs, until finally reading an entire piece. Often times, along this process I'll abandon the piece.

I appreciate when an article can so clearly tell my mind to stop so soon. Anyways, I clicked on this article, saw that line you linked, clicked the comments and was pleased somehow to see someone else point that line out.

New comment by macrocosmos in "Artemis II crew see first glimpse of far side of Moon [video]"

macrocosmos — Mon, 06 Apr 2026 02:31:51 +0000

Humans going around the moon will be amazing every single time for the next 10,000 years it happens for anyone who isn't already a miserable person. Going for a swim in the ocean is an amazing experience every single time and I can do it every day. It's still a great feeling. Going to the moon is so much more extraordinary in the literal sense of the word. The fact that any collection of creatures is able to do it is remarkable.

New comment by macrocosmos in "As Rocks May Think"

macrocosmos — Thu, 05 Feb 2026 01:57:05 +0000

> AI generated videos are indistinguishable from reality.

New comment by macrocosmos in "Linux from Scratch"

macrocosmos — Wed, 21 Jan 2026 20:03:07 +0000

Is it educational to do this on a VM or should I break out my old thinkpad?

New comment by macrocosmos in "Things that aren't doing the thing"

macrocosmos — Sun, 16 Nov 2025 03:47:10 +0000

A: There's the right way, the wrong way, and THEN THE MAX POWER WAY!

B: Isn't that just the wrong way?

A: Yes! But faster!

New comment by macrocosmos in "Downloadable movie posters from the 40s, 50s, 60s, and 70s"

macrocosmos — Sun, 26 Oct 2025 17:06:57 +0000

Great website also.

New comment by macrocosmos in "Terence Tao: The role of small organizations in society has shrunk significantly"

macrocosmos — Wed, 24 Sep 2025 20:15:29 +0000

I know something is worth reading when I see a wall of people being defensive of whatever the author presented.

New comment by macrocosmos in "Why your outdoorsy friend suddenly has a gummy bear power bank"

macrocosmos — Mon, 22 Sep 2025 01:07:40 +0000

We could also talk about lb•AU (pound Astronomical Units), but generally it's best to stick to what's standard so readers don't need to do conversions. Watt hours is great.

New comment by macrocosmos in "You’re a slow thinker. Now what?"

macrocosmos — Mon, 15 Sep 2025 05:44:30 +0000

My dad recently told me a funny story about something that happened to him. Except it actually had happened to me and I had told him about it years before.

New comment by macrocosmos in "Emailing a one-time code is worse than passwords"

macrocosmos — Thu, 07 Aug 2025 18:45:02 +0000

The idea of needing to provide extremely personal information that’s somehow tailored for me just to use a service is so incredibly dystopian to me. I’d much rather use a password.

New comment by macrocosmos in "Poline – An enigmatic color palette generator using polar coordinates"

macrocosmos — Wed, 18 Jun 2025 16:29:55 +0000

It defies explanation. This is followed up by an explantation.

New comment by macrocosmos in "You could just choose optimism"

macrocosmos — Sat, 03 May 2025 02:39:07 +0000

The way text resizes on that website is so strange. It's actually amazing how awful it is. Like they went out of their way to ensure it resizes in the most ridiculous possible manner. And the zoom on my browser does nothing. Absolutely amazing.

New comment by macrocosmos in "Path Isn't Real on Linux"

macrocosmos — Wed, 30 Apr 2025 03:17:17 +0000

If there is something nice that one has and one does not have. zsh is the one that has it.