Hacker News: markeroon

New comment by markeroon in "Apple introduces new AirTag with longer range and improved findability"

markeroon — Tue, 27 Jan 2026 02:08:42 +0000

Do you have more info about this? Never heard it before

New comment by markeroon in "Linux from Scratch"

markeroon — Thu, 22 Jan 2026 01:37:52 +0000

I learned so much installing and using Gentoo about 20 years ago

New comment by markeroon in "I rebooted my social life"

markeroon — Thu, 01 Jan 2026 17:59:17 +0000

That's strange, I know a bunch of guys in my hometown who hang out at the Elks who aren't religious. Most of them are probably confirmed or at least baptized though.

New comment by markeroon in "Over 40% of deceased drivers in vehicle crashes test positive for THC: Study"

markeroon — Sat, 20 Dec 2025 18:45:02 +0000

Enough with the pedantry please:

"Driving under the influence of cannabis was associated with a significantly increased risk of motor vehicle collisions compared with unimpaired driving (odds ratio 1.92 (95% confidence interval 1.35 to 2.73); P=0.0003); we noted heterogeneity among the individual study effects (I2=81)".

From https://www.bmj.com/content/344/bmj.e536

New comment by markeroon in "Over 40% of deceased drivers in vehicle crashes test positive for THC: Study"

markeroon — Sat, 20 Dec 2025 18:22:52 +0000

If we're doing anecdotes I'm sure there are lots of drunk drivers with spotless records.

I understand that you're taking issue with the idea of always being impaired, but the article indicates that there's a pretty clear association between having ingested THC and being in a car crash.

New comment by markeroon in "Cognitive and mental health correlates of short-form video use"

markeroon — Wed, 19 Nov 2025 23:02:59 +0000

I think that this is an opinion. For instance, one might think online gambling should be illegal, regardless of whether it causes addictive behavior or exacerbates some genetic predisposition to it.

New comment by markeroon in "Cognitive and mental health correlates of short-form video use"

markeroon — Wed, 19 Nov 2025 21:50:26 +0000

Is it important to stress that though? This feels like a personal responsibility argument while also acknowledging that it disproportionately affects people who don't have a ton of control over their response to it.

New comment by markeroon in "Misophonia Might Be a Brain Regulation Disorder"

markeroon — Mon, 06 Oct 2025 00:33:02 +0000

I noticed that you posted the story, are you one of the authors of the paper? It mentions a number of potential treatments including mindfulness, CBT and metacognition -- do you think one of these is potentially more effective than the others?

New comment by markeroon in "The lottery ticket hypothesis: why neural networks work"

markeroon — Mon, 18 Aug 2025 20:33:58 +0000

Look into pruning

New comment by markeroon in "America’s incarceration rate is in decline"

markeroon — Thu, 26 Jun 2025 19:51:45 +0000

Most provinces in Canada have $10/day childcare

New comment by markeroon in "How to build Intrinsic Motivation: a review of the science"

markeroon — Tue, 29 Apr 2025 23:57:35 +0000

Was this book any good?

New comment by markeroon in "The Friendship Recession: The lost art of connecting"

markeroon — Sun, 27 Apr 2025 00:10:47 +0000

Great reference https://x.com/dril/status/384408932061417472?lang=en

New comment by markeroon in "New Zealand 15-year-old becomes youngest person to run a four-minute mile"

markeroon — Thu, 20 Mar 2025 02:08:28 +0000

Jim Ryun ran 3:59 as a high schooler in 1964 (and then 3:55 in 1965). Alan Webb ran 3:53 in high school in 2001.

New comment by markeroon in "Heat accelerates aging, a new study finds"

markeroon — Wed, 19 Mar 2025 02:56:34 +0000

I’m curious how this aligns with the thinking on sauna and short-term heat exposure being healthy?

New comment by markeroon in "Tesla gets more than 20% of parts from Mexico, it will be affected by tariffs"

markeroon — Thu, 06 Mar 2025 03:43:18 +0000

Ever hear of Afghanistan or, I don’t know, World War Two? Do you know what the word ally means?

New comment by markeroon in "Dell ends hybrid work policy, demands RTO despite remote work pledge"

markeroon — Sat, 01 Feb 2025 17:58:06 +0000

I edited my link to better capture how much twitter is bleeding in terms of valuation, but you had replied in the interim. My bad!

Fair point re: selling the debt.

New comment by markeroon in "Dell ends hybrid work policy, demands RTO despite remote work pledge"

markeroon — Sat, 01 Feb 2025 17:53:21 +0000

“The social media platform formerly known as Twitter is worth almost 80% less than two years ago when Elon Musk bought it, according to estimates from investment giant Fidelity.”

https://www.cnn.com/2024/10/02/business/elon-musk-twitter-x-...

New comment by markeroon in "Meta in talks to reincorporate in Texas or another state, WSJ reports"

markeroon — Fri, 31 Jan 2025 21:07:32 +0000

Is that true of something like NPD also?

New comment by markeroon in "Supreme Court upholds TikTok ban, but Trump might offer lifeline"

markeroon — Fri, 17 Jan 2025 17:54:44 +0000

The recommendation engine is at least partially learned so it’s fairly likely that it’s the latter

New comment by markeroon in "Justin Trudeau promises to resign as PM"

markeroon — Tue, 07 Jan 2025 01:10:20 +0000

This is a good summary that captures the discourse in Canada presently, very different from what people seem to be focusing on here on HN.

One caveat: as far as I know, taxation in Canada is pretty similar to New York or California.