Hacker News: mbrameld

New comment by mbrameld in "AI-generated posters don’t have to be horrible"

mbrameld — Sat, 19 Sep 2026 16:33:38 +0000

How do you know that?

New comment by mbrameld in "Grand jury declines to indict Ohio man charged with destroying Flock camera"

mbrameld — Fri, 21 Aug 2026 17:32:40 +0000

> just as likely

If you look at the success rate of prosecutors getting grand juries to indict, it's certainly not "just as likely".

New comment by mbrameld in "I used sound waves to make espresso. It could cut coffee‑brewing energy use by ¾"

mbrameld — Fri, 19 Jun 2026 23:16:52 +0000

Such an HN comment. I drink coffee for the taste, I’m sure I’m not the only one.

New comment by mbrameld in "What I've learned about the trombone"

mbrameld — Wed, 03 Jun 2026 16:09:49 +0000

Do you mainly control pitch with the tuning slide or the valves on those instruments? I think you mainly control pitch with the valves and only supplement with a tuning slide for certain notes, depending on the instrument, and therefore the statement is accurate.

New comment by mbrameld in "What I've learned about the trombone"

mbrameld — Wed, 03 Jun 2026 16:03:16 +0000

> But learning trombone, and then mapping that knowledge to a euphonium, trumpet, tuba, etc, gives you a knowledge about that instrument (eg ok if note X is 1st valve, and note X+1 is 1+2, then i know adding 2-to-1 adds a half step, because position 3 is a half step from position 4).

I don't think intervals are unique to trombones. If you understand that X+1 is a half step above X, and you know note X is 1st valve and note X+1 is 1+2, then you know adding 2-to-1 adds a half step even if you've never seen a trombone.

New comment by mbrameld in "Maladaptive Frugality"

mbrameld — Fri, 01 May 2026 15:56:35 +0000

> I'd rather enjoy my life in my 20s than save money to do nothing in my 40s.

I think this is a lie that people who are bad with money tell themselves, that the only two options available are to spend without restraint or live miserably frugal.

New comment by mbrameld in "Our commitment to Windows quality"

mbrameld — Fri, 20 Mar 2026 21:32:59 +0000

And if the surprise is unpleasant you can disable it by turning off memories and holidays in the settings of the photo app. Not so easy to escape Copilot on Windows.

New comment by mbrameld in "An interactive map of Flock Cams"

mbrameld — Wed, 04 Mar 2026 23:34:38 +0000

It sounds like your point is that people should be willing to give up their privacy in return for the chance of detecting (not preventing) violent crimes.

I think it's also disingenuous (or at best, completely naive) to pretend like harm from Flock and other surveillance is hypothetical/theoretical. Here are just 2 recent examples of REAL harm:

https://www.postcrescent.com/story/news/crime/2026/01/12/men...

https://kenoshacountyeye.com/2025/12/12/deputy-on-leave-accu...

You can guarantee that there are many more that haven't been caught.

New comment by mbrameld in "Heathrow scraps liquid container limit"

mbrameld — Tue, 27 Jan 2026 19:46:34 +0000

That's been exactly my experience recently in the US. Most recently it was some Hot Hands hand warmers. They just had me go to the end of the line where you get your bags ouf of the scanner and the agent brought my bag down there on the other side of the rollers. They set it on the table in front of me, and there was a monitor above the table where they pointed to the hand warmers on the screen. They said something along the lines of, "Looks like you might have some hand warmers in the main pocket, would you mind taking them out?" I pulled them out, showed them to them, they thanked me and I put it back in the bag and went on my way. This was in Juneau, AK.

New comment by mbrameld in "How have prices changed in a year? NPR checked 114 items at Walmart"

mbrameld — Wed, 14 Jan 2026 17:59:32 +0000

It doesn't take years, and it's less expensive than writing off the mortgage.

New comment by mbrameld in "My Truck Desk"

mbrameld — Wed, 05 Nov 2025 00:44:31 +0000

If you understand the causes of ADHD you should definitely reach out to the Mayo clinic, as recently as earlier this year they admitted that they don't understand the causes of ADHD! https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/adhd/symptoms...

New comment by mbrameld in "Why Is Python So Popular in 2025?"

mbrameld — Wed, 01 Oct 2025 18:08:38 +0000

I might be wrong, but I was under the impression that result is platform-dependent?

https://docs.python.org/3/tutorial/floatingpoint.html#floati...

New comment by mbrameld in "Human coders are still better than LLMs"

mbrameld — Thu, 29 May 2025 22:46:38 +0000

Ask it. Instead of just telling it what you're doing and expecting it to criticize that, ask it directly for criticism. Even better, tell it what you're doing, then tell it to ask you questions about what you're doing until it knows enough to recommend a better approach.

New comment by mbrameld in "Airlines are charging solo passengers higher fares than groups"

mbrameld — Thu, 29 May 2025 21:08:48 +0000

Isn't it a waste to spend more for a flight when you could get the same flight for less if you also booked an accommodation you don't plan to use?

New comment by mbrameld in "The A.I. Radiologist Will Not Be with You Soon"

mbrameld — Wed, 14 May 2025 20:31:43 +0000

Can you describe a driving scenario where the correct action couldn't be determined "mechanically"? Are you thinking of something like the trolley problem?

New comment by mbrameld in "Ask HN: How are you acquiring your first hundred users?"

mbrameld — Tue, 13 May 2025 20:23:04 +0000

Too many to list even 1?

New comment by mbrameld in "Ask HN: How are you acquiring your first hundred users?"

mbrameld — Tue, 13 May 2025 20:21:48 +0000

I don't know about his blog since this is a thread about whether or not his comment is AI-generated, but I ran his comment through GPTZero and it reports it's confident the comment is entirely human. I asked Claude to summarize his comment and ran that summary through GPTZero and it reported it was confident that it's entirely AI-generated. Maybe the comment didn't set of my llm radar because I didn't draw conclusions about the comment by looking at the blog, which very well might be 100% AI-generated.

New comment by mbrameld in "The great displacement is already well underway?"

mbrameld — Tue, 13 May 2025 19:47:33 +0000

The US military does. The branches all state an age limit, but it's easily and routinely waived.

New comment by mbrameld in "Ask HN: How are you acquiring your first hundred users?"

mbrameld — Tue, 13 May 2025 18:22:51 +0000

Is it just the list? I'm curious what specifically sets off your llm radar.

New comment by mbrameld in "The missteps that led to a fatal plane crash at Reagan National Airport"

mbrameld — Thu, 01 May 2025 04:46:56 +0000

Instructors routinely take the flight controls, it's not embarrassing at all.