Hacker News: methyl

New comment by methyl in "It takes 5 cloud services to hear my doorbell"

methyl — Mon, 31 Aug 2026 07:26:59 +0000

> That alone is more complex than the whole system the user built here.

so what?

New comment by methyl in "California lawmakers unanimously pass Linux exemption from age-verification law"

methyl — Sun, 30 Aug 2026 10:21:13 +0000

why?

New comment by methyl in "Meta confirms 1000s of Instagram accounts were hacked by abusing its AI chatbot"

methyl — Sun, 07 Jun 2026 06:39:23 +0000

Maybe it was euthanasia?

New comment by methyl in "Appearing productive in the workplace"

methyl — Thu, 07 May 2026 06:17:05 +0000

Perhaps the author of the code and architecture (Claude) should receive those questions.

New comment by methyl in "Show HN: Saunas lower nighttime heart rate more than exercise (n=59,000)"

methyl — Mon, 20 Apr 2026 14:15:02 +0000

> who logged sauna sessions via connected apps

It seems you ask participants to log if they went to sauna. Out of curiosity, why is it not simple to also ask for a type?

New comment by methyl in "TanStack Start Now Support React Server Components"

methyl — Tue, 14 Apr 2026 06:11:27 +0000

What’s stopping you from using those?

New comment by methyl in "Launch HN: Sitefire (YC W26) – Automating actions to improve AI visibility"

methyl — Fri, 20 Mar 2026 18:54:54 +0000

And Surfer, the OG content optimization platform.

New comment by methyl in "The United States and Israel have launched a major attack on Iran"

methyl — Sat, 28 Feb 2026 11:59:33 +0000

It’s possible

New comment by methyl in "Claude Sonnet 4.6"

methyl — Wed, 18 Feb 2026 16:09:39 +0000

Because to 99.9% people it’s obvious and fair to assume that person asking this question knows that you need a car to wash it. No one ever could ask this question not knowing this, so it implies some trick layer.

New comment by methyl in "Founding is a snowball"

methyl — Mon, 02 Feb 2026 06:01:29 +0000

> The snowball grows passively over time naturally

Only if you push it down the mountain. Then it’s also susceptible to crashing and breaking down.

Normally what you do is you have to push the snowball manually. The bigger it gets, the more people you need to push it in a coordinated manner.

I think it’s excellent metaphor.

New comment by methyl in "Claude's new constitution"

methyl — Thu, 22 Jan 2026 10:09:41 +0000

> vaccinating babies torture

it's irrelevant for this discussion, as it's not for sport but other purpose

PFAS-contaminated drinking water harms infants

methyl — Fri, 19 Dec 2025 08:34:12 +0000

Article URL: https://www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1073/pnas.2509801122

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46323572

Points: 11

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New comment by methyl in "MIT Professor Is Fatally Shot in His Home"

methyl — Thu, 18 Dec 2025 18:48:26 +0000

This was headline news in Poland

New comment by methyl in "Cloudflare Global Network experiencing issues"

methyl — Tue, 18 Nov 2025 13:54:30 +0000

I kind of did that back in the days when they released Worker KV, I tried to bulk upload a lot of data and it brought the whole service down, can confirm I was proud :D

New comment by methyl in "Manganese is Lyme disease's double-edge sword"

methyl — Fri, 14 Nov 2025 20:31:29 +0000

what were your symptoms?

New comment by methyl in "Collaboration sucks"

methyl — Wed, 12 Nov 2025 06:10:32 +0000

> Quality goes up by slowing down.

Not necessarily. You get biggest insights about quality after you ship, not before. Slowing down means you ship later, which means the insights are delayed. Unless you work in a rocket industry et all, slowing down will be detrimental to the quality.

New comment by methyl in "Why our website looks like an operating system"

methyl — Fri, 12 Sep 2025 15:30:28 +0000

IMO this is nothing more or less than a successful marketing stunt, I suspect once it gets the reach it can get, they will replace it with something less radical.

Very cool growth hack idea and I admire the fact that they were able to pull it off, as crazy as it is.

New comment by methyl in "iPhone Air"

methyl — Wed, 10 Sep 2025 05:30:27 +0000

They did

New comment by methyl in "The MacBook has a sensor that knows the exact angle of the screen hinge"

methyl — Mon, 08 Sep 2025 05:30:54 +0000

Reliable (ie. can open after 2 weeks of sleep with full battery)

New comment by methyl in "The MacBook has a sensor that knows the exact angle of the screen hinge"

methyl — Sun, 07 Sep 2025 20:43:46 +0000

I wish more laptop producers overengineered their products the way Apple does.