Hacker News: mglz

New comment by mglz in "DOGE's government cuts may hurt business, companies warn investors"

mglz — Sun, 09 Mar 2025 22:02:33 +0000

> I just want models to a focal point of discussion rather than some poorly-explained textual interpretation.

Do we have any economic models which managed to predict any non-obvious, relevant things?

New comment by mglz in "Learn Arabic"

mglz — Sat, 08 Mar 2025 14:12:17 +0000

You might be understood, but understanding others is where you run into problems :(

New comment by mglz in "50 Years of Travel Tips"

mglz — Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:09:32 +0000

Luggage tipp: Have exactly one, easy to grab main piece at luggage that goes on your back or on wheels. Have at most one tiny extra piece to carry. The second your luggage exceeds three it becomes a massive hassle: You cannot hold on to things, you will lose one piece and your fun trip descends into a disorganized mess.

Luggage which clips together like a storage/day backpack combo is very valuable for this: Your backpack might be comically large, but you can haul all your stuff with free hands. At your accomodation, you can leave the large bag and continue on your day pack.

Free hands are critical when travelling by train or bus, or if you just wanna get a snack and drink.

New comment by mglz in "First Look: Loops, by Pixelfed – Decentralised TikTok Competitor (2024)"

mglz — Sat, 25 Jan 2025 13:16:06 +0000

In these systems you pick what you see and don't rely on a third party algorithm for that. If one instance allows the publications of things others disagree with defederation is an option.

Under no circumstances should we let AI filter the fediverse. Freedom is worth more than mild offense.

New comment by mglz in "What other communities do you use apart from HN?"

mglz — Sun, 12 Jan 2025 10:24:05 +0000

Lemmy caught traction and feels like the old intrnet sometimes.

New comment by mglz in "All clocks are 30 seconds late"

mglz — Mon, 06 Jan 2025 18:06:52 +0000

Hä?! A clock shows the period of time we are currently in. A clock only showing hours would for example indicate that we are in the 14th hour of the day, for the entire duration of that hour. That is not an error. Similarly, a hh:mm clock will show the hour and minute we are currently in for the duration of that minute.

No clock can display the exact current moment of time. That would require infinite digits, and even then those will be late, since lightspeed will ensure you recieve the femtoseconds and below really late.

New comment by mglz in "Long Fatigue: The exhaustion that lingers after an infection"

mglz — Sat, 30 Nov 2024 12:03:11 +0000

Why do you focus on the vaccine and not the novel, highly virulent virus which has killed tens of millions and disabled hundreds of millions? What makes it more likel for you that the vaccine causes this and not the virus?

New comment by mglz in "Yi Peng 3 crossed both cables C-Lion 1 and BSC at times matching when they broke"

mglz — Wed, 20 Nov 2024 19:30:09 +0000

> This happend a very, very long time ago.

It happened on 26. September 2022. That is not a long time ago.

> It seems like a pointless attack that achieves little other than reminding the world that horrible, oppessive governments are dangerous to everyone

It sends a message, as sabotaging communications is frequently done before an attack. Also it damages morale and is a show of power.

New comment by mglz in "Honeybee gene specifies collective behavior, research shows"

mglz — Sun, 10 Nov 2024 21:57:28 +0000

Fudnamentally the genes have to code for a biologicaly system that is able to adapt its behaviour well enough to allow for dynamic behaviour while also keeping it on guiderails to make it function as a bee. Importantly a bee emerging from its brood cell immediately gets to work without any training. Where does this information come from if it is not genetic?

New comment by mglz in "Millions may rely on groundwater contaminated with PFAS for drinking water"

mglz — Mon, 28 Oct 2024 22:21:20 +0000

If it's bad and we avoid it = win

If it's bad and we don't avoid it = potential disaster

If it's no problem and we avoid it = Some unnecessary losses

If it's no problem and we avoid it = No problem

Currently, considering past patterns, it looks like PFAS are problematic and the potential cost of failing to mitigate could be very high. So being more cautious is the rational solution, even in the face of uncertainty.

New comment by mglz in "Millions may rely on groundwater contaminated with PFAS for drinking water"

mglz — Mon, 28 Oct 2024 20:36:01 +0000

The problem is PFAS are in basically all the water on the planet and persist in the body for several years. Even if they might have a small effect that will likely be magnified due to accumulation and the long persistence. We have had very similar scenarios before (lead, asbestos,... ) and they had horrible consequences. This is the time to get ahead of this cycle.

New comment by mglz in "How can this 6 axis robot have a static accuracy of 0.05 mm? (2021) [video]"

mglz — Sat, 26 Oct 2024 13:31:38 +0000

No, but you will almost certainly not get the required torque for a robot arm.

New comment by mglz in "US probes Tesla's Full Self-Driving software after fatal crash"

mglz — Sun, 20 Oct 2024 12:57:54 +0000

> Why is he trying to buy a president in the first place?

Because he can make more money under one than the other.

New comment by mglz in "US probes Tesla's Full Self-Driving software after fatal crash"

mglz — Sun, 20 Oct 2024 12:56:32 +0000

The underlying problem is that the current FSD architecture doesn't seem to have good guard rails for these outlier situations you describe (sunlight blinding the camera from just the right angle probably?) and it is probably not possible to add such rules without limiting the system enormously.

Fundamentally driving consists of a set of fairly clear cut rules with a ridiculous amount of "it depends" cases.

New comment by mglz in "Knocker uppers: Waking up the workers in industrial Britain (2016)"

mglz — Sun, 20 Oct 2024 10:50:46 +0000

> Following that train of thought back one can go all the way to the Roman Empire which used slaves as proto machines as you call them.

All the way to the deepest depth of history actually: Sumer and Elam left behind records of slavery and later on in Ur we find laws seting up a framework for slavery.

New comment by mglz in "NASA Drops Boeing Starliner from Upcoming Missions"

mglz — Sat, 19 Oct 2024 14:53:46 +0000

Wasn't it also supposed to go to the moon station for Artemis? Or is that also a non-starter if Starship works out?

New comment by mglz in "California police aren't loving their Tesla cop cars"

mglz — Sat, 12 Oct 2024 09:28:56 +0000

> say a reliance on unsecured charging stations makes officers vulnerable when it comes to transporting suspects long distances; and note that in a firefight, police are taught to hide behind a car’s engine block

I am a diehard EV proponent, but it's important to admit that there are places where EVs are not the right solution. Especially in vehicles which take part in emergency response, the high energy density of fossil fuels is absolutely a benefit.

New comment by mglz in "Germans decry influence of English as 'idiot's apostrophe' gets approval"

mglz — Wed, 09 Oct 2024 14:07:24 +0000

People get upset about this while you encounter statements like "life your live" regularly, sometimes even on TV.

New comment by mglz in "Nobel Prize in Physics Awarded for Machine Learning and Neural Networks"

mglz — Tue, 08 Oct 2024 10:30:18 +0000

Hm, they have to fit them into Physics, Chemistry, Medicine, Literature, or Peace. I guess physics is the closest they can get without a gross missplacement? (Although you might be able to absue literature for LLMs?)

New comment by mglz in "Too much efficiency makes everything worse (2022)"

mglz — Sun, 29 Sep 2024 11:09:30 +0000

> I have a pet theory that the state-planned economies failed not because they were inefficient

Well, a lot of it was corruption. A sufficient level of corruption can destroy almost any system, even if it had a well-meaning leader at the top.