<rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Hacker News: mhurron</title><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=mhurron</link><description>Hacker News RSS</description><docs>https://hnrss.org/</docs><generator>hnrss v2.1.1</generator><lastBuildDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2026 19:42:43 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://hnrss.org/user?id=mhurron" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"></atom:link><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by mhurron in "Humans haven't stopped evolving"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Because we became an incredibly successful species doing just that.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 26 Jul 2026 04:44:01 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49054805</link><dc:creator>mhurron</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49054805</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49054805</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by mhurron in "Be skeptical of OpenAI's rogue hacker agent story"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>The AI companies are desperately trying to market all their products as something they're not, growing intelligence. In line with that they have constantly leaned heavily on stating how dangerous they are, right before they release a new model or product.<p>It was OpenAI marketing. Hugging Face's response is so 'holy shit AI is awesome' it's hard not to also believe they were in on the stunt. They'd also not have to really worry about fallout since any data obtained or accessed wouldn't actually have been breached.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2026 21:25:23 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49041759</link><dc:creator>mhurron</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49041759</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49041759</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by mhurron in "Passkeys were invented by engineers with zero understanding of consumer brain"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>> These are all answerable questions, but getting those answers is confusing for most people.<p>It's the same answer when someone asks 'how am I supposed to have a different password for every site' and 'how am I supposed to remember a password of X+ characters.' Use a password manager. Pretty sure every major one supports passkeys by now.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2026 15:24:38 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49008313</link><dc:creator>mhurron</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49008313</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49008313</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by mhurron in "Modern decor may be straining people's brains"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>It wasn't just showing off land. It was showing off you had land that was completely unproductive and could even afford staff to maintain this completely useless plot. It's why they became increasingly large and ornate gardens.<p>It then took this association with rich and better and was used in the US to denote affluent and therefore segregated housing developments.</p>
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<p>Gaming was always an expensive hobby. But this -<p>> Budgets for games are skyrocketing, graphics requirements are skyrocketing<p>Is unrelated. AAA Gaming companies relied so heavily on technical improvements when things were new and genuine leaps in ability that when we hit the graphics are good enough instead of just making great games that are fun, they had to do stupid graphics tricks.<p>Did every strand of hair need to be individually rendered to act as real as possible so the one guy who is dissecting ever frame would be happy?  
Did that horses scrotum need to be animated at all, let alone react to the environment?  
Did that thing that basically no one will ever see need to be created over the course of 9 months?<p>These stupid, pointless things to try and chase the same technical breakthrough selling points they had 25+ years ago are one of the major things driving the development costs.<p>Then of course there's the, 'ya whatever, you'll still pay for it, fuck you'[1] that publishers are latching on to.<p>[1]<a href="https://youtu.be/vBG3OYSa3YQ?t=50" rel="nofollow">https://youtu.be/vBG3OYSa3YQ?t=50</a></p>
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<p>Ya, everything is a conspiracy. It couldn't be that the FDA has been working on PFAS related issues for 6 years now and this petition was more to speed things along in a way that would force progress.<p>But no, everything is a big conspiracy.</p>
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<p>That sounds horrible. Taking time out of your day to do nothing but be advertised to. Not even considering everyone hosting these things constantly having to invite everyone they come across to participate. Modern ads suck, but changing that to in-person interruptions to your day is not better. Of course, if you want to know what it might be like, there's likely a time-share presentation somewhere near you and you can go experience one. Be sure to set aside enough time.<p>Honestly the Tupperware parties weren't great for the company either; while it kept an exclusivity to the brand it also severely limited their client base. You had to know someone who hosted them, or knew someone who knew them. Then they had to take time away from things they have or want to do to go be advertised to. They ended up social when they started because you invited your friends and neighbours, but after you exhausted them you're just a door to door salesperson.</p>
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<p>Is there some reason to not use the official documentation?</p>
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<p>Of course they do, it is one device that is convenient to use and does everything they need it to.<p>Most people really do not need the dedicated device, whether it's a laptop or desktop, to use the Internet they way they want to.</p>
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<p>Well it would seem that the AAAS shouldn't assume that about HN readers.<p>The previous posted article was posted on <i>science.org</i>, managed by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) not <i>Nature</i>, which is a British publication.<p>The organization that did the removal was Springer Nature, parent of the publisher of <i>Nature</i>. It was reported in several places, the one linked here was on a site affiliated by a completely different organization.<p>Also, <i>science.org</i> is open to everyone, their articles are written and titled for any level of knowledge and any background. Ars and HN are very specific in their target audience and write to that. Even then the comments will be filled with complaints if things aren't written in a manner approachable to anyone.</p>
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<p>It's actually a question relating to what some people want to do with their computer. Most people don't run an OS because of some moral objection to other OS's but because it lets them do what they want with their device.</p>
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<p>350 of how many laid off? If 350 is a fraction of the total replaced with AI that's going to be counted as a win for AI reducing costs, they just were a little to ambitious with the initial round. That'll be counted as a learning experience because we're early in the replace people with unintelligent tools process.</p>
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<p>You pretty much export your data from lastpass and import it into 1password. The only thing it doesn't do is have 1password log into your lastpass account and pull it out itself.</p>
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<p>And how much of the conservatives issue with it are because the Liberal party put it forward. They have absolutely been bringing similar bills when they have control of the government.</p>
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<p>> I'm not sure who this kind of thing is aimed at<p>My guess would be it is aimed at those who are falling for the marketing from the AI companies that these LLM's are far more than they are. That they are 'intelligent' that they have 'emerging human like properties because of that intelligence.'</p>
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<p>You should expect it because it's the safest position to work from. Don't use your work device for non-work, they may be tracking something or everything and do you want that in that record.<p>Additionally, don't use personal devices for work, but that is because of other reasons.</p>
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<p>> Many people genuinely want to find a solution that is better for the children<p>at the expense of everyone and everything else all to not have to be an actual parent.<p>These arguments are not coming from places of concern, they are coming from laziness and people taking advantage of that laziness to further even worse agendas.</p>
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<p>> open source software projects instead of political platforms<p>OSS and FOSS movements themselves were political platforms, so this has never been true. Your problem is that you just have some issue with this one</p>
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<p>lol, go be yourself on your own time. On my time, you better be normal and happy about it.<p>None of the many many reasons someone may act this way mean they are broken, and therapy is not about 'fixing' someone to be the member of society you deem appropriate.</p>
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<p>Every single one of those economies are highly regulated to prevent 'the free market' deciding peoples lives.<p>Without it, you get the US. You get the life your wealth dictates, if you're not wealthy, you didn't deserve life.<p>Sweden's costs for insulin are over 10 times lower than that of the US, because the US let the free market decide and Sweden has a socialist political system.<p>At a place I lived earlier, my neighbour got out of the hospital after heart surgery with a $100k medical bill that they never recovered from. My dad had heart surgery in Canada and left the hospital with a $150 parking bill.<p>But no, please lets continue to try and argue the free market is moral and just.</p>
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