Hacker News: michaelhoney

New comment by michaelhoney in "The Pentagon Threatened Pope Leo XIV's Ambassador with the Avignon Papacy"

michaelhoney — Fri, 10 Apr 2026 00:32:43 +0000

I guess this is what happens when you get a government composed of ignorant assholes. These times are challenging for those of us who believe in democracy.

New comment by michaelhoney in "EFF is leaving X"

michaelhoney — Thu, 09 Apr 2026 21:20:26 +0000

yeah, but twitter is 90% assholes these days

New comment by michaelhoney in "Ask HN: Any interesting niche hobbies?"

michaelhoney — Thu, 09 Apr 2026 08:02:26 +0000

I built a sauna. It was fun and worthwhile and now I have a sauna!

Also I am turning into Middle-Aged Synth Guy.

New comment by michaelhoney in "Show HN: I built a tiny LLM to demystify how language models work"

michaelhoney — Mon, 06 Apr 2026 21:28:14 +0000

not just western countries

New comment by michaelhoney in "U.S. exempts oil industry from protecting Gulf animals, for 'national security'"

michaelhoney — Wed, 01 Apr 2026 02:17:49 +0000

You don't live outside the environment. Educate yourself.

New comment by michaelhoney in "Department of State advises Americans worldwide to exercise increased caution"

michaelhoney — Mon, 23 Mar 2026 01:45:25 +0000

It will be a lot harder to convince voters when he's gone... if the US still has elections

New comment by michaelhoney in "Aliens.gov ~ domain registered 17MAR2026"

michaelhoney — Wed, 18 Mar 2026 20:31:14 +0000

proposal to rescind all naked .gov domains and redirect to .gov.us

New comment by michaelhoney in "Claude March 2026 usage promotion"

michaelhoney — Sat, 14 Mar 2026 21:14:28 +0000

Living in Tasmania as competitive advantage

New comment by michaelhoney in "Coding My Handwriting"

michaelhoney — Sat, 14 Mar 2026 21:13:10 +0000

Love seeing people do this kind of thing, going deep, working it out.

New comment by michaelhoney in "Parallels confirms MacBook Neo can run Windows in a virtual machine"

michaelhoney — Sat, 14 Mar 2026 02:58:57 +0000

I think it'd be great if they did that, but Google is pretty willing to cut things that aren't working out, whereas for Apple, they are committed to making and selling laptops

New comment by michaelhoney in "“This is not the computer for you”"

michaelhoney — Fri, 13 Mar 2026 08:14:00 +0000

This was lovely, I appreciated reading it

New comment by michaelhoney in "Tell HN: I'm 60 years old. Claude Code has re-ignited a passion"

michaelhoney — Sat, 07 Mar 2026 05:31:51 +0000

I find there are still opportunities to solve puzzles. Claude Code might build something in an unsatisfying or inelegant way, and you can suggest a better approach. You can absolutely write core components — the fun parts you crave — of the code and give it to an LLM to flesh out the rest.

One of the recent joys I’ve had is having CC knit together separate notebooks I’d been updating for a couple of years into a unified app. It can be a fulfilling experience.

New comment by michaelhoney in "Tell HN: I'm 60 years old. Claude Code has re-ignited a passion"

michaelhoney — Sat, 07 Mar 2026 05:25:59 +0000

This is a good response. Progress has always been resisted by incumbents

New comment by michaelhoney in "Tell HN: I'm 60 years old. Claude Code has re-ignited a passion"

michaelhoney — Sat, 07 Mar 2026 05:23:53 +0000

I think it’s important for you to understand that there were always way more people who loved programming than were able to work professionally as high-level coders. Sure, if you spent most of your working life writing code, you’d be very proficient. But for many, many others, they haven’t been able to spend the time developing those muscles. Modern LLMs really are a joyful experience for people who enjoy software creation but haven’t had the 10,000 hours.

New comment by michaelhoney in "Statement on the comments from Secretary of War Pete Hegseth"

michaelhoney — Sat, 28 Feb 2026 05:09:10 +0000

It is indeed kind of crazy. That's because the current US administration is composed of people whose sole qualification is being able to work for Donald Trump. Being competent, rational or ethical is career-limiting.

New comment by michaelhoney in "America, and probably the world, stands on a precipice"

michaelhoney — Fri, 27 Feb 2026 04:23:58 +0000

Did you read the article? Gary Marcus has more than just one take: this is about politics and coercion, not whether LLMs can become AGI

New comment by michaelhoney in "Statement from Dario Amodei on our discussions with the Department of War"

michaelhoney — Fri, 27 Feb 2026 04:07:09 +0000

"people's traits flanderize": nice

New comment by michaelhoney in "Culture Is the Mass-Synchronization of Framings"

michaelhoney — Thu, 12 Feb 2026 22:47:43 +0000

Why gatekeep like this? If you had developed an interesting account of some engineering topic and were told to leave it to the pros, you would find it deflating

New comment by michaelhoney in "Ultra-processed foods should be treated more like cigarettes than food – study"

michaelhoney — Wed, 04 Feb 2026 19:59:38 +0000

And yet you would have little trouble distinguishing between those two categories if a range of food was put on a table in front of you

New comment by michaelhoney in "Aging muscle stem cells shift from rapid repair to long-term survival"

michaelhoney — Mon, 02 Feb 2026 05:06:34 +0000

Yes: I'm 57 and my heartrate rarely goes over 150. ~135bpm is "run a 5k twice a week" pace, only maintained for 30 mins, and resting heart rate is ~50