Hacker News: michaelhoney

New comment by michaelhoney in "Statement on US government directive to suspend access to Fable 5 and Mythos 5"

michaelhoney — Sat, 13 Jun 2026 03:40:12 +0000

this would be a lot more comforting if the US government wasn’t currently run by some the worst people on the planet

New comment by michaelhoney in "Ask HN: Why is the HN crowd so anti-AI?"

michaelhoney — Sat, 06 Jun 2026 10:09:59 +0000

I am very optimistic about people using LLMs to explore their medical issues. Human bodies are complex and doctors are time- and intelligence- limited. An LLM can be a really useful partner.

New comment by michaelhoney in "Mornings and nights no longer exist at 47C: A day in the hottest place in India"

michaelhoney — Fri, 05 Jun 2026 04:31:06 +0000

Problem with events like this is that they affect tens of thousands of people all at once. The first 1% of people will buy all of the available air conditioners. This happened in Australia in 2019: we had a huge bushfire with smoke affecting ~600K people. The available air filters sold out in hours.

New comment by michaelhoney in "WH proposes rules giving political appointees final approval on research grants"

michaelhoney — Sat, 30 May 2026 04:34:56 +0000

and so continue the decline to a dumber, poorer, nastier nation

New comment by michaelhoney in "Actually, democracy dies in H.R."

michaelhoney — Tue, 19 May 2026 06:40:56 +0000

"I want another drink now. Hangover is tomorrow-me's problem"

New comment by michaelhoney in "BYD overtakes Tesla and Kia as the best-selling EV brand in key overseas markets"

michaelhoney — Thu, 07 May 2026 02:43:48 +0000

they're reasonably popular in Australia. They have done a good job of marketing their station wagons/estates to the road-biking community

New comment by michaelhoney in "Habitual coffee intake shapes the microbiome, modifies physiology and cognition"

michaelhoney — Fri, 24 Apr 2026 23:17:39 +0000

If you are keen for a machine and you like it diluted, I recommend the Moccamaster. It’s a good-looking classic machine that you could definitely sell.

For a similar coffee with more manual work, get a Chemex

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