Hacker News: michaeljx

New comment by michaeljx in "Belgian car salesman becomes prince after DNA test proves royal parentage"

michaeljx — Sat, 22 Aug 2026 17:31:16 +0000

Like the good nepotistic society we are

New comment by michaeljx in "AI;DR or Don't be a meat proxy"

michaeljx — Fri, 21 Aug 2026 17:05:20 +0000

Have your MCP talk to my MCP

New comment by michaeljx in "Flock CEO Apologizes for Calling Activists 'Terrorists'"

michaeljx — Fri, 17 Jul 2026 21:06:05 +0000

It is insane to me that US allows a private entity to video and catalogue individuals on any pubic space they want. In my country (EU), you are not allowed to point a security camera on a public space, to the point where evidence from such cameras are inadmissible to court

New comment by michaeljx in "GTA 6 will cost $80"

michaeljx — Wed, 24 Jun 2026 17:03:12 +0000

If it lives up to the hype it will definitely recoup the expense.

New comment by michaeljx in "Unauthorized alert sent to cell phones across Brazil"

michaeljx — Sat, 20 Jun 2026 21:56:46 +0000

METEOR STRIKE IN 8 MINUTES

New comment by michaeljx in "David Sacks on Anthropic export control"

michaeljx — Mon, 15 Jun 2026 13:47:00 +0000

might be easier to align the super intelligence than Trump

New comment by michaeljx in "I hate soldering"

michaeljx — Mon, 11 May 2026 21:44:10 +0000

Nice iron,a good clamping set-up, and a high-quality correctly specked (to the task) solder make all the difference

New comment by michaeljx in "When War Crimes Rhetoric Becomes Battlefield Reality"

michaeljx — Tue, 07 Apr 2026 10:30:50 +0000

Accept that you lost. Apologize for the mistake. Pay a few billions for repatriations, lift sanctions and open dialogue. But engaging into a multi-year trillion war is more likely, than accepting defeat upfront

New comment by michaeljx in "Afroman found not liable in defamation case"

michaeljx — Thu, 19 Mar 2026 12:52:45 +0000

My mind went to K&P rap confession skit : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14WE3A0PwVs

New comment by michaeljx in "Soldering Prototypes with Enamel Magnet Wire (2020)"

michaeljx — Mon, 02 Feb 2026 07:05:19 +0000

Any recommendations on pre-cut wiring kits?

New comment by michaeljx in ""Anyone else out there vibe circuit-building?""

michaeljx — Mon, 19 Jan 2026 19:38:40 +0000

I ve modified my ZigBee bathroom led light. Replaced the daughterboard with an esp32, integrated a humidity sensor and a presence sensor, another rely and a power circuit, and I now have a bathroom light that lights up automatically when someone is in the room, and turns on the extractor only if the humidity is a ove a certain level.

I ve done all this by taking photos of the circuits and asking Gemini how to do it.

New comment by michaeljx in "Non-Zero-Sum Games"

michaeljx — Tue, 30 Dec 2025 20:19:44 +0000

Look into cooperative game theory. If I remember correctly, trust is modelled as a way of exchanging information and influencing the probabilities that other players place on your next action

New comment by michaeljx in "YouTube's CEO limits his kids' social media use – other tech bosses do the same"

michaeljx — Sat, 13 Dec 2025 13:17:54 +0000

It's part of the parental responsibility to provide enough structure and instill enough discipline to your kids so that they grow to be complete persons. Sure it will be nice if social media was restricted like tobacco, and I am sure one day it will, but you can't relegate all responsibility for everything to the state. I don't want to live in a bubble wrapped society for the sake of the children.

New comment by michaeljx in "YouTube's CEO limits his kids' social media use – other tech bosses do the same"

michaeljx — Sat, 13 Dec 2025 12:37:52 +0000

I am sure the coca-cola boss limits his kids soft drink consumption too.

New comment by michaeljx in "The Death of Arduino?"

michaeljx — Wed, 19 Nov 2025 20:35:36 +0000

I've been programming esp32 connected with soil moisture sensors and solenoid valves to water each individual pot of plants according to its own readings, instead of having a centrally controlled irrigation system. Overkill, I know, but with a cost of 8-10usd per set up it is not expensive

New comment by michaeljx in "Ultrasound is ushering a new era of surgery-free cancer treatment"

michaeljx — Tue, 14 Oct 2025 10:42:20 +0000

Don't know about mRNA but individualized remedies based on CAR-T technology have been making significant strides in this area, with major commercialisation expected in the next 1-2 years

New comment by michaeljx in "Humanely dealing with humungus crawlers"

michaeljx — Fri, 12 Sep 2025 21:28:57 +0000

For some reason I thought this would be about dealing with very large insects

New comment by michaeljx in "A statistical analysis of Rotten Tomatoes"

michaeljx — Thu, 21 Aug 2025 05:09:19 +0000

I am doing my movie selection via Plex, which has both tomatoes' and IMDb scores in the movie description

New comment by michaeljx in "Musk-Trump dispute includes threats to SpaceX contracts"

michaeljx — Sat, 07 Jun 2025 14:29:01 +0000

You grossly underestimate the pettiness and pedantry of those involved

New comment by michaeljx in "Ask HN: Earth's Pulse"

michaeljx — Mon, 02 Jun 2025 15:55:15 +0000

Thank you