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New comment by michaelmrose in "Show HN: TownSquare, a tiny presence layer for websites"

michaelmrose — Sun, 21 Jun 2026 05:28:48 +0000

Extremely if not behind substantially cheaper anti spam measures.

Further it may still make sense to use human reports to gate some automation even if it slows response.

New comment by michaelmrose in "Show HN: TownSquare, a tiny presence layer for websites"

michaelmrose — Sun, 21 Jun 2026 05:25:55 +0000

There are people so worthless that the only reason not to put them between 2 buns instead of Bessie the cow is how disgusting they are. We are morally obliged to respect their human rights we aren't obligated to listen to them.

New comment by michaelmrose in "Google workspace threatening to block Firefox access"

michaelmrose — Fri, 19 Jun 2026 18:24:26 +0000

Is it possible for a non-google browser to be said to meaningfully support this given that implementing the features wouldn't necessarily accomplish anything insofar as it wouldn't let you past the google only security gate and would represent a moving target in any case.

New comment by michaelmrose in "Google workspace threatening to block Firefox access"

michaelmrose — Fri, 19 Jun 2026 18:20:20 +0000

It's not a little over the top its an antitrust issue and clearly and obviously wrong.

New comment by michaelmrose in "'Ghost jobs' could soon be illegal in New York"

michaelmrose — Wed, 17 Jun 2026 00:36:22 +0000

Wouldn't it be easier for them to include a disclaimer in every job listing fulfilling the letter of the law while escaping every bit of the purpose.

New comment by michaelmrose in "Fruit Is Too Sweet"

michaelmrose — Mon, 15 Jun 2026 20:32:37 +0000

A healthy diet has always had a range of components. Insofar as you are eating a normal healthy amount fruit is healthy not neutral even with a higher sugar content you won't get an overdose of sugar just from any reasonable amount of fruit.

It is without meaning to compare incoherent dietary ideas like 100% veggies or 100% fruits.

New comment by michaelmrose in "Fruit Is Too Sweet"

michaelmrose — Mon, 15 Jun 2026 20:18:24 +0000

" but I no longer think it is really scientifically tenable to call most fruit "healthy"."

This doesn't appear to be even slightly tenable. The amount of sugar one consumes in a normal serving of fruit if not added to the massive amount we actually consume wouldn't be even slightly unhealthy.

New comment by michaelmrose in "Yserver: A modern X11 server written in Rust"

michaelmrose — Mon, 15 Jun 2026 18:14:06 +0000

In 1994 the only way to have multiple monitors was to run X with multiple X screens which did not allow moving windows freely between screens. In 1998 X11R6.4 brought xinerama and proper multi-head with many physical screens but only 1 X screen removing that complication.

May I submit that it is more likely that you are speaking of 1998 instead of 94 rather than this entire technology working differently.

New comment by michaelmrose in "Yserver: A modern X11 server written in Rust"

michaelmrose — Mon, 15 Jun 2026 04:37:08 +0000

This is basically a built in limit of X. The only exception is that monitors that support variable refresh rates may be able to offer this feature in multiple monitor configuration subject to software and hardware options.

I'm personally very dubious of the claim. This has basically never been supported because x treats all screens as one big screen unless you run multiple X screens which disallows moving Windows between screens which is a pretty big barrier to normal usage

New comment by michaelmrose in "Swiss voters reject proposal to cap population at ten million"

michaelmrose — Sun, 14 Jun 2026 19:14:43 +0000

This is literally what anyone means when they can't or can't easily find anyone for anything which isn't evil or suicidal.

New comment by michaelmrose in "New pancreatic cancer drug might open the door to much longer survival times"

michaelmrose — Sun, 14 Jun 2026 03:01:30 +0000

This is just a failure of understanding. This particular advancement is part of a decades long slog which taken together allows a substantial number of people to live meaningful additional durations every single year. 6 months average by itself means that John got another 3 years even if Jane only got 3 more days.

If I pulled one person out of a burning building it would be newsworthy. Doctors are and have been pulling train loads every day.

New comment by michaelmrose in "New pancreatic cancer drug might open the door to much longer survival times"

michaelmrose — Sat, 13 Jun 2026 23:59:30 +0000

Everyone dies. Dying 5 years later is a victory. I would go so far as saying if it was you or someone who you care about you would understand.

https://usafacts.org/articles/how-have-cancer-rates-changed-...

>However, even though the overall number of cases rises as the population grows, fewer people are getting and dying from cancer. Between 2000 and 2021, the incidence rate — or the rate of new cancer cases per 100,000 people — declined by 5.7%, while the annual mortality rate fell by 27.5%.

Cancer is a broad term encompassing many sorts of malfunction and nearly 40% of Americans will be diagnosed with it at some point because if you survive other hazards and maladies cancer is often what gets you.

New comment by michaelmrose in "AI agent bankrupted their operator while trying to scan DN42"

michaelmrose — Sat, 13 Jun 2026 08:10:01 +0000

It is possible to defraud a lender and cause your own child grief from bad credit reports and creditors but ultimately the debt isn't collectible or lawful as should be obvious.

New comment by michaelmrose in "AI agent bankrupted their operator while trying to scan DN42"

michaelmrose — Sat, 13 Jun 2026 08:02:48 +0000

I do not specifically believe you can run up a $6000 bill on AWS with a kids card. It beggars belief as does the idea that this is a literal rather than mental child

New comment by michaelmrose in "AI agent bankrupted their operator while trying to scan DN42"

michaelmrose — Fri, 12 Jun 2026 08:18:37 +0000

And again kids don't have credit cards

New comment by michaelmrose in "AI agent bankrupted their operator while trying to scan DN42"

michaelmrose — Fri, 12 Jun 2026 08:17:48 +0000

Generally no they don't because they have very limited ability to enter into agreements in the US. It was almost certainly an adult.

New comment by michaelmrose in "AI agent bankrupted their operator while trying to scan DN42"

michaelmrose — Fri, 12 Jun 2026 08:06:45 +0000

If you let your car drive you backwards on the sidewalk while you scrolled reddit even people adroit enough not to be in any danger might reasonably suppose that helping you crash would be best for everyone.

New comment by michaelmrose in "Shall we play a game? My AI nuclear simulation"

michaelmrose — Fri, 12 Jun 2026 01:03:09 +0000

Yes our government purportedly used technology to work up a list of targets in the Iran debacle as well just not with a LLM a distinction that to me just isn't that meaningful

https://www.theguardian.com/news/2026/mar/26/ai-got-the-blam...

New comment by michaelmrose in "Show HN: Homebrew 6.0.0"

michaelmrose — Fri, 12 Jun 2026 00:54:53 +0000

NixOS seems ideal for this.

New comment by michaelmrose in "Why SpaceX 2040 Revenue FCST $4.3T in highly unlikely"

michaelmrose — Wed, 10 Jun 2026 20:21:43 +0000

Also we crashed 2000-2002 2008-2009 2020. Although specific causes vary we haven't had 14 good years in a row so even the size of economy may be optimistic.

SpaceX will never be 10% based on rockets.

Rockets will get shit canned in the next crash because it's less important and spacex not having saved sufficiently will get wrecked.

Their 10% basically depends on them getting to super intelligent ai first despite others obviously being more successful.

An actually wildly successful projection would be asking us to imagine they weathered the next crash ok and were very successful at rockets after exiting AI.