Hacker News: mikeodds

New comment by mikeodds in "Finnish sauna heat exposure induces stronger immune cell than cytokine responses"

mikeodds — Sun, 05 Apr 2026 16:08:59 +0000

New comment by mikeodds in "UK's Ofcom has today fined 4chan £450k for not having age checks in place"

mikeodds — Thu, 19 Mar 2026 18:27:48 +0000

Already have the makings https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_websites_blocked_in_th...

New comment by mikeodds in "Why did we use leaded petrol for so long? (2017)"

mikeodds — Mon, 22 Dec 2025 15:29:49 +0000

I’m perpetually having to take apart and clean the carbs of a 2003 motorbike because of the added Ethanol in fuel nowadays.

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

mikeodds — Sat, 13 Dec 2025 13:19:08 +0000

I don’t think this idea is that controversial? Most (?) people would agree watching YouTube 16 hrs a day is bad, but agree there is also a benefit to some of the content available.

New comment by mikeodds in "Tiny sugar spoons are popping up on NYC fast-food menus"

mikeodds — Wed, 22 Oct 2025 15:16:41 +0000

Treat yourself to a sonic shake with your sonic fast food meal instead.

Only 146g of sugar, 26g of saturated fat and 1100 calories.

https://foods.fatsecret.com/calories-nutrition/sonic/banana-...

New comment by mikeodds in "America's future could hinge on whether AI slightly disappoints"

mikeodds — Sat, 18 Oct 2025 14:16:21 +0000

That’s cumulative liquidity available on the right hand side.

i.e the ~13k shown at 99c and ~12k show at 98c aren’t independent. If the 12k is taken at 98c, only 1k would be left avail at 99c.

You’re right if you wanted to hold the price there it would cost you more, however if there isn’t a straight arb, maybe not instantly, and (some) smart bettors might be wary of such a market going to near 100%

New comment by mikeodds in "America's future could hinge on whether AI slightly disappoints"

mikeodds — Tue, 14 Oct 2025 13:53:53 +0000

I can push that market to 100% with 10k usd so I wouldn’t weight that too strongly as evidence, although I agree on the tariffs part.

New comment by mikeodds in "Abu Dhabi royal family to take stake in TikTok US"

mikeodds — Fri, 26 Sep 2025 13:29:55 +0000

Now let’s do LPs of famous American VCs

New comment by mikeodds in "Find SF parking cops"

mikeodds — Tue, 23 Sep 2025 18:41:45 +0000

Thats cool. Would be nice to see annual median take from each warden.

New comment by mikeodds in "Prison isn’t set up for today’s tech so we have to do legal work the old way"

mikeodds — Mon, 25 Aug 2025 02:50:24 +0000

Equally awkward places to have your phone not on silent

New comment by mikeodds in "Ask HN: Does Anyone Use Bitchat?"

mikeodds — Wed, 20 Aug 2025 06:47:34 +0000

Im in SF and have the same

New comment by mikeodds in "Testing Bitchat at the music festival"

mikeodds — Sat, 09 Aug 2025 17:02:52 +0000

I like the idea, I’ve been wandering around soma and mission for a week but not found anyone online

New comment by mikeodds in "GPT-5 streaming requires submission of biometric data"

mikeodds — Sat, 09 Aug 2025 05:00:15 +0000

worldcoin OpenAI flywheel

New comment by mikeodds in "Turns out you can just hack any train in the USA"

mikeodds — Sun, 13 Jul 2025 08:13:55 +0000

eh I worked around this and other operational technology and industrial control system security testing previously - lots of it isn’t built with security in mind

test wise you’d be amazed at what old controllers end up at surplus places or on eBay.

New comment by mikeodds in "Gooey rubber that's slowly ruining old hard drives"

mikeodds — Mon, 03 Mar 2025 06:07:28 +0000

This soft touch plastic is a plague of early 2000s cars too

New comment by mikeodds in "Elephant in the room: Quantum computers will destroy Bitcoin"

mikeodds — Wed, 26 Feb 2025 21:36:50 +0000

I think it’s the other way around.

It’s naive to assume miners will not sufficiently coordinate to stop Bitcoin becoming worthless. They are all economically incentivised to keep the network continuing to function.

New comment by mikeodds in "Payments crisis of 2025: Not “read only” access anymore"

mikeodds — Tue, 04 Feb 2025 21:18:05 +0000

1 billion sent to the fluffer

New comment by mikeodds in "Sherlock: Hunt down social media accounts by username across 400 social networks"

mikeodds — Wed, 25 Dec 2024 19:25:31 +0000

Using stats this is called stylometry and I agree this will probably be easier at scale now. You can also match posting windows, pull additional features from database dumps/hacks.

Fun post applying it to HN, not sure if the site is still live: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33755016

New comment by mikeodds in "Homeless people to be given cash in first major UK trial to reduce poverty"

mikeodds — Sun, 24 Nov 2024 11:42:08 +0000

For anyone looking for the Mitchell and Webb reference https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_4J4uor3JE

New comment by mikeodds in "Ask HN: Are there VC funds that focus on profitability with minimal rounds?"

mikeodds — Thu, 07 Nov 2024 09:23:35 +0000

Calmfund