Hacker News: mithras

New comment by mithras in "Spain blocks prediction markets Polymarket, Kalshi over lack of gambling licence"

mithras — Tue, 26 May 2026 16:24:21 +0000

I thought this one was the most interesting:

‘Hairdryer or lighter?’: French police look at claim of sensor tampering to win weather bets

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/23/hairdryer-or-l...

New comment by mithras in "Ask HN: What public Claude Code MCPs, Skills do you have installed and use?"

mithras — Mon, 22 Dec 2025 11:12:47 +0000

Playwright, so Claude can test end to end and iterate.

New comment by mithras in "Typed languages are better suited for vibecoding"

mithras — Mon, 04 Aug 2025 02:10:38 +0000

In my experience you can get around it by having a linter rule disallowing it and using a local claude file instructing it to fix the linting issues every time it does something.

New comment by mithras in "Felix Baumgartner, who jumped from stratosphere, dies in Italy"

mithras — Sat, 19 Jul 2025 13:37:59 +0000

I wouldn't agree, it's a big step beyond just feeling unwell. With this word I would think someone might need medical assistance.

New comment by mithras in "Netflix starts using GenAI in its shows and films"

mithras — Sat, 19 Jul 2025 09:32:46 +0000

I thought Brave new world was supposed to be a dystopia.

New comment by mithras in "Launch HN: Karsa (YC W25) – Buy and save stablecoins internationally"

mithras — Fri, 31 Jan 2025 15:18:42 +0000

Please answer this question, the response is phrased like a yes without explicitly saying it.

New comment by mithras in "Launch HN: Karsa (YC W25) – Buy and save stablecoins internationally"

mithras — Fri, 31 Jan 2025 05:58:22 +0000

I'm an expat in a developing country and Binance p2p is widely used here to change USDT to the local currency and back. Haven't heard of too many issues and have used it a lot.

It is very much illegal though, I'll give you that one.

New comment by mithras in "Show HN: Foosbar – My autonomous foosball-playing robot"

mithras — Wed, 05 Jun 2024 16:18:45 +0000

I've never seen a table with 3 players in the goalie position in my life.

New comment by mithras in "Vernor Vinge has died"

mithras — Fri, 22 Mar 2024 04:53:19 +0000

Except for the weird dogs. "A deepness in the sky" is the epitome for me.

New comment by mithras in "Apple announces ability to download apps directly from websites in EU"

mithras — Tue, 12 Mar 2024 16:20:09 +0000

For Apple they could just ban iPhones from the market, that should be enough to make Apple comply.

New comment by mithras in "A ‘double brood’ of periodical cicadas will emerge in 2024"

mithras — Tue, 12 Mar 2024 15:56:39 +0000

They need a critical mass to satiate their predators, otherwise all will get eaten before they can mate.

New comment by mithras in "Dutch man sabotaged Iranian nuclear program without Dutch government's knowledge"

mithras — Mon, 08 Jan 2024 09:17:51 +0000

I listened to the first season in 2021 and enjoyed it. Seems there is a second season now, thanks for bringing it to my attention.

Would reccommend it for Dutch language speakers.

New comment by mithras in "Dutch man sabotaged Iranian nuclear program without Dutch government's knowledge"

mithras — Mon, 08 Jan 2024 08:28:03 +0000

Seems unlikely Iran already figured it out within two weeks of the event.

New comment by mithras in "Hundreds of thousands trafficked to work as online scammers in SE Asia, says UN"

mithras — Wed, 30 Aug 2023 14:08:02 +0000

My wife's niece is from Laos and works for one of these chinese scam shops in the golden triangle. She is there voluntarily because it makes 5 times more money than her best alternative. Morally repugnant of course.

New comment by mithras in "North Korean market prices suggest serious food shortages"

mithras — Sat, 24 Jun 2023 18:25:11 +0000

That's his point.

New comment by mithras in "Everything must be paid for twice (2022)"

mithras — Fri, 16 Jun 2023 09:39:14 +0000

I have the same thing, I feel these high income taxes force me to do repairs and home improvement myself because the converted hourly is higher than my own generous contracting rate.

New comment by mithras in "How do you fix a stroad?"

mithras — Fri, 10 Dec 2021 07:53:56 +0000

If you have high quality transit, you might also have "share" cars available, doesn't that come out way cheaper if you only use it so little?

New comment by mithras in "Revisiting the “Tsar Bomba” nuclear test"

mithras — Thu, 09 Dec 2021 21:22:47 +0000

I think Starship could deliver a 150 metric ton bomb.

New comment by mithras in "Ask HN: What habits have help you succeed as a programmer?"

mithras — Wed, 27 Dec 2017 08:14:05 +0000

Good on you, but I'm afraid that's not going to work for me with two small kids running around.

New comment by mithras in "Legal marijuana sales forecast to hit $23B in 4 years"

mithras — Mon, 21 Mar 2016 07:06:24 +0000

The USA did the same thing in the early nineties in Laos when it started to open up.