Hacker News: mjmsmith

New comment by mjmsmith in "A dumpster arrived behind my university's library"

mjmsmith — Fri, 12 Jun 2026 20:13:20 +0000

I'd like to believe that real books would get swapped more often than stolen.

New comment by mjmsmith in ""Don't You Just Upload It to ChatGPT?""

mjmsmith — Fri, 12 Jun 2026 19:51:39 +0000

The Empire Strikes Back: "I'm your dad."

New comment by mjmsmith in ""Don't You Just Upload It to ChatGPT?""

mjmsmith — Fri, 12 Jun 2026 19:05:16 +0000

An interesting counter-example: https://xcancel.com/ValerioCapraro/status/206506665753442336...

New comment by mjmsmith in "BYD is bringing its 5-min 'Flash' electric car charging to Canada"

mjmsmith — Thu, 11 Jun 2026 13:34:13 +0000

Still, if you're going to buy a car from an enemy of liberal western democracy, you might as well buy BYD over Tesla.

New comment by mjmsmith in "The better the autopilot the worse the pilot"

mjmsmith — Tue, 09 Jun 2026 15:05:54 +0000

I drive a manual Mazda 3 because I like the greater feeling of connection to the machine, but also because I think it makes me pay more attention. When I rent an automatic, it feels like a (literal) blunt instrument in comparison. I understand the appeal of (semi-) self driving, but the whole idea still makes me nervous. I can't really imagine sitting in a car doing nothing for long stretches of time but still being alert and ready to take control at any random moment.

New comment by mjmsmith in "How LLMs work"

mjmsmith — Sat, 06 Jun 2026 14:40:09 +0000

> It’s like a Redditor, it just repeats what it has seen other people say.

Can stochastic parrots understand irony?

New comment by mjmsmith in "The newest Instagram “exploit” is the goofiest I've seen"

mjmsmith — Mon, 01 Jun 2026 22:37:18 +0000

If this exploit has nothing to do with AI, why haven't we heard about it succeeding before? I find it hard to believe it's never been tried.

New comment by mjmsmith in "If America's so rich, how'd it get so sad?"

mjmsmith — Sat, 25 Apr 2026 18:19:06 +0000

And yet your observation, contradicted by actual statistics, is apparently justification for 'IMO the "powers that be" panicked and drove the population into mass hysteria.' It's mysterious.

New comment by mjmsmith in "If America's so rich, how'd it get so sad?"

mjmsmith — Fri, 24 Apr 2026 03:55:47 +0000

There have been over 100 million cases and over one million deaths in the US. Congratulations to you and your acquaintances for being extreme outliers.

New comment by mjmsmith in "If America's so rich, how'd it get so sad?"

mjmsmith — Thu, 23 Apr 2026 20:26:07 +0000

Many Americans were traumatized by being asked to wear a mask because they’re big angry babies. Many other Americans were traumatized by the discovery that they’re surrounded by big angry babies.

New comment by mjmsmith in "NASA Force"

mjmsmith — Sat, 18 Apr 2026 02:43:14 +0000

I honestly wouldn't be surprised if this administration thinks it sounds more manly.

New comment by mjmsmith in "We gave an AI a 3 year retail lease and asked it to make a profit"

mjmsmith — Thu, 16 Apr 2026 19:53:01 +0000

I think that depends on what the "extreme body modification of an unprintable and life-altering nature" was.

New comment by mjmsmith in "Dark Castle"

mjmsmith — Sat, 11 Apr 2026 23:29:06 +0000

Z Sculpt sells an updated version of Return to Dark Castle:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/4054940/Return_to_Dark_Ca...

New comment by mjmsmith in "Artemis II crew see first glimpse of far side of Moon [video]"

mjmsmith — Mon, 06 Apr 2026 00:29:36 +0000

It's safe to assume that racist young Republicans contribute more to the difficulty of being black in America than vice versa. What's your point?

New comment by mjmsmith in "OpenScreen is an open-source alternative to Screen Studio"

mjmsmith — Sun, 05 Apr 2026 03:02:48 +0000

Curious how this compares to Recordly (https://recordly.dev)

New comment by mjmsmith in "Iran-linked hackers breach FBI director's personal email"

mjmsmith — Sat, 28 Mar 2026 01:27:02 +0000

"Iran, if you're listening..."

New comment by mjmsmith in "Study finds no evidence cannabis helps anxiety, depression, or PTSD"

mjmsmith — Sun, 22 Mar 2026 00:03:17 +0000

Students in the 90s had also lived their entire lives under the counter-productive and utterly racist War on Drugs. That might have colored their attitude more than the leftist indoctrination bogeyman.

New comment by mjmsmith in "Mayor of Paris removed parking spaces, reduced the number of cars"

mjmsmith — Sat, 21 Mar 2026 18:21:54 +0000

Come to New York, we still have freedom-loving individuals who reject collectivist ideology.

https://nyc.streetsblog.org/2026/03/21/drunk-driver-arrested...

New comment by mjmsmith in "Bluesky CEO Jay Graber is stepping down"

mjmsmith — Mon, 09 Mar 2026 20:48:56 +0000

Why does the very existence of bluesky make so many people angry? You're free to stay at the Nazi bar if that's where you're comfortable.

New comment by mjmsmith in "Oracle may slash up to 30k jobs to fund AI data-centers as US banks retreat"

mjmsmith — Sun, 08 Mar 2026 17:38:04 +0000

The inflation that Biden reduced to its current level in his last year was caused by Trump's stimulus checks? Citation please.