Hacker News: mkhpalm

New comment by mkhpalm in "I believe there are entire companies right now under AI psychosis"

mkhpalm — Sun, 17 May 2026 04:08:31 +0000

My biggest complaint about AI is getting it to lock onto current or specific information has been darn near impossible. Its definitely there in its training data but for the life of me I cannot get it to stop bleeding long outdated or external information into its responses.

New comment by mkhpalm in "'Hairdryer used to trick weather sensor' to win $34,000 Polymarket bet"

mkhpalm — Thu, 23 Apr 2026 18:42:15 +0000

Hair dryer? Or something like a mirror from a comfortable distance?

New comment by mkhpalm in "TikTok goes dark in the US"

mkhpalm — Sun, 19 Jan 2025 16:57:55 +0000

It’s important to note that media companies in China are required to have a Chinese partner who holds a majority stake, typically 51% or more.

New comment by mkhpalm in "$8k Suzuki from India received a 5-star crash test rating"

mkhpalm — Tue, 19 Nov 2024 05:09:58 +0000

My dad logged every single fuel stop with amount, price, odometer, trip when he got his 1990 geo metro xfi. He commuted 120 miles for work and wanted the cheapest new car he could buy to do it in. IIRC the sticker said it got 52mpg highway but he was always bragging that he never got that low of gas mileage in it. We had that car until it was well over 300k miles when it got rear ended.

New comment by mkhpalm in "America's new millionaire class: Plumbers and HVAC entrepreneurs"

mkhpalm — Mon, 14 Oct 2024 02:16:33 +0000

A lot of people in various countries just charge R-22 and R-12 systems with purified propane. (or regular propane too)

New comment by mkhpalm in "Caltech Develops First Noninvasive Method to Continually Measure Blood Pressure"

mkhpalm — Sun, 11 Aug 2024 08:14:25 +0000

You are supposed to be calm and relaxed for a proper blood pressure reading. Doctors have to find the resting baseline to diagnose hypertension.

New comment by mkhpalm in "Ask HN: What laptop are you using to daily drive Linux?"

mkhpalm — Sun, 03 Mar 2024 03:06:05 +0000

System76 Lemur Pro. It works great but it looks, acts, and feels a little too cheap.

New comment by mkhpalm in "Social media companies made $11B in US ad revenue from minors, study finds"

mkhpalm — Sat, 30 Dec 2023 01:19:04 +0000

I'm curious to see how much ad revenue is gained from impressions to those scam farms that plague what remains of Facebook's actual users. Typically preying on the elderly.

New comment by mkhpalm in "Child mask mandates for Covid-19: a systematic review"

mkhpalm — Wed, 06 Dec 2023 16:37:52 +0000

> years after it was over.

And here I am with a family of 5 who are all home sick with covid right now. :)

New comment by mkhpalm in "TikTok Owner Had 'Backdoor' for CCP Access to US Data, Lawsuit Alleges"

mkhpalm — Sat, 13 May 2023 22:09:00 +0000

There is a famous psychological experiment done by Solomon Asch (Asch Conformity) that demonstrates this behavior.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asch_conformity_experiments

New comment by mkhpalm in "Colorado governor signs tractor right-to-repair law opposed by John Deere"

mkhpalm — Fri, 28 Apr 2023 02:16:49 +0000

Its pretty "sus" if you ask me. What else are they doing? Putting mayonnaise in their sopaipillas? ;)

híjole!

New comment by mkhpalm in "The U.S. cracked a $3.4B crypto heist and Bitcoin’s anonymity"

mkhpalm — Thu, 13 Apr 2023 03:00:55 +0000

Mint some pixel art into NFTs and then purchase them with your anonymous filthy lucre wallet(s).

Cash out after selling your subjective value art.

New comment by mkhpalm in "ChatGPT Will Replace Programmers Within 10 Years"

mkhpalm — Sat, 25 Mar 2023 06:46:11 +0000

Operations. You still need humans to run everything physical.

New comment by mkhpalm in "Ask HN: Are headlights getting brighter or am I getting old?"

mkhpalm — Thu, 12 Jan 2023 04:41:39 +0000

I had a bone stock 2007 Acura TSX that basically forced me to run the high beams so oncoming traffic could see the difference. If I didn't every vehicle I passed would be flashing their brights at me. If I did then they'd see it gets worse, so much worse... these ARE the low beams. I legit felt bad about it too...

New comment by mkhpalm in "Fun, danger, and 70s airplane toys"

mkhpalm — Thu, 05 Jan 2023 03:41:27 +0000

I had the 80s versions of these, a cox P-51 and a red little toni cosmic wind. Super fun once you could get them started but also crazy messy. Playing with them lead me to build an RC Great Planes PT-40 (0.40), a super sportster, a gentle lady rc glider, and another glider that had an electric motor with retractable blades to launch it. Instead of standard gliders which used a whole roll of rubber tubing as large as a soccer field. Then I got into RC helicopters which are pretty difficult to learn how to fly but absolutely crazy what you could do with them 3 dimensionally once you did.

So much of my kid job money, allowance, holiday and birthday money was spent going through the Tower Hobbies catalog. Good times.

New comment by mkhpalm in "Laid off tech workers quickly find new jobs"

mkhpalm — Wed, 28 Dec 2022 18:11:36 +0000

My take is there are always positions open but only if you aren't paying market rates. The MASSIVE spike in whats considered a normal salary after inflation and COL has made it so a bunch of employers are perpetually looking.

If they raise their salaries to become competitive again they will fill their positions. If they keep going with normal compensation from 3+ years ago they will keep looking to hire and losing their best employees.

New comment by mkhpalm in "Winter & Cold Weather EV Range Loss in 7,000 Cars"

mkhpalm — Sun, 18 Dec 2022 19:53:57 +0000

Depending on the EV you you void the battery warranty keeping it in extreme temperatures like 40 below. And it affects the range.

New comment by mkhpalm in "Winter & Cold Weather EV Range Loss in 7,000 Cars"

mkhpalm — Sun, 18 Dec 2022 18:31:45 +0000

To be fair, it typically costs about $50 for a block heater which allows you to start below 40 degrees in an ICE.

Whats the solution for EV?

New comment by mkhpalm in "As Carvana crashes, used car dealers, not buyers, stand to win big"

mkhpalm — Mon, 12 Dec 2022 07:30:28 +0000

Car buying services will eventually drop them from their list of dealerships if they get enough complaints.

New comment by mkhpalm in "As Carvana crashes, used car dealers, not buyers, stand to win big"

mkhpalm — Mon, 12 Dec 2022 03:25:03 +0000

Go through car buying services then report the dealership to the car buying service when you encounter a bait cars and scams.