Hacker News: mkl

New comment by mkl in "We've raised $17M to build what comes after Git"

mkl — Fri, 10 Apr 2026 06:41:39 +0000

jacquesm did that impressively 9 years ago: https://jacquesmattheij.com/sorting-two-metric-tons-of-lego, https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14226889 (follow-up posts with more details: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14280569, https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14654223).

It doesn't solve the picking-up-off-the-floor problem.

New comment by mkl in "Many African families spend fortunes burying their dead"

mkl — Thu, 09 Apr 2026 23:29:34 +0000

The USA system is hardly the only alternative.

New comment by mkl in "Native Americans had dice 12k years ago"

mkl — Wed, 08 Apr 2026 07:23:46 +0000

That sounds like one very narrow cultural perspective.

New comment by mkl in "VOID: Video Object and Interaction Deletion"

mkl — Tue, 07 Apr 2026 07:44:07 +0000

You missed the embedded video near the top.

New comment by mkl in "My Google Workspace account suspension"

mkl — Sun, 05 Apr 2026 22:37:25 +0000

ZeroTier. It works well for me. I chose it over Tailscale because it doesn't require a third party for login.

New comment by mkl in "Why are we still using Markdown?"

mkl — Sat, 04 Apr 2026 02:54:05 +0000

I say "heck" instead of "hell" all the time. I'm not religious, so the invented "heck" is more of a swearword.

New comment by mkl in "Automatic Textbook Formalization"

mkl — Fri, 03 Apr 2026 22:11:35 +0000

That just shows the first post for most people. Here is all of it: https://xcancel.com/FabianGloeckle/status/204008278585190440...

New comment by mkl in "EmDash – A spiritual successor to WordPress that solves plugin security"

mkl — Wed, 01 Apr 2026 20:37:38 +0000

Does Cloudflare use EmDash in production? Showing that its design and implementation have been refined through real-world use would help instil confidence.

New comment by mkl in "Cohere Transcribe: Speech Recognition"

mkl — Wed, 01 Apr 2026 12:07:38 +0000

Two spaces: https://news.ycombinator.com/formatdoc

It's for code though, not lists or bullet points.

New comment by mkl in "Neanderthals survived on a knife's edge for 350k years"

mkl — Wed, 01 Apr 2026 07:43:44 +0000

The proto-Celtic that is Indo-European? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proto-Celtic_language

New comment by mkl in "Neanderthals survived on a knife's edge for 350k years"

mkl — Wed, 01 Apr 2026 07:33:26 +0000

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

New comment by mkl in "Bird brains (2023)"

mkl — Tue, 31 Mar 2026 03:47:37 +0000

Kea also make and use tools, e.g. to set off stoat traps to get the bait: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/366747/clever-kea-using-..., https://twig.technology/blog/alpine-kea-trap-tampering

New comment by mkl in "New Apple Silicon M4 and M5 HiDPI Limitation on 4K External Displays"

mkl — Mon, 30 Mar 2026 09:34:38 +0000

That's what I'm pointing out. The person I replied to thinks it does: "I have personally refused to accept in the past that 27 inch 4k isn’t as bad as people say and got one myself only to regret buying it. Get the correct size and scaling and your life will be peaceful. I would recommend the same for Linux and Windows too tbh but people who game might be fine with other sizes and resolutions."

New comment by mkl in "New Apple Silicon M4 and M5 HiDPI Limitation on 4K External Displays"

mkl — Mon, 30 Mar 2026 05:12:14 +0000

27" 4k is totally fine on Windows 11 (not a gamer). Everything is sharp at 150% scale.

New comment by mkl in "AI overly affirms users asking for personal advice"

mkl — Sat, 28 Mar 2026 23:52:21 +0000

I'm not layer8, but I had a similar thought. In this case the needless censoring is problematic because it hides the name of the benchmark from future searches (the uncensored URL spells it differently).

New comment by mkl in "Cocoa-Way – Native macOS Wayland compositor for running Linux apps seamlessly"

mkl — Sat, 28 Mar 2026 22:20:32 +0000

You can easily install Plasma on Ubuntu.

New comment by mkl in "AI users whose lives were wrecked by delusion"

mkl — Fri, 27 Mar 2026 09:16:18 +0000

Maybe it's because other people (IRL or at the AI provider) might see it? I have always had similar hesitations about search engines, and never come close to thinking of them (or chatbots) as beings.

New comment by mkl in "I tried to prove I'm not AI. My aunt wasn't convinced"

mkl — Thu, 26 Mar 2026 01:31:05 +0000

Users paying to use the authenticated camera service means it would make money. That seems obvious, so I don't understand what the point of confusion is.

New comment by mkl in "Supreme Court Sides with Cox in Copyright Fight over Pirated Music"

mkl — Wed, 25 Mar 2026 21:03:29 +0000

No royalties, as the 20-year-old song would be in the public domain, so no one can tell anyone they can't use the song. The vast majority of songs that make a profit will do so within the first few years, with almost or actually nothing after 10 years. The copyright system should optimise for public benefit and the vast majority of works, rather than the tiny number of big successes.

New comment by mkl in "I tried to prove I'm not AI. My aunt wasn't convinced"

mkl — Wed, 25 Mar 2026 12:09:17 +0000

Instead of having it constantly running, you have to pay to turn it on for a couple of minutes.