<rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Hacker News: mkohlmyr</title><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=mkohlmyr</link><description>Hacker News RSS</description><docs>https://hnrss.org/</docs><generator>hnrss v2.1.1</generator><lastBuildDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2026 13:04:01 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://hnrss.org/user?id=mkohlmyr" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"></atom:link><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by mkohlmyr in "Sam Altman, Greg Brockman and others to join Microsoft"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>> It's "she" not "he". And then:<p>With all the love and respect in the world, who do you think you're talking about? Emmet Shear is not trans to my knowledge, (nor, I suspect, his knowledge). If you think this was about Mira Murati, you should really get up to date before telling people off about pronouns.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 20 Nov 2023 10:42:45 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38346075</link><dc:creator>mkohlmyr</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38346075</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38346075</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by mkohlmyr in "Reimagining Chess with AlphaZero"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>That's a funny idea, but I can't imagine you get past the point of having 4-5 sequential moves without finding a forced mate?</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 31 Jan 2022 13:21:19 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30147588</link><dc:creator>mkohlmyr</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30147588</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30147588</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by mkohlmyr in "I read the federal government’s Zero-Trust Memo so you don’t have to"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>We have that in Sweden too. As an expat it's a complete nightmare for me from day one. Getting my bank to successfully issue it was impossible.<p>First, in the days before mobile bank-id, they sent windows-only hardware as I recall. Then came the days of letters/cards/hardware getting lost in the mail.<p>I gave up on it in the end. I have multiple things (banking-wise) I no longer have online access to because of it.<p>If you're going to make one system to rule them all you need to make sure the logistics actually work.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 27 Jan 2022 18:17:19 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30104025</link><dc:creator>mkohlmyr</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30104025</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30104025</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by mkohlmyr in "Do Not Log"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>That's a wonderful theory.<p>I have a third party which returns errors ~20% of the time outside of working hours (yes, really).<p>1. Exceptions should be sent to sentry.
2. Exceptions should not be normal.
3. Do not log.<p>Solve for ability to review & debug after the fact.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 05 Jan 2022 16:32:22 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29811099</link><dc:creator>mkohlmyr</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29811099</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29811099</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by mkohlmyr in "Pumps run dry at gas stations in Britain"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>It's not unlike the panic buying at the start of the pandemic. The media is driving this hysteria because a) it fits their narrative around brexit, and b) fear & outrage sells.</p>
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<p>I don't disagree with what you said, but for context: when these players do speedruns they typically start from 600 ELO and work their way back up to GM, so they face players at every level as part of that 100-game streak.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 05 Jul 2021 13:44:45 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27737913</link><dc:creator>mkohlmyr</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27737913</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27737913</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by mkohlmyr in "Ask HN: Who is hiring? (July 2021)"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>OVO Energy France & Spain (Kaluza) | Full Stack Developer | London, England | Partially Remote<p>Join a team building proof-of-concept energy supply businesses in international markets. We integrate with regional grid operators and other third parties (including Kaluza technology platforms) to deliver high-quality customer acquisition channels, operational tooling and experiences for in-life customers.<p>Right now we are looking for mid-level to senior product & customer-focused engineers who have experience with some subset of: TypeScript, Node, React, GraphQL, Terraform, CloudFormation, CircleCI.<p>What you can expect:
 - An environment where a healthy work-life balance is valued and respected.
 - A good deal of ownership (end-to-end) over the things that we build and maintain.
 - Support and opportunities to grow and develop professionally, through access to the wider OVO & Kaluza communities and resources.<p>We are currently (and likely to remain) remote-first, but successful candidates should be able to comfortably visit our London (Notting Hill) engineering offices when useful.<p>To apply directly to the international department, please shoot me an intro email with your CV mikael.kohlmyr@ovoenergy.com, for more open positions: <a href="https://careers.ovo.com/opportunities" rel="nofollow">https://careers.ovo.com/opportunities</a><p>Find out more about OVO & Kaluzas commitment to zero-carbon living: <a href="https://ovo.com/planzero/" rel="nofollow">https://ovo.com/planzero/</a></p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 01 Jul 2021 16:09:04 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27700645</link><dc:creator>mkohlmyr</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27700645</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27700645</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by mkohlmyr in "BitClout collapses everything into money"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I don't think there's much of a doubt. For a great overview: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SsERRF39YiM" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SsERRF39YiM</a> (edit: oh and the follow-up: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBZ4v2-XynU" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBZ4v2-XynU</a>)</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 10 Jun 2021 22:51:03 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27466941</link><dc:creator>mkohlmyr</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27466941</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27466941</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by mkohlmyr in "Starting a crypto project"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>The tokens issued in this case (on of the few) have a purpose which is not speculation. If large amounts of speculation is undermining the business itself then yes I think that might qualify as a form of abuse? Happy to use an alternative term of your choice, ESL etc.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 06 May 2021 14:13:18 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27063502</link><dc:creator>mkohlmyr</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27063502</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27063502</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by mkohlmyr in "Starting a crypto project"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p> > Investors only care about getting more press releases out so they can pump up the price of their discounted tokens, which have a shortened lockup period relative to something like stocks. It’s almost like a pump-and-dump scheme for investors.<p>"almost"<p>If even useful services are being abused for speculation, it's time to realise the entire space is fundamentally broken. We've already seen massive fraud in the space, it's only a matter of time before people who fundamentally don't understand what they are "investing in" are left holding bags. It will necessarily collapse because of how it's being used. (imo)</p>
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<p>The complete lack of sense of scale that is on display when making comparisons between either of those and a one-term clown who will go down as a footnote in history is borderline disturbing.<p>Get some perspective.</p>
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<p>I blows my mind that a company that's sold / leased a few hundred units (?) worth less than $100,000 each is valued at $1 billion.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 11 Jan 2021 13:51:43 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25728827</link><dc:creator>mkohlmyr</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25728827</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25728827</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by mkohlmyr in "A group of Google workers have announced plans to unionize"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>230 Google workers announce plans to unionize, ftfy</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 04 Jan 2021 12:01:54 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25630237</link><dc:creator>mkohlmyr</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25630237</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25630237</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by mkohlmyr in "Quibi Is Shutting Down"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I mean might hope the requirement to provide said meta-analysis would fall on the person making the claim that the criticism is sexist, not on the person saying it might not be?</p>
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<p>Just out of interest, what makes you think that nationalising OpenReach would make them deliver a better "customer" experience?<p>In my personal experience dealing with e.g. HMRC, local councils etc does not offer me much confidence on that front.<p>The only benefit I can see personally is that there might be less room for error if there's less need for changes as people move in and out of properties.</p>
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<p>[edit: On second thought I'll not walk into this minefield of a thread quite this nonchalantly with an "actually".]<p>The symbol does exist in a certain context of Antifa/ARA imagery, but if you use it in full context it just makes the Trump team look even worse, surprised the media hasn't picked up on this angle yet.</p>
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<p>You've made my afternoon with that. Brilliant read.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2020 17:19:42 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23352740</link><dc:creator>mkohlmyr</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23352740</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23352740</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by mkohlmyr in "Ask HN: How to get good at social media?"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p> > I feel absolutely shit when I am trying to be relevant<p>Sounds like you should stop. Obsessing over social media isn't healthy and unless (perhaps even if) you're doing it professionally I very much doubt it's going to bring you value proportional to it's (negative) emotional and psychological impact.</p>
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<p>Poor take. There are plenty of good engineering organisations in Europe, just as there are more than enough terrible ones in the US.<p>That being said I agree I wouldn't want to work somewhere like what was described above. It's certainly not a style of interview I would approve of or conduct myself.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2020 01:00:28 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22809121</link><dc:creator>mkohlmyr</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22809121</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22809121</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by mkohlmyr in "Finland is the only EU country where homelessness is in decline"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I'm actually not convinced on the surface of it that economies of scale apply to government. It seems to me like the larger the population, the more layers of government required to effectively deploy capital.<p>If you assumed a similar per capita tax rate, but more government is required to deploy the taxes in a larger nation, the larger nation would presumably end up with less money deployed per capita.<p>Of course I am neither a social scientist, economist or political scientist.</p>
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