Hacker News: mna_

New comment by mna_ in "Ask HN: How did you discover Hacker News?"

mna_ — Sat, 06 Jun 2026 08:37:55 +0000

A chatter linked HN on #commonlisp on freenode back in 2011.

New comment by mna_ in "Poll: How often do you check "newest"?"

mna_ — Sat, 30 May 2026 07:40:41 +0000

My HN viewing habit: check frontpage quickly (only the frontpage, rarely beyond that), check "new" for 5-6 pages to see if anyone has posted something cool, and then lastly check "active" and go through every page because that's where the interesting discussions are.

I used to think the frontpage was natural and unadulterated but then I learned that dang, tomhow, et al "curate" the frontpage, so you essentially see what they want you to see, but with "active" there's less of that.

New comment by mna_ in "A sentimental tour of late 1990s and early 2000s hacking tools"

mna_ — Mon, 18 May 2026 09:25:18 +0000

Who remembers milw0rm.com?

New comment by mna_ in "JP Morgan to scrap £3B London HQ if Starmer is replaced by PM 'hostile to banks'"

mna_ — Wed, 13 May 2026 07:46:10 +0000

These banks and consultancy companies just hoover up all the talent and bright minds from our best institutions. You wouldn't believe the amount of Oxbridge grads I've met who now work at McKinsey&Co, Jane Street, etc. This is why we're faltering in STEM when compared to China. Our brightest don't become mathematicians, physicists, chemists, engineers, and so on anymore. Instead they become bankers and consultants at vampiric companies, with the sole goal to make rich people richer.

New comment by mna_ in "How Many Children Learned Mathematics from Kiselev's Textbooks?"

mna_ — Tue, 05 May 2026 08:29:08 +0000

>In a typical American or British arithmetic textbook of the same period ...

British students were taught from Euclid's Elements until around the 1970s, so he's wrong.

New comment by mna_ in "The X-Files has made me nostalgic for a time I never experienced"

mna_ — Sat, 02 May 2026 08:49:07 +0000

For me, it's The X-Files, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, The Simpsons and Malcolm in the Middle. Those are the shows I watched as a kid and I'll love them forever.

New comment by mna_ in "GTFOBins"

mna_ — Tue, 28 Apr 2026 07:53:10 +0000

I've used them for pwncollege CTFs but pwncollege is way below your level (I've seen some of your write ups before).

New comment by mna_ in "Tactical Success, Strategic Failure? Washington Walks the Path to Defeat in Iran"

mna_ — Wed, 15 Apr 2026 08:30:02 +0000

Bombing people (including kids) is not "trimming the grass".

New comment by mna_ in "The Pentagon Threatened Pope Leo XIV's Ambassador with the Avignon Papacy"

mna_ — Fri, 10 Apr 2026 08:25:12 +0000

>on the Christian and Jewish sides, it's led by people who have no sincere belief in the respective religions, but hijack it for their personal power.

Have you read the Old Testament? It's full of war.

New comment by mna_ in "No One at Waffle House Remembers FEMA Official Who Says He Teleported In"

mna_ — Sun, 05 Apr 2026 08:34:00 +0000

When I get sleep paralysis, I either see shadows or aliens (the typical Hollywood grey ones with big heads) surrounding my bed.

New comment by mna_ in "Brain scans reveal how to enters a psychedelic-like trance without drugs"

mna_ — Sun, 05 Apr 2026 08:18:47 +0000

I did this as a teen but I wasn't trying to meditate. I just wanted to listen to my favourite albums without any distractions. Anyway, I'd almost always fall asleep. How do you stay awake?

New comment by mna_ in "The house is a work of art: Frank Lloyd Wright"

mna_ — Sat, 04 Apr 2026 08:06:24 +0000

You might like the British TV show Grand Designs.

New comment by mna_ in "What major works of literature were written after age of 85? 75? 65?"

mna_ — Wed, 01 Apr 2026 09:04:39 +0000

For the most part, he plays normal openings. If he does play something offbeat, it's because he's trying to avoid prep.

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

mna_ — Sat, 28 Mar 2026 09:44:35 +0000

Plus huge amounts of braindrain from all over the world after WW2 (originally from Europe, but nowadays mainly from India and China).

New comment by mna_ in "Regular army and reserve components enlistment program: Summary of change"

mna_ — Wed, 25 Mar 2026 09:45:07 +0000

Their sons however!

New comment by mna_ in "Germany has a shortage of workers turns to India for help"

mna_ — Mon, 23 Mar 2026 09:34:01 +0000

No such thing as a shortage of workers, just a reluctance to train natives and pay them liveable wages. Note they mention "skilled workers" then show a lorry driver and a baker. Young Germans can drive lorries and bake bread. These aren't particularly skilled jobs. When I read "skilled worker" in my mind I think semiconductor expert from TSMC who has decades of expert knowledge and experience, not a lorry driver. No offense to any lorry drivers on here.

New comment by mna_ in "Vatican Rebukes Peter Thiel's Antichrist Lectures in Rome"

mna_ — Mon, 23 Mar 2026 09:00:44 +0000

Maybe he's saying those things because he has a horse in the game i.e. his bank account(s).

New comment by mna_ in "Militaries are scrambling to create their own Starlink"

mna_ — Sat, 14 Mar 2026 08:48:49 +0000

You list "operations" that occurred after Trump burned bridges with us. Why would we help you after the insults, political meddling, and tariffs? Now go look at the Iraq War and Afghanistan War, when the US invoked article 5 (the only time it's ever been invoked). In those wars, our men and women died fighting for your country.

New comment by mna_ in "The engine of Germany's wealth is blocking its future"

mna_ — Tue, 10 Mar 2026 09:08:52 +0000

Nestle is Swiss, not EU. Also they're quite an immoral company. I wouldn't put the word "flourishing" near Nestle.

New comment by mna_ in "Mars MIPS Simulator in the Browser"

mna_ — Sat, 07 Mar 2026 09:10:50 +0000

It's quite laggy and my laptop isn't even old/weak.