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New comment by myth_drannon in "Vitamin D3 During Pregnancy and Cognitive Performance at 10 Years"

myth_drannon — Sun, 07 Jun 2026 16:17:17 +0000

That's not recent knowledge worker problem. It started with industrial revolution and working 16 hours work days on a dark factory floor. What about Bedouins and other desert dwelling people? They had been trying to reduce sun exposure with complete body skin cover for millenias, it must have been some benefit for that. And what about skin cancer rates, it is probably reduced due to low sun exposure.

New comment by myth_drannon in "India's surprise baby bust"

myth_drannon — Fri, 05 Jun 2026 18:48:18 +0000

[*] All parts of the Israeli population have high birth rates, even the secular Jews. I find it misleading to single out Orthodox Jews as the main contributor. You don't do that to Evangelical Christians or Mormons, or some other groups in US.

I don't think the religion is the driver here.

Israel's tech paradox:$1.1B raised in a week as layoffs sweep industry

myth_drannon — Fri, 05 Jun 2026 14:53:10 +0000

Article URL: https://www.calcalistech.com/ctechnews/article/s1glpz1wge

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48413344

Points: 3

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New comment by myth_drannon in "Shopify outage [resolved]"

myth_drannon — Wed, 03 Jun 2026 17:11:24 +0000

That's a pretty normal reaction to market forces. One of the few level-headed, down-to-earth CEOs.

Wikipedia editors plot strike and banner sabotage after Wikimedia layoffs

myth_drannon — Mon, 01 Jun 2026 18:39:55 +0000

Article URL: https://www.theregister.com/software/2026/05/30/wikipedia-editors-plot-strike-and-banner-sabotage-after-wikimedia-layoffs/5248491

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48360872

Points: 6

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New comment by myth_drannon in "About LLMs at Zig Days"

myth_drannon — Thu, 28 May 2026 19:20:50 +0000

LLMs are just pushed by everyone at us, people just can't stand hearing about it anymore even if they use it and find it helpful. It's like at PyCon2026 the keynote was about LLM, and people were just leaving in the middle, including GvR.

New comment by myth_drannon in "Dispatches from the possibly last days of human relevance"

myth_drannon — Thu, 28 May 2026 15:42:04 +0000

I think that's temporarily. The trend is to reduce the population, see Europe and China.

Connectix RAM Doubler

myth_drannon — Thu, 28 May 2026 01:35:27 +0000

Article URL: https://computeradsfromthepast.substack.com/p/connectix-ram-doubler

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48303226

Points: 1

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New comment by myth_drannon in "Internet traffic in Iran increasing"

myth_drannon — Wed, 27 May 2026 23:55:11 +0000

Why is the bot traffic in Iran is so high -75%? I checked Argentina - 16%, Netherlands - 65%.

When Knowledge Is Cheap, Insight Is Everything: Jevons Paradox

myth_drannon — Fri, 15 May 2026 21:57:06 +0000

Article URL: https://twitter.com/ZoharAtkins/status/2054168204658815070

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48154434

Points: 2

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New comment by myth_drannon in "US inflation jumps to 3.8% as energy costs surge from Iran war"

myth_drannon — Tue, 12 May 2026 15:13:52 +0000

China is even worse than Russia on that matter. Before the invasion to Ukraine, Russia was heavily involved in Syria, Chechnia and other conflicts and with that experience it failed miserably. China, with all its posturing, military wise is even worse than Russia. That's why all it can do is propaganda war on social media to weaken American society.

New comment by myth_drannon in "Poland is now among the 20 largest economies"

myth_drannon — Fri, 08 May 2026 19:25:25 +0000

Spain is often given as an example of a failed economy ruined by socialists. GDP per capita is basically flat over the last 2 decades, $30K. https://www.macrotrends.net/global-metrics/countries/esp/spa... vs Poland that tripled or let's say Israel that had the same GDP as Spain and now has double.

New comment by myth_drannon in "US will start revoking passports for parents who owe child support"

myth_drannon — Fri, 08 May 2026 15:37:04 +0000

Israel doesn't stamp your passport if you ask.

Jan Koum, WhatsApp founder donates record $200M to Shaare Zedek Hospital

myth_drannon — Fri, 08 May 2026 14:46:29 +0000

Article URL: https://www.jns.org/news/israel-news/whatsapp-founder-donates-record-200-million-to-shaare-zedek

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48064014

Points: 6

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GameStop CEO says eBay shut his account after buyout funding stunt

myth_drannon — Thu, 07 May 2026 18:27:35 +0000

Article URL: https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/companies-markets/telcos-media-tech/gamestop-ceo-says-ebay-shut-his-account-after-buyout-funding-stunt

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48052967

Points: 4

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Smashing the Stack for Fun and Profit (1996)

myth_drannon — Tue, 05 May 2026 12:52:37 +0000

Article URL: https://phrack.org/issues/49/14

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48021842

Points: 1

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New comment by myth_drannon in "UAE to leave OPEC"

myth_drannon — Wed, 29 Apr 2026 01:34:40 +0000

The military exercises too, just pure nonsense. Sinai peninsula has complicated security issues that they are trying to control. Egypt depends on Israel for cheap gas and really there is no indication whatsoever for any attempts to undermine. They do exercise soft power and play regional games. Egypt had and has very good leadership (with Sadat being the greatest modern leader in the middle east).

New comment by myth_drannon in "UAE to leave OPEC"

myth_drannon — Wed, 29 Apr 2026 00:26:03 +0000

By the way that's just Qatari propaganda meant to put a wedge between Israel and Egypt. Qatar(Muslim Brotherhood) hates Egypt (that cracked down on MB) and hates Israel. They paid Netanyahu's advisors to push those lies about Egypt's double game and the cross border tunnels. Netanyahu the clown he is, "leaked" those lies to journalists. Qatar also paid Haaretz journalist to push those lies. The current situation with Egypt is good. They need to pretend to be somewhat cold to satisfy the hostile to Israel population, but there is cooperation and good relationship.

New comment by myth_drannon in "Integrated by Design"

myth_drannon — Tue, 28 Apr 2026 01:59:46 +0000

This person appeared out of nowhere 6 months ago and started posting on linkedin. With 6k followers and so much experience I would expect a couple of recommendations. Also gitlab and Github account appeared around the same time... Maybe it's just my paranoia in the AI slop age.

New comment by myth_drannon in "Integrated by Design"

myth_drannon — Tue, 28 Apr 2026 00:32:06 +0000

The author is quite prolific. Basically a blog post per day for the last couple of months!