Hacker News: ngngngng

New comment by ngngngng in "ChatGPT went berserk"

ngngngng — Wed, 21 Feb 2024 21:15:51 +0000

Is there a list somewhere of all companies that still have middle management? Those are the companies to short.

New comment by ngngngng in "Cousins are disappearing. Is this reshaping the experience of childhood?"

ngngngng — Mon, 19 Feb 2024 05:20:25 +0000

I find your insistence that they can't be offended by a word with an objectively offensive historical origin fascinating. Do you deny that sometimes opinions on words and language can change over time?

New comment by ngngngng in "Cousins are disappearing. Is this reshaping the experience of childhood?"

ngngngng — Mon, 19 Feb 2024 04:25:52 +0000

"Mormon" was originally a derogatory term that was coined by those that legalized killing Mormons on sight until 1980. So some are understandably uncomfortable with its continued usage.

New comment by ngngngng in "DARPA Moves Forward on X-65: Plane with no moving control surfaces"

ngngngng — Thu, 18 Jan 2024 21:05:12 +0000

Just to be clear, fundamentalist Mormon means he had multiple wives, and most likely lived on a secluded compound or in one of the surrounding areas of one of these compounds. Your likelihood of interacting with such a person is near zero.

New comment by ngngngng in "TSA introducing self-service screening technology in Las Vegas"

ngngngng — Mon, 11 Dec 2023 22:33:06 +0000

I prefer American screening. I was recently in Frankfurt and was very pleased to find they had a line for families with children, but then every single screen was equivalent to the screen you receive when you leave a water bottle in your luggage in the USA. Everyone was required to have a full on 2 minute conversation with the security agent, and children were screaming as they received intensive pat downs.

If you're going to have security theater, at least try and make it fast.

New comment by ngngngng in "Moore vs. United States: Tax Unrealized Income Case"

ngngngng — Sun, 10 Dec 2023 07:26:34 +0000

It's ok, since we're definitely getting all this money back we're spending to fund foreign wars. Right?

Right?

New comment by ngngngng in "Japan automakers play catch-up in EV race"

ngngngng — Wed, 29 Nov 2023 15:32:29 +0000

Speaking as someone that's owned Chevy's and Tesla's recently, if you're concerned about Tesla's quality, I would steer clear of Chevy.

New comment by ngngngng in "Most AI startups are doomed"

ngngngng — Tue, 28 Nov 2023 19:50:25 +0000

Don't get caught up in the hype. The technology is becoming commoditized, and only startups with unique advantages will survive. Look for startups with proprietary data, special algorithms, or deep domain expertise. Avoid ones that are just gluing together APIs or building generic applications. And don't chase the hype train. Invest in startups with a real chance of success.

New comment by ngngngng in "Cybertruck Is Already a Production Nightmare for Tesla"

ngngngng — Tue, 28 Nov 2023 15:21:03 +0000

Big steel truck look fun

New comment by ngngngng in "The cottage industry of YouTube obituary pirates"

ngngngng — Sun, 26 Nov 2023 22:44:38 +0000

Parent claimed the LDS church embezzled billions. There's zero evidence of this. It's literally a conspiracy theory.

I'm sorry you feel my ethnicity is a cult, I didn't choose it, but I am proud of it.

New comment by ngngngng in "The cottage industry of YouTube obituary pirates"

ngngngng — Mon, 06 Nov 2023 15:57:15 +0000

This complaint was resolved. They received a small fine for organizing the funds incorrectly. But the money was legally donated and it's not illegal to invest money donated to a charitable organization.

Also, you've posted this article twice in the past week. Hacker News is probably not the best place for your Anti-Mormon crusade.

New comment by ngngngng in "Teen boys use AI to make fake nudes of classmates, sparking police probe"

ngngngng — Thu, 02 Nov 2023 22:43:41 +0000

I guess I've never looked into everything that can constitute sexual harrassment.

If person A draws a naked picture and shares it with person B, and it looks like person C, then person C has been sexually harassed?

New comment by ngngngng in "Apple reports fourth quarter results"

ngngngng — Thu, 02 Nov 2023 22:38:04 +0000

Anyone else think maybe Apple Silicon in the Macs is hurting their sales? I used to feel the need to upgrade my Macbook every 2 years or so, since the battery life would have dropped significantly and the fans were giving me a constant jet engine drone in the background of my work. But my M1 Macbook Pro still lasts all day, I've never heard the fans, and the only task I've given it that it struggled with was local AI image generation. It flies through everything else imaginable. So why would I buy another one?

New comment by ngngngng in "Teen boys use AI to make fake nudes of classmates, sparking police probe"

ngngngng — Thu, 02 Nov 2023 22:30:08 +0000

So if a teenager is skilled enough at drawing on their iPad to make something look photorealistic, and they draw a naked picture of a classmate and share it, should that be illegal too?

I'm not trying to say it's ok, but just like the person you replied to, I truly find these things comparable.

New comment by ngngngng in "One sleepless night can rapidly reverse depression for several days in mice"

ngngngng — Thu, 02 Nov 2023 21:51:42 +0000

That's exactly where my brain went. Now I need a Huberman Labs podcast telling me how I can incorporate this with my supplements and cold showers to achieve my maximum potential.

New comment by ngngngng in "Home schooling's rise from fringe to fastest-growing form of education"

ngngngng — Wed, 01 Nov 2023 17:58:36 +0000

This is a big nothingburger. If you only look at the enrollment at LDS church owned universities, then that fund would be a much smaller "endowment" than other comparable private universities have. Not to mention that the church heavily subsidizes tuition, tuition at LDS schools is unbelievably cheap. But also, the LDS church does way more than just run schools.

New comment by ngngngng in "Home schooling's rise from fringe to fastest-growing form of education"

ngngngng — Wed, 01 Nov 2023 15:06:41 +0000

If funding is truly the underlying problem, why does Utah have some of the best K-12 outcomes in the country while being dead last in per pupil spending?

Kids Can Recover from Missing Even Quite a Lot of School

ngngngng — Tue, 31 Oct 2023 20:46:31 +0000

Article URL: https://www.astralcodexten.com/p/kids-can-recover-from-missing-even

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38091142

Points: 5

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New comment by ngngngng in "A fourth of U.S. health visits now delivered by non-physicians"

ngngngng — Sun, 29 Oct 2023 21:50:08 +0000

> On the other hand, a lot of what I do doesn't require 12 years of training

What, besides surgery, really requires 12 years of training? I've found I have a greater success rate with self diagnosis and treatment than I have with seeing my physician, and I've found a very good internist. An hour spent with ChatGPT and Google and I always find a couple options that fit what I'm experiencing as well as detailed descriptions on how to narrow it down. And since I'm the one experiencing the symptoms, there's no chance of a communications breakdown between me and the doctor who is trying to diagnose me.

New comment by ngngngng in "U.S. GDP grew at a 4.9% annual pace in the third quarter, better than expected"

ngngngng — Thu, 26 Oct 2023 15:42:27 +0000

The majority of Americans are the richest most privileged people on the planet.