Hacker News: ngvrnd

New comment by ngvrnd in "Data centers are transitioning from AC to DC"

ngvrnd — Wed, 25 Mar 2026 12:14:57 +0000

Except for Keith Moon. All the stories about him are true and if anything underplay the truth. :-)

New comment by ngvrnd in "Show HN: Swarm – Program a colony of 200 ants using a custom assembly language"

ngvrnd — Fri, 06 Mar 2026 19:06:31 +0000

Is it possible to reset the source once you've started modifying it?

New comment by ngvrnd in "Ask HN: How many of you hold an amateur radio license in your country?"

ngvrnd — Fri, 06 Mar 2026 11:31:16 +0000

General class in USA, not currently active. More interested in tech/building than conversation/contesting although POTA and SOTA hold some interest, as does field day. Perhaps when I retire those might become a thing I do.

New comment by ngvrnd in "So you want to build a tunnel"

ngvrnd — Tue, 17 Feb 2026 18:40:19 +0000

Seymour Cray down in the tunnels, communing with the Machine Elves.

New comment by ngvrnd in "Wyoming mayoral candidate vows to let an AI bot run Cheyenne"

ngvrnd — Mon, 19 Aug 2024 16:21:55 +0000

The City Fathers from cities in flight

New comment by ngvrnd in "The Myth of the Second Chance"

ngvrnd — Mon, 29 Apr 2024 16:46:12 +0000

While I think it is true that mistakes cannot be undone, it's also the case that most mistakes (even fairly bad ones) are not a sentence of doom. There are still choices to be made in the future (if you think there are choices) and you can always take the stoic route which is imo quite useful regardless of the question of free will.

New comment by ngvrnd in "Trial of the effects of kefir on behaviour, sleep and the microbiome in ADHD"

ngvrnd — Sun, 28 Apr 2024 18:09:59 +0000

what were the conclusions? I skimmed it but did not see any.

New comment by ngvrnd in "EURISKO Lives"

ngvrnd — Tue, 23 Apr 2024 12:39:06 +0000

No, the high school project is talking about this.

New comment by ngvrnd in "Scientists have traced human tail loss to a short sequence of genetic code"

ngvrnd — Sun, 24 Mar 2024 13:11:28 +0000

There is no "why" -- it happened and was not selected against; it may have been adaptive and that is a kind of why, I guess. I think it would be better to be clear about this in science communication.

New comment by ngvrnd in "A cheap, generic drug became a darling of longevity enthusiasts"

ngvrnd — Sun, 17 Mar 2024 18:19:41 +0000

rapa-nui-cin

New comment by ngvrnd in "Consider the Pawpaw"

ngvrnd — Wed, 28 Feb 2024 03:09:38 +0000

neurotoxic? https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22130466/

New comment by ngvrnd in "Don't Talk to People Like They're Chatbots"

ngvrnd — Fri, 26 Jan 2024 13:51:20 +0000

Daughter recently told me: "that was a very chatgpt explanation."

New comment by ngvrnd in "Nucor and Helion to Develop 500 MW Fusion Power Plant by 2030"

ngvrnd — Wed, 27 Sep 2023 16:56:44 +0000

https://youtu.be/3vUPhsFoniw?si=L-c0aOqeyP4rvOLg

New comment by ngvrnd in "The past is not true"

ngvrnd — Thu, 20 Jul 2023 13:05:16 +0000

Celebrity death match: Olin Shivers vs. Derek Sivers

New comment by ngvrnd in "Debate over 'fake work' and 'lazy management' in tech industry"

ngvrnd — Mon, 10 Jul 2023 14:50:28 +0000

Managers are a form of government; that is to say, a necessary evil. Companies should spend as much energy reducing the number of managers as they spend worrying about useless employees. But it never seems to be that way.

New comment by ngvrnd in "Everything you never wanted to know about CMake (redux)"

ngvrnd — Sun, 25 Jun 2023 13:23:05 +0000

Orson Welles voice "Do you have a favorite kind of cardboard?"

New comment by ngvrnd in "Amazon cancels my account after exposing account lockout for “racist doorbell” [video]"

ngvrnd — Fri, 23 Jun 2023 13:38:44 +0000

He's just got a lot of energy.

New comment by ngvrnd in "Update: U+237C ⍼ &Angzarr;"

ngvrnd — Sat, 17 Jun 2023 20:18:08 +0000

Can we get the Guided By Voices logo added to unicode? http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7087/1132/1600/rune.1.jpg

New comment by ngvrnd in "LiquidPiston – The combustion engine reimagined"

ngvrnd — Tue, 06 Jun 2023 14:14:49 +0000

I have this feeling that all of Musk's comnpanies are technology development ventures intended to support his primary goal of getting humans to live off-earth. Note: I am not defending his goal, or idolizing him. But consider: boring company: finance learning about tunnel construction; tunnels needed on moon or mars for habitation; solar cells: very useful on moon or mars; hyperloop: finance learning about vacuum seals and related technology. My explanation makes much more sense for each of these than the ostensible goal of the company. which brings me to the point in Cthulhu's post: tesla is selling cars to understand the techne of energy storage for use in space habs.

New comment by ngvrnd in "LiquidPiston – The combustion engine reimagined"

ngvrnd — Tue, 06 Jun 2023 14:09:18 +0000

cells are not the same thing as batteries; it's possible tesla is making batteries with cells from Panasonic or whatever.