Hacker News: nmeofthestate

New comment by nmeofthestate in "“We have information that Moonshot distilled Fable for the development of K3”"

nmeofthestate — Wed, 22 Jul 2026 18:51:01 +0000

Weird 'discussion'. Almost entirely single messages with no threads, all with the same anti-Anthropic/AI position.

New comment by nmeofthestate in "AI 2040 and the cult of intelligence"

nmeofthestate — Sun, 12 Jul 2026 20:17:58 +0000

This would be better as a drunken rant in a pub, where you could at least get to roll your eyes at your friends while George wasn't looking.

New comment by nmeofthestate in "Show HN: Capacitor Alarm Clock"

nmeofthestate — Wed, 17 Jun 2026 12:26:27 +0000

Oh no. I quite liked this until you said it was art that Represented something.

New comment by nmeofthestate in "1worldflag: A blue dot on a transparent background"

nmeofthestate — Tue, 09 Jun 2026 03:13:04 +0000

The apotheosis of Reddit vexillology where all flag symbolism maps to geographical features.

New comment by nmeofthestate in "UK to permanently ban future generations from buying cigarettes"

nmeofthestate — Sat, 25 Apr 2026 16:02:57 +0000

True, but I think most people get addicted to smoking when young, and are less likely to just decide to start smoking at 40, especially when vaping is an option.

New comment by nmeofthestate in "UK to permanently ban future generations from buying cigarettes"

nmeofthestate — Sat, 25 Apr 2026 15:53:31 +0000

There are less harmful ways to get addicted to nicotine that will continue to be legal for people affected by this legislation.

New comment by nmeofthestate in "Acetaminophen vs. ibuprofen"

nmeofthestate — Wed, 22 Apr 2026 12:37:20 +0000

Reminds me when I was on a business trip in California and bought some Acetaminophen thinking "I'm in the USA - this has to be the hard stuff, right?", only to discover it was just paracetamol.

New comment by nmeofthestate in "All phones sold in the EU to have replaceable batteries from 2027"

nmeofthestate — Tue, 21 Apr 2026 10:21:54 +0000

I googled it - nobody is buying that thing instead of a normal consumer smartphone. It's like a 'Panasonic Toughbook' in phone form.

New comment by nmeofthestate in "The RAM shortage could last years"

nmeofthestate — Mon, 20 Apr 2026 08:53:55 +0000

A RAM discussion descends into cranks referring to "Epstein People" and you're the one downvoted - website's absolutely cooked.

New comment by nmeofthestate in "Opus 4.7 to 4.6 Inflation is ~45%"

nmeofthestate — Sat, 18 Apr 2026 18:45:55 +0000

Is this a weird way of saying Opus got "cheaper" somehow from 4.6 to 4.7?

New comment by nmeofthestate in "The Future of Everything Is Lies, I Guess: New Jobs"

nmeofthestate — Wed, 15 Apr 2026 14:47:59 +0000

"otherwise the site owner would have to check if their content is considered adult in the UK and implement something"

IMO a small blog website is not going to get pulled-up for this - it's about the author making a point. They're entitled to do so of course.

New comment by nmeofthestate in "'Seeking connection': video game where players stopped shooting, started talking"

nmeofthestate — Wed, 15 Apr 2026 10:35:57 +0000

Shooting isn't the core mechanic in the majority of video games.

New comment by nmeofthestate in "Slovenian officials blame Israeli firm Black Cube for trying to manipulate vote"

nmeofthestate — Wed, 25 Mar 2026 17:57:09 +0000

So it sounds like these guys posed as investors, schmoozed politicians, and got them on tape agreeing to do corrupt stuff. The recordings were then released to influence voters.

The thing about this is, the response to it will depend on who the politicians were. For example, if it was the "far right" politicians caught on tape, there wouldn't be the same furore about election interference. The recordings may of course be edited to be misleading.

New comment by nmeofthestate in "Slovenian officials blame Israeli firm Black Cube for trying to manipulate vote"

nmeofthestate — Wed, 25 Mar 2026 17:44:52 +0000

It works, to be honest - I would never let Beige Rock manage my money.

New comment by nmeofthestate in "Slovenian officials blame Israeli firm Black Cube for trying to manipulate vote"

nmeofthestate — Wed, 25 Mar 2026 17:28:15 +0000

"Black Cube" - wonder what they're going for there. Maybe "Sinister Obelisk" was taken.

New comment by nmeofthestate in "The MacBook Neo"

nmeofthestate — Thu, 12 Mar 2026 03:05:27 +0000

This naming is great compared to their traditional naming. I immediately know that I need a pro max premium if I want the one that compiles stuff fast and is heavy and has the fans running full speed all the time and only technically works unplugged, like my current Dell work laptop (guessing).

New comment by nmeofthestate in "Lego's 0.002mm specification and its implications for manufacturing (2025)"

nmeofthestate — Wed, 11 Mar 2026 14:56:32 +0000

"A minifigure head mold evolved from 8 cavities in 1978 to 128 cavities today."

Initially I thought this meant a lego minifig head has 128 internal cavities, but finally realised it means a single mould now makes 128 heads.

New comment by nmeofthestate in "C# strings silently kill your SQL Server indexes in Dapper"

nmeofthestate — Sat, 07 Mar 2026 10:41:28 +0000

The writing style certainly screams LLM.

New comment by nmeofthestate in "Voxile: A ray-traced game made in its own engine and programming language"

nmeofthestate — Wed, 04 Mar 2026 11:38:01 +0000

I do wonder whether Kotlin is sufficiently different from C# to make it worth developing in Godot in a non-standard way.

New comment by nmeofthestate in "Don't become an engineering manager"

nmeofthestate — Tue, 03 Mar 2026 20:20:49 +0000

What exactly is an engineering manager?