Hacker News: phantom784

New comment by phantom784 in "Can a MUD evaluate LLMs? A $99 proof of concept"

phantom784 — Wed, 22 Jul 2026 23:03:57 +0000

That sounds very different than my memory of MUDs. The ones I remember were much more a text-based version of "World of Warcraft" or other similar MMOs where you navigate through a world, complete quests, etc. You could chat with other players but it was more about teaming up for quests than a creative writing/roleplaying exercise.

Not to say that what you're describing didn't exist, but I don't think it was defining feature of all MUDs.

New comment by phantom784 in "British Columbia, Time Zones, and Postgres"

phantom784 — Mon, 22 Jun 2026 21:57:24 +0000

How would this solve the British Columbia issue as described in the article?

New comment by phantom784 in "Wages in America Are Too Low for the 30% Rule to Work for Renters Anymore"

phantom784 — Thu, 18 Jun 2026 13:50:32 +0000

Realtors earn commissions as a % of the price a house sells for.

New comment by phantom784 in "The 2-Year Apartment Rule"

phantom784 — Thu, 18 Jun 2026 12:23:44 +0000

Even if you're renting, it's worth keeping an eye on the humidity and setting up dehumidifiers if it's consistently getting high.

New comment by phantom784 in "Failing grades soar with AI usage, dwindling math skills in Berkeley CS classes"

phantom784 — Thu, 04 Jun 2026 11:19:05 +0000

> I read a few years ago about a teacher (I think highschool) who put his lectures on YouTube for students to view in their own time and then used the in class hours for interaction, questions, tests.

That seems like a smart approach. It reverses the traditional model of "lecture in class, homework outside of class".

New comment by phantom784 in "SFO Gate Explorer"

phantom784 — Sat, 02 May 2026 13:02:21 +0000

Pittsburgh International Airport had a program like this for a few years, but it was suspended during Covid and never came back.

New comment by phantom784 in "Meta tells staff it will cut 10% of jobs"

phantom784 — Fri, 24 Apr 2026 11:33:51 +0000

I've not worked at Meta, but I was at a similar scale of company for 2 years before being let go. Once you factor in RSUs, they essentially paid double what I've ever made anywhere else. Knowing how volatile those sorts of positions can be, I just saved & invested all the extra, which worked out quite well.

New comment by phantom784 in "Artemis II crew see first glimpse of far side of Moon [video]"

phantom784 — Sun, 05 Apr 2026 15:47:59 +0000

The sun still. It's just that that side never points towards the earth, but it still gets sunlight. Same as how the side we see isn't fully lit except during a full moon.

New comment by phantom784 in "Artemis II is not safe to fly"

phantom784 — Tue, 31 Mar 2026 11:48:10 +0000

I read this as "accepting a risk of death in exchange for getting to have the incredible experience of flying to the Moon", not that they want to die.

New comment by phantom784 in "How the AI Bubble Bursts"

phantom784 — Mon, 30 Mar 2026 13:06:38 +0000

Do tokens just cover ongoing operating costs, or are they also able to pay back the cost of training that model originally?

New comment by phantom784 in "Data centers are transitioning from AC to DC"

phantom784 — Thu, 26 Mar 2026 12:45:14 +0000

Plus you save money on the conductors running to the lights.

New comment by phantom784 in "Microsoft's 'unhackable' Xbox One has been hacked by 'Bliss'"

phantom784 — Tue, 17 Mar 2026 17:16:25 +0000

Could a chip detect this and reset?

New comment by phantom784 in "Asian governments roll out 4-day weeks, WFH to solve fuel crisis caused by war"

phantom784 — Sun, 15 Mar 2026 13:59:28 +0000

First time around, luck mostly. Happened to get hired by a company that switched to this schedule. I eventually left for higher pay (but gave up my Fridays). Eventually got laid off, and a friend who was still there managed to get me a spot back on her team. By that time, they'd embraced remote work during Covid and decided to keep it permanently.

Granted, I could probably be making way more if I were to leave - I took a pay cut when I went back the second time. But at this point in my career, I value the 4/10 and lower stress job (no on-call rotation) more.

New comment by phantom784 in "Asian governments roll out 4-day weeks, WFH to solve fuel crisis caused by war"

phantom784 — Thu, 12 Mar 2026 17:25:09 +0000

I've been working 4/10 schedule (4 days, but 10 hours/day, so I still work 40 hours). It's a HUGE perk, and is the biggest thing keeping me at my current job.

New comment by phantom784 in "Suburban school district uses license plate readers to verify student residency"

phantom784 — Thu, 12 Mar 2026 15:34:16 +0000

Sounds like the license plate readers basically are stalking out homes though.

New comment by phantom784 in "No leap second will be introduced at the end of June 2026"

phantom784 — Tue, 10 Mar 2026 10:26:53 +0000

You could look at it either way. I couldn't say which system the dinosaurs actually used.

New comment by phantom784 in "Cell Service for the Fairly Paranoid"

phantom784 — Wed, 25 Feb 2026 14:50:34 +0000

A few Mbps would be nice - fast enough to make the modern web mostly usable. 256 Kbps is almost the same as not working at all.

New comment by phantom784 in "GrapheneOS – Break Free from Google and Apple"

phantom784 — Tue, 17 Feb 2026 14:18:32 +0000

Especially in Europe! They shouldn't be forcing you to run an OS from an American company.

New comment by phantom784 in "Teaching my neighbor to keep the volume down"

phantom784 — Sun, 01 Feb 2026 20:27:38 +0000

Noise from neighbors is the biggest thing that drove me to move to a single-family home.

New comment by phantom784 in "6-Day and IP Address Certificates Are Generally Available"

phantom784 — Fri, 16 Jan 2026 22:22:21 +0000

I'd have it renew Monday and Thursday to avoid weekend outages.