Hacker News: potatokinghttps://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=potatokingHacker News RSShttps://hnrss.org/hnrss v2.1.1Mon, 24 Aug 2026 23:42:26 +0000<![CDATA[New comment by potatoking in "I were 17, I'd learn how to build LLMs from scratch"]]>Maybe people want to take it as cynicism but I think you are factually correct that personal cooling, infectious disease, atypical weather and fire breaks are all more realistic topics for people too young to already have patents, connections or their own oil well.

]]>Mon, 24 Aug 2026 20:09:57 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49425219potatokinghttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49425219https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49425219<![CDATA[New comment by potatoking in "Government Proposes New Six-Figure Fee for H1B Visas"]]>Not really.. Corporations have enough holdings abroad to survive and kill a party or two.

]]>Mon, 24 Aug 2026 19:31:57 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49424751potatokinghttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49424751https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49424751<![CDATA[New comment by potatoking in "Anger, Anxiety and Agency"]]>We were already getting great for nothing and dealing with that problem to financing custom fit. Now we have mediocre and customized for nothing.

I find it great for experiments to throw away but I wish everyone remembered step 2 more often.

]]>Mon, 24 Aug 2026 19:11:46 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49424512potatokinghttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49424512https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49424512<![CDATA[New comment by potatoking in "Peppermint oil reduces blood pressure by 8.48 mmHg in small study"]]>I'd think weight could be causal for hypertension result or sentiment over health measurement could have been causal for weight or the study could just be too small.

]]>Mon, 24 Aug 2026 18:42:16 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49424134potatokinghttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49424134https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49424134<![CDATA[New comment by potatoking in "Characterizing Agentic Flooding of Government Services"]]>Sure but is that the end game? Systems can respond with things like higher deductible insurance options and graduated assistance based on tax filing which may benefit people who wouldn't file before and also won't use AI for this but were already paying costs of others getting more benefits.

]]>Mon, 24 Aug 2026 18:24:20 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49423916potatokinghttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49423916https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49423916<![CDATA[New comment by potatoking in "Tragically, as many as 9625 out of every 10k individuals may be neurotypical"]]>That's not how genetics of sexual reproduction works. I think it's only fair to say that we can't truly do a qualitative measure of the impact of any condition on fitness.

]]>Sun, 23 Aug 2026 10:09:40 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49407538potatokinghttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49407538https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49407538<![CDATA[New comment by potatoking in "Cancer-related mortality among US pilots and flight attendants"]]>The fuselage probably has a lot less attention to shielding even if the cockpit seems very exposed.

]]>Fri, 21 Aug 2026 17:17:10 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49391152potatokinghttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49391152https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49391152