<rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Hacker News: quadragenarian</title><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=quadragenarian</link><description>Hacker News RSS</description><docs>https://hnrss.org/</docs><generator>hnrss v2.1.1</generator><lastBuildDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2026 04:49:48 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://hnrss.org/user?id=quadragenarian" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"></atom:link><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by quadragenarian in "I know why the mathematicians weep"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Maybe I'm obtuse, but I just struggle to understand why we as humans, at this stage, knowing what we know, we think that there's value and honor in trying to build new things and try to move off our planet. I mean I get it, there's the exploration spirit, there's the pushing of the frontier. But our generation, in striving for such things, has somehow disconnected ourselves from where I believe the value actually lies. Taking care of loved ones, of our children, of pets. Teaching our children to love and to be gentle and to take care of others. Appreciating the beauty of the universe, because no machine will ever be able to do that. Creating art, and beautiful music, investing inside of these works our emotions rather than physical resources so that we can create feelings in other. A machine can never make real music or art because it doesn't come from feeling and experience.<p>I just don't know.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2026 23:28:12 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50111784</link><dc:creator>quadragenarian</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50111784</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50111784</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by quadragenarian in "What should we tell our students?"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>My hope is that all wealth becomes concentrated in the hand of one person, thereby becoming worthless.<p>I guess one could make the argument that with enough control, a trillionaire could amass a private robot army. But I think regular humans still win (after an epic battle of course).</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2026 03:08:43 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50029156</link><dc:creator>quadragenarian</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50029156</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50029156</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by quadragenarian in "What should we tell our students?"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>There are many things you are better at than a machine. Giving love for example. I’d bet your dog or a child would rather spend 5 seconds with you than 5 hours with an LLM.</p>
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<p>Because compassion is emotional and they are all emotionally vacuous.</p>
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<p>I'm aghast. I guess I'd like to pose a question to you - what is the purpose of your life? I found my purpose years ago, but it took me a while to figure it out. Here it is: the purpose of my life is to give love to others. Through words, through actions. Notice that it's wholly driven from an emotional underpinning, and not related to success, or fame, or money, or what little ephemeral things we humans physically build in our lives.<p>From that lens, a human driven by this purpose can never have LLMs/AI take any purpose from us. Raising children, helping the needy, and caring for our spouse and parents suddenly becomes divine work. It's work that the world needs. The world does not need more software or more buildings. There is currently a lack of human connection and compassion and care, perhaps bigger than there's been in the history of our world. And that's why I think this purpose should be paramount, especially today in the age we are living in.<p>Take raising children. If you love your children, if you truly care for them and raise them with compassion and understanding, they will raise their children that way as well. And they will be good human beings. They will be kind. And your love can be a sort of benevolent virus that will ring through the centuries, through the generations ahead.</p>
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<p>Ha - I still remember when I worked on the IBEX-Lo Sensor, we had to hand carry it to Switzerland. One lucky member of our team got to fly first class with it because it wouldn't fit in a coach seat!</p>
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<p>Keep in mind though that by entering into a 20% down mortgage you are effectively levered up 5x against your local real estate market. So it’s not like you’re totally reducing your risk. Luckily for homeowners, home prices only go up since the GFC so this leverage seems like a good position to be in.</p>
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<p>The irony I see here is that she is relatively young. By making these declarations, she and others in this administration are making an implicit bet that there won't be another sensible e.g. law-abiding administration in the future that won't put them in jail.<p>Politics is a fickle world -- being brazen by breaking laws is a risky business. You might be in charge now, but are you sure your people will always be in charge?</p>
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<p>These are the very people who would help him rewrite history that yes he indeed did earn the Nobel Peace Prize as it is obviously and prominently displayed in his office, the words and records of the Nobel committee be damned.</p>
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<p>I love how you put that! Suspicious is too gentle of a word.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 12 Jan 2026 02:00:06 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46582968</link><dc:creator>quadragenarian</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46582968</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46582968</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by quadragenarian in "US gov shutdown leaves IT projects hanging, security defenders a skeleton crew"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>What about if the administration lays off staff during the shutdown instead of furloughing them? I would think that would not require any compensation.</p>
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<p>This already does happen for nighthawk coverage for example where a non-US radiologist will provide a wet read and then a US rad will sign off. The US rad will always bear the liability however.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 25 Sep 2025 22:30:48 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45380079</link><dc:creator>quadragenarian</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45380079</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45380079</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by quadragenarian in "Demand for human radiologists is at an all-time high"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>You do realize that in order to interpret imaging for a US based patient, any physician needs to have a US medical license?</p>
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<p>Radiologists are often the ones who are the "brains" of medical diagnosis. The primary care or ER physician gets the patient scanned, and the radiologist scrolls through hundreds if not thousands of images, building a mental model of the insides of the patient's body and then based on the tens of thousands of cases they've reviewed in the past, as well as deep and intimate human anatomical knowledge, attempts to synthesize a medical diagnosis. A human's life and wellness can hinge on an accurate diagnosis from a radiologist.<p>Does that sounds like an assistance's job?</p>
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<p>Interesting - living near a large city, all of the radiologists I know work for  hospitals, spending more of their day in the hospital reading room versus home, including performing procedures, even as diagnostic radiologists.<p>I think it may be selection bias.</p>
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<p>So the night before, was he at the wrong venue as well?</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 14 Sep 2025 00:57:52 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45236571</link><dc:creator>quadragenarian</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45236571</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45236571</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by quadragenarian in "From burner phones to decks of cards: NYC teens adjusting to the smartphone ban"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Separate from the phone and screen time discussion, you are at an important juncture of your life, a transition to parenthood that could change everything. I say "could" because I fundamentally believe that half of people who have children don't have the self-awareness to change and adjust their habits and emotional state.<p>One of the monumental realizations for me when I became a parent (not necessarily the first day but over the first 5-7 years) was distinctly what my parents did right and wrong. My dad told me on the phone one day that I shouldn't show my child my feelings, that I should hide any negative feelings and only show positive feelings. And now I see that this is what my father did to me and it constrained my ability to share negative feelings with my friends and family, instead leading to me bottling up negative feelings like anger and sadness.I realize that this is not the correct way to parent, your child should see the full range of human emotions from their parents and although you want to be careful to not put too much emotional burden and stress on them to create an anxious child, you want to also be sure they see you at your best and worst. They should see you discuss your feelings with others and with them and when you lose your temper, as we all do, you should also afterwards rationalize what you were feeling with them, apologize if necessary (and it's usually always necessary because there is no need for any human to lose their temper with another human that's been on the Earth for only a few years).<p>Any way, I think of parenthood as a journey of self-reflection and improvement, much like childhood. Just like some people have a negative painful childhood, parenthood can be similar. The goal for you is to be open and honest with yourself and your growing family, and to be constantly looking for ways to improve.<p>Apologies if this sounded like a lecture but wish you the best in what may turn out to be the most important job of your life.</p>
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<p>Having had a stint in my youthful life where I studied Technocracy a great deal, I still see some powerful concepts that I can't let go of. The emphasis on standardization and elimination of the price system, even if nothing more than a though experiment on human nature, seemed like worthwhile concepts to consider. Rather than demonize the technocracy movement, I would recommend some investigation into the ideas that underpinned it, especially as we now witness a transition from a limitless growth world to steady state.</p>
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<p>Not to be overly pedantic but there are more than 3. It's just 3 that are commonly used in asset management (S&P, Moody's, Fitch). Others include Morningstar DBRS (Dominion Bond Rating Services - rates primary Canadian debt issuers). Kroll is another one (used to be Duff & Phelps).</p>
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<p>It's very difficult if not impossible to design a system that allows for a madman to be in charge, because to do so, the system would have to severely curtail the executive's powers which would render him or her useless. The tacit assumption has always been that the voters would not select a madman to run a complex system but here we are.</p>
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