Hacker News: r2_pilot

New comment by r2_pilot in "EFF is leaving X"

r2_pilot — Thu, 09 Apr 2026 17:51:30 +0000

I'm sorry, you didn't say anything about your reasoning behind your ad hominem attack, so I can't properly evaluate your point. I eagerly await your clarification as to the relevance of your observation with regards to this HN topic.

New comment by r2_pilot in "A sea of sparks: Seeing radioactivity"

r2_pilot — Mon, 30 Mar 2026 20:05:14 +0000

If you haven't experienced a spinthariscope, I can highly recommend it. I bought one as a Christmas present for a buddy and we both enjoy its demonstration of radioactivity.

New comment by r2_pilot in "Miscellanea: The War in Iran"

r2_pilot — Wed, 25 Mar 2026 20:21:22 +0000

Or wait 20 years for the panels to degrade...

New comment by r2_pilot in "Judge orders government to begin refunding more than $130B in tariffs"

r2_pilot — Fri, 06 Mar 2026 11:49:06 +0000

POSIWID, the Purpose Of a System Is What It Does. A quick way to cut through bullshit and "But I meant for X to do Y"

New comment by r2_pilot in "Father claims Google's AI product fuelled son's delusional spiral"

r2_pilot — Wed, 04 Mar 2026 20:51:25 +0000

Claude will routinely tell me to get some sleep and cuddle with my dog. I may mention the time offhandedly or say I'm winding down, but at least it will include conversation stoppers and decrease engagement.

New comment by r2_pilot in "19th century silent film that first captured a robot attack"

r2_pilot — Mon, 02 Mar 2026 23:39:32 +0000

>Sooner or later one of them will hurt a human, and then what do we do?

Considering this took place before I was born, you might not be aware of the multiple times it's already occurred.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Williams_(robot_fatalit...

New comment by r2_pilot in "Lidar waveforms are worth 40x128x33 words"

r2_pilot — Thu, 26 Feb 2026 22:53:26 +0000

Typically you use a pulse train and filter your train from the noise

New comment by r2_pilot in "Nearby Glasses"

r2_pilot — Tue, 24 Feb 2026 21:51:34 +0000

I believe The Light of Other Days has slow-glass that you expose to a scene, it drinks it in, and then plays it back later.

New comment by r2_pilot in "Why does aluminum foil have one shiny side and one with a matte finish?"

r2_pilot — Mon, 16 Feb 2026 06:51:51 +0000

If I recall correctly they didn't miss Mars. Quite the opposite, really.

New comment by r2_pilot in "State Attorneys General Want to Tie Online Access to ID"

r2_pilot — Mon, 16 Feb 2026 06:44:20 +0000

The Purpose Of a System Is What It Does. Whether it is stated (or even designed) to protect kids, if it does anything more or different from that goal, it will perform those actions regardless of what is said about what the System should be doing.

New comment by r2_pilot in "European troops arrive in Greenland to boost the Arctic island's security"

r2_pilot — Thu, 15 Jan 2026 22:03:23 +0000

Instead of building common cause among your allies, got it. Thankfully I presume you are not in a position where your decisions drive policy.

New comment by r2_pilot in "Finland detains ship and its crew after critical undersea cable damaged"

r2_pilot — Thu, 01 Jan 2026 19:53:04 +0000

Real shades of "that cable shouldn't have been dressed like that, in a dark and narrow channel, clearly marked on navigation charts(to mitigate exactly this scenario, from good captains at least)" energy.

New comment by r2_pilot in "A year of vibes"

r2_pilot — Mon, 22 Dec 2025 19:27:07 +0000

I don't care about industry metrics when I'm building my own AI research robotics platform and it's doing what I ask it to do, proving itself in the real world far better than any performative best-practice theatrics in the service of risible MBA-grade effluvia masquerading as critical discourse.

New comment by r2_pilot in "A year of vibes"

r2_pilot — Mon, 22 Dec 2025 14:25:23 +0000

>>"I think 2025 was less productive"

I think 2025 is more productive for me based on measurable metrics such as code contribution to my projects, better ability to ingest and act upon information, and generally I appreciate the Anthropic tax because Claude genuinely has been a step-change improvement in my life.

New comment by r2_pilot in "Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (December 2025)"

r2_pilot — Mon, 15 Dec 2025 18:46:35 +0000

A research robot for exploring AI/human/etc interactions. Someone put the wrong price on Thor for some reason and it arrives tomorrow.

New comment by r2_pilot in "Pebble Index 01 – External memory for your brain"

r2_pilot — Wed, 10 Dec 2025 16:25:13 +0000

Instead of casually dismissing the idea, perhaps they considered it and found recharging had its own engineering costs, namely the potential for a swelling battery on your finger, a long life which means you probably would lose a custom charger, and the increased size for the extra requirements.

New comment by r2_pilot in "Bring bathroom doors back to hotels"

r2_pilot — Thu, 27 Nov 2025 00:19:24 +0000

It could be, from a certain point of view.

New comment by r2_pilot in "CBP is monitoring US drivers and detaining those with suspicious travel patterns"

r2_pilot — Thu, 20 Nov 2025 22:03:43 +0000

Not CBP but see Carlos Jimenez for an example of what's currently happening.

New comment by r2_pilot in "NY school phone ban has made lunch loud again"

r2_pilot — Thu, 06 Nov 2025 03:01:27 +0000

> Surely reading comprehension is still required for, well, reading AI-generated text.

Found the optimist. (no, it unfortunately not required. Imagine, if you will, the world's worst version of the Telephone game...)

New comment by r2_pilot in "Intercellular communication in the brain through a dendritic nanotubular network"

r2_pilot — Fri, 17 Oct 2025 19:42:49 +0000

How about Linus Pauling and vitamin C then?