<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: regenschutz</title><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=regenschutz</link><description>Hacker News RSS</description><docs>https://hnrss.org/</docs><generator>hnrss v2.1.1</generator><lastBuildDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2026 02:48:48 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://hnrss.org/user?id=regenschutz" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"></atom:link><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by regenschutz in "The brain was not designed for this much bad news"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Neurotypical is the word you're looking for, not "normal".</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 21 Jun 2026 11:35:21 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48617970</link><dc:creator>regenschutz</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48617970</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48617970</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by regenschutz in "I found a seashell in the middle of the desert"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Non-tech-related stories frequently make the front page here too. It just so happens that this site has a lot of coders because, err, it's literally Hacker News.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 31 May 2026 05:27:34 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48343277</link><dc:creator>regenschutz</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48343277</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48343277</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by regenschutz in "I found a seashell in the middle of the desert"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I mean, even in countries with extremely high levels of Christianity, such as Romania, you won't be accused of blasphemy for just... agreeing with science. Both Christianity and Islam are pretty similar after all, so hopefully that is not too surprising.<p>I can't think of a country where you even might be accused of blasphemy, though I'll admit I am not very familiar with the topic.</p>
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<p>I mean, AI is not good at writing x86-64 assembly code. Last time I tried (with both Claude and ChatGPT), the AI failed to even create basic programs other than Hello World.</p>
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<p>Or like the US solves it, through immigration. In the US, the fertility rate is at roughly 1.6 children per woman (which is below the 2.1 children per woman required for a stable population), and yet the US population is steadily increasing thanks to immigration. One can talk all day about pros and cons of immigration, but it is ultimately the only solution we have to a falling fertility rate (other than trying to increase it, of course).</p>
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<p>A constant stream of young workers is required for a sustainable economy.<p>In order to pay for pensions, the government borrows money from young, working adults. This is effectively what happens in pay-as-you-go public pension systems (which is most of them, to my knowledge, apart from the US, I'm not 100% sure how pensions work in the US). The money you put in actually goes to pay for another person, with the government guaranteeing that they will do the same for you.<p>If the percentage of retired people increases, the percentage of working adults naturally decreases. Eventually, you'll hit a turning point where the government can no longer borrow from working adults. The government is now in a debt crisis and has to loan money from banks or foreign investors at a significantly higher interest rate, which becomes even more unsustainable if the percentage of retired people increases even more.<p>This is what is happening in e.g. South Korea and Japan. There are too many old people, and too few working adults. This is caused ny low birth rates over a long period of time.</p>
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<p>>cynical optimist<p>Never heard that one before!</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2026 06:01:58 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47930888</link><dc:creator>regenschutz</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47930888</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47930888</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by regenschutz in "Work with the garage door up (2024)"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>It definitely depends on the platform, though. On GitHub, absolutely, work with the garage door up. But on some platforms, it's the complete opposite.<p>Many moons ago, I was making mod for a game and had the idea to publish it on Nexus Mods [0] so that I didn't have to bother setting anything up once I actually wanted to publish the initial release of the mod. It was not at all in a working state when I made the public page for it.<p>Imagine my surprise when I wake up the next day and have thousands of views on the page and a dozen comments berating me for publishing a mod that doesn't work...<p>Ever since then, I have had problems with working with the garage door up, even though I know that it's totally acceptable on GitHub. It's habit by now to work on everything with the garage door down, just in case...<p>[0]: <a href="https://www.nexusmods.com/" rel="nofollow">https://www.nexusmods.com/</a></p>
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<p>It would be cool to be able to see a demo page for each of the different tiers, e.g. to see how much branding there is before signing up, or how much customisatio there is, etc.</p>
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<p>What issues do you experience with the currently available sweeteners?</p>
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<p>If you're fine with a paid option (although it's source-available and distributed for "free" on their website), then Grayjay [0] is my personal favourite. I can't remember the last time I saw an error. On NewPipe, I can't say the same.<p>[0]: <a href="https://grayjay.app/" rel="nofollow">https://grayjay.app/</a></p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2026 21:19:39 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47079562</link><dc:creator>regenschutz</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47079562</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47079562</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by regenschutz in "Show HN: LatentScore – Type a mood, get procedural/ambient music (open source)"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>The Fast demo model is already very impressive. It was way better than expected, but still required being a bit verbose since it didn't seem to understand rarer words ("sauna" didn't get me anything pleasant, "hot sauna" did).<p>The generated palette seem to be a great indicator of whether the model understood the prompt or not.<p>I Haven't checked out the Python SDK yet, but it seems very interesting!<p>I'm curious to know if there is any reason for why you picked Gemma 1B for the Expressive model. Did it generate more cohesive parameters than other 1B models? Or was it just the first one you picked?</p>
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<p>Why can't they run the API at a huge loss too then??</p>
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<p>Maintaining hardware also isn't free. Time is money.</p>
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<p>I tried visiting that link on my device, and after many redirects and uBO warning screens, I ended up on an AI content farm in my native language, Swedish.</p>
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<p>>You’ve likely heard that men are not wired for monogamy, that they prefer to chase or be dominant in relationships, […]. These claims have fueled darker trends among young men, as “looksmaxxing” and the belief that attractiveness unlocks success has spread on social media.<p>>But what if none of that accepted wisdom is true?<p>Is that really generally accepted "wisdom" though? I thought it was just a sliver of young men that had those ideas. I wouldn't consider that as an accepted fact (or "wisdom", as they call it).</p>
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<p>RIP</p>
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<p>It would be nice to have some context on this. I assume there was some drama regarding this "Cognitect" organisation named. As someone not involved with Clojure at, it's difficult to understand the context for why this post was created.</p>
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<p>>Downvote right back at ya.<p>You don't even have enough karma to downvote comments though..?</p>
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<p>I don't think I am immune to propaganda, and definitely not ads. I can't stand ads at all. They immediately grab my attention, even if I make a conscious attempt at ignoring them. It truly feels terrible.<p>Even for propaganda, I am constantly made aware of my propaganda immunity being subpar for all different kinds of propaganda. Often it's just subtle seeds of propaganda that impact the choice of words that I use to be something different than what I really believe in, and sometimes it is more serious and deeper cases of propagandisation. Very unfortunate, but each time it shows me why I should be critical of everything that I read online.</p>
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