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New comment by rkomorn in "South Korea to spend $1T on more memory chip production and humanoid robots"

rkomorn — Tue, 30 Jun 2026 01:06:00 +0000

Maybe they're asking what your argument against buying a second set of arms is, rather than suggesting it as a solution?

New comment by rkomorn in "Chuwi Minibook X"

rkomorn — Tue, 02 Jun 2026 07:45:36 +0000

Again: I bought a max spec model when it was released.

I didn't wait years to buy the max spec model of a previous generation or something.

I'm well aware CPUs got better and whatever arguments people want to make.

None of this changes the fact that the initial 11" MBA was borderline obsolete from launch.

New comment by rkomorn in "The Pirate Bay Remains Resilient, 20 Years After the Raid"

rkomorn — Tue, 02 Jun 2026 06:28:22 +0000

You can stop doing the right thing without doing the wrong thing.

New comment by rkomorn in "Chuwi Minibook X"

rkomorn — Mon, 01 Jun 2026 08:23:01 +0000

Sure, but the 11" MBA I bought was max specs at the time it was released and the point is: it didn't last long.

New comment by rkomorn in "Chuwi Minibook X"

rkomorn — Mon, 01 Jun 2026 08:21:16 +0000

I guess, but that kinda means I would've needed to improve my 11" MBA's longevity by buying another, more recent, 11" MBA though. :)

New comment by rkomorn in "Chuwi Minibook X"

rkomorn — Mon, 01 Jun 2026 05:43:47 +0000

I loved mine but I'd be lying if I said it gave me three years of acceptable performance.

Sure, I can blame Chrome and JS, but ultimately, the core 2 duo and 8GB RAM did not keep up very long.

New comment by rkomorn in "Meta launches Instagram, Facebook, and WhatsApp subscriptions"

rkomorn — Sun, 31 May 2026 18:39:47 +0000

$50 a moth? How about just a lightbulb and an open window?

New comment by rkomorn in "Remind HN: Today is Mother's Day, call your moms"

rkomorn — Sun, 10 May 2026 17:43:02 +0000

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Men%27s_Day

New comment by rkomorn in "US Government releases first batch of UAP documents and videos"

rkomorn — Sat, 09 May 2026 21:47:51 +0000

Could it just be the comment is too old? IIRC, comments that are over ~24h old can no longer be downvoted.

New comment by rkomorn in "Aids Creeps Back in Parts of Zambia, a Year After U.S. Cuts to HIV Assistance"

rkomorn — Sat, 09 May 2026 16:25:34 +0000

Off topic but this was the entire joke behind a South Park episode.

New comment by rkomorn in "The FCC Wants Your ID Before You Get a Phone Number"

rkomorn — Sat, 09 May 2026 16:22:53 +0000

I'm pretty sure I've had to show ID going to the doctor's office as well.

New comment by rkomorn in "Tesla is recalling its cheaper Cybertruck because the wheels might fall off"

rkomorn — Fri, 08 May 2026 14:59:14 +0000

I was going to ask if you were making a joke or just too tired to spell mnemonic correctly, but they would've been pneumatic, not pneumonic.

Edit: oh, boo, you fixed it.

New comment by rkomorn in "Three Inverse Laws of AI"

rkomorn — Wed, 06 May 2026 05:37:17 +0000

> vegetarians still happily eat fish

I've not met any vegetarians in at least twenty years that eat fish.

New comment by rkomorn in "Meta in row after workers who saw smart glasses users having sex lose jobs"

rkomorn — Thu, 30 Apr 2026 21:06:12 +0000

Wasn't the FBI doing some pretty questionable stuff with regards to MLK during said civil rights movement?

Eg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COINTELPRO

I guess "other forces were worse" can certainly be true, but then how low are we holding the bar?

New comment by rkomorn in "How Mark Klein told the EFF about Room 641A [book excerpt]"

rkomorn — Thu, 30 Apr 2026 18:00:49 +0000

Not sure what your point is?

New comment by rkomorn in "How Mark Klein told the EFF about Room 641A [book excerpt]"

rkomorn — Thu, 30 Apr 2026 17:38:25 +0000

> as though by an algorithm

How can you tell the difference between an algorithm and topics genuinely being consistently unpopular, though?

> Would anyone be surprised if the agencies are themselves running bots, algorithms and accounts to affect visibility of discourse on threads like these?

On HN specifically? Yeah.

On actually popular platforms? No.

New comment by rkomorn in "Coffee with a splash of physics: how to make the most out of your brew"

rkomorn — Wed, 29 Apr 2026 14:53:14 +0000

I've somewhat recently found out that I enjoy hand grinding beans and having the resulting coffee quite a bit.

There's something about the sound, the smell, and the feeling once the last bean is ground, that just works for me.

Maybe some years ago I'd have chastised my future self for enjoying something I certainly couldn't identify in a blind test, but nowadays I'm all for "whatever works."

New comment by rkomorn in "Who Killed the Florida Orange?"

rkomorn — Wed, 22 Apr 2026 19:19:52 +0000

I never understood why grape flavored things taste the way they do until I (accidentally) bought Concord grapes.

That said, "delicious" is definitely a matter of opinion.

New comment by rkomorn in "A Periodic Map of Cheese"

rkomorn — Tue, 21 Apr 2026 20:18:13 +0000

Okay?

Lots of European cheeses still use animal rennet, including several well known AOC (or PDO in English, I guess) ones with recognizable names.

I can check Wikipedia all I want but that doesn't make several of the cheeses I like to buy vegetarian.

New comment by rkomorn in "A Periodic Map of Cheese"

rkomorn — Tue, 21 Apr 2026 20:03:32 +0000

Lots of cheese is curdled using rennet, which can come from stomachs of killed calves.