Hacker News: rmason

New comment by rmason in "Three schoolgirls in Kinsale pulled up a pea plant covered in warts (2014)"

rmason — Thu, 03 Sep 2026 20:53:59 +0000

I read the article and know the discovery was made in Ireland. This is how science is supposed to work. Is it 'cultural imperialism' if American universities build on the work of these Irish girls? Science would move a lot slower if a countries scientists all had to operate in national silos.

UW pays $600K to settle lawsuit with CS prof over parody land acknowledgment

rmason — Thu, 03 Sep 2026 20:49:29 +0000

Article URL: https://www.geekwire.com/2026/uw-pays-600k-to-settle-lawsuit-with-computer-science-professor-over-parody-land-acknowledgment/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49556744

Points: 9

# Comments: 2

New comment by rmason in "Three schoolgirls in Kinsale pulled up a pea plant covered in warts (2016)"

rmason — Thu, 03 Sep 2026 07:10:34 +0000

For years the holy grail has been for corn to produce its own nitrogen. This could be a small step in the right direction. Interested to see what happens when some of the great American agricultural schools further this experiment.

New comment by rmason in "GOP carpetbagger claims she's not charged with fraud – records say otherwise"

rmason — Thu, 03 Sep 2026 05:37:30 +0000

Exactly, but he was in the New York media market and didn't get investigated if I remember correctly until he was already in office.

New comment by rmason in "GOP carpetbagger claims she's not charged with fraud – records say otherwise"

rmason — Thu, 03 Sep 2026 02:12:43 +0000

I am a journalism grad and 25 years ago the local press would investigate all candidates and this would have been discovered long before the primary. Now it is left to the independent journalists who lack the resources but are punching way above their weight. She isn't likely to win as this is a solid Democratic district. Because she stood little chance of winning even the state party didn't investigate her background either.

GOP carpetbagger claims she's not charged with fraud – records say otherwise

rmason — Thu, 03 Sep 2026 02:07:27 +0000

Article URL: https://www.rawstory.com/gop-midterm-2677805068/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49545137

Points: 5

# Comments: 3

SaaSpocalypse

rmason — Wed, 02 Sep 2026 21:50:30 +0000

Article URL: https://mail.bigdeskenergy.com/p/saaspocalypse

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49543048

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by rmason in "Mamdani Bans AI in NYC Schools"

rmason — Wed, 02 Sep 2026 21:49:17 +0000

This makes about as much sense to me as banning all personal computers in the eighties from schools. You are putting these kids at a decided disadvantage.

Finger: The 1971 Social network that never died

rmason — Wed, 02 Sep 2026 20:42:46 +0000

Article URL: https://en.andros.dev/blog/54572bc7/finger-the-1971-social-network-that-never-died/?_hsenc=p2ANqtz--pv4fybuzHFB-CcNoPFCmJvV1uVEx1ErZOdppjR3S15eLesh4SVPA9RP8miw8dX2BUzCaCIYCII8X-5uw3EFD1kel1bg&_hsmi=436773493

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49542256

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

How A Tweet Changed My Life

rmason — Wed, 02 Sep 2026 20:41:13 +0000

Article URL: https://hugorcd.com/writing/how-a-tweet-changed-my-life

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49542237

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

New comment by rmason in "ChatBlackGPT"

rmason — Tue, 01 Sep 2026 22:39:38 +0000

What if someone created a culturally oriented AI for black people? Well a team of black Detroit women did just that. I think its an interesting idea but I am not the target audience.

ChatBlackGPT

rmason — Tue, 01 Sep 2026 22:36:34 +0000

Article URL: https://chatblackgpt.com/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49529201

Points: 1

# Comments: 1

Steve Jobs, Closed Macs, and Me: A Guest Post (Del Yocum)

rmason — Tue, 01 Sep 2026 22:18:30 +0000

Article URL: https://pogueman.substack.com/p/steve-jobs-closed-macs-and-me-a-guest

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49529001

Points: 6

# Comments: 0

OpenAI and Anthropic are ruining San Francisco

rmason — Mon, 31 Aug 2026 19:24:34 +0000

Article URL: https://www.sfgate.com/local/article/open-ai-anthropic-ruining-sf-22404657.php?taid=6a91b0cb1aac090001326857&utm_campaign=trueanthem%2B3984&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49513840

Points: 3

# Comments: 1

Should your Claude Code sessions cache for five minutes, or an hour?

rmason — Mon, 31 Aug 2026 19:22:08 +0000

Article URL: https://cacheanalyzer.com/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49513804

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

Refugee engineer filled bottles with sand to build his grandmother a desert home

rmason — Fri, 28 Aug 2026 20:10:03 +0000

Article URL: https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/in-2016-a-refugee-engineer-filled-discarded-bottles-with-sand-to-build-his-grandmother-a-safer-desert-home-the-experiment-expanded-into-25-houses/articleshow/133539209.cms

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49483599

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

Tim O'Reilly – Writing with AI

rmason — Thu, 27 Aug 2026 21:27:50 +0000

Article URL: https://oreillyradar.substack.com/p/writing-with-ai

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49471504

Points: 4

# Comments: 1

New comment by rmason in "Bill Gates proposes major limits on AI development"

rmason — Thu, 27 Aug 2026 21:26:43 +0000

This is the same guy who said users would never need machines with more than 640K of RAM. Decades later he denied every saying it. But I am old enough to remember when he said it. He never claimed to have been misquoted at the time!

Bill Gates proposes major limits on AI development

rmason — Thu, 27 Aug 2026 21:24:30 +0000

Article URL: https://www.cnn.com/2026/08/26/business/bill-gates-wants-limits-on-ai

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49471473

Points: 1

# Comments: 3

Crypto's Killer App: Buying the Government It Once Defied

rmason — Wed, 26 Aug 2026 20:48:42 +0000

Article URL: https://jeffreylminch.substack.com/p/cryptos-killer-app-buying-the-government

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49455692

Points: 11

# Comments: 2