Hacker News: rmason

An argument with Om about Wired spawned this newsletter. RIP brother

rmason — Sun, 28 Jun 2026 02:32:58 +0000

Article URL: https://crazystupidtech.com/2026/06/27/how-an-argument-with-om-spawned-this-newsletter-rip-brother/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48703800

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

Dan Primack – Remembering Om Malik

rmason — Fri, 26 Jun 2026 19:58:11 +0000

Article URL: https://www.axios.com/2026/06/26/om-malik-remembered

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48691239

Points: 3

# Comments: 1

Silicon Valley Has an Empathy Vacuum (2016)

rmason — Thu, 25 Jun 2026 23:53:33 +0000

Article URL: https://www.newyorker.com/business/currency/silicon-valley-has-an-empathy-vacuum

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48680727

Points: 26

# Comments: 14

New comment by rmason in "Om Malik has died"

rmason — Thu, 25 Jun 2026 21:49:37 +0000

I started out as journalist so I always appreciated great writing when I reinvented myself as a tech entrepreneur. There were three writers beginning in the nineties who were my tech troika: Kevin Kelly, George Gilder and Om Malik. Sadly now the only one still writing regularly is Kevin Kelly.

My Pele Agent Trading the World Cup Prediction Markets with AI and Crypto

rmason — Wed, 24 Jun 2026 19:54:57 +0000

Article URL: https://avc.xyz/my-pele-agent

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48664887

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

New comment by rmason in "The Science That Turned Lizard Venom into GLP-1s Is Under Attack"

rmason — Sun, 21 Jun 2026 19:49:26 +0000

For those lacking a subscription: https://archive.is/GoDZ9#selection-679.0-679.64

The Science That Turned Lizard Venom into GLP-1s Is Under Attack

rmason — Sun, 21 Jun 2026 19:49:06 +0000

Article URL: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/20/opinion/glp1-research-science-funding.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48621997

Points: 8

# Comments: 2

Read Zero Knowledge As I Write It (crypto thriller)

rmason — Sat, 20 Jun 2026 19:23:20 +0000

Article URL: https://feld.com/archives/2026/06/read-zero-knowledge-as-i-write-it/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48612135

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

Delete Doesn't Mean Deleted. Just Ask OpenAI

rmason — Fri, 19 Jun 2026 20:55:12 +0000

Article URL: https://lindsaygross1.substack.com/p/delete-doesnt-mean-deleted-just-ask

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48603143

Points: 10

# Comments: 0

OpenMontage the first open-source, agentic video production system

rmason — Thu, 18 Jun 2026 23:08:38 +0000

Article URL: https://github.com/calesthio/OpenMontage

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48592834

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

The smartphone's days are numbered. Meet the device that could come next

rmason — Thu, 18 Jun 2026 19:32:51 +0000

Article URL: https://fortune.com/2026/05/18/smartphones-days-numbered-ai-wearable-devices/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48590383

Points: 3

# Comments: 2

Ben Forta - The UK's Social Media Ban: Necessary, and Bound to Fail

rmason — Mon, 15 Jun 2026 22:49:00 +0000

Article URL: https://forta.com/blog/the-uks-social-media-ban-necessary-and-bound-to-fail

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48548089

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

AI Image Generation from CFML in One Function Call

rmason — Mon, 15 Jun 2026 20:03:09 +0000

Article URL: https://blog.kukiel.dev/posts/cfml-ai-images-with-cloudflare.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48546320

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

TransAstra aims to move 100-ton asteroid to stable orbit for processing (3/26)

rmason — Mon, 15 Jun 2026 18:58:20 +0000

Article URL: https://spacenews.com/transastra-aims-to-move-100-ton-asteroid-to-stable-orbit-for-processing/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48545538

Points: 3

# Comments: 1

Brad Feld – Does the Rule of 40 Work for Hardware?

rmason — Mon, 15 Jun 2026 18:56:22 +0000

Article URL: https://feld.com/archives/2026/06/does-the-rule-of-40-work-for-hardware/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48545510

Points: 11

# Comments: 0

New comment by rmason in "Michigan Lawmakers Want to Ban Chinese-Tagged Cars from Even Visiting the State"

rmason — Sat, 13 Jun 2026 20:22:52 +0000

This is unenforceable and imho ridiculous. Canadians are now going to be able to buy Chinese vehicles under a agreement just signed between those two countries. So we are going to arrest them when they try to cross the border in Detroit to catch a baseball game?

GenZ fled SF for TX and FL turning 'welcomer cities' into next big tech towns

rmason — Sat, 13 Jun 2026 20:00:47 +0000

Article URL: https://fortune.com/article/why-is-gen-z-moving-to-nashville-orlando-next-big-tech-towns/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48520856

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

New comment by rmason in "A dumpster arrived behind my university's library"

rmason — Fri, 12 Jun 2026 22:17:17 +0000

Mu sister and I gave my late parents sizeable library to the East Lansing public library, a place the entire family adored. They gave us a document that detailed that most of the books would be sold and the money would be used to support the library. We were OK with that and knew in advance that would happen. They have two large sales a year and receive more money than if they just sold them to a broker and the books stay in the community.

This doesn't happen everywhere. I have an old friend who like me is a fan of Michigan history. Every time he bought a book on his rural county or its towns he'd give a copy to his local library. Twenty years in he found out they were just selling them to brokers for ten to twenty percent of the cover price. Now he gives the list price of the book to the library with the understanding they use it for books of history.

Tim O'Reilly – Look at the rate of change, not the volume

rmason — Wed, 10 Jun 2026 20:27:32 +0000

Article URL: https://twitter.com/timoreilly/status/2064717328793874632

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48482177

Points: 4

# Comments: 0

Woman Gets on Route 66. Then She Starts Hearing Music Coming from Her Tires

rmason — Tue, 09 Jun 2026 20:14:42 +0000

Article URL: https://www.motor1.com/news/798011/route-66-missouri-musical-road/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48467028

Points: 19

# Comments: 17