Hacker News: robk

New comment by robk in "We're no longer attracting top talent: the brain drain killing American science"

robk — Thu, 19 Feb 2026 23:12:12 +0000

I live in a civilized European country and gravely miss the freedom of speech I had in the USA that I don't here. I'm terrified one tweet will get me jailed for 30 months.

New comment by robk in "Pyrex catalog from from 1938 with hand-drawn lab glassware [pdf]"

robk — Mon, 27 Oct 2025 18:59:54 +0000

After college I got a Pyrex 5L erlenmeyer flask as a wine decanter and it's served me well two and a half decades later. Always a fun topic when people see it for the first time.

New comment by robk in "Valetudo: Cloud replacement for vacuum robots enabling local-only operation"

robk — Sat, 25 Oct 2025 17:34:59 +0000

Wow that's a sublime example of weapons grade autism on display with full self awareness.

New comment by robk in "4Chan Lawyer publishes Ofcom correspondence"

robk — Fri, 17 Oct 2025 21:01:51 +0000

Yep that sums it up. Scary.

New comment by robk in "Blender 4.5 LTS"

robk — Fri, 03 Oct 2025 07:02:27 +0000

I never understood why this is such a deal breaker. I just export The stl from Openscad then do fillets in Fusion. It's another step but usually only a few mins of clicking.

New comment by robk in "Antibiotic resistance could cause more deaths than cancer in 25 years"

robk — Mon, 22 Sep 2025 17:31:56 +0000

Bacteriophages are the answer.

New comment by robk in "Jaguar Land Rover extends shutdown after cyber attack"

robk — Tue, 09 Sep 2025 11:31:03 +0000

Just rent one from the master services agreement with Accenture or Tata haha

New comment by robk in "How Britain built some of the world’s safest roads"

robk — Mon, 08 Sep 2025 09:12:05 +0000

I don't know I'm the same and find being in the valley more stressful than the drive to wembley from central London. More taxing mentally to have insane people passing you at 100mph. The licensing is harder but still was a one shot 5 hour prep thing for me.

New comment by robk in "Tesla owes small businesses millions in unpaid bills [video]"

robk — Sat, 02 Aug 2025 04:26:39 +0000

Can you share what that means? To a non German speaker this is of no significance

New comment by robk in "Orion Browser"

robk — Thu, 31 Jul 2025 18:57:08 +0000

the drug dealer analogy hits so hard. Bravo.

New comment by robk in "The EU could be scanning your chats by October 2025"

robk — Tue, 29 Jul 2025 09:39:30 +0000

How is that xenophobic? Poor form for you.

New comment by robk in "EU age verification app to ban any Android system not licensed by Google"

robk — Mon, 28 Jul 2025 18:45:20 +0000

Why is Diego Garcia to Mauritius good for the USA?

New comment by robk in "The U.K. closed a tax loophole for the global rich, now they're fleeing"

robk — Sat, 19 Jul 2025 22:58:27 +0000

Yeah except that's the 300 richest which changes the math of the tax take.

New comment by robk in "Intel's retreat is unlike anything it's done before in Oregon"

robk — Thu, 17 Jul 2025 22:21:29 +0000

I think they did though. I remember several buddies from UIUC when I was in Folsom working solely on compilers

New comment by robk in "Major reversal in ocean circulation detected in the Southern Ocean"

robk — Fri, 04 Jul 2025 06:28:26 +0000

Why does anyone bother to respond to a throwaway?

New comment by robk in "Major reversal in ocean circulation detected in the Southern Ocean"

robk — Fri, 04 Jul 2025 06:27:01 +0000

It doesn't reflect their existing views so many will pile on with glee sadly.

New comment by robk in "Getting by on the Generosity of Strangers in Japan"

robk — Thu, 26 Jun 2025 20:51:59 +0000

She was clearly an intelligence officer not a low level diplomat or staffer

New comment by robk in "Pi-hole v6"

robk — Wed, 19 Feb 2025 19:56:00 +0000

Do yourself a favor and move from nginx to caddy

New comment by robk in "Warehousing Promises"

robk — Fri, 29 Nov 2024 08:28:14 +0000

I thought this meant JavaScript promises and was worried Promise.all() was turning into some meta database for badly architected applications :)

New comment by robk in "Google stops letting sites like Forbes rule search for "Best CBD Gummies""

robk — Thu, 21 Nov 2024 09:07:37 +0000

I think it's nick fox now and he's old school and as competent as they come