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New comment by schmudde in "Kentucky man becomes the first humanist granted religious exemption from AI"

schmudde — Wed, 28 Oct 2026 14:57:09 +0000

In the Berry style, I can say that I don't need to use AI because my wife can do all the statistical inference I need.

New comment by schmudde in "Marginalia Search, Money, C++, Rust, AI, Stuff"

schmudde — Mon, 26 Oct 2026 14:12:15 +0000

> OpenThropic IPOs, vocal shareholders from Ferenginar quite insistently ask where they money at, token prices go up singificantly: Only a problem if you’re dependent on AI.

Exactly. People are going to be surprised when they can't afford to maintain their own code.

Enabling Researchers Is a Moral Imperative

schmudde — Mon, 26 Oct 2026 13:55:50 +0000

Article URL: https://www.yorba.co/internet-less/enabling-researchers-is-a-moral-imperative

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50243782

Points: 1

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Enabling Researchers Is a Moral Imperative

schmudde — Sat, 24 Oct 2026 15:58:44 +0000

Article URL: https://www.yorba.co/internet-less/enabling-researchers-is-a-moral-imperative

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50222543

Points: 1

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New comment by schmudde in "Brothers Karamazov was Einstein's favorite novel"

schmudde — Sun, 11 Oct 2026 09:04:11 +0000

I actually agree with Collison - although I have to admit I never thought about Brothers K so deeply. It never engendered that response from me.

The Idiot is my favorite Dostoyevsky novel. The Prince's good nature were also his flaws. This leads to so many profound scenes and scenarios. And it gives greater texture to Christian philosophy and the image of Christ than any other analysis I have ever read.

"The House of the Dead" changed the way I looked at prisons, "Crime and Punishment" about ego and justice, "Notes From Underground" about the lone genius - I can't say that Brothers K. gave me any of this.

The numbers are against small and medium-sized startups

schmudde — Sun, 11 Oct 2026 08:48:29 +0000

Article URL: https://www.yorba.co/internet-less/unimaginably-large

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50041024

Points: 1

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New comment by schmudde in "Grieving the Loss of Details"

schmudde — Fri, 25 Sep 2026 15:01:15 +0000

> Closer to reality, I can’t experiment with cooking without understanding the underlying chemistry. Generally speaking, I can’t use something I don’t understand completely – if it doesn’t click, I can’t work with it.

But there is always more detail to learn?

Escaping the Paradox of More

schmudde — Fri, 25 Sep 2026 14:58:37 +0000

Article URL: https://www.yorba.co/internet-less/escaping-the-paradox-of-more

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49845606

Points: 1

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New comment by schmudde in "College Is Coming Apart After Successive, Overlapping Crises"

schmudde — Mon, 21 Sep 2026 11:37:35 +0000

The article only mentions tuition once - which is the original sin of US universities.

I have generally found that US Americans don't really understand the incredible value that these institutions bring to the overall culture and economy. Thus the broader population has a will to critique but no will to improve the situation.

New comment by schmudde in "The addiction of online sports gambling: "Like crack in the '80s""

schmudde — Mon, 21 Sep 2026 11:34:33 +0000

The pace at which sports betting has changed in the USA is incredible. I grew up with Pete Rose not getting into the baseball hall of fame. Not it's impossible to imagine that athletes are not betting on games. And more importantly, there is the social cost:

"One UCLA study published earlier this year found that in states that legalized sports gambling online, bankruptcies and credit card delinquencies increased about 25%. A survey by the National Council on Problem Gambling found 8% of American adults, almost 20 million people, reported experiencing at least one indicator of problematic gambling behavior "many times" in the past year. "

New comment by schmudde in "Ask HN: What is the most career altering course or book you have gone through?"

schmudde — Wed, 16 Sep 2026 21:19:23 +0000

"The Annotated Turing" - I didn't know you could meaningfully intertwine biography and technical analysis like that.

New comment by schmudde in "Is anyone else losing their motivation to nerd out and tinker because of AI?"

schmudde — Wed, 16 Sep 2026 20:42:20 +0000

I've always had more projects than I do time. And it's easy for me to be selective about where I might use an LLM. So no changes here.

New comment by schmudde in "Generative art over the years"

schmudde — Fri, 10 Apr 2026 15:59:20 +0000

Been getting into Rudy Rucker, who was funded by the AutoCAD folks to do cellular automata research: https://www.fourmilab.ch/cellab/.

Autodesk funded some really interesting projects.

Favorite programmer website (non-blog)

schmudde — Wed, 08 Apr 2026 15:37:10 +0000

I recently stumbled across John Walker's awesome old website. What a gem of personality and interests: https://www.fourmilab.ch/.

What's your favorite website made by a programmer that isn't just a blog?

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47691693

Points: 2

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Signals in the Fire: The Impact of Banning Global Tech in Nepal

schmudde — Thu, 18 Sep 2025 14:52:51 +0000

Article URL: https://schmud.de/posts/2025-09-18-signs-in-the-fire-kathmandu.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45290443

Points: 1

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Wikidata and Mundaneum – The Triumph of the Commons

schmudde — Tue, 16 Sep 2025 12:48:09 +0000

Article URL: https://schmud.de/programs/2025-09-02-wikidata-mundaneum.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45261509

Points: 2

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19 Dead in Kathmandu Social Media ban protests

schmudde — Tue, 09 Sep 2025 06:48:27 +0000

Article URL: https://kathmandupost.com/national/2025/09/08/nepal-s-gen-z-uprising-explained

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45178369

Points: 2

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Share how your code defines our world for UNESCO Exhibit

schmudde — Thu, 21 Aug 2025 11:54:04 +0000

Article URL: https://www.softwareheritage.org/2025/07/07/code-exhibit-unesco-cfp/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44971619

Points: 1

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A Cold War Kit for Surviving a Nuclear Attack

schmudde — Mon, 04 Aug 2025 08:45:18 +0000

Article URL: https://spectrum.ieee.org/civil-defense-cold-war

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44783332

Points: 2

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New comment by schmudde in "Decoding Secrets: How military medals exposed Russia's SIGINT network"

schmudde — Fri, 18 Jul 2025 08:27:08 +0000

Trevor Paglen had a similar project for US military SIGINT. It's interesting how much more "serious" the Russian insignias are than the US patches. I have a few pictures here: https://schmud.de/books/i-could-tell-you-but-then.html