Hacker News: sirmike_

New comment by sirmike_ in "[dead]"

sirmike_ — Thu, 12 Mar 2026 17:45:48 +0000

It might as well have been vibe coded. Sloppy sloppy architecture.

New comment by sirmike_ in "Foreign tech workers are avoiding travel to the US"

sirmike_ — Wed, 31 Dec 2025 02:09:17 +0000

You seem to overly generalize. Nothing I said was racist. But you sir need your eyes checked. And uncivil attitude.

New comment by sirmike_ in "Lottocracy: Democracy Without Elections"

sirmike_ — Tue, 30 Dec 2025 20:26:19 +0000

According to YOU. What a very poor all or nothing statement. And the reader should never listen to someone who claims all or nothing here or there. Nope. Perhaps throw a bridle on your unbridled "kindly fuck off nuance" view.

New comment by sirmike_ in "Lottocracy: Democracy Without Elections"

sirmike_ — Tue, 30 Dec 2025 20:18:35 +0000

Couple questions .... what is the author's point of origin and experience with "democracy" and/or "democracies"? I mention this as the founding principals of this Lottery thing are more or less "complaints" and not values or principals really. It is very slasdash and hollow.

But this is a fun thought experiment so lets .... move on.

Why *exactly* is democracy the absolute best form of govt known to mankind? You just kinda slip that in there which is a massive assumption. And exactly which democracy is best aside from the one proposed?

For that matter exactly WHO? and I do mean WHO says that democracies aren't working? Who the fuck has the balls to say that horseshit premise?

No one is saying that. Not seriously, anywhere. No one. That ultimately is the fatal flaw for this thought experiment.

There are fundamentally different value judgments from "European" "Democracies" vs US vs Asian as examples.

Lottery based is an interesting system but not really doable the way this site lays out.

3 years is too short to do anything; unless there is a relief value where a certain percentage (by lottery) of that year's cohort can do something critical in any representative form of govt. Incumbency.

You do in fact need a slowly revolving core of representatives who can do proper work over 2-5 terms max. Otherwise its a constant nut house with nothing getting done and not near enough permanence for medium to long term solutions over time.

At the end of the day for me -- I do not think the people behind this thought this through and it shows. There isnt serious skull sweat in this thing and I think it undermines an interesting concept. I also think just because you are frustrated in democratic processes -- you are the problem.

Apathy is a choice. Ignorance is a choice. Frustration is a choice.

If you do not like your form of govt -- move, make peace with it or roll up them sleeves and get busy participating.

New comment by sirmike_ in "How Israeli actions caused famine in Gaza, visualized"

sirmike_ — Fri, 03 Oct 2025 04:08:03 +0000

uh-huh. IF there is; Hamas carries the weight. Not Israel. Take a momma bear's cub away and see the momma bear's claws. Duh.

New comment by sirmike_ in "Questions to ask when you think need to finish something"

sirmike_ — Sun, 28 Sep 2025 13:59:04 +0000

this is the same drack which appears endlessly on Linkedin and bluesky and lil blogs. Guess whatelse is pushed? the same drack in a Newsletter! Not interested and Hacker news is for so much better content than this horseshit.

New comment by sirmike_ in "Seoul says US must fix its visa system if it wants Korea's investments"

sirmike_ — Thu, 11 Sep 2025 14:28:22 +0000

Nope. South Korea can kick rocks.

New comment by sirmike_ in "Chat Control Must Be Stopped"

sirmike_ — Tue, 09 Sep 2025 01:10:27 +0000

Sounds like JD Vance was right. Huh. This with respect is the EU's monster to worry about.

New comment by sirmike_ in "I ditched Docker for Podman"

sirmike_ — Fri, 05 Sep 2025 13:46:42 +0000

ever try to dev with it on a Mac?

haha.

Nope. No thank you. Not sure if Windows has that issue.

Open-source AI is hard. Blueprints can help – Mozilla AI

sirmike_ — Thu, 27 Mar 2025 15:31:48 +0000

Article URL: https://blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla/ai/mozilla-ai-blueprints/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43494705

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

New comment by sirmike_ in "America is becoming less "woke""

sirmike_ — Sun, 29 Sep 2024 20:57:19 +0000

A good thing. "woke" is a marketing term used by people who can make a buck from it. For it or against it.

New comment by sirmike_ in "Lynn Conway has died"

sirmike_ — Fri, 14 Jun 2024 16:29:24 +0000

James Conway.

Youtubepick the Enshittification of Internet Is Here – Why and How?

sirmike_ — Wed, 17 Apr 2024 13:46:06 +0000

Article URL: https://www.apeit.ink/p/youtubepick-the-enshittification

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40064508

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

Half of Irish Youth Report Low Mental Wellbeing

sirmike_ — Tue, 16 Apr 2024 16:54:31 +0000

Article URL: https://www.apeit.ink/p/half-of-irish-youth-report-low-mental

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40054356

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

New comment by sirmike_ in "Half of Ireland's young people have low level of mental wellbeing"

sirmike_ — Tue, 16 Apr 2024 16:31:18 +0000

Oh well. Maybe they can complain to their govt about how they need more stuff and money.

New comment by sirmike_ in "The MPA has big plans to crack down on movie piracy again"

sirmike_ — Wed, 10 Apr 2024 15:54:58 +0000

This serves as a PSA to pirate more. Up 12 percent YoY from 2019.

They do not need a law to take a website to court. They can already do that. I need to find the lobbyist website which tracks how much $$$ is coming from Hollywood to DC.

New comment by sirmike_ in "OpenAI and Elon Musk"

sirmike_ — Wed, 06 Mar 2024 15:42:14 +0000

This is exactly like a plot from Silicon Valley. OA's "middle-out compression" will revolutionize the world! I agree with hackernews Habosa's starkly simple comment. These people are up their own ass.

New comment by sirmike_ in "Elon Musk sues Sam Altman, Greg Brockman, and OpenAI [pdf]"

sirmike_ — Fri, 01 Mar 2024 20:20:47 +0000

Man that is thick.

- Elon Musk founded OpenAI in 2015 with Sam Altman and Dario Amodei to develop artificial general intelligence (AGI) that would benefit humanity, not for-profit interests? - OpenAI was established as a non-profit with the goal of open-sourcing its technology when possible? - In 2020, OpenAI licensed its GPT-3 language model exclusively to Microsoft, going against its mission? - By 2023, Microsoft researchers said GPT-4 demonstrated early signs of AGI capabilities. However, OpenAI did not make it openly available? - In 2023, Sam Altman and Dario Amodei took actions that led to a change in OpenAI's board and direction towards profiting Microsoft over public benefit? - The plaintiff alleges this violated the original agreement between Musk, Altman and Amodei to develop AGI for humanity's benefit as a non-profit? - The plaintiff is seeking damages and to compel OpenAI to return to its original non-profit mission of developing safe and openly available AGI? - Key concerns are that for-profit interests now influence whether OpenAI technology is deemed an AGI and how it is used? - The change in direction away from the non-profit public interest mission damaged public trust in OpenAI? - The suit alleges OpenAI's actions constitute unfair business practices under California law?

I guess we will see if these are answered. Personally, I do not trust Musk nor Altman. Approach them from a corner is what I am saying. OpenAI while their idiot savant in chatGPT is interesting. It is hardly worth paying for with such vast gulfs between good and useable answers and the usual terrible or lazy ones you get normally. While it is important to have a basic ruleset for AI, not when it comes to making it pre-k playground rules. No innovation can be truly had with such onerous and too polite rules today. Narrow AI indeed.

New comment by sirmike_ in "There's More Proof That Return to Office Is Pointless"

sirmike_ — Wed, 31 Jan 2024 15:02:24 +0000

Well of course it is a power play or grab. But you what? It is the same thing when I look for a sidegig or new day job and tell recruiters representing companies -- Remote only. Thanks, but no thanks for hybrid.

New comment by sirmike_ in "How we had our Nectar Points stolen, and this is how yours will be too"

sirmike_ — Mon, 29 Jan 2024 16:22:57 +0000

Ok, and the lesson was you still trust this service?

That is insane. Why would you stick with an irresponsible company? Unless it is a cultural thing and they are the Walmart of that local area?

I do not get it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KjmjqlOPd6A