Hacker News: skyberrys

New comment by skyberrys in "Oomwoo, an open-source robot vacuum you build yourself"

skyberrys — Thu, 02 Jul 2026 04:34:49 +0000

The name is exciting to me. I've been a multiple time robot vacuum owner and it does have an appeal to be able to see a fresh build dissected like this. Why not contribute to this project instead of having a go all on my own, except of course with my AI helpers. I could pick the vacuum control board for the motors and sensors. I have some thoughts on brushes too.

It's a good point, vibe coding does lend itself to fast splitting among developers with the intent of recombining quickly too into a larger project.

New comment by skyberrys in "Ask HN: You have one year to make $1M. What's your plan?"

skyberrys — Sun, 28 Jun 2026 20:15:35 +0000

Micron stock buy, sell in one year. Memory is getting very pricey, it is the wooden handles of the 'when everyone digs for gold, make money from selling shovels'. Perhaps Nvidia is the decently shaped metal shovel head.

New comment by skyberrys in "An "infovore" shares his chats"

skyberrys — Sun, 28 Jun 2026 04:31:37 +0000

Thanks for sharing, it is like seeing a small digital portrait, these old chats showing what a human once said to an AI.

New comment by skyberrys in "An "infovore" shares his chats"

skyberrys — Sat, 27 Jun 2026 16:26:51 +0000

I like how this blog is encouraging the sharing of conversations with AI. It is endlessly surprising to me how other people use AI. So often I think I would never have thought of that! But occasionally I say, Hey I did the same thing! With this read it was the travel itinerary, it's really helpful to find places to stop while driving.

New comment by skyberrys in "Ask HN: I miss old days of blogging without promotions"

skyberrys — Thu, 25 Jun 2026 05:10:38 +0000

This is a very deserving use of the word ironic. What are the odds it finds other AI written blog posts? How long before it crafts you a custom blog author for you to enjoy.

New comment by skyberrys in "OpenAI unveils its first custom chip, built by Broadcom"

skyberrys — Wed, 24 Jun 2026 19:05:19 +0000

The new chip sounds like it's vustom made to accelerate a few specific models they really need to run fast. The advantage is it's truly and ASIC, not a xPU. There are several new startups targeting EDA tooling automation, Chip Agents is the biggest one I can think of but their are smaller players too, Silimate is one I recall. These companies are focusing on building fast AI powered tools to speed up the tape out cycle.

New comment by skyberrys in "AI has already killed academia as we know it?"

skyberrys — Wed, 24 Jun 2026 00:22:53 +0000

The grant application process is wild now, half the questions I'm to respond to feel AI generated as well. I feel certain that the reviewers are just taking my responses and feeding them.into another AI to evaluate too.

New comment by skyberrys in "The worthlessness of Vitamin D is mildly exaggerated"

skyberrys — Tue, 23 Jun 2026 22:10:53 +0000

The charts showing vitamin D not helping, but also slightly hurting make the topic more relevant. The title is almost too flippant of the conclusions which is don't just take more than necessary,because it's likely to actively cause harm not just slightly increase your vitamin D.

New comment by skyberrys in "Tell HN: I never bought anything from clicking on a paid ad"

skyberrys — Tue, 23 Jun 2026 12:53:32 +0000

This makes me wonder why the AI economy is considered a bubble when we already did an advertising supported internet as a bubble. The whole ad supported internet seemed to have such low drivers of revenue to the advertisers (at least as far as I can tell without people clicking on ads), compared to today's success with AI subscriptions.

New comment by skyberrys in "Slow breathing modulates brain function and risk behavior"

skyberrys — Sun, 21 Jun 2026 21:24:55 +0000

Might VR boxing be a possible alternative to actually being hit? I don't think our brains distinguish well between actually being hurt and feeling the stress of the game. For instance I used to study for tests while my husband played violent video games with loud sounds because all the screaming was stressful for me and so was actually taking the test. So the combination of studying under stress and taking the test under stress helped me retain the knowledge better.

New comment by skyberrys in "Designing a backyard deck for my house"

skyberrys — Sat, 20 Jun 2026 16:28:51 +0000

Digging 4' deck footings or shoveling 3/4" clear stones all day? It sounds like a recipe for back injury, we should all figure out how to use technology to solve these problems for us instead. I do appreciate the sentiment though. Sometimes just doing it yourself is more satisfying than watching a machine work.

New comment by skyberrys in "The 2-Year Apartment Rule"

skyberrys — Sat, 20 Jun 2026 03:39:47 +0000

I very much appreciate all of the replies, everyone is sharing their knowledge and it helps me feel more informed on what to do.

New comment by skyberrys in "The 2-Year Apartment Rule"

skyberrys — Thu, 18 Jun 2026 13:34:09 +0000

Trailer park in California. It's a prefab kit built accessory room. The main part of the trailer is normal, just this accessory room is built out of aluminum panels (about 3' x 9' per panel) and then plenty of single pane windows.

New comment by skyberrys in "The 2-Year Apartment Rule"

skyberrys — Thu, 18 Jun 2026 12:49:28 +0000

Maybe everyone here can help me. I bought a house with an accessory addon already built, but it's walls and roof are very cheap aluminum. It's a constant source of mold. I'm at the point where I want to demolish it and rebuild properly. Some contractors I've spoken with instead encourage me to just frame out inside the existing aluminum box and get double pane windows instead. I don't think that will solve the problem though, these cheap aluminum panels are so full of mold now how would putting fresh wood over the panels solve anything, in 4 years I'll just have more mold growing over the interior frame out if I don't demolish and rebuild the whole thing with proper moisture barriers on the exterior and underside of the accessory room.

New comment by skyberrys in "Show HN: Play the US President in the real current week; your timeline forks"

skyberrys — Thu, 18 Jun 2026 00:12:56 +0000

Wow what a crazy game simulation. The worst part about it is the ridiculous starting point we are already at.

I like the concept though. I guess I want to play as a different POTUS.

New comment by skyberrys in "Show HN: I built a spelling app for kids with my 7-year-old"

skyberrys — Thu, 18 Jun 2026 00:09:36 +0000

The app looks neat, my k-5 kids aren't allowed phones yet.

New comment by skyberrys in "Apple's weird anti-nausea dots cured my car sickness"

skyberrys — Tue, 16 Jun 2026 17:40:21 +0000

I have the same question. It would be convenient to be able to be a passenger for once without feeling like the world is escaping from me.

New comment by skyberrys in "Tell HN: Claude is completely unusable for biology"

skyberrys — Tue, 16 Jun 2026 00:04:31 +0000

Well it's not biology related, but Claude is the only model that has told me things that seem benign are racist or self harming for general conversations. These were not at all in that direction. They were very basic queries about how to reactivate an old app account or a question about the ingredients in a food dish image.

New comment by skyberrys in "How to earn a billion dollars"

skyberrys — Mon, 15 Jun 2026 00:38:28 +0000

I think it's missing the outflow. Any startup could have a big growth rate, but founders who are empathetic will also have an outflow from their own resources to the resources they are managing, meaning to sustain the growth rate as the years pass more of the earned growth has to be distributed to increase the growth rate. In summary acquiring new customers costs more money the bigger you are.

New comment by skyberrys in "Ask HN: What are you working on? (June 2026)"

skyberrys — Sun, 14 Jun 2026 17:52:05 +0000

Drawing a soul sounds inspiring. I could give it a go sometime. When you asked I realized I still hold a mental model of a spirit animal.