<rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Hacker News: sokka_h2otribe</title><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=sokka_h2otribe</link><description>Hacker News RSS</description><docs>https://hnrss.org/</docs><generator>hnrss v2.1.1</generator><lastBuildDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 12:41:52 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://hnrss.org/user?id=sokka_h2otribe" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"></atom:link><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by sokka_h2otribe in "Electric motor scaling laws and inertia in robot actuators"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Another way to look at it, is that bldc motors are sort of like solenoids with the motion between between poles of the motor. There's a limit in both cases to what you can do and how much flux you can push</p>
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<p>You too were inspired by the children's light up shoes? I know I was</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2026 11:46:39 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47349316</link><dc:creator>sokka_h2otribe</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47349316</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47349316</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by sokka_h2otribe in "Can a wealthy family change the course of a deadly brain disease?"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Uhh, you know you could skip the vaccine and just call it a tax..</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 07 Mar 2026 05:03:09 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47284646</link><dc:creator>sokka_h2otribe</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47284646</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47284646</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by sokka_h2otribe in "Show HN: I reverse-engineered car lease math against three real dealer documents"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I got halfway through. I'm tired of AI writing sometimes here. <<That's what most calculators get wrong>>. Not, that's $11, it's NOT very significant.<p>AI slop ATM seems to indicate heavy importance on all your sentences, but not all of your sentences are that important. It makes it harder for me to skim personally, and ultimately, it's harder to edit because it "sounds" ok as it is (even when it's not.)<p>But, in my experience, the AI writing slop [negative experience] is everywhere here.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2026 14:56:32 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47248395</link><dc:creator>sokka_h2otribe</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47248395</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47248395</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by sokka_h2otribe in "Show HN: I spent 3 years reverse-engineering a 40 yo stock market sim from 1986"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I honestly think you're wildly missing the point.<p>Writing is not about writing. Admittedly, that is a trick sentence [what does it mean??] and it exists because I'm trying to get you to re-evaluate my next words. And, I am doing this because I think you are missing the point.<p>Writing is about organizing your thoughts. You cannot have someone else organize your thoughts. Once you approach writing as a thought excercise, and <i>not</i> an output excercise, then there is a world of nuance and writing is more than just organizing your thoughts.<p>Further, you have allegedly spent 3 years on this. I know you're busy. That said, you can certainly spend 3 days on writing if you spent 3 years working on this.<p>Please don't double down on acting like everyone is just a hater. There is more depth to the criticism than I think is being acknowledged.<p>P.s, if you feel "blocked" writing and think of it as just about output, try this:
(0) Ask yourself what you want to convey, why; to whom. 
(1) Write without inhibition
(2) Edit, cut, delete.  Refer to (0); look at what seems higher word count in proportion to its value.<p>There are other tips to editing and writing. This is one rough off the cuff formula that I think tracks & may benefit you, especially since you seem to see yourself as a worse writer than you may actually be.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 14 Feb 2026 17:18:56 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47016267</link><dc:creator>sokka_h2otribe</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47016267</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47016267</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by sokka_h2otribe in "Show HN: I spent 3 years reverse-engineering a 40 yo stock market sim from 1986"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>It has nothing to do with missing "coauthored by Claude"<p>The problem is you're wasting other people's time, with long and low quality writing.<p>One of the points of writing your own words is to gather your own thoughts. The value of writing skills is to organize the delivery. But the first point is that they are your thoughts.<p>I think your replies are seriously missing the criticism.</p>
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<p>The problem with that attitude is it normalizes it, which is extra scary for military</p>
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<p>I think the procedure is being misinterpreted. This isn't a scam, it's just a common social convention. It's not a scam by the waiter because they have a limited amount they can do this for and they have just chosen to do it for you.</p>
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<p>To whatever degree you are serious, this can be a phase change thing.<p>Cheese melting takes energy
Cheese freezing, releases energy.<p>So you do actually get the temperature to remain at the melting point of the cheese for a longer period of time if you have enough % cheese to be significant.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 03 Feb 2026 15:26:13 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46872147</link><dc:creator>sokka_h2otribe</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46872147</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46872147</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by sokka_h2otribe in "Surely the crash of the US economy has to be soon"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Refinancing and loans work differently outside of the U.S. what I don't remember is exactly how. If I recall, you can't refinance without paying</p>
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<p>Arguably, an 800 person town is likely quite far from most.</p>
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<p>Op is saying it sounds like it was written like an LLM</p>
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<p>How are you disagreeing? I think your point is separate?<p>Poster above is making a claim about what brings us into our body-experiences, or what takes us out. Technically mostly noting that technology takes us out of the somatic experience.<p>Accessibility? Meditation apps? There are things with technology that allow us to be more connected with each other and ourselves in some ways. But not really to the somatic experience of their body, the world around them.<p>Generally if I understand OP correctly, I strongly agree. As a techie it took me a long time to understand the somatic experience as the missing part to my world view and thinking.</p>
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<p>Some good reasons:<p>-gotta hang them somehow, and in a very controlled way.<p>-thermal expansion, very important not to cause axial strain on a cable, which happens on tight bends.<p>You might think it would be enough to just have slack "somewhere" but I think you get to have many many micro adjustments when you have it across the entire length.<p>Why don't HV telephone lines do this?<p>I have no idea. Maybe because they can hang and droop more easily. I hope someone more knowledgeable gives a real answer.</p>
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<p>I think it might be the literalism sometimes common with autistic spectrum. Uhm, not to cause offense, I relate to it?</p>
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<p>Gambling exists more because of people dopamine systems than math...though I get the overall drift. People are fooled by politicians because ?? Also not really math related I think.</p>
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<p>Consider finding a therapist and quality couples counselor to help you navigate the necessary rupture as you take steps towards honesty and clarity in your relationships</p>
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<p>So, I see 2-5 carts in the lot, and a few hundred people in the store.<p>You maybe are making yourself part of the 1% who don't return their cart (or my locale is better than average at returning it)</p>
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<p>If it's suitable for sedans it's actually more suitable for SUVs. SUVs require less power per cubic feet of space. So there is more space available for them, even if they take more energy overall</p>
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<p>Change in the anti monopoly enforcement norms near the end of the 70s</p>
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