Hacker News: talon8635

New comment by talon8635 in "Chomsky and the two cultures of statistical learning (2011)"

talon8635 — Fri, 06 Nov 2026 17:39:46 +0000

Would Chomsky have the name recognition and standing he has, or any at all, without his extracurricular political beliefs?

New comment by talon8635 in "Ask HN: What in the world is taking Ubuntu so long?"

talon8635 — Fri, 06 Nov 2026 17:35:43 +0000

Here’s the real answer. It’s not as scary as the original reporters made it out to be.

New comment by talon8635 in "University libraries are being swarmed by AI bots, putting public access at risk"

talon8635 — Fri, 06 Nov 2026 17:29:01 +0000

University networks in general. Don't ask me how I know.

New comment by talon8635 in "AI is forcing us to pay off 40 years of technical debt"

talon8635 — Thu, 05 Nov 2026 04:25:34 +0000

Yes, but it cannot ride one.

New comment by talon8635 in "AI is forcing us to pay off 40 years of technical debt"

talon8635 — Thu, 05 Nov 2026 04:20:02 +0000

Thank you for reminding me of this. What. Wonderful book. I wish my memory were better at recalling it as yours was.

New comment by talon8635 in "Postman silently auto-installs AI plugins and attempts to share all API data"

talon8635 — Tue, 03 Nov 2026 19:59:25 +0000

Well, I guess if people need things to do, and others are willing to pay, then what’s the problem?

New comment by talon8635 in "Supermarket freezers across Europe hit by second suspected cyber-attack"

talon8635 — Mon, 02 Nov 2026 22:49:36 +0000

Those won’t be secured until breached. Surely you jest.

New comment by talon8635 in "Leaking Secrets from Air-Gap Computers by Spelling Radio Signals from RAM (2024)"

talon8635 — Sun, 01 Nov 2026 21:39:18 +0000

Yes you can, through human intermediaries you convince to do so

New comment by talon8635 in "Leaking Secrets from Air-Gap Computers by Spelling Radio Signals from RAM (2024)"

talon8635 — Sun, 01 Nov 2026 17:44:13 +0000

There’s a biological component that no technical approach can solve. If the AI can convince humans that interact with it to do something on their behalf (give them info or access they are sandboxed away from), then that’s it

New comment by talon8635 in "Norway makes shithouses great again"

talon8635 — Sun, 01 Nov 2026 15:16:24 +0000

Valuable perspective.

That said, our public restrooms in big American cities are, in many cases, a disgrace. Vandalized, disgusting, and sparse/inacessible

But outside of cities (and even in some cities) it’s totally fine

New comment by talon8635 in "Restrooms along the Norwegian Scenic Routes"

talon8635 — Sun, 01 Nov 2026 14:51:34 +0000

They can’t possibly be the best because I went into the public bathroom out our local playground last week at 10am and there was a gigantic steaming turd perfectly deposited on the seat of the all-metal prison-style toilet. My 3 year old was as stunned as I was. To think, some local resident was thoughtful enough to bless us with this gift.

Are you telling me my Oakland California toilets are somehow inferior? I find this hard to believe…

New comment by talon8635 in "Leaking Secrets from Air-Gap Computers by Spelling Radio Signals from RAM (2024)"

talon8635 — Sun, 01 Nov 2026 04:11:40 +0000

These and other methods are good reason to believe that AI can never be 100% contained, which gives me pause.

The famous air gap case is stuxnet, but there are other technical and biological approaches.

It’s a very weird reality we’ve found ourselves in if you stop, zoom out about, and really take in the gravity of the issues we are grappling with as a human race. Exciting, truly, and a bit nerve wracking.

New comment by talon8635 in "The Great American Rascal: Tom Sawyer at 150"

talon8635 — Sat, 31 Oct 2026 03:17:05 +0000

Did we just silently slip into the “censoring classic books” phase silently, like an old man creeping into a comfortable bed?

If I pick up a copy on a random bookstore shelf or unused from Amazon, is it likely to be censored?

New comment by talon8635 in "An Arrogant Way of Killing (2016)"

talon8635 — Fri, 30 Oct 2026 23:23:13 +0000

I read this when it came out and was floored

There’s also a great book I think called The Mastermind

New comment by talon8635 in "GitHub Incident with Actions, Pages, and Webhooks"

talon8635 — Fri, 30 Oct 2026 18:12:52 +0000

No way I don’t believe it

New comment by talon8635 in "Zombie stats: Where the numbers AI quotes come from"

talon8635 — Fri, 30 Oct 2026 17:52:33 +0000

I absolutely loved the grievance study affair lol. It’s all too funny, but it’s actually a genuine problem that could lead to the eventual downfall of the whole enterprise, if it’s a massive towel of babel build upon rotten wood

New comment by talon8635 in "I didn't know I was lacking in Vitamin D until I collapsed at work"

talon8635 — Fri, 30 Oct 2026 17:51:07 +0000

You are presenting the narrative which may be changing, which is what my comment is about. For example

https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1809944 https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2202106 https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanwed/article/PIIS2213-8... https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24445737/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24697969/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26992108/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2290997/

New comment by talon8635 in "I didn't know I was lacking in Vitamin D until I collapsed at work"

talon8635 — Fri, 30 Oct 2026 17:49:58 +0000

lol yes, all my posts are riddled with typos. I like to blame iOS keyboard but really I’m just carelessly fast as typing and don’t review

At least I’m clearly human

New comment by talon8635 in "I didn't know I was lacking in Vitamin D until I collapsed at work"

talon8635 — Fri, 30 Oct 2026 17:47:17 +0000

Yes mine too. But how did your health improve?

There “mood” and all that, but placebo has a heavy affect here.

The more direct question is how lifespan and cancer rate track between:

High D levels via supplementation and low sun exposure

High D levels via no supplementation and high sun exposure

Low D levels with low sun exposure

Low D levels with high sun exposure

(And of course those between)

The goal is to determine whether D itself is improving longevity and cancer rate, which would be implied by improved metrics in the group with high supplementation and low sun exposure. If this group doesn’t fare better, the D levels may be a misleading indicator of health, and those living longer with high D levels are doing so because of their increased sun exposure (as opposed to the raw blood D level offered by supplementation)

New comment by talon8635 in "I didn't know I was lacking in Vitamin D until I collapsed at work"

talon8635 — Fri, 30 Oct 2026 16:29:32 +0000

I thought recent research concluded that supplementation doesn’t actually work, and that vitamin D may be a read hearing and it’s actually just a byproduct of the true benefit (proper) sun exposure

Forgive me, I have no link, I feel like medical and nutrition advice changes 180 daily.

Does this ring a bell to anyone?