Hacker News: testaccount28

New comment by testaccount28 in "Show HN: A game where you build a GPU"

testaccount28 — Tue, 07 Apr 2026 03:22:24 +0000

thanks boss!

New comment by testaccount28 in "Show HN: A game where you build a GPU"

testaccount28 — Sat, 04 Apr 2026 21:58:35 +0000

please just let me skip it. why am i doing homework in the middle of a game?

New comment by testaccount28 in "Show HN: A game where you build a GPU"

testaccount28 — Sat, 04 Apr 2026 18:57:26 +0000

not playing past the truth tables bs

New comment by testaccount28 in "Why the US Navy won't blast the Iranians and 'open' Strait of Hormuz"

testaccount28 — Wed, 01 Apr 2026 16:32:38 +0000

would you expect dr evil to give a good "mwahahaha" and a bow?

New comment by testaccount28 in "Further human + AI + proof assistant work on Knuth's "Claude Cycles" problem"

testaccount28 — Sat, 28 Mar 2026 23:03:48 +0000

"our new grad student made progress on the combinatorics problem we posed!"

"oh awesome let's see if he can solve p!=np!"

New comment by testaccount28 in "Founder of GitLab battles cancer by founding companies"

testaccount28 — Sat, 28 Mar 2026 19:01:36 +0000

i'm pretty much a pessimest [sic] when it comes to fighting smallpox. i think it just exploits one of the bugs in our genetic code that evolution didn't shake out.

New comment by testaccount28 in "Iran-linked hackers breach FBI director's personal email"

testaccount28 — Sat, 28 Mar 2026 14:23:53 +0000

do you think these are the ones voting?

New comment by testaccount28 in "Iran-linked hackers breach FBI director's personal email"

testaccount28 — Sat, 28 Mar 2026 14:21:45 +0000

my standard for criminal acts is also whether i don't like the guy.

New comment by testaccount28 in "We haven't seen the worst of what gambling and prediction markets will do"

testaccount28 — Fri, 27 Mar 2026 05:11:25 +0000

let's outlaw pulp fiction, and daytime teevee, while we're at it.

New comment by testaccount28 in "We haven't seen the worst of what gambling and prediction markets will do"

testaccount28 — Thu, 26 Mar 2026 23:02:32 +0000

some people like gambling. for them, risking money is an efficient way to purchase a thrill. do we not care about them?

New comment by testaccount28 in "We haven't seen the worst of what gambling and prediction markets will do"

testaccount28 — Thu, 26 Mar 2026 20:16:12 +0000

as a wise guy once said, "a grown man made a wager; he lost."

New comment by testaccount28 in "HyperAgents: Self-referential self-improving agents"

testaccount28 — Thu, 26 Mar 2026 19:10:15 +0000

because submarine piloting is a going-under-water activity, improvements in holding one's breath can lead to faster submersibles.

New comment by testaccount28 in "DOOM Over DNS"

testaccount28 — Thu, 26 Mar 2026 19:03:01 +0000

> All you need to do is to programmatically change bits, and you have compute.

all you need is to rapidly push off one foot and land on the other, and you have running.

New comment by testaccount28 in "Missile defense is NP-complete"

testaccount28 — Tue, 24 Mar 2026 14:50:38 +0000

to be clear: your claim is that the us military is misinformed because key constituents have played too many board games?

does hearing it back like that make it seem absurd to you as well?

New comment by testaccount28 in "Missile Defense Is NP-Complete"

testaccount28 — Tue, 24 Mar 2026 13:39:53 +0000

there is a benefit as well, though, as it makes your threats credible.

New comment by testaccount28 in "Hormuz Minesweeper – Are you tired of winning?"

testaccount28 — Mon, 23 Mar 2026 02:19:27 +0000

you've mistaken my comment! i do not support the war.

New comment by testaccount28 in "Bored of eating your own dogfood? Try smelling your own farts"

testaccount28 — Sun, 22 Mar 2026 16:28:23 +0000

they did not call their coworkers sheep, though.

a border collie can nip the heels of humans just as well.

New comment by testaccount28 in "Hormuz Minesweeper – Are you tired of winning?"

testaccount28 — Sun, 22 Mar 2026 16:24:03 +0000

either way, you may wish to know: your poor argumentation shores up support for the war.

New comment by testaccount28 in "Hormuz Minesweeper – Are you tired of winning?"

testaccount28 — Sun, 22 Mar 2026 16:20:51 +0000

i think the poster you're replying to does not regard iranians as capable of independent decisions. thus, the school deaths are a crime, but the dead protesters are more like a weather event: a tragedy.

New comment by testaccount28 in "Hormuz Minesweeper – Are you tired of winning?"

testaccount28 — Sun, 22 Mar 2026 15:51:54 +0000

> do you think perhaps deciding who to invade and kill is a special privilege reserved only for your country, which should be emperor of the world?

yes. we got the bomb before they did, because our policies are better than theirs.