Hacker News: theoreticalmal

New comment by theoreticalmal in "‘Energy independence feels practical’: Europeans building mini solar farms"

theoreticalmal — Sat, 28 Mar 2026 21:09:50 +0000

“Rapid shutdown devices” do this. Microinverters have the same “grid is down, turn off” logic as a main inverter

New comment by theoreticalmal in "Running Tesla Model 3's computer on my desk using parts from crashed cars"

theoreticalmal — Sat, 28 Mar 2026 20:59:13 +0000

Why not use something like alldata.com? Still not free , but much cheaper

New comment by theoreticalmal in "FCC Prohibits New Approval of Foreign-Made Consumer Routers"

theoreticalmal — Sat, 28 Mar 2026 20:56:00 +0000

What makes this ban absurd?

New comment by theoreticalmal in "AI overly affirms users asking for personal advice"

theoreticalmal — Sat, 28 Mar 2026 20:08:17 +0000

It’s a good theory. My theory is, for whatever reason, jaded, narcissistic, miserable people congregate in r/AITA and try to drag other people into their misery because that’s easier than accepting responsibility and doing something to change.

New comment by theoreticalmal in "The Falkirk Wheel"

theoreticalmal — Wed, 11 Feb 2026 13:08:46 +0000

Apple says Edinburgh to Skye is a 3.5 hour drive, mostly along the A9. My understanding is A roads in the UK are much like USA interstates. What makes the trip terrifying and slower than what Apple says?

New comment by theoreticalmal in "FAA institutes nationwide drone no-fly zones around ICE operations"

theoreticalmal — Sun, 25 Jan 2026 17:38:41 +0000

I don’t fully understand why drone operators follow these laws. Or any “no-fly” rules in general. Around an airport, it seems like common sense to not fly. Can’t someone just…buy/build a drone and fly is surreptitiously?

New comment by theoreticalmal in "Trump says Venezuela’s Maduro captured after strikes"

theoreticalmal — Sat, 03 Jan 2026 13:21:58 +0000

Are you saying the Ukraine conflict is less bad than this Venezuela conflict?

New comment by theoreticalmal in "Why I Disappeared – My week with minimal internet in a remote island chain"

theoreticalmal — Mon, 29 Dec 2025 12:56:27 +0000

But how often would your preferred candidate change compared to which / how much news you consumed? Most people I know are fairly set in their political opinions and already only consume news that confirms their biases

New comment by theoreticalmal in "Italians celebrate village's first baby in 30 years"

theoreticalmal — Sun, 28 Dec 2025 13:33:09 +0000

My kiddo is celebrating their second set of holidays this year. I have many friends who espouse some variant of “I don’t want to have kids because I don’t want to pass on my ‘messed up’ genes/the world doesn’t need more people/some other sad excuse”. It makes me wonder what their lives will look like then they’re 40-80 years old.

New comment by theoreticalmal in "AI Police Reports: Year in Review"

theoreticalmal — Sat, 27 Dec 2025 14:20:43 +0000

Why do people in your circle not like AI? I have similar a experience about friends and family not liking AI, but usually it’s due to water and energy reasons, not because of an issue with the model reasoning

New comment by theoreticalmal in "How did DOGE disrupt so much while saving so little?"

theoreticalmal — Wed, 24 Dec 2025 14:41:43 +0000

Except Hacker News :)

New comment by theoreticalmal in "Unifi Travel Router"

theoreticalmal — Wed, 24 Dec 2025 01:37:54 +0000

What is the benefit of this over, for example, an iPhone hotspot?

New comment by theoreticalmal in "The ancient monuments saluting the winter solstice"

theoreticalmal — Mon, 22 Dec 2025 13:27:40 +0000

Why not just point the door to the north if the goal was to keep the sun out?

New comment by theoreticalmal in "A school locked down after AI flagged a gun. It was a clarinet"

theoreticalmal — Thu, 18 Dec 2025 12:55:08 +0000

How would cameras solve the punishment issue? Aren’t most schools still “zero tolerance” for physical violence?

New comment by theoreticalmal in "Removing juries: 'A move towards an authoritarian state'"

theoreticalmal — Mon, 08 Dec 2025 13:51:59 +0000

A notable exception is the 1957 movie 12 Angry Men with Henry Fonda. One of my favorites.

New comment by theoreticalmal in "India orders smartphone makers to preload state-owned cyber safety app"

theoreticalmal — Tue, 02 Dec 2025 13:15:30 +0000

Why is the solution to avoiding conscription being able to hide rather than making the conscription not happen in the first place?

New comment by theoreticalmal in "A triangle whose interior angles sum to zero"

theoreticalmal — Sat, 29 Nov 2025 14:17:15 +0000

The feedback response post is true, but specifically about Jews is not true. He hated Jews long before he rose anywhere near power

New comment by theoreticalmal in "Maybe that's not liquid water on Mars after all"

theoreticalmal — Sun, 23 Nov 2025 14:22:51 +0000

Unfortunately, the roadway infrastructure on Mars hasn’t been updated in decades, so there are lots of rocks and potholes/craters and other obstacles that need to be avoided. You know how those jeeps go out to Moab, Utah and do the 4x4 trails? It’s like that but there’s only one vehicle and no human and 1 hour communication round-trip and if something goes wrong the tow truck is millions of miles and billions of dollars away

New comment by theoreticalmal in "Raccoons are showing early signs of domestication"

theoreticalmal — Tue, 18 Nov 2025 00:12:11 +0000

I, for one, am looking forward to that

New comment by theoreticalmal in "The internet is no longer a safe haven"

theoreticalmal — Sun, 16 Nov 2025 17:36:00 +0000

How can a scraper get a mobile IP address?