<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: tickerticker</title><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=tickerticker</link><description>Hacker News RSS</description><docs>https://hnrss.org/</docs><generator>hnrss v2.1.1</generator><lastBuildDate>Mon, 25 May 2026 01:29:14 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://hnrss.org/user?id=tickerticker" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"></atom:link><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by tickerticker in "Sleep research led to a new sleep apnea drug"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I also thought of this idea and wanted to try it.  Gemini said not to do it bc when we sleep, we naturally want to change positions. Thus, maintaining one position all night would cause muscle cramps?</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 23 May 2026 16:52:04 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48249164</link><dc:creator>tickerticker</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48249164</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48249164</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by tickerticker in "Sleep research led to a new sleep apnea drug"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>The difference maker for me was an app, Snore Lab. that my son told me to try.  It said that my snoring was EPIC.  That led to my current CPAP use, for which the benefits [no daytime sleepiness, more energy, no food cravings] exceed the hassle [mask wearing, cleaning routine, supplies reordering.]<p>Four events per hour AHI improvement would not be a meaningful change for my therapy, but this is the beginning of better treatment options in the future.<p>The best benefit of CPAP is that it thwarts heart arrhythmias which arise from depriving the brain of oxygen.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 23 May 2026 00:39:34 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48243318</link><dc:creator>tickerticker</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48243318</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48243318</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by tickerticker in "Sawe becomes first athlete to run a sub-two-hour marathon in a competitive race"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>The BEST!!</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2026 00:25:32 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47916354</link><dc:creator>tickerticker</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47916354</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47916354</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by tickerticker in "Uber’s Anthropic AI push hits a wall"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Is a synthetic hotdog default swap considered vegan in Cali?</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 19 Apr 2026 19:58:47 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47827171</link><dc:creator>tickerticker</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47827171</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47827171</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by tickerticker in "Why Switzerland has 25 Gbit internet and America doesn't"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I wish this kind of perspective (international comparison) could be applied to several areas of the USA economy:  tax compliance, campaign finance, and banking regulation. Good work, OP.<p>In Charlotte NC, I have 3 choices of internet providers, two of them fiber.<p>As you are doing with this post, "broaden the base."  The vast majority of voters do not understand the issues here.  That is your biggest obstacle.<p>My POV would call this regulatory failure vs free market lie. That way, the enemy is a smaller target.<p>Path to progress is to get a friendly state (WY, RI, TX) to pass the legislation.  Then shop that around among activists in other states.<p>If people knew they were only getting 1/25 of a shared product, that would get political hackles up.<p>Thanks for taking the time to think this through and make your argument.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 05 Apr 2026 19:34:47 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47653020</link><dc:creator>tickerticker</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47653020</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47653020</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by tickerticker in "Nvidia to buy assets from Groq for $20B cash"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Yes.  They bounced millions of queries off of ChatGPT to teach/form/train their DeepSeek model. This bot-like querying was the "distillation."</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 25 Dec 2025 04:56:55 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46382168</link><dc:creator>tickerticker</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46382168</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46382168</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by tickerticker in "Are we repeating the telecoms crash with AI datacenters?"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>OpenAI has first mover advantage with respect to raising money but not wrt tech dominance.<p>Consensus theory:  If AGI then superintelligence.<p>AI CapEx plans are not ROI based.  Rather, they are the cost of "how do I remain competitive in the race to attain AGI" coupled with conveniently deep pockets. The money is being spent because the spenders can afford it and they see it as an existential risk as much as a profit opportunity.<p>Maybe OP's conclusion about the headline question blunts some political opposition to data centers, but that's not the salient issue.<p>The issue is this:  America is betting a meaningful chunk of GDP that AGI is possible. This is The Manhattan Project 2.0.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 04 Dec 2025 03:15:47 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46143407</link><dc:creator>tickerticker</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46143407</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46143407</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by tickerticker in "Think in math, write in code (2019)"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>LOL.  Have not seen the "nixta" word since 10 years ago when i was researching how to make grits.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2025 19:48:09 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45919594</link><dc:creator>tickerticker</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45919594</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45919594</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by tickerticker in "Unexpected things that are people"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Arthur Anderson, The accounting firm, got the death penalty in the Enron debacle.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 11 Nov 2025 00:18:42 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45882658</link><dc:creator>tickerticker</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45882658</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45882658</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by tickerticker in "SEC forgives three scammers who bilked Americans out of millions"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Hope this doesn't set any kind of legal precedent.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 25 Sep 2025 01:14:49 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45368141</link><dc:creator>tickerticker</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45368141</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45368141</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by tickerticker in "Solar Orbiter gets world-first views of the Sun's poles"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>LOL</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 14 Jun 2025 20:58:01 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44278785</link><dc:creator>tickerticker</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44278785</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44278785</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by tickerticker in "Rare black iceberg spotted off Labrador coast could be 100k years old"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>The exposed portion of the berg is roughly spherical.  The submerged portion must be enormous and approximately symmetrical to hold that sphere in such an upright position.</p>
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<p>^Who in their right mind would reject an offer of unlimited knowledge and worldly pleasures?<p>The bargain had a quid pro quo...you get knowledge and pleasure in exchange for perpetual servitude to a bad guy.  I wouldn't make that trade</p>
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<p>Not a surgical procedure. It's catheter access to the spermatic veins.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 26 Apr 2025 23:25:08 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43808181</link><dc:creator>tickerticker</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43808181</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43808181</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by tickerticker in "Temu pulls its U.S. Google Shopping ads"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>ROFLMAO</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 15 Apr 2025 16:04:45 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43694821</link><dc:creator>tickerticker</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43694821</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43694821</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by tickerticker in "Sweetener saccharin shows surprise power against antibiotic resistance"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>If taken orally, how does the saccharin distinguish between good and bad bacteria when bursting bacteria cell walls?</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 09 Apr 2025 00:15:36 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43627734</link><dc:creator>tickerticker</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43627734</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43627734</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by tickerticker in "After 20 years, math couple solves major group theory problem"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Subconscious synthesis of seemingly unrelated strands of thought is the basis of assessing an event's meaning, for me.  A day or two will pass after the event, and I notice the meaning evolves even without new information and without conscious thinking about the event.<p>For me, the subconscious is the wellspring of sudden insights.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 21 Feb 2025 03:14:54 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43123611</link><dc:creator>tickerticker</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43123611</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43123611</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by tickerticker in "Postmortem of my 9 year journey at Google"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Level 1:      a ton of money.
Level 2: L1 + interesting work
Level 3: L2 + intelligent co-workers 
Level 4: L3 + deep skills
Level 5: L4 + mentor
Level 6: L5 + awesome network
Level 7: L6 + personal growth
Level 8: L7 + meaningful contribution 
Level 9: L8 + work-life balance
Level 10: L9 + recognized SME
Timing and circumstances influence what you get....not always the same for equally talented ppl.<p>Making a "ton of money"....it matters because new people want to know what price is paid for exceptional comp.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 19 Aug 2024 00:58:46 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41286891</link><dc:creator>tickerticker</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41286891</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41286891</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by tickerticker in "The Hacker News Top books of 2023"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Chip War would be a good "2023" book.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 18 Jan 2024 04:10:12 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39037708</link><dc:creator>tickerticker</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39037708</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39037708</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by tickerticker in "FAQ on Leaving Google"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Gotta ask....do you play the banjo?</p>
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