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New comment by tk75x in "Write Like It's 1866: LLMs Relearn Telegraphese"

tk75x — Wed, 07 Oct 2026 19:08:09 +0000

Reminds me of how we used to search with keywords that ended up sounding like caveman speak, then there was "natural language search", and now the AI is talking to itself in caveman speak again.

New comment by tk75x in "The American Religion of Self-Storage Facilities"

tk75x — Fri, 18 Sep 2026 13:55:34 +0000

I challenge you to count the things you own and post the actual number.

New comment by tk75x in "Anker’s Solix home solar battery system is its answer to Tesla’s Powerwall"

tk75x — Wed, 14 Jun 2023 17:18:19 +0000

That functionality is called "vehicle-to-grid" or V2G sometimes. The F-150 lightning has that capability built in, and there are several companies working to bring devices to market which will act as an interface between the vehicle and your home's electrical panel.

New comment by tk75x in "Old jokes"

tk75x — Fri, 05 Aug 2022 11:23:11 +0000

For sitting on.

New comment by tk75x in "TikTok updated privacy policy to collect faceprints and voiceprints (2021)"

tk75x — Thu, 30 Jun 2022 11:18:13 +0000

This would result in exactly the disparity in "dollars per vote(r)" that was pointed out above. Because if more people apply for and get the same amount of grants as a smaller group of people, then the former group will have less dollars per individual.

New comment by tk75x in "How to Quiet Your Mind Chatter (2021)"

tk75x — Tue, 26 Apr 2022 17:11:37 +0000

Thanks! Wasn't the one I was thinking of...

New comment by tk75x in "How to Quiet Your Mind Chatter (2021)"

tk75x — Mon, 25 Apr 2022 17:45:11 +0000

What do you mean by the acronym CLIP? Just curious

Death by PowerPoint: the slide that killed seven people (2019)

tk75x — Wed, 09 Mar 2022 15:01:09 +0000

Article URL: https://mcdreeamiemusings.com/blog/2019/4/13/gsux1h6bnt8lqjd7w2t2mtvfg81uhx

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30615114

Points: 368

# Comments: 197

New comment by tk75x in "Militarized Dolphins Protect Almost a Quarter of the US Nuclear Stockpile"

tk75x — Tue, 25 Jan 2022 11:42:17 +0000

Olga answered that the murder of the messengers sent to Kiev, as well as the events of the feast night, had been enough for her. She then asked them for a small request: "Give me three pigeons...and three sparrows from each house."[15] The Drevlians rejoiced at the prospect of the siege ending for so small a price, and did as she asked.

Olga then instructed her army to attach a piece of sulphur bound with small pieces of cloth to each bird. At nightfall, Olga told her soldiers to set the pieces aflame and release the birds. They returned to their nests within the city, which subsequently set the city ablaze.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olga_of_Kiev#Drevlian_Uprising

Researchers create mirror-image peptides that can neutralize SARS-CoV-2

tk75x — Wed, 27 Oct 2021 17:55:42 +0000

Article URL: https://phys.org/news/2021-10-mirror-image-peptides-neutralize-sars-cov-.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29016672

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by tk75x in "Willingness to look stupid"

tk75x — Thu, 21 Oct 2021 15:43:36 +0000

> between 5% and 15% of the citizen population in 404...

error 404: population not found

New comment by tk75x in "Show HN: I built a sonar into my surfboard"

tk75x — Mon, 18 Oct 2021 11:43:34 +0000

Sharks are sensitive to electrical signals, so it would be interesting to see if we could generate ones they don't like.

New comment by tk75x in "Apple requires account deletion within apps in AppStore starting January 31"

tk75x — Thu, 07 Oct 2021 20:24:21 +0000

this already happens when you move physically to a new residence. except there isn't a system for "change of email address"

New comment by tk75x in "A lesser known mechanism for alcohol tolerance"

tk75x — Thu, 07 Oct 2021 20:12:50 +0000

I am guessing you are less than 30 years old? give it 5-10 years and it'll be much more painful after a heavy night of drinking. sugar and alcohol are both metabolized by the liver, and large amounts of both/either will make you feel poorly. age and frequent use of alcohol and junk food will just wear your body out sooner. the feeling of being drunk is most noticeable when your blood alcohol content is rising, aka when you drink quickly on an empty stomach. but you can have a nice buzz going all day with proper planning and eating beforehand.

I realize after typing this out it sounds a bit preachy, but take it as a caution from someone who felt invincible in their 20s

New comment by tk75x in "No One Wanted A&W's Third-Pound Burger (2016)"

tk75x — Tue, 14 Sep 2021 18:35:34 +0000

Well yeah, it's the thing in their name and therefore must be the most popular item.

Western Digital downgrading components of existing SSD under same SKU

tk75x — Thu, 26 Aug 2021 19:03:20 +0000

Article URL: https://www.extremetech.com/computing/326200-western-digital-caught-bait-and-switching-customers-with-slow-ssds

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28319114

Points: 17

# Comments: 0

Samsung says will stop loading $1000 smartphones with ads

tk75x — Thu, 19 Aug 2021 12:34:35 +0000

Article URL: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/08/samsung-says-it-will-stop-loading-down-its-1000-smartphones-with-ads/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28233002

Points: 2

# Comments: 2

New comment by tk75x in "2020 U.S. Migration Map"

tk75x — Tue, 10 Aug 2021 17:37:13 +0000

Disney, Universal, cruise lines...?

If the resource is tourist cash.

New comment by tk75x in "Unsong, a fantasy novel where the universe is programmable with Hebrew (2015)"

tk75x — Tue, 10 Aug 2021 17:03:43 +0000

You are wrong https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Name_of_the_Wind

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Potter_and_the_Methods_o...

New comment by tk75x in "Does this medieval fresco show a hallucinogenic mushroom in the Garden of Eden?"

tk75x — Tue, 10 Aug 2021 16:02:36 +0000

Knowledge of good and evil is a "Good Thing", and one interpretation of the reason God put the tree in reach of Adam and Eve is that he wanted them to eventually partake of its fruit, but they did it early and without whatever other prep was necessary. Think of it as a child slowly learning concepts instead of being immediately presented with complex knowledge and not having the necessary foundation to process it. Not sure about the positive light depiction, but I could see hallucinogenics being viewed as something that expands your knowledge/mind especially since people report out of body experiences when using them.