Hacker News: tsol

New comment by tsol in "Ledger confirms spy chip implant behind wallet crypto thefts"

tsol — Fri, 16 Oct 2026 05:09:24 +0000

Hezbullah and a few innocent civilians. It was pretty messy.

New comment by tsol in "I'm the mom in that viral Giants clip. Let me tell you about my husband"

tsol — Sat, 26 Sep 2026 19:31:46 +0000

That is a problem I've had with the whole "listen to women" thing. That became a popular phrase and I said okay that's reasonable I'll do so. Over time though I'll see women on both sides of just about every issue. Even women having the right to vote you'll somehow find women who disagree(probably for political reasons).

My only conclusion is the whole idea of "listen to women" is itself simplistic as it assumes women all think the same. Certainly I still listen to women, but im not willing to assume they all feel a certain way just because a few people insist they do. Otherwise Im just ignoring the women with the minority view

New comment by tsol in "I'm the mom in that viral Giants clip. Let me tell you about my husband"

tsol — Sat, 26 Sep 2026 19:14:48 +0000

Its unfortunate because it's not only one of the things that makes social media toxic, but it also makes it less and less like reality. Which in turn pushes away people who have more "normal" views, thereby making the community even more extreme over time. Ask a random person in the street and they might say they think he should help her, but they wouldn't come up with these detailed narratives about abuse and manipulation. That kind of reaction is characteristic of social media and the more I see it the less I want to spend time online with those kinds of people

New comment by tsol in "I'm the mom in that viral Giants clip. Let me tell you about my husband"

tsol — Sat, 26 Sep 2026 19:03:55 +0000

I'd argue making women do more labor by forcing them to write articles justifying their marriage is misogynistic as well. Its just in that case people see it as acceptable because they think it's fighting the patriarchy. But really the patriarchy is not disappearing because of this comments, it's just insulting a random woman based on nothing of substance. If someone tells a women to wear more clothing to protect herself from abuse that's considered sexist, I don't see how this is different. Everyone thinks it's for the best

New comment by tsol in "I'm the mom in that viral Giants clip. Let me tell you about my husband"

tsol — Sat, 26 Sep 2026 18:56:31 +0000

Telling women they're being abused even when the woman herself disagrees is a very ironic pattern I see often. Somehow it's seen as anti-sexist and yet it puts the onus on the woman to justify herself like the case here where she wrote an entire article. What happened to letting women make their own choices? I'm sure some of them are legitimately concerned, but I think a lot of people just want to spread their preferred narratives about the world.

New comment by tsol in "Iran school bombing: grounds to believe US was behind atrocity, UN finds"

tsol — Thu, 17 Sep 2026 22:47:11 +0000

Did you not see what the same country is supporting in Gaza? The created the largest contingent of child amputees in history, while withholding pain medication to use during the required surgeries. Forcing children to undergo surgery without anesthesia is as evil as it gets

New comment by tsol in "Mushroom behind 'tiny people' hallucinations identified"

tsol — Thu, 13 Aug 2026 19:30:35 +0000

Depends on how is prepared. If you heat it and prep it the right away it makes a fantastic sleep med. If you don't prep it right you get delirious and people can hurt themselves. You also can't take too much or that can also become delerious. I think that's why it never caught on even though it's far more effective than any other over the counter sleep inducing herb or supplement(in my experience)

New comment by tsol in "Mushroom behind 'tiny people' hallucinations identified"

tsol — Thu, 13 Aug 2026 19:22:33 +0000

Not all hallucinations are pleasant. Magic mushrooms are known to be pleasurable for many people, but I've heard these mushrooms are not very fun and can last days. Given these effects have been known for a long time there could be a good reason it never caught on

New comment by tsol in "Controversial creators are benefiting from monetization programs run by Meta"

tsol — Wed, 12 Aug 2026 20:14:34 +0000

If it's been brought to their attention before and they haven't done anything, then it effectively is intentional.

New comment by tsol in "Sleep regularity is a stronger predictor of mortality risk than sleep duration (2023)"

tsol — Wed, 15 Jul 2026 20:18:18 +0000

If you find a good sleep med it can be life changing. I found a natural supplement called muscimol that's a silver bullet for me. Gets me to sleep in 20 minutes every time, gives me great sleep, and isn't habit forming. It can be hard to find because people like to try to take huge doses to trip, even though it's an awful delirious experience(never tried it but read stories).

At low doses though it works by mimicking GABA in the brain, so it actually increases REM sleep time. A lot of sedatives will get you to sleep but give you worse sleep because it's working in a very unnatural way. It totally eliminates the issue of taking a long time to fall asleep.

Now you still have to be able to get yourself to bed in the first place, but that's half the battle already won. My life is so much better using it as I've always had a hard time falling asleep. Hopefully we'll have similar medication available to everyone soon as I really think it can solve a lot of suffering people experience

New comment by tsol in "What Ozempic does to the gut-brain axis"

tsol — Sun, 28 Jun 2026 00:28:43 +0000

Antibiotics are pretty much a free lunch but they exist. Completely stops deadly disease without causing any long term damage. They exist it's just rare

New comment by tsol in "Decline in IQ linked to frequent or dependent use of cannabis use in youth"

tsol — Sun, 28 Jun 2026 00:11:56 +0000

I'm curious what kind of effect alcohol has on IQ. Alcohol is very well established to be pretty bad for brain health even if you don't always feel it.

New comment by tsol in "An entire Herculaneum scroll has been read for the first time"

tsol — Sat, 27 Jun 2026 08:04:35 +0000

Very cool that you got in just through your interests. It's anyways cool to see stories where that works out! Good to know it's possible to get that kind of job

New comment by tsol in "A Herculaneum scroll has been read for the first time"

tsol — Thu, 25 Jun 2026 17:42:52 +0000

How do get to do that? As in what did you study to get the prerequisite knowledge, and how did you find this particular job? When I see interesting jobs I'm anyways curious what path lead there

New comment by tsol in "Signs you're a dangerous terrorist: using Signal, moving zines"

tsol — Thu, 25 Jun 2026 12:10:14 +0000

In that case America's founding would be rooted in terrorism. Against the British monarchy, of course.

New comment by tsol in "How I play video games with spinal muscular atrophy"

tsol — Mon, 22 Jun 2026 20:07:24 +0000

Very cool. I have a friend with cerebral palsy and he has very little movement in his hands. I'd love to connect him with these kinds of devices but he has an intellectual disability that makes it especially tough. I wish there was an easy affordable way to get someone who can give advice to a guy like him. He's learned to use an iPhone because SIRI does a lot of things for him, but computers are difficult for him. Which is very limiting

New comment by tsol in "Gamers beware: malicious wallpapers on Steam found stealing accounts"

tsol — Tue, 16 Jun 2026 18:43:59 +0000

Why would that be the only way to get porn that they don't crack down on?

New comment by tsol in "Can't Stop the Signal. Poison It"

tsol — Sun, 14 Jun 2026 16:56:58 +0000

This is a cool idea, I like it.

New comment by tsol in "I was recently diagnosed with anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis"

tsol — Wed, 03 Jun 2026 19:40:02 +0000

Not sure why this was down voted but there's truth to this.

I quit an SNRI antidepressant twelve years ago and for ten years I had horrible migraines, inability to form sentences, constant anxiety, low motivation, and other symptoms. Doctors just diagnosed it as depression and me having problems.

I knew something was wrong and I suspected it had to do with withdrawal from my old antidepressant. I read online and found others saying something similar. Gemini was able to help me confirm with and provide resources from specialists about this because the average psychiatrist knows nothing about this.

Finally I had a name for my issue-- protracted SNRI withdrawal syndrome. Trying to get off the medication too quick put me into some kind of continuous withdrawal. After confirming this I got back on the old medication and slowly reduced the dose this time.. I feel better than I have in 10 years.

Doctors still don't understand it and sometimes when I mention it to one(I have a few in my family)they just say "that's not supposed to happen". Never put your health solely in another person's hands. Utilize every resource available to you, even the most educated doctor in the world cannot know all there is to know about their field

New comment by tsol in "Show HN: Hallucinate – Massively Multiplayer Online Rave"

tsol — Thu, 28 May 2026 23:58:12 +0000

I don't see anyone else's messages. Don't know if they turned them off at this point. This is why we can't have nice things