<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: ufocia</title><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=ufocia</link><description>Hacker News RSS</description><docs>https://hnrss.org/</docs><generator>hnrss v2.1.1</generator><lastBuildDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2026 10:45:41 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://hnrss.org/user?id=ufocia" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"></atom:link><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by ufocia in "AI misidentification results in wrongful arrest; man seeks justice"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>What does 85% accurate even mean?</p>
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<p>Archival optical media is likely much better than any kind of open groove technology.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2026 15:34:38 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48446731</link><dc:creator>ufocia</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48446731</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48446731</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by ufocia in "APC–2 – A professional record cutter for producing original playback discs"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Vinyl is not great for archiving. It degrades and is affected by dust.</p>
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<p>Also <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RIAA_equalization" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RIAA_equalization</a></p>
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<p>You could just sell old vinyl with new labels and sleeves and they would be none the wiser.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2026 15:11:43 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48446402</link><dc:creator>ufocia</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48446402</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48446402</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by ufocia in "Replies to comments on my "LLMs are eroding my career" post"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Libraries, Google and YouTube were/are not nearly as efficient at conveying _targetted_ _actionable_ expertise as AI is.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2026 11:43:57 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48444110</link><dc:creator>ufocia</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48444110</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48444110</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by ufocia in "Replies to comments on my "LLMs are eroding my career" post"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>"I'm finding LLMs also competent at explaining and giving advice on other domain stuff I'm totally new to, which I have cross-checked with Legal/Product Managers and is usually right."<p>"Usually" is the keyword. Until it becomes "always" (counterintuitive for heuristic systems) or "almost always" some human experts will (/may?) be needed to babysit.<p>P.S. "_are_ usually right" since they are "LLMs". Methinks running the response through an LLM could've made it more "right".</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2026 11:38:38 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48444065</link><dc:creator>ufocia</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48444065</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48444065</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by ufocia in "Unicode Fonts and Tools for X11"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>A font is not a typeface</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 07 Jun 2026 01:00:53 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48430736</link><dc:creator>ufocia</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48430736</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48430736</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by ufocia in "Accidentally deleted subscriptions for chat integrations (Slack and MS Teams)"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Probably agentic gone wrong again.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2026 19:36:34 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48417132</link><dc:creator>ufocia</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48417132</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48417132</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by ufocia in "They’re made out of weights"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Hubris much? I don't see a necessary contradiction in using someone's work to disprove another aspect of that same person's work.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2026 03:09:28 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48393225</link><dc:creator>ufocia</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48393225</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48393225</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by ufocia in "U.S. to dismantle system tracking Atlantic currents that are at risk of collapse"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>What does it mean to be not expensive? How much do all the not very expensive endeavors as up to?</p>
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<p>Evidence?</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2026 02:39:25 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48393002</link><dc:creator>ufocia</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48393002</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48393002</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by ufocia in "A case against Boolean logic"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Let's just skip to quantum which models the "real" world in "real" terms.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2026 13:54:09 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48235899</link><dc:creator>ufocia</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48235899</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48235899</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by ufocia in "The case against boolean logic"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Fuzzy logic may be one approximation. Analog processors may be another.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2026 13:49:49 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48235849</link><dc:creator>ufocia</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48235849</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48235849</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by ufocia in "A case against Boolean logic"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>When "shifting from Newtonian to relativistic contexts [while] reality" does not stay the same. While the op has many shortcomings, this post itself falls into the binary trap. You conclude without proof and contrary to currently accepted models, e.g. Schrodinger's uncertainty principle, that objective/Platonic reality exists.<p>I agree with you that you can approximate continuous/analog systems with discrete/binary ones, but those approximations (almost) always have some loss of accuracy, assuming, arguendo, that accuracy even exists. For most purposes these "tolerances", if you will, are acceptable and even desirable. Thus the op also falls into the binary trap suggesting that the only right way to do things is the op's way.<p>The quasi-political rant at the end does feel misplaced. While I see the op's general point, e.g. political polarization, the introduction/switch into the topic feels at least jarring.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2026 13:37:14 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48235688</link><dc:creator>ufocia</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48235688</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48235688</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by ufocia in "The case against boolean logic"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>This may be the one of the differences between engineers and lawyers</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2026 13:26:16 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48235562</link><dc:creator>ufocia</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48235562</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48235562</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by ufocia in "Why does it take so long to release black fan versions?"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>At least some Apple ][ key caps from the 80's appear to have been brown.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 02 May 2026 13:12:50 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47986123</link><dc:creator>ufocia</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47986123</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47986123</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by ufocia in "Why does it take so long to release black fan versions?"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Not sure why all the fire retardants are needed. Besides, steel probably retards fire more effectively than most fire retarded resins and is probably far more recyclable.</p>
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<p>If it were about performance and not marketing, they'd try to optimize for resistance to dust adhesion and resource consumption: energy, cost, durability, etc.</p>
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<p>You lead me to believe that they are targeting a niche "audiophile" market and probably not a commercial market. The concern in the commercial market would be energy savings vs. capital expenditure. Some commercial spaces actually introduce white noise into spaces to increase occupant density.</p>
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