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New comment by willismichael in "Fixing a bricked Framework laptop"

willismichael — Tue, 18 Aug 2026 17:34:52 +0000

This happened to my old framework. After a while of troubleshooting, I removed the battery and it will now boot reliably while plugged in. The replacement batteries aren't terribly expensive, so I'll probably buy a new one soon.

New comment by willismichael in "In Australia, a home battery boom has helped cut wholesale power prices"

willismichael — Fri, 14 Aug 2026 18:14:21 +0000

It really depends on the battery chemistry of the specific EV, how many watts you charge at, and deep cycle vs. shallow cycle. Not all EV batteries will hold up to that many charge-discharge cycles.

Even at that, 100,000 cycles is an exaggeration. From what I can tell, you can expect up to 3000 cycles from Nickel Manganese Cobalt batteries before they hit 80% of original capacity. Lithium Iron Phosphate batteries can last for 10,000 cycles before dropping to 80% of original capacity.

https://bslbatt.com/blogs/lfp-vs-nmc-lithium-battery-compari...

New comment by willismichael in "'Crush this lady': how eBay harassment campaign led to $56M payout"

willismichael — Sun, 02 Aug 2026 21:53:26 +0000

"It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly stick society" - Krishnamurti

New comment by willismichael in "I'd not buy a LG monitor"

willismichael — Wed, 29 Jul 2026 14:03:52 +0000

  [x] Yes
  [ ] Remind me later

New comment by willismichael in "The zero-cost fallacy: open-source software in the agentic era"

willismichael — Wed, 15 Jul 2026 15:14:48 +0000

No way, it's AI generated content complaining about AI generated content.

New comment by willismichael in "Sodium-ion "salt" batteries will revolutionize electric-vehicle and grid storage"

willismichael — Tue, 07 Jul 2026 14:54:12 +0000

Electric bikes and scooters are also vehicles, right?

New comment by willismichael in "Sixty percent of US consumers say 'AI' in brand messaging is a turnoff"

willismichael — Wed, 17 Jun 2026 17:21:18 +0000

Understood. Admittedly I'm as guilty as anybody else, but lately I'm trying to take more time away from digital media to spend face-to-face time with people, look at real scenery, and practice physical hobbies.

New comment by willismichael in "Sixty percent of US consumers say 'AI' in brand messaging is a turnoff"

willismichael — Wed, 17 Jun 2026 14:01:04 +0000

If our hormonal reward systems are so fried that low-effort staring at a screen has become the most rewarding thing to do with our time, then the content industry has played us like a fiddle.

New comment by willismichael in "Sixty percent of US consumers say 'AI' in brand messaging is a turnoff"

willismichael — Wed, 17 Jun 2026 13:32:46 +0000

Maybe I missed the /s, but why do we have to spend our time "looking at content" if it's just full of AI slop?

New comment by willismichael in "Fox to buy Roku"

willismichael — Mon, 15 Jun 2026 15:53:46 +0000

I'm impressed that you were able to cancel SiriusXM. I thought that it was set up to cling to people for life, and possibly continue billing their estate after death.

New comment by willismichael in "John Carmack on mutable variables"

willismichael — Fri, 31 Oct 2025 15:06:51 +0000

Here's a relevant comment on Rust: https://x.com/ID_AA_Carmack/status/1094419108781789184

New comment by willismichael in "Things that helped me get out of the AI 10x engineer imposter syndrome"

willismichael — Tue, 05 Aug 2025 21:29:02 +0000

Including writing comments on HN.

New comment by willismichael in "The Toyota Corolla of programming"

willismichael — Mon, 04 Aug 2025 16:51:31 +0000

Do tell, what were the more annoying parts of the system?

New comment by willismichael in "We’re secretly winning the war on cancer"

willismichael — Wed, 11 Jun 2025 04:02:59 +0000

I had a close relative diagnosed with multiple myeloma 25+ years ago (I don't remember the exact year) who only lived for a couple more years. It was rough back then. I'm really glad to hear that there is much better treatment these days.

New comment by willismichael in "The average workday increased during the pandemic’s early weeks (2020)"

willismichael — Fri, 16 May 2025 13:51:46 +0000

    And don't get me started on the ones who are neurodiverse or have any kind of disability.

But that's what I want to hear more about!

New comment by willismichael in "Ask HN: CS degrees, do they matter again?"

willismichael — Mon, 28 Apr 2025 02:38:54 +0000

I have a close relative who made more than that doing more or less entry level manual labor for the local city govt.

New comment by willismichael in "YAGRI: You are gonna read it"

willismichael — Thu, 24 Apr 2025 04:00:54 +0000

Why do I feel like that should be a cheat code in a FPS game?

New comment by willismichael in "Sell yourself, sell your work"

willismichael — Wed, 26 Mar 2025 12:41:16 +0000

I think it's hard because documenting something is a completely different skill than exploring and/or building something. For a lot of us, the act of documenting doesn't scratch the same itch.

New comment by willismichael in "Reintroductions of beavers into the wild in several parts of England"

willismichael — Thu, 06 Mar 2025 18:45:02 +0000

When you say kids, do you mean young goats or young humans?

New comment by willismichael in "Desmos Animated Graphing Calculator"

willismichael — Tue, 28 Jan 2025 14:27:44 +0000

I'm learning about digital signal processing and I use Desmos all the time as a scratchpad to plot the response of functions.