Hacker News: zippyman55

New comment by zippyman55 in "Federal judge orders Texas to air condition all prisons by the end of 2029"

zippyman55 — Thu, 24 Sep 2026 22:24:44 +0000

Not sure I am following your point. You commented that people have choices, good and bad. I presented you with a story where a good boy was watering his mother's yard and he was thrown in prison (28 yrs) for a murder he did not commit. I guess the only choice to be made was the corrupt police employees? I think you and I will go around and around in circles on this. I wish you well.

New comment by zippyman55 in "Federal judge orders Texas to air condition all prisons by the end of 2029"

zippyman55 — Thu, 24 Sep 2026 20:46:53 +0000

Wow! what a dodge! Try reading: The Sun Does Shine: How I Found Life and Freedom on Death Row

New comment by zippyman55 in "Federal judge orders Texas to air condition all prisons by the end of 2029"

zippyman55 — Thu, 24 Sep 2026 20:45:50 +0000

Honestly, Arizona is unlivable unless you are an AC repairman.

New comment by zippyman55 in "'That's so AI ' What gen Alpha's biggest insult tells us"

zippyman55 — Thu, 24 Sep 2026 14:15:31 +0000

I hired a few contractors out of the bay area to another state where their salary was 1/3 a nice permanent home and they ended up scattering to other parts of the country. One even went back to the Bay Area. Yes there are nice places to live besides the bay area.

New comment by zippyman55 in "I am embarassed by how good is ChatGPT, and I have never paid one penny"

zippyman55 — Tue, 22 Sep 2026 14:26:34 +0000

I’m a freebie too. It’s not perfect but the imperfection keeps me grounded and having to think.

New comment by zippyman55 in "JP Morgan CEO says hyperscaler AI spending could hit $1T in 2027"

zippyman55 — Tue, 22 Sep 2026 08:28:42 +0000

https://youtu.be/m6ISvd6yZwU

New comment by zippyman55 in "US Military had close call after using AI for hallucinated intelligence report"

zippyman55 — Sat, 19 Sep 2026 05:47:26 +0000

Can you point me to the error bars or confidence intervals? Asking for a friend.

New comment by zippyman55 in "A Trip to the ER"

zippyman55 — Sat, 19 Sep 2026 04:40:13 +0000

Not a medical person here, but suggest you do not let off on the gas and sleuth a little more as to why this happened and not just take sedentary behavior as the cause. If insurance supports, see if you have a hole in your heart via a bubble study, not that you will make any changes at your age, but you may better understand your health and perhaps have a Plan B should you have a repeat issue or something on the other side of your circulatory system like amorous fugax. Wishing you a long life and happy holidays.

New comment by zippyman55 in "Why Raccoons Have Been So Successful in Taking over Toronto"

zippyman55 — Fri, 18 Sep 2026 18:26:21 +0000

do not leave food out for dogs/cats. make sure your garbage cans are secure. the fecal matter can be quite dangerous if you have an outdoor sandbox for the kids. don't assume our dog will chase them off, they may attack you and you may find yourself needing rabies shots. I once placed a trap cage out for them, and the two babies were captured. The mother and father worked all thru the night to rescue them attempted to drag the cage across the street. (I did let them go).

New comment by zippyman55 in "Artificial intelligence now beats some of the best human forecasters"

zippyman55 — Thu, 17 Sep 2026 16:44:12 +0000

Be sure to sound excited when they call you at 3AM for your award. It helps to say : DYNAMITE! As a term of excitement.

New comment by zippyman55 in "How the Chorleywood Bread Process transformed British bread"

zippyman55 — Fri, 11 Sep 2026 06:27:57 +0000

I lost interest too. I could grow grain grind it, and make bread before I finished the article.

New comment by zippyman55 in "Accuracy and Precision"

zippyman55 — Tue, 08 Sep 2026 21:42:42 +0000

I always like to include all three when I talk to this: accuracy, repeatability, and precision. And its not like choose two of good, fast, cheap.

New comment by zippyman55 in "De-Brainrot Vacations"

zippyman55 — Mon, 07 Sep 2026 14:51:10 +0000

I struggle w my advanced learning in that much of it I will Never use due to my retirement status. I attempt screenplays; reading classical electrodynamics by Jackson; studying chess; and learning Spanish. I love to write code but that sucks me back to the computer. Cooking is always fun.

New comment by zippyman55 in "Why can't human care be more like a vet visit?"

zippyman55 — Mon, 07 Sep 2026 04:18:44 +0000

My vet bills are higher than my health care costs.

New comment by zippyman55 in "Seattle public schools shuts down gifted and talented program"

zippyman55 — Sat, 05 Sep 2026 14:47:28 +0000

I have no issues w public schools offering advanced engineering, calculus, Latin, and other uncommon languages the many thousand students in the school system will give them an opportunity to have these classes for highly advanced students. I do not think blowing smoke up kids asses by telling them they are so special is the best way to go. In many areas, these kids may not be so special but their inflated ego may not pick up on it. My anecdotal observations of my youth was too many of my mentally gifted minor friends became potheads and sadly wasted the great opportunity they had.

New comment by zippyman55 in "Seattle public schools shuts down gifted and talented program"

zippyman55 — Fri, 04 Sep 2026 17:21:56 +0000

The economies of scale will still allow specialized classes for those qualified in the public system. A special program to tell people they are special is probably not the investment needed at this time.

New comment by zippyman55 in "How accurate have Ed Zitron's AI skeptic predictions been?"

zippyman55 — Wed, 02 Sep 2026 18:04:22 +0000

I really like reading him. I do wish is posts were a lot shorter. I get tired of all the 60/40 percent forecasts that have enough wiggle room the forecaster never thinks he is wrong. I certainly dont get that from Ed!

New comment by zippyman55 in ""Enshittification" Isn't Real"

zippyman55 — Wed, 02 Sep 2026 05:33:58 +0000

For the most part never used these products so I avoided the network effect of being dragged into them. Nice writeup.

New comment by zippyman55 in "Lawmakers added $1 to car insurance policies. That money paid for Flock cameras"

zippyman55 — Sun, 30 Aug 2026 16:33:00 +0000

https://media.makeameme.org/created/ai-is-going-28c40ae773.p...

New comment by zippyman55 in "Alphabet stock sheds $700B as AI bills climb"

zippyman55 — Fri, 28 Aug 2026 02:55:02 +0000

I keep running into people that don’t want to hear this message. It does remind me of the run-up to the 2008 financial crisis when nobody wanted to listen to me.