HNHacker News
TopNewBestAskShowJobs

dinkblam

847 karma · joined April 1, 2016

submissionscomments
dinkblam··on WinBoat: Run Windows apps on Linux with seamless integration
wouldn't this require a license? windows is not free in any sense of the word
dinkblam··on The circular economy could make demolition a thing of the past
or build to last. there are still roman buildings around after 2000 years, but a new house is designed to last only a few decades...
dinkblam··on 'Safety Today Is a Luxury,' Giorgetto Giugiaro Says After His Crash
> He considers himself "privileged" to be in as good shape as he is, and credits the modern luxury car he was driving for making it possible.

perhaps if the "modern" car wasn't such a shitshow the accident wouldn't have happened in the first place

dinkblam··on Sam Altman is in damage-control mode after latest ChatGPT release
> I think he truly believed that scaling LLMs would lead to AGI.

no one in the industry could have believed that

dinkblam··on White Mountain Direttissima
viewer discretion advised, that foot image should be banned
dinkblam··on FDA approves eye drops that fix near vision without glasses
any info on availability in the EU?
dinkblam··on Australia’s gains in wheat-farm productivity
> Australia has among the lowest agricultural subsidies

other countries would be wise to adopt that, but there is zero chance of that happening.

dinkblam··on The Hater's Guide to the AI Bubble
> "good" bubble in the sense

how can massively buying hardware that will have to be thrown away in a few years be a "good" bubble in the sense of being a lasting infrastructure investment?

dinkblam··on Aging-related inflammation is not universal across human populations
the confusing things for a layman is the different kinds of messages we receive from those pop-science outlets.

on one hand they claim chronic or recurring inflammation is THE big health problem, and if we could it under control everything we'd be much healthier.

on the other hand there are messages like inflammation is good for your body because it keeps it working and e.g. the reason vegetables are so healthy is because they are basically indigestible and therefore cause mild inflammation, ergo good.

so what is it now? or are there different kinds of inflammation?

dinkblam··on Launch HN: Issen (YC F24) – Personal AI language tutor
tried it in Safari, didn't hear anything of the intro sentence after choosing a voice and then i got

"Error An unknown error has occurred."

has this been tested on Safari?

dinkblam··on A new PNG spec
on the contrary. on macOS apps don't have to support image (or movie) formats. it is done by the system and transparently handled by the APIs. apps automatically gain new formats when the system adds it.
dinkblam··on Chimpanzees yawn when observing an android yawn
> I've seen snakes yawn

if a see a snake (yawning or otherwise) i'll definitely not yawn.

puking, screaming or running would be more likely.

dinkblam··on PWM flicker: Invisible light that's harming our health?
can anyone recommend flicker-free LEDs (E14) to order from Amazon.de?

incidentally i found some LEDs to be extremely annoying but the flicker would sometimes just disappear on its own or after turning off and on the light switch. what could cause this?

dinkblam··on Air India flight to London crashes in Ahmedabad with more than 240 onboard
when will the chinese enter that market? super cheap planes for everyone!
dinkblam··on Research suggests Big Bang may have taken place inside a black hole
stupid question: if at the beginning of the universe (before the big bang) all the matter was in the very same spot, shouldn't this have been effectively been a black hole due to the extreme density? if so, how could it explode if nothing can escape a black hole?
dinkblam··on Menstrual tracking app data is gold mine for advertisers that risks women safety
also in the 70s people would not even have "noticed" covid. back then people could not even be bothered to use seatbelts or stop chainsmoking (even in airplanes).

what is considered "acceptable risk" has completely changed in the past few decades.

dinkblam··on Why is everybody knitting chickens?
i cannot understand this at all. it should be completely obvious to everyone that Ducks are far superior.
dinkblam··on Ask HN: How do you promote your personal project in limited bugget?
> I've always been under the impression that if you make something truly useful or interesting, it will spread through word of mouth naturally and quickly.

useful or interesting stuff has zero chances in the marketplace even if you spend millions on marketing. you can put in on github for free maybe.

it is idiotic (facebook, tiktop, instagram, cat videos, etc) or harmful stuff (all the evil companies) that make the big money.

dinkblam··on Visualizing 100k Years of Earth in WebGL
doesn't seem to work on macOS with either Safari or Chrome. am i missing something?
dinkblam··on Show HN: Job board aggregator for best paying remote SWE jobs in the U.S.
SWE? i thought it is a site only for swedes

remotedev would be a better name

dinkblam··on What do wealthy people buy, that ordinary people know nothing about? (2015)
> existence of Miele kitchen

i'd pay not to own Miele

dinkblam··on Show HN: Undetectag, track stolen items with AirTag
> These devices should be outright illegal

why should protecting my belongings from thieves be illegal?

> You shouldn't go get back your belongings from a thief anyways.

you can also send the police to the thieves if you know where they are

seriously, there are like 10 stalkers worldwide but 2 billion thieves. most likely any stalking story was made up by thieves because they hate if people get their stuff back...

dinkblam··on I can’t understand Apple’s Critical Alert policy (2023)
> What’s even more confusing is that I’ve seen general-purpose to-do or reminder apps on the App Store that somehow got approved for Critical Alerts, even though their use case seems far less urgent

thats because App Store review is a.) random and b.) they play favorites so the same rules don't apply to everyone

we got rejected because of "Mac*" in the name. we pointed them to a dozen others that had it, where it seemingly was no problem. didn't help.

dinkblam··on My quest to make motorcycle riding that tad bit safer
same as with cars - it seems the technology that is actually built in the products is just the annoying / useless ones instead of technology that would be actually useful e.g. to safety
dinkblam··on DuoBook: Generate bilingual stories to learn any language
very nice but:

1.) a "long" story is still only like 20 sentences 2.) a real translation for each sentence is nice but often you are still left wondering what each word means. a "word by word" literal translation would be more useful either as an option or additionally. or the ability to click on any word and see the translation (bonus points for the declinations / conjugations too)

dinkblam··on Why can't HTML alone do includes?
we had no problem using <object> for headers and footers
dinkblam··on Vanguard 50-year anniversary CEO letter
yes, diversification is the basis for sound investing.

yet, if you look at all people and companies that have grown extremely rich extremely quickly, there is one very common factor: they didn't take money out of the company, but reinvested every single penny. thats the way you can outgrow your competition which doesn't do the same thing. failing businesses are often those that paid too much to their owners.

dinkblam··on Heart disease deaths worldwide linked to chemical widely used in plastics
200 years ago was 1825. a lot happens in 200 years...
dinkblam··on Chongqing, the Largest City – In Pictures
> I am totally uninterested in China mainly due to them being so hostile to foreigners

I am totally interested in the USA mainly due to them being so very welcoming to foreigners and migrants

dinkblam··on Exercise before bed is linked with disrupted sleep
i'd consider it alarming if 10 flights is already "exercise" or even noticeable
← PreviousPage 3 of 9Next →