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hnthrowaway0315on U.S. bombs Iranian nuclear sites

Well one better goes for the bomb if one decided to go above 60% (because whatelse do you plan?). Apparently using it as a bargain doesn't work out as expected.

hnthrowaway0315on I will do anything to end homelessness except build more homes

This is a fair point. And better protection regulations too so owners cannot hike rents as they so wish. We have it in Canada so not sure about the US, but I guess at least some states have some sort of protection.

hnthrowaway0315on I will do anything to end homelessness except build more homes (2018)

Eh, I'm not against building more homes though. I just think biasing towards social housing is better than building homes in general.

hnthrowaway0315on I Will Do Anything to End Homelessness Except Build More Homes

Well I'm not against building more homes though.

hnthrowaway0315on I will do anything to end homelessness except build more homes (2018)

How did homeless become homeless though?

1. They never had a home before so they kept living like that

2. They had a home before but then they couldn't afford it (or whatever other reason)

I doubt we have a lot of case 1 (born without a home). For case 2, I doubt building more homes work, because if you are homeless, that not only means that you can't afford buying a home, but you cannot afford renting one as well, and you are most likely jobless. I doubt building more homes are going to solve the issues. For case 2 you need more social housing and other support.

hnthrowaway0315on Ask HN: What cool skill or project interests you, but feels out of reach?

I have a feeling that in circuitry the focus is to manipulative the components so that the final chart is similar to what you want (e.g. a sine wave), and then try to improve the quality and reduce the # of components to save cost. Is it correct?

hnthrowaway0315on Building supercomputers for autocrats probably isn't good for democracy

Basically, advancing any technology for autocrats isn't good for democracy.

hnthrowaway0315on As a developer, my most important tools are a pen and a notebook

A notebook and a pen clear one's mind before touching the keyboard. I agree it is essential to clear one's mind before committing code to the computer. Sometimes I even write full pages of pseudo code before writing code in real programming languages.

However this is only for things that I care about. I'm OK to throw shits on the wall and see if it sticks for anything I don't care about.

hnthrowaway0315on Scientific conferences are leaving the US amid border fears

I wish more computer security conferences go to Canada (Montreal if possible) which is cheaper (for me). We do have Recon but that's it.

hnthrowaway0315on Claude 4

Damn I wish you good luck. I'm also pretty mediocre and my career life is always a quarter away from the end. Gotta enjoy it while can.

hnthrowaway0315on Claude 4

When can we reach the point that 80% of the capacity of mediocre junior frontend/data engineers can be replaced?

hnthrowaway0315on Rogue communication devices found in Chinese solar power inverters

I agree with this. But I don't think they are sensitive enough to be, say, censored, like you can't even talk about the brand and you can't buy from the market.

hnthrowaway0315on Ask HN: What do you wish you had done differently in life?

Since you just had a baby, my recommendation is to think about things that you want to do but haven't done yet, and do that ASAP.

Life after having a baby is completely different from life without one. There is only enough free time to do just ONE thing outside of parenting and work. Pick that wisely.

hnthrowaway0315on Rogue communication devices found in Chinese solar power inverters

> Over the past nine months, undocumented communication devices, including cellular radios, have also been found in some batteries from multiple Chinese suppliers, one of them said.

Since solar power inverters are not exactly military and high security stuffs. I'd appreciate that they at least give the brands and models so that we can check by ourselves.

hnthrowaway0315on Netflix will show generative AI ads midway through streams in 2026

I hope they put ads every where so that I'd never make a subscription.

hnthrowaway0315on Widespread power outage in Spain and Portugal

Wow this really looks interesting.

hnthrowaway0315on Widespread power outage in Spain and Portugal

I wonder if someone could build a realistic scenario into a game -- let's say some sort of smaller scale black start for, say, a space station. And throw in a unknown computer architecture for the in-game computers so that players need to RTFM to figure out how it works.

hnthrowaway0315on OpenAI releases image generation in the API

Thanks, it's just a simple C++/SDL2 engine, unfinished though.

hnthrowaway0315on OpenAI releases image generation in the API

I'm writing my own engine. I'm trying to generate something similar to the original Ultima-IV style spritesheet.

https://wiki.ultimacodex.com/images/0/0d/Ultima_4_-_Tiles.pn...

hnthrowaway0315on OpenAI releases image generation in the API

Thanks. I'm trying out this one. But somehow it is just spinning. I wonder why.

hnthrowaway0315on Ask HN: My CEO wants to go hard on AI. What do I do?

Encourage him to buy training for the company -- better buy Udemy corporate so that you can reap the benefit for anything you want to learn.

hnthrowaway0315on OpenAI releases image generation in the API

I wonder which model is the best to output standard 2d game resources:

- N by N sprite sheets

- Isometric sprite sheets

Basically anything that I can directly drop into my little game engine.

hnthrowaway0315on Avoiding skill atrophy in the age of AI

I believe there is a lot of value to trying to figure out things by myself -- ofc only focusing on things that I really care for. I have no issue relying on AI on most of the work stuffs, they are boring anyway.

hnthrowaway0315on Avoiding Skill Atrophy in the Age of AI

Specific of "Why bother reading docs" -- Sometimes the doc is just not really well written for new people to read. Some of them read like complete technical specifications, which is actually way better than "WIP".

hnthrowaway0315on Ask HN: Why so many companies reducing middle management recently?

In one of my previous companies, they forced middle managers to go back to work as IC. I'd say it's just a way to force more work for the middle managers because they are still taking management work.

I wonder when we will see the next cycle. Might be decades away, or even never, if it ends up with a hot war.

I really need to convince my wife to sell our 2nd house ASAP, when there is still market.

hnthrowaway0315on One quantum transition makes light at 21 cm

Damn that's 42 / 2!

hnthrowaway0315on Ask HN: How to transition into Robotics

I just visit that journeyman community and looks like they are pretty stringent about that weekly update.

hnthrowaway0315on Ask HN: Should you launch your stupid ideas too?

Yes, why not? You don't lose anything. It's a net gain.

hnthrowaway0315on Microsoft employees recall their early years

https://images.seattletimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/0...

This development environment looks interesting：why two shelves?

Also the place look like a cheap airline cabin. I thought all MSFT employees have their own offices back then. Maybe it's because that's the lab?

hnthrowaway0315on US Administration announces 34% tariffs on China, 20% on EU

Yeah that's the point, we should not use the term "the people" lightly.