zippyman55's comments

On: Ask HN: Any interesting niche hobbies?

[zippyman55]

Artisan pizzas! Local food bank Clothing give—a-way for homeless (organized) Toastmaster public speaking Organized a youth chess club (great) Lock picking Teaching calculus, physics Exercise at the gym Helping a homeless guy get organized Nature hikes in groups Dancing Spanish lessons Chess puzzles Chess lessons Cooking Making past Home improvement Detail your messy car Take an auto class

On: Tell HN: I think my colleagues are just piping my replies into an LLM

[zippyman55]

Perhaps call a short impromptu meeting next time with the caveat that previous responses were all LLM generated. It’s that’s going to be the way forward less employees are going to be needed. Do the brainstorming and disband and wait for better input. I’d follow up on suspicious contributions w 1:1 discussions. Drill down and see what they know.

On: Quantum computer researchers: Bitcoin encryption breakable in a few years

[zippyman55]

No, it will come five years after commercial fusion.

On: Inside Nepal's Fake Rescue Racket

[zippyman55]

Ahhhh! Mystery solved. About 40 yrs ago I came to work to taste the most foul cookie (pretty cookie at that!). This is what they must have done. Nobody admitted to making the cookies. I always thought it was a gag. LOL

On: Hershey says it will shift back to classic recipe for all Reese's products

[zippyman55]

As a kid, I loved these Reese's cups and into the 1990's I think I enjoyed them. But they have been off many years in terms of a poor quality waxy flavored chocolate. The Trader Joes ones (and I am sure other products) blow them away. Lucky for me, I have moved on to healthier items.

On: AI got the blame for the Iran school bombing. The truth is more worrying

[zippyman55]

It seems these targets get reviewed and excluded if they are no longer targets. To me, it looks like someone was not paying attention for ten yrs.

On: Trump signature to appear on US currency, ending 165-year tradition

[zippyman55]

I guess there will be lots of graffiti on the bills going forward

On: Regular army and reserve components enlistment program: Summary of change

[zippyman55]

They are having problems meeting the fitness standard right now. It seems these tests just get harder as you age.

[yoyohello13 → zippyman55]

The standards are really not that hard for someone who works out regularly. Which, if you’re joining the army you should probably be going to the gym.

[michaelteter → yoyohello13]

If you’re being drafted, chances are you had no desire to be joining the army.

[throwaway290 → michaelteter]

Nobody's being drafted because there's no draft in US since vietnam war

[toomuchtodo → throwaway290]

Are you registered for Selective Service? If a draft occurs, which is likely rare but certainly possible under current circumstances, your options will be flee the country or elect conscientious objector status and experience whatever treatment you will experience from doing so.

https://www.sss.gov/

[hsbauauvhabzb → zippyman55]

Presumably a 42 year old who can meet the fitness tests will be a better candidate than a 25 year old who cannot. Less 42 year olds will be able to meet the requirements, but the ones that do are what they’re after.

[kibwen → hsbauauvhabzb]

Note that fitness standards are bracketed by age, so the standards themselves get more lenient as age increases. The standards in question: https://www.goarmy.com/content/dam/goarmy/files/HQDA_EXORD_2...

On: Two pilots dead after plane and ground vehicle collide at LaGuardia

[zippyman55]

You know the story about how the frogs, thrown into a hot pot will jump out. But, if you turn up the heat slowly, they just eventually die? Well, the other day, at work, we were called into a room to watch a mandatory video of frogs in this environment. I actually noticed that management had turned the thermostat up really high. I hopped out of that meeting very quickly.

On: A Japanese glossary of chopsticks faux pas (2022)

[zippyman55]

I have always wondered when I used the pair of chopsticks to push food on my fork, if there was a name for my type.