Wow, thanks a lot for a deep and insightful comment like this. I've learn quite a lot just by following your links. This is one of the reasons why I love HN and keep participating after all these years.

Thanks, that's very kind.

> What are we losing, what are we taking away from life, now that we ourselves have become a resource to extract. Probably, a lot.

Beautifully said. And sad.

Were they going to "move" Jakarta to a new location, because of climate change?

Thanks a lot for sharing this. Yours is a truly outstanding comment. I am so glad that sometimes here on HN I find little gems like this one.

Have you considered writing something longer on the subject? Or have you done so, and would you mind sharing links?

Is there any known adverse effect for human health?

I researched that before and I think it's considered generally safe. Toxicity required huge doses.

Though the instructions recommend ventilating the room a little after letting it settle, and I don't use it every night. Also I like to cover pillows before spraying.

It's very similar to the WHO recommended stuff used before and during flights - https://www.inchem.org/documents/ehc/ehc/ehc243.pdf

It was a personal project by ex-Microsoft CTO Nathan Myhrvold, a guy who spends insane amount of money for weird/fun projects.

In 2010 he gave a TED Talk about a laser that could kill mosquitoes and therefore "end malaria". AFAIK, the project never worked properly, and it has been dead for a while now.

[0]: https://www.ted.com/talks/nathan_myhrvold_could_this_laser_z...

Notably, Chris Sacca (now a famous VC), when working at Google in the early 2000s, got in trouble for mentioning that telecoms were preventing Internet from being Net Neutral, and instead of being fired, he got promoted by Larry Page and given a huge budget to work on it. I can't find a reference but I'm almost certain this is correct.

Great guide! I think the first "My first RISC-V assembly program" emulator plane should be right at the beginning of the guide. Otherwise, casual readers might think that this is a text-only introduction (despite the word "interactive" in the title).

Will spend more time on it in the coming days. I am quite interested in RISC-V and I think that it might have a bright future ahead.

If any AI expert is reading this now, please use Replit or Lovable or something like that to re-create "Core War" [0] with RISC-V assembly. It would be GREAT.

[0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Core_War

Why wouldn't someone just do this with their brain?

I was going to add to your comment with some snarky rejoinder like "brain, is that a new agent from OpenAI?" or "we are all vibecoders now" or simply "ain't nobody got time for that".

But then I got to wondering about the OP's statement that they would specifically like someone to create this with AI. It strikes me both as silly as saying "if you're good at using Visual Studio, could you do this?", because AI tools are just tools now, and those who want to use them don't need to be prompted... but also somehow fundamentally different.

OP, what was on your heart that caused you to phrase it that way?

I think it's phrased that way because he's saying it would be great to have as long as you don't spend too much time on it. Doing it by hand would probably not be worth it, but if a tool can do it, then it's worth it.

I'm still busy building my ox-bike wagon. Soon I'll start pedaling around the country offering tea, and hand written (my brain to my keyboard ™) software.

Just checked my homepage, and realized that I created an account in May 2008! 17 years of Hacker News. Practically a lifetime. Time flies.

If you really wanna trip, use the HN API and find some of your earliest comments and go read them

Is there a hidden parameter to stop the paging for your comments?