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This is one of the few places I ever engage on the internet, but I think it may be time for HN to be read-only, too. This didn't seem especially controversial of a comment, and eve…

Although the author turned out to be a fairly despicable person, Prime Obsession is an absolutely wonderful book on this subject.

My earliest introduction to locusts was as a biblical plague. These Sunday school lessons did not include pictures. I always imagined some twisted diminutive demonic swarm of insec…

That homebrew page is pure gold. Thank you for the suggestion!

That's very similar to the setup I'm working on, including the stand. Thanks for sharing! One of the appealing features on the Note Max was the screen size (13.3"). How do you find…

I'm desperately awaiting the perfect eink device for this. I've got a great writing setup on Obsidian that really works for me, a royal kludge mechanical keyboard...just waiting on…

Previous discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47834195

I understood that the move to non-replaceable batteries was at least partially driven by water resistance *Edit. Not sure why people are downvoting. I didn't make a positive declar…

There are a handful of anecdotes like this one that make me very hopeful for the future. In spite of everything, humanity is still achieving wonders: The device, implanted in July …

Agreed, I found this essay engaging and emotional. While I can see why the unusual style might not be someone's cup of tea, I don't agree at all with the criticism that this is bad…

Physical books are irreplaceable to me. I love the feel, the smell, and having a house full of them. Just went to a library sale this morning and got even more. I also really need …

It sounds like there wasn't really a counter narrative for the models to learn from. This feature of how llms accumulate information is already being gamed by seeding the internet …

The majority of my encounters with West Coast Buddhism have been... off-putting. Particularly in the SF tech scene, there is an unfortunate 'competitive enlightenment' vibe amongst…

Thank you for what you're doing, this is an important fight. The story is tragically illustrative of the maxim that you can oppose terrible legislation a hundred times but they onl…

Adjacent but not directly to the point of the article, does anyone remember their dreams or have success with lucid dreaming? After about a year of trying I can remember at least s…

Perhaps I'm getting the wrong impression, but it seems like this author is either ignorant of a lot of very successful contemporary scifi or is just taking a narrow view of the gen…

"The researchers tested their framework on nearly 1,000 LinkedIn profiles to see if it could match them to accounts on Hacker News. These were profiles where the real-world identit…

Many are complaining about banking app compatability, but I've never felt compelled to use anything other than my browser for banking. What's the big deal with the banking apps? Am…

"Excel's default behavior is to convert certain text entries into dates. It makes sense for general spreadsheet use, but not for geneticists. Genes, like Membrane Associated Ring-C…