Hacker News: 1auralynn

New comment by 1auralynn in "Ask HN: What are you working on? (February 2026)"

1auralynn — Tue, 10 Feb 2026 15:13:06 +0000

Working on a web viewer for my "immersive science platform for education" https://10k.science

https://viewer.10k.science/

New comment by 1auralynn in "Peanut allergies have plummeted in children"

1auralynn — Mon, 20 Oct 2025 23:04:13 +0000

Yeah our doctor specifically recommended Bambas. Babies love them and they sell them at Trader Joe's.

New comment by 1auralynn in "How to draw construction equipment for kids"

1auralynn — Wed, 24 Sep 2025 04:07:15 +0000

The UK has it dialed in on this stuff - check out Tractor Ted https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mIo-RUdF6QU&t=10s

New comment by 1auralynn in "Section 174 is reversed, mostly"

1auralynn — Fri, 18 Jul 2025 20:32:01 +0000

Agreed, it cost me at least $10,000 because I had to pay fancier accountants to do all the R&D calcs. Not to mention the interest lost, my time spent figuring it all out, etc.

New comment by 1auralynn in "Being too ambitious is a clever form of self-sabotage"

1auralynn — Sat, 05 Jul 2025 21:08:43 +0000

The answer here is actually teach them to self-evaluate, e.g. What do you think about your drawing? Should we hang it up?

Got this from Steve Peters: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Peters_(psychiatrist)

New comment by 1auralynn in "Unity is threatening to revoke licenses of developers with flawed data"

1auralynn — Sat, 10 May 2025 04:24:17 +0000

The same Unity jerk targeted my small educational software company and shook us down for $5000/year industry licenses because we have a grant. I had to let one of my devs go.

When I originally wrote the grant, we had budgeted for $80/month Pro licenses (what I was paying at the time). I've had a Pro license since 2011. It's alarming that they're in such a bad spot to try to draw blood from a stone in this way.

New comment by 1auralynn in "NSF faces shake-up as officials abolish its 37 divisions"

1auralynn — Sat, 10 May 2025 03:05:21 +0000

No not all talented scientists are independently wealthy or have the charisma to raise VC funding. What you're advocating for is the return of the era of the "gentleman scientist" where the only people allowed to do science are those lucky enough to be born into wealth (or some other privilege e.g. extreme good looks).

Why Do They Have It in for Biomedical Research?

1auralynn — Wed, 07 May 2025 19:35:16 +0000

Article URL: https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/why-do-they-have-it-in-for-biomedical-research

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43919782

Points: 2

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New comment by 1auralynn in "Mark Zuckerberg says social media is over"

1auralynn — Thu, 24 Apr 2025 19:09:20 +0000

Once I looked at the comments for a disgusting AI-generated tiny house picture to see if anyone else knew it was AI-generated and then all it showed me were more disgusting AI-generated tiny house pictures no matter how many times I tried to block it.

New comment by 1auralynn in "AI Horseless Carriages"

1auralynn — Wed, 23 Apr 2025 19:13:05 +0000

Before I disabled it for my organization (couldn't stand the "help me write" prompt on gdocs), I kept asking Gemini stuff like, "Find the last 5 most important emails that I have not responded to", and it replies "I'm sorry I can't do that". Seems like it would be the most basic possible functionality for an AI email assistant.

New comment by 1auralynn in "I should have loved biology too"

1auralynn — Wed, 23 Apr 2025 04:38:36 +0000

Agreed 100%! Really like this

New comment by 1auralynn in "I should have loved biology too"

1auralynn — Tue, 22 Apr 2025 18:34:06 +0000

The field of biology was created by people who love to classify/name things. This has resulted in what we have now: A subject where the prerequisite to understanding is the ability to read long passages of text littered with jargon and visualize what that might represent. Even if everyone's reading skills were where they should be, the second part is not a super common skillset.

It's one of the reasons why I work in visualization for life sciences education: I think we're missing out on people who might otherwise make massive contributions to the field because they failed to memorize what the "endoplasmic reticulum" does. Much of biology you don't have to actually remember what things are called in order to understand the processes (at least at a basic level like what a middle schooler might be taught). Once you're exposed to the fascinating complexity of life at that level, for many people it can be interesting enough to build the motivation for the memorization/etc.

New comment by 1auralynn in "How the U.S. became a science superpower"

1auralynn — Tue, 15 Apr 2025 15:04:15 +0000

We are killing the golden goose

New comment by 1auralynn in "Nobody cares"

1auralynn — Fri, 17 Jan 2025 00:57:54 +0000

I've grudgingly come to admit that also people who don't have great vision love bright lighting. I can usually see perfectly well by starlight, but that's not the case for everyone.

New comment by 1auralynn in "I automated my job application process"

1auralynn — Sun, 29 Dec 2024 04:12:08 +0000

Way too wordy, overly formal, and generic

New comment by 1auralynn in "Reverse engineering the Sega Channel game image file format"

1auralynn — Sun, 08 Dec 2024 21:03:01 +0000

Cool! My dad worked on Sega Channel at General Instrument but we never actually had access to it because ironically our home's cable provider was terrible and didn't offer it.

New comment by 1auralynn in "Ask HN: Who is hiring? (September 2024)"

1auralynn — Mon, 02 Sep 2024 18:26:00 +0000

10k Science is an immersive science education platform where we work with leading scientists to visualize their research data (mostly 3D structural) and package it into VR experiences for K-12 & higher ed. Students are guided through the experiences (think 'magic school bus' but for high school and higher ed) with AI and their learning is summarized for educators on our web-based dashboard.

We're looking for a Unity Visualization Engineer (C#, experience with vfx/shaders) and Platform Engineer (AWS & serverless experience).

We are a small, growing team and value those with demonstrated ability, great communication skills, and an egoless approach. We are hiring critical positions with a high probability of growth.

Apply here: https://10k.science/careers

New comment by 1auralynn in "US only country where developers' salary cannot be expensed the same year"

1auralynn — Sat, 27 Jul 2024 03:53:17 +0000

Have you ever bootstrapped a business? If no, maybe you wouldn't be so flippant here if you had. Loans are not easy to get as a small business, particularly ones with favorable interest rates.

New comment by 1auralynn in "I am starting an AI+Education company"

1auralynn — Wed, 17 Jul 2024 04:13:58 +0000

Khan Academy already has a robust AI chatbot/features (https://www.khanmigo.ai/) - they have an ongoing relationship with Microsoft/OpenAI

New comment by 1auralynn in "Nutrition Science's Most Preposterous Result"

1auralynn — Wed, 10 Jul 2024 00:24:39 +0000

I dunno, when I had gestational diabetes, a little bit of ice cream was mostly fine - the protein and fat content kept my blood sugar from spiking. In contrast, white rice was much much worse. Maybe it's just all about the glycemic index, paired with the fact that ice cream is so satisfying so it might keep you from other carb-heavy snacks.