Hacker News: AFF87

New comment by AFF87 in "Statement on US government directive to suspend access to Fable 5 and Mythos 5"

AFF87 — Sat, 13 Jun 2026 15:02:30 +0000

Not necessarily. You know what your competitors are likely to do and you want to position yourself differently

New comment by AFF87 in "I Am Begging You to Read Terry Pratchett"

AFF87 — Wed, 27 May 2026 11:57:48 +0000

In case anyone needs help: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Discworld_Reading_Or...

(I recommend starting with Going Postal tho)

Ionizing radiation and melanism in Chornobyl tree frogs

AFF87 — Wed, 27 May 2026 11:54:42 +0000

Article URL: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9488684/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48292889

Points: 1

# Comments: 1

New comment by AFF87 in "OpenAI Is Preparing to File for an IPO Soon"

AFF87 — Thu, 21 May 2026 11:10:57 +0000

Reporting is going to be interesting. I wonder how their filings will look like and what will appear there

New comment by AFF87 in "Ask HN: What are you working on? (May 2026)"

AFF87 — Mon, 18 May 2026 23:29:08 +0000

Encrypted, locally. And backup encrypted copy on your email

New comment by AFF87 in "Show HN: Cockroach Battle Royale Game"

AFF87 — Mon, 18 May 2026 17:55:12 +0000

Thanks for testing it, I need to polish the mechanics and the damage and the explanations

Why I don't have a girlfriend [pdf]

AFF87 — Mon, 18 May 2026 17:43:12 +0000

Article URL: https://www.astro.sunysb.edu/fwalter/AST248/why_i_dont_have_a_girlfriend.pdf

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48182842

Points: 4

# Comments: 0

New comment by AFF87 in "Ask HN: What are you working on? (May 2026)"

AFF87 — Sun, 10 May 2026 20:08:57 +0000

A personal CRM system that lives locally in your device, no data shared anywhere

New comment by AFF87 in "Pen pal programs endure in a digital age"

AFF87 — Thu, 07 May 2026 07:18:22 +0000

Postcrossing still pretty much alive ans thriving

Show HN: Cockroach Battle Royale Game

AFF87 — Tue, 05 May 2026 18:52:01 +0000

Looking for feedback on my idea for a cockroach battle royale kind of game.

Down the line I would like to try and make it a true battle royale with online multiplayer mode and different maps (rooms with different furniture).

Play here: https://roachoids.com/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48026828

Points: 1

# Comments: 2

A Model for Economic Freedom on Mars

AFF87 — Tue, 28 Apr 2026 19:19:26 +0000

Article URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2406.10380

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47939251

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

New comment by AFF87 in "I spent 6 years building my Kanban as I hated how managers run the boards"

AFF87 — Sun, 26 Apr 2026 14:35:17 +0000

"No sprints were completed in the making of this game." Loving this. And the fact your wife also sells socks as merch of the game!

New comment by AFF87 in "Humpback whales are forming super-groups"

AFF87 — Sat, 25 Apr 2026 13:22:57 +0000

What do the dolphins think about it?

New comment by AFF87 in "The Theory of Interstellar Trade [pdf] (1978)"

AFF87 — Mon, 20 Apr 2026 18:25:13 +0000

Adding it to the pile of books to read! Thanks

The Theory of Interstellar Trade [pdf] (1978)

AFF87 — Mon, 20 Apr 2026 16:57:10 +0000

Article URL: https://www.princeton.edu/~pkrugman/interstellar.pdf

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47837105

Points: 101

# Comments: 28

New comment by AFF87 in "Shares in shoe brand Allbirds rise 580% after it pivots from footwear to AI"

AFF87 — Fri, 17 Apr 2026 22:20:12 +0000

That is probably still bad enough too. The SPAC era of 2020 and 2021 was not great [1] and SPACs are normally not the best vehicles [2]

[1]https://certuity.com/insights/what-happened-to-spacs/ [2]https://mergersandinquisitions.com/spac-vs-ipo/

New comment by AFF87 in "Playdate’s handheld changed how Duke University teaches game design"

AFF87 — Thu, 16 Apr 2026 23:55:37 +0000

Ok, this is it. Consider me convinced

New comment by AFF87 in "Playdate’s handheld changed how Duke University teaches game design"

AFF87 — Thu, 16 Apr 2026 23:28:29 +0000

Any game recommendations? You may have convinced me

New comment by AFF87 in "Playdate’s handheld changed how Duke University teaches game design"

AFF87 — Thu, 16 Apr 2026 22:29:54 +0000

I was thinking the same. Read the article, thought about getting one and then thought again

Show HN: Morebooksplease – SF Signal flowchart as a survey

AFF87 — Thu, 16 Apr 2026 14:54:31 +0000

Reinterpretation of SF Signal famous flowchart but as a typeform type form. Find your next fantasy/SF read or share your journey so far with friends.