Hacker News: Aaronstotle

New comment by Aaronstotle in "Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (April 2026)"

Aaronstotle — Mon, 13 Apr 2026 15:38:52 +0000

This started as a joke idea I had but I've had a lot of fun making this and I got some of my friends to sign-up, adds another reason for me to ride my bike.

I am working on gamifying strava activities with a game called Hog Crankers. They are little hogs that turn a crank and right now it syncs to your strava and generates a certain amount of hogs per 5 miles of activity.

I got it approved by Strava so i can have up to 1000 athletes login, been making some small UI changes and next need to tweak the economics. I plan on making it kind of like a base building type of game.

https://hog-crankers.fly.dev/

New comment by Aaronstotle in "Native Instant Space Switching on macOS"

Aaronstotle — Thu, 09 Apr 2026 21:14:05 +0000

I think it was iOS 9 that had some glitch where the animations were completely disabled and it was a really awesome experience to click an app and have it instantly open with zero animations.

New comment by Aaronstotle in "Cardiorespiratory fitness is associated with lower anger and anxiety"

Aaronstotle — Tue, 24 Feb 2026 18:51:56 +0000

I used to feel this way until I discovered cycling, I started running because I don't want to bike in NYC winter weather. Highly recommending trying cycling since you get to make it as hard as you want and it builds amazing cardio

New comment by Aaronstotle in "Cardiorespiratory fitness is associated with lower anger and anxiety"

Aaronstotle — Tue, 24 Feb 2026 18:50:27 +0000

Yeah, during covid and little bit after I was in amazing shape because I was able to go on nice long bike rides a few times a week. It got me thinking what would our society feel like if everyone was able to exercise?

New comment by Aaronstotle in "Human brains are preconfigured with instructions for understanding the world"

Aaronstotle — Tue, 25 Nov 2025 14:08:23 +0000

When I was young we had golden retriever and the first time he saw my neighbors pool he dove in immediately and started swimming. He wasn't a complete puppy so maybe he was more confident in his ability.

New comment by Aaronstotle in "Checkout.com hacked, refuses ransom payment, donates to security labs"

Aaronstotle — Thu, 13 Nov 2025 14:58:39 +0000

Google got hacked back in 2010, lookup Operation Aurora. It wasn't a full own, but it shows that even the big guys can get hacked.

New comment by Aaronstotle in "macOS Tahoe"

Aaronstotle — Mon, 15 Sep 2025 21:48:35 +0000

I wish Apple would skip yearly macOS releases, there is no need.

New comment by Aaronstotle in "Stripe Launches L1 Blockchain: Tempo"

Aaronstotle — Thu, 04 Sep 2025 18:49:19 +0000

Why do you need a blockchain for this? What benefit does it bring here?

New comment by Aaronstotle in "Apple 2016 Stand Was Never About One Case"

Aaronstotle — Tue, 26 Aug 2025 17:49:23 +0000

I don't necessarily blame people for using AI to help them write or spruce something up, however I find the tone particularly off-putting.

These excerpts show off that "AI"-tone I'm sure most people see.

>The San Bernardino case is gone from headlines. >But the backdoor? It’s in your phone. >It’s in Google’s servers. >It’s in Meta’s messages. >It’s in the legal system that always wins. >Apple’s 2016 stand wasn’t forgotten. >It was buried under the next headline. >But it’s still true.

New comment by Aaronstotle in "Waymo granted permit to begin testing in New York City"

Aaronstotle — Fri, 22 Aug 2025 18:44:12 +0000

Imagine if we went further and put them on rails and interconnected them. Maybe even built dedicated tunnels for them.

New comment by Aaronstotle in "US AI Action Plan"

Aaronstotle — Wed, 23 Jul 2025 22:30:48 +0000

The American Healthcare is so broken already that further breakage could be seen as an improvement.

New comment by Aaronstotle in "Show HN: NYC Subway Simulator and Route Designer"

Aaronstotle — Mon, 07 Jul 2025 23:48:54 +0000

Finally, I will make a subway that crosses the park!

New comment by Aaronstotle in "Honda conducts successful launch and landing of experimental reusable rocket"

Aaronstotle — Wed, 18 Jun 2025 15:00:05 +0000

And one of the main characters is played by Glen Howard (Dennis for the Always Sunny Fans). He does a good job of playing psychopaths.

New comment by Aaronstotle in "A receipt printer cured my procrastination"

Aaronstotle — Thu, 12 Jun 2025 18:59:58 +0000

I don't even get that kind of hit from a game though unless playing with friends, and that's because I'm with my friends. If I was playing alone I'd play for 30 minutes max and then stop.

New comment by Aaronstotle in "The CL1: the first code deployable biological computer"

Aaronstotle — Fri, 09 May 2025 20:09:33 +0000

Very interesting, I had to re-read it a few times to make sure it was real and not some elaborate prank. I actually wrote a Philosophy paper where there was a computer that had a biological component, and this is almost exactly what I had in mind, very neat to see that there is a company out there making it.

New comment by Aaronstotle in "Retailers will soon have only about 7 weeks of full inventories left"

Aaronstotle — Wed, 30 Apr 2025 19:48:33 +0000

Almost funny to imagine the world where cartels will smuggle large quantities of Switch 2's to sell to Americans.

New comment by Aaronstotle in "How much do you think it costs to make a pair of Nike shoes in Asia?"

Aaronstotle — Wed, 09 Apr 2025 19:12:55 +0000

Maybe it will come full circle and the US will commit IP theft to catch up to the dominant Chinese companies.

New comment by Aaronstotle in "Ask HN: What are you working on? (March 2025)"

Aaronstotle — Mon, 31 Mar 2025 15:40:32 +0000

I love learning more history, thank you for the recommendation, I would have never discovered this myself.

New comment by Aaronstotle in "Triforce – a beamformer for Apple Silicon laptops"

Aaronstotle — Mon, 24 Mar 2025 18:16:08 +0000

Actually my complaint relates to open office designs, the macbook mic picks up louder people from across the room. So if I do use headphones and the MBP mic, other people will hear random noise blurbs from anywhere in the office .

New comment by Aaronstotle in "DOGE has 'god mode' access to government data"

Aaronstotle — Thu, 20 Feb 2025 18:36:25 +0000

Good reminder of why people should be wary of governments collecting data because this a stark reminder that the government can change at any time.