Hacker News: LichenStone

New comment by LichenStone in "Mechanical Keyboard Sounds – A listening Museum"

LichenStone — Mon, 20 Apr 2026 11:49:02 +0000

I would recommend checking out Chyrosran22's keyboard reviews for a more fair comparison across different boards. He's reviewed just about every switch type under the sun at this point - https://www.youtube.com/@Chyrosran22/videos

At the end of every review he does a typing test, and for the last few years at least I think the mic has been in more or less the same kind of position and they've been recorded in the same room. You still have to apply a pinch of salt because I don't know if there's been significant differences in audio level normalisation/compression/EQ, but it would give you a more representative idea of what to expect.

The Modern Data Center: SuperClusters at Applied Digital

LichenStone — Tue, 15 Jul 2025 16:02:20 +0000

Article URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zcwqTkbaZ0o

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44572561

Points: 1

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Have LLMs Mastered Geolocation?

LichenStone — Fri, 06 Jun 2025 09:04:11 +0000

Article URL: https://www.bellingcat.com/resources/how-tos/2025/06/06/have-llms-finally-mastered-geolocation/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44199045

Points: 5

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New comment by LichenStone in "Defold: cross-platform game engine"

LichenStone — Fri, 18 Apr 2025 11:35:30 +0000

How does this compare to something like Godot?

"The Hoaxters" – 1952 Documentary

LichenStone — Sun, 13 Apr 2025 19:01:05 +0000

Article URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7a0GASCfHM

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43675031

Points: 1

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New comment by LichenStone in "My stupid noise journey (2023)"

LichenStone — Wed, 12 Mar 2025 18:38:42 +0000

What I do to deal with general noise but specifically disruptive low frequency noise from my surroundings is to mask it, in particular with longform (often an hour long) dub techno tracks. CV313 is good for this. It's the only good way to counteract the subsonic energy coming through my walls and ceiling.

We experience sub frequencies with our whole body, certainly I seem to have a high sensitivity to the 5-30Hz stuff. So no amount of ear plugging will be really that effective.

Complexity Dynamics of Learning Systems

LichenStone — Wed, 12 Mar 2025 14:36:01 +0000

Article URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gb0z8lV1i78

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43343723

Points: 1

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New comment by LichenStone in "Clusters – An Asymmetrical Particle System with Emergent Patterns"

LichenStone — Mon, 24 Feb 2025 07:56:15 +0000

https://www.ventrella.com/Clusters/

Clusters – An Asymmetrical Particle System with Emergent Patterns

LichenStone — Mon, 24 Feb 2025 07:56:15 +0000

Article URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ZED-n81WF8

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43156871

Points: 1

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Jeffrey Ventrella – Vestibular Bipeds

LichenStone — Sun, 28 Apr 2024 23:45:39 +0000

Article URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o79ndlTgeMw

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40193023

Points: 3

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Requirements for Self Organization

LichenStone — Sat, 30 Mar 2024 03:51:39 +0000

Article URL: https://francesco215.github.io/Language_CA/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39871691

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by LichenStone in "Hacking F-117A"

LichenStone — Tue, 10 May 2022 13:31:29 +0000

I've been looking at DCS recently, considering the AV-8B...

New comment by LichenStone in "A 3D 'metaverse' from 1996 – Online Traveler: ATAVARA [video]"

LichenStone — Sat, 30 Apr 2022 11:07:23 +0000

This is a fascinating look and series of interviews of an early 3D avatar chat community. Their experiences still seem quite relevant today.

A 3D 'metaverse' from 1996 – Online Traveler: ATAVARA [video]

LichenStone — Sat, 30 Apr 2022 11:07:23 +0000

Article URL: https://archive.org/details/vw_traveler-avatarax

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31215046

Points: 3

# Comments: 1

What else could Elon Musk have bought for $43B?

LichenStone — Tue, 26 Apr 2022 14:44:18 +0000

Article URL: https://www.theverge.com/2022/4/14/23025330/elon-musk-twitter-offer-43-billion

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31168098

Points: 2

# Comments: 10

New comment by LichenStone in "Software Mise En Place"

LichenStone — Sun, 24 Apr 2022 08:42:08 +0000

I've been getting into the early stages of developing a game concept, from the position of a near complete novice. My idea is very vague but I know enough of the elements to be able to break it down into numerous atomised technical challenges to be overcome, little things like making something move and emit a sound.

So far this approach seems to be working really well, I'm not getting overwhelmed or bogged down by trying to 'vertical slice' anything, and keeping the end goal very loosely defined means I can easily adopt new gameplay ideas as I come across them in the process of tinkering with the available tools and their interactions.

Once I've figured out all the individual challenges I can begin in earnest to craft the whole.

New comment by LichenStone in "Disinformation and Fooled by Randomness – Nassim Taleb [video]"

LichenStone — Sat, 23 Apr 2022 23:01:40 +0000

I generally take disinformation to entail some nefarious intent on the part of the source and those who amplify it. Misinformation is more akin to just noise, irrelevant or confusing details that obfuscate the truth.

The problems of course are determining when and where exactly someone has ill intent, and when information is unhelpful noise. This seems likely to remain a qualitative endeavour.

Nassim Nicholas Taleb: Why Correlation Is Unreliable [video]

LichenStone — Sat, 23 Apr 2022 14:41:33 +0000

Article URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=twUhabWYIIA

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31134674

Points: 5

# Comments: 0

New comment by LichenStone in "Disinformation and Fooled by Randomness – Nassim Taleb [video]"

LichenStone — Sat, 23 Apr 2022 13:34:52 +0000

> "Likewise we cannot generalise very easily from what information is given to us by the press or on twitter or on social media. We can generalise [pretty good] with some training, but we are not natually good at it.

So you will have a deficit in our understanding of reality, and that's what disinformation plays on"

Disinformation and Fooled by Randomness – Nassim Taleb [video]

LichenStone — Sat, 23 Apr 2022 13:34:52 +0000

Article URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3ScFshhhnU

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31134126

Points: 5

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