Hacker News: Technolithichttps://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=TechnolithicHacker News RSShttps://hnrss.org/hnrss v2.1.1Wed, 20 May 2026 06:21:19 +0000<![CDATA[New comment by Technolithic in "Why is almost everyone right-handed? A new study connects it to bipedalism"]]>The introduction of this article makes reference to a couple of papers (e.g. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-16827-y ) that handedness is observable in utero but cautions small sample sizes for these studies.

]]>Tue, 19 May 2026 18:36:19 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48197394Technolithichttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48197394https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48197394<![CDATA[UK government launches fuel forecourt price API]]>Article URL: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/access-the-latest-fuel-prices-and-forecourt-data-via-api-or-email

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46855550

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]]>Mon, 02 Feb 2026 13:02:04 +0000https://www.gov.uk/guidance/access-the-latest-fuel-prices-and-forecourt-data-via-api-or-emailTechnolithichttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46855550https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46855550<![CDATA[New comment by Technolithic in "Toxic management cost an award-winning game studio its best developers"]]>> We aren't in emergency service or work in an environment where lives are on the line.

Obviously these jobs have occasional acute long work times but I'd say that jobs where lives are on the line is precisely where society doesn't want chronically sleep deprived workers.

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