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New comment by ThinkingGuy in "The 'paperwork flood': How I drowned a bureaucrat before dinner"

ThinkingGuy — Fri, 27 Mar 2026 21:56:21 +0000

I would hope that "any physician taking one look at you in the waiting room" would be a sufficient test.

New comment by ThinkingGuy in "Illinois Introducing Operating System Account Age Bill"

ThinkingGuy — Tue, 17 Mar 2026 20:16:49 +0000

You must be too young to remember Tipper Gore...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tipper_Gore

New comment by ThinkingGuy in "Hisense TVs add unskippable startup ads before live TV"

ThinkingGuy — Tue, 10 Mar 2026 14:14:09 +0000

My local PBS station has some good shows (ad-free)

New comment by ThinkingGuy in "Modern Illustration: Archive of illustration from c.1950-1975"

ThinkingGuy — Wed, 04 Mar 2026 15:05:25 +0000

If you enjoy the retro style of art, especially the cartoony stuff, I would recommend checking out the work of artist Derek Yaniger:

https://derekart.com/

New comment by ThinkingGuy in "The Misuses of the University"

ThinkingGuy — Wed, 25 Feb 2026 22:42:00 +0000

The podcast "Revisionist History" by Malcom Gladwell did a great episode on the US News and World Report college ranking list, and the (often perverse) incentives it's created.

https://www.pushkin.fm/podcasts/revisionist-history/lord-of-...

New comment by ThinkingGuy in "What's the best way to learn a new language?"

ThinkingGuy — Sun, 22 Feb 2026 14:00:28 +0000

The focus on a small set of core vocabulary is one of the main principles of the Pimsleur method, along with a strict spaced repetition format. When I travel to a new country I always spend about 15-20 hours beforehand doing the 30-minute Pimsleur lessons, just to pick up basic survival vocabulary. I've always been satisfied with the results.

A $15M Mansion Designed Around Security

ThinkingGuy — Sat, 14 Feb 2026 03:16:45 +0000

Article URL: https://www.wsj.com/video/series/mansion/inside-a-15-million-mansion-designed-entirely-around-security/8F993920-BBDB-4B97-B231-5C55E5411C82

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47011180

Points: 2

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New comment by ThinkingGuy in "Floppinux – An Embedded Linux on a Single Floppy, 2025 Edition"

ThinkingGuy — Tue, 03 Feb 2026 17:45:36 +0000

I was hoping someone would mention CoyoteLinux. It was my residential router for several years in the early 2000s. My 'disaster recovery plan' consisted of a second floppy disk (which fortunately I never had to use).

New comment by ThinkingGuy in "Google AI Overviews cite YouTube more than any medical site for health queries"

ThinkingGuy — Tue, 27 Jan 2026 18:08:38 +0000

Sorry, I meant to type "Alphabet"

New comment by ThinkingGuy in "Ask HN: Books to learn 6502 ASM and the Apple II"

ThinkingGuy — Tue, 27 Jan 2026 15:28:05 +0000

This one worked for me: Apple II 6502 Assembly Language Tutor (1983) Richard E Haskell

New comment by ThinkingGuy in "Google AI Overviews cite YouTube more than any medical site for health queries"

ThinkingGuy — Mon, 26 Jan 2026 16:05:53 +0000

Google AI (owned by Meta) favoring YouTube (also owned by Meta) should be unsurprising.

New comment by ThinkingGuy in "Influencers and OnlyFans models are dominating U.S. O-1 visa requests"

ThinkingGuy — Tue, 13 Jan 2026 19:10:51 +0000

E-1, according to Snopes, citing the Washington Post:

https://www.snopes.com/news/2025/07/02/melania-trump-einstei...

New comment by ThinkingGuy in "Trump says Venezuela’s Maduro captured after strikes"

ThinkingGuy — Sat, 03 Jan 2026 17:19:09 +0000

Presumably under the War Powers Resolution.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_Powers_Resolution#Provisio...

New comment by ThinkingGuy in "Rob Pike goes nuclear over GenAI"

ThinkingGuy — Fri, 26 Dec 2025 16:52:02 +0000

If you're not already familiar, you sound like you may enjoy the works of Douglas Rushkoff:

https://rushkoff.com/

https://teamhuman.fm

New comment by ThinkingGuy in "Ask HN: What did you read in 2025?"

ThinkingGuy — Fri, 26 Dec 2025 13:55:56 +0000

I reread “The Screwtape Letters” by CS Lewis for the first time since high school and appreciated it even more. Although it’s written from a Christian point of view, the principles are applicable to any moral framework.

New comment by ThinkingGuy in "Fedora: Open-source repository for long-term digital preservation"

ThinkingGuy — Fri, 12 Dec 2025 17:07:09 +0000

Are there any images (or actual demos) of the actual user interface? Every variant of search for "Fedora repository screen shot" just brings back instructions for taking a desktop screen shot on the Fedora operating system.

New comment by ThinkingGuy in "Why are 38 percent of Stanford students saying they're disabled?"

ThinkingGuy — Thu, 04 Dec 2025 20:34:17 +0000

Supposedly this "trick" works on airline flights, too.

New comment by ThinkingGuy in "Four strange places to see London's Roman Wall"

ThinkingGuy — Wed, 12 Nov 2025 15:07:21 +0000

CGP Grey has an informative video on the City of London:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LrObZ_HZZUc

New comment by ThinkingGuy in "Downloadable movie posters from the 40s, 50s, 60s, and 70s"

ThinkingGuy — Sun, 26 Oct 2025 14:36:29 +0000

You might try posting this question on https://www.reddit.com/r/tipofmytongue/

They specialize in finding and identifying obscure childhood memories like this. Good luck!

New comment by ThinkingGuy in "Haiku Validator"

ThinkingGuy — Mon, 29 Sep 2025 15:21:17 +0000

Authentic haiku

need a season word (kigo).

It's true; look it up.