Hacker News: WalterGR

New comment by WalterGR in "ArXiv's Next Chapter"

WalterGR — Wed, 01 Jul 2026 06:51:12 +0000

“ArXiv declares independence from Cornell” (science.org)

811 points | 3 months ago | 291 comments

New comment by WalterGR in "Forestiere Underground Gardens"

WalterGR — Wed, 01 Jul 2026 03:55:50 +0000

Related: “The underground world of hobby tunneling”

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39245893

272 points | Feb 3, 2024 | 164 comments

New comment by WalterGR in "'Humanity has chosen to become idiots': Brown professor discovers mass cheating"

WalterGR — Tue, 30 Jun 2026 02:33:50 +0000

689 comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48708991

New comment by WalterGR in "Show HN: Lighting fast writing app on Mac with powerful table functions"

WalterGR — Tue, 30 Jun 2026 01:00:11 +0000

> A desktop writing app for Org-mode

So it’s compatible with Emacs org-mode?

New comment by WalterGR in "The Humbling of the Once Almighty Dollar"

WalterGR — Mon, 29 Jun 2026 19:03:34 +0000

The weakening of the dollar is intentional by this administration. See e.g. https://www.hks.harvard.edu/centers/mrcbg/programs/growthpol...

New comment by WalterGR in "Decker Fantasy Camp 2026"

WalterGR — Mon, 29 Jun 2026 17:25:48 +0000

It's both native and web-based. Web version: https://www.beyondloom.com/decker/tour.html

Click File -> Cards... to see how the guided tour is constructed.

Some past discussions of Decker:

4 years ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33377964 - "Decker, a platform that builds on the legacy of Hypercard and classic macOS"

2 years ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38985409 - "Decker – A HyperCard Replacement"

2 years ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40292181 - "Decker: A reincarnation of HyperCard with 1-bit graphics"

New comment by WalterGR in "Seikilos epitaph: oldest known musical composition"

WalterGR — Mon, 29 Jun 2026 16:25:41 +0000

The title is missing some important caveats: “the oldest surviving complete musical composition”

Truckloads of Tesla Batteries Keep Getting Stolen Before They Leave the Factory

WalterGR — Mon, 29 Jun 2026 15:35:17 +0000

Article URL: https://www.wired.com/story/truckloads-of-tesla-batteries-keep-getting-stolen-before-they-even-leave-the-factory/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48720657

Points: 3

# Comments: 1

Our anti-party system returns for July 4 weekend

WalterGR — Mon, 29 Jun 2026 14:30:45 +0000

Article URL: https://news.airbnb.com/airbnbs-anti-party-system-returns-for-july-4-weekend/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48719757

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

The Cutthroat Battle to Become America's Rare-Earth Champion

WalterGR — Mon, 29 Jun 2026 14:22:07 +0000

Article URL: https://www.wsj.com/business/the-cutthroat-battle-to-become-americas-rare-earth-champion-31a2916f

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48719642

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

New comment by WalterGR in "30-year sentence for transporting zines is a five-alarm fire for free speech"

WalterGR — Mon, 29 Jun 2026 00:46:19 +0000

5 days ago, 90 comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48649884

New comment by WalterGR in "Ford rehires 'gray beard' engineers after AI falls short"

WalterGR — Sun, 28 Jun 2026 19:46:55 +0000

168 comments, submitted 16 hours ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48703968

330 comments, 3 days ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48674446

New comment by WalterGR in "Set up your own DoH (DNS over HTTPS) service"

WalterGR — Sun, 28 Jun 2026 01:53:52 +0000

DoH = DNS over HTTPS

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

Remembering the life and artwork of Ron Spears

WalterGR — Thu, 25 Jun 2026 01:51:54 +0000

Article URL: https://magic.wizards.com/en/news/feature/remembering-the-life-and-artwork-of-ron-spears

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48667863

Points: 10

# Comments: 0

New comment by WalterGR in "OpenAI Codex bombards SSDs with needless write operations"

WalterGR — Wed, 24 Jun 2026 22:28:53 +0000

Discussed 2 days ago with 280 comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48626930

New comment by WalterGR in "Rhombus Language 1.0"

WalterGR — Wed, 24 Jun 2026 17:48:04 +0000

Thanks!

New comment by WalterGR in "Rhombus Language 1.0"

WalterGR — Wed, 24 Jun 2026 02:29:10 +0000

> I say this after researching and comparing detailed metaprogramming features across a dozen different languages.

I’m very interested in this. What was your research approach? Are there resources you can recommend beyond the documentation for individual languages?

New comment by WalterGR in "Midjourney Medical"

WalterGR — Thu, 18 Jun 2026 02:37:17 +0000

“Just building” radiation emitters like CT scanners is a bad idea.

New comment by WalterGR in "Subterranean fungi networks more than 100 quadrillion km in length"

WalterGR — Wed, 17 Jun 2026 06:06:12 +0000

> First ever global mapping of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi shows scale of hyphal systems that sustain plant life

Related and recent: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48209905 - "Mycorrhizal Fungi, Nature's Key to Plant Survival and Success" (pacifichorticulture.org)

153 points | 26 days ago | 50 comments

New comment by WalterGR in "Swift at Apple: Migrating the TrueType hinting interpreter"

WalterGR — Tue, 16 Jun 2026 21:08:38 +0000

Thanks.

Skrifa - Skia in Rust. https://github.com/googlefonts/fontations/tree/main/skrifa , https://developer.chrome.com/blog/memory-safety-fonts

Harfrust - HarfBuzz in Rust. https://github.com/harfbuzz/harfrust , https://github.com/googlefonts/oxidize

Parley - text layout in Rust. https://github.com/linebender/parley

DWriteCore - the Windows App SDK implementation of DirectWrite. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/directwrite/...