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New comment by accumulator in "Show HN: Gemini Pro 3 imagines the HN front page 10 years from now"

accumulator — Tue, 09 Dec 2025 20:05:20 +0000

lol already forgot about bard like it was ancient history

New comment by accumulator in "Show HN: Gemini Pro 3 imagines the HN front page 10 years from now"

accumulator — Tue, 09 Dec 2025 20:02:59 +0000

So awesome, reminds me of Wired's Found from Future series (I don't know why they ever retired it...continuing that series as a sort of fan fiction was the first thing I did with gen AI when image generators started to get good)

New comment by accumulator in "Migrating to React Native's new architecture"

accumulator — Tue, 16 Sep 2025 23:50:32 +0000

Great write up. Really appreciate the work from the teams at Shopify, Expo, and countless OSS maintainers pushing the ecosystem forward. Looks like the coast is mostly clear to upgrade to the new architecture, but as a solo dev who only just made it to Expo 52 / Xcode 16, I can’t say I’m excited. With RN/Expo it often feels like a race to build features before the bottom drops out and you’re forced into another round of foundational upgrades just to keep the app building. Even with good migration tools and guides, any non-trivial app will likely hit unique challenges. I don’t think that’s on Expo or Facebook - it’s just the reality of mobile development and reflective of the way Apple and Google shape the ecosystem. Imho mobile platform churn is much worse than developing for web, and working on a mobile app makes me appreciate the web more every day.

New comment by accumulator in "Migrating to React Native's new architecture"

accumulator — Tue, 16 Sep 2025 20:21:11 +0000

Agreed. "Turbo modules" could've also been better named

New comment by accumulator in "Two new Gemini models, reduced 1.5 Pro pricing, increased rate limits, and more"

accumulator — Tue, 24 Sep 2024 20:29:11 +0000

Cool, now all Google has to do is make it easier to onboard new GCP customers and more people will probably use it...its comical how hard it is to create a new GCP organization & billing account. Also I think more Workspace customers would probably try Gemini if it was a usage-based trial as opposed to clicking a "Try for 14 days" CTA to activate a new subscription.

New comment by accumulator in "Mushroom hunters can't stop finding mysterious fungi"

accumulator — Thu, 13 Jun 2024 03:10:10 +0000

Ironically all of the macro fungi displayed in this article are very well known and common

New comment by accumulator in "Migratory monarch butterfly now endangered"

accumulator — Sat, 23 Jul 2022 16:30:55 +0000

(1) Sign this petition to protect Monarchs under the Endangered Species Act - https://act.biologicaldiversity.org/onlineactions/5Ss6gxWulU...

(2) "Raise the migration" - plant native milkweed in your region and learn how to raise butterflies for release. I followed tips on this blog (link below) for the past two years and have released more than 50+ healthy monarchs into the wild. It's been very fun and rewarding, but unfortunately this year I observed far fewer monarchs in our region compared to previous years. They need our help.

https://monarchbutterflylifecycle.com/blogs/raise/raise-the-...

New comment by accumulator in "Ask HN: Who is hiring? (May 2022)"

accumulator — Mon, 02 May 2022 20:01:07 +0000

* Crunchbase is the leading platform for professionals to discover innovative companies, connect with the people behind them, and pursue new opportunities. Our platform has best-in-class live data powered by our unique community of contributors, partners, in-house data experts, and machine learning systems.

* Tech stack includes: Scala, Angular, Typescript, Postgres, Kafka, Kubernetes, AWS

* Benefits include: Paid medical/dental/vision, 14 weeks parental leave, flexible vacation policy, volunteer time off, company-wide mental health days, $1K allowance for home office, wellness reimbursement plan, monthly internet stipend and more.

Key roles we’re looking to fill:

- Staff frontend engineer: https://jobs.lever.co/crunchbase/74355e6e-6247-4cbe-9843-79c...

- Staff platform engineer: https://jobs.lever.co/crunchbase/81dda9fe-d2ad-4545-afc0-c6d...

- Platform engineer: https://jobs.lever.co/crunchbase/a575903f-9901-49e9-8aef-d30...

We’re hiring across all departments: https://about.crunchbase.com/about-us/careers/

Euclidean Rhythm

accumulator — Sun, 27 Mar 2022 16:31:15 +0000

Article URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euclidean_rhythm

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30821555

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by accumulator in "Safest mushrooms to forage and eat"

accumulator — Sun, 02 Jan 2022 03:28:38 +0000

fwiw the intention of my criticism of the article wasn't to discourage people from learning about and appreciating fungi. My issue with this article is that it simplifies things too much to the point of harm.

New comment by accumulator in "Safest mushrooms to forage and eat"

accumulator — Sun, 02 Jan 2022 01:00:48 +0000

Arora's remarks can be applied to any new food, not just mushrooms. You could have an allergic reaction to anything.

Of course, but unfortunately many articles like this one fail to add a note like this to their disclaimers. It's easy to forget during and after the excitement of a mushroom hunt.

I think you're kind of overreacting.

I probably wouldn't have posted a reply if I didn't make the same mistake myself years ago. In my first five years of foraging I was less careful than I was after the incident I mentioned. I have never misidentified any mushroom I've ever consumed and have eaten many dozens of species. However, after getting very ill that one time (violent vomiting and diarrhea) I have become a lot more cautious when consuming new wild mushrooms (heeding to Arora's advice to try small amounts first). In light of my personal experience I found the article to be a bit light on words of caution, especially for novices.

New comment by accumulator in "Safest mushrooms to forage and eat"

accumulator — Sat, 01 Jan 2022 23:16:07 +0000

This article offers terrible advice to novice foragers. It's irresponsible at best, even with the disclaimer in the opening paragraph.

Experts such as David Arora advise foragers that, "people can have adverse idiosyncratic reactions to edible mushrooms just as they can to scallops or peanut butter. Since each kind of mushroom is a different food, you can be allergic to one but not the other. To minimize the chances of an adverse reaction, cook each kind well and eat a modest amount the first few times" [Arora. All the Rain Promises and More. 1991].

Be careful when cooking wild mushrooms for friends and family even if you are 100% sure of your identification. Despite being considered "foolproof" from an identification perspective, mushrooms like the Chicken of the Woods can make you very ill ("gastrointestinal distress" is worse than it sounds) if they're growing on pretty much anything besides an oak (e.g. conifer, buckeye, etc). Puffballs are also notorious for giving people stomach aches. I've been mushroom foraging for over 15 years and about 10 years ago I made this mistake - correct identification of Chicken of the Woods (tasted great!) but was growing on a conifer. I not only made myself sick but a few of my friends too. Thankfully they forgave me as we are very good/old friends but since then I very rarely cook any wild mushroom for anyone besides myself.

New comment by accumulator in "Ask HN: How did you move on from past experiences?"

accumulator — Sat, 01 Jan 2022 00:43:20 +0000

I've found there's really only one way to permanently move on, and that's by "letting go". Conceptually it's a simple technique, but challenging to put into practice. David Hawkins's "Letting Go | The Pathway of Surrender" was really useful to me when I needed to move on from a challenging period of my life. Brief passage from the book:

"Letting go involves being aware of a feeling, letting it come up, staying with it and letting it run its course without wanting to make it different or do anything about it. It means simply to let the feeling be there and to focus on letting out the energy behind it. The first step is to allow yourself to have the feeling without resisting it, fearing it...It means to drop judgement and to see that it's _just_ a feeling. The technique is to be with the feeling and surrender all efforts to modify it any way. Let go of wanting to resist the feeling. _It is resistance that keeps the feeling going._"

Beware of running away from your past experiences - they'll eventually catch up with you emotionally.

New comment by accumulator in "Tell HN: If you use Verizon, opt out of “Custom Experience”"

accumulator — Mon, 20 Dec 2021 21:51:30 +0000

The most shocking thing about this new preference is not the obvious fact that Verizon is blatantly trying to collect even more data about their users in creepy ways (or that it was "opt in" by default, which should probably be illegal), but rather how badly their announcement was written. Sample below from their email. The shocking part is that there is absolutely zero benefit to the user.

"Introducing Verizon Custom Experience. It’s your experience, tailored to your interests. The program uses information about websites you visit and apps you use on your mobile device to help us better understand your interests. This helps us personalize our communications with you, give you more relevant product and service recommendations, and develop plans, services and offers that are more appealing to you."