Hacker News: bcraven

New comment by bcraven in "Jules Verne's Lost Novel"

bcraven — Fri, 30 Oct 2026 21:56:07 +0000

The image appears to be "Paris skyline panorama with Eiffel Tower" taken by Jan Becke.

https://janbecke.com/portfolio-item/paris/

Take from that what you will.

New comment by bcraven in "How do you take a picture of a black hole?"

bcraven — Fri, 30 Oct 2026 11:01:28 +0000

It's the one in your head that you picture, as not many have been taken:

https://www.si.edu/newsdesk/releases/astronomers-reveal-firs...

New comment by bcraven in "Ledger confirms spy chip implant behind wallet crypto thefts"

bcraven — Tue, 13 Oct 2026 12:21:41 +0000

Xbox Kamikaze hack (How a drill defeated the Xbox 360’s console security)

https://www.xda-developers.com/how-drill-defeated-the-xbox-3...

New comment by bcraven in "Show HN: Use your phone as a Windows mouse and keyboard, without a phone app"

bcraven — Tue, 13 Oct 2026 03:35:30 +0000

Is that... supposed to be a hand?

https://github.com/creationsofm7/localtv-remote#from-pairing...

New comment by bcraven in "The Legend of the Paper Crane"

bcraven — Wed, 07 Oct 2026 12:24:49 +0000

"popups that i dont feel like getting rid of"

Sometimes the users _are_ the problem

New comment by bcraven in "Find the flattest route between any two points in SF"

bcraven — Tue, 06 Oct 2026 02:17:07 +0000

Would a DSM not be preferable to a DTM? Or is that you reference with regards to large trees?

New comment by bcraven in "In the wake of Tippett Studios’ closure, a digital archive appears online"

bcraven — Mon, 05 Oct 2026 05:57:14 +0000

I think the context makes it clear. But, equally, you can argue that the CD format was physically locking the files to that binder, but now the data is digitised it is more easily accessed and shared.

New comment by bcraven in "Show HN: Made an open-source Lego AI generator"

bcraven — Sat, 03 Oct 2026 01:43:28 +0000

People find different things 'fun'. Presumably the author really enjoyed making this (and look at all the positive comments).

Who are you to decide what other people enjoy?

New comment by bcraven in "I tried the new Fairphone, a phone designed to be repaired"

bcraven — Sun, 20 Sep 2026 12:08:19 +0000

You can complain phone sizes here:

https://m.gsmarena.com/compare.php3?idPhone1=14883&idPhone2=...

New comment by bcraven in "EuroBirdPortal – Live bird movements across Europe"

bcraven — Mon, 14 Sep 2026 11:08:57 +0000

This is a visualisation of Europe.

Some birds migrate outside Europe.

New comment by bcraven in "IKEA made a mod for Skyrim [video]"

bcraven — Sat, 12 Sep 2026 09:43:09 +0000

The idea has been conceived and executed by creative agency Mother, in partnership with Kinggath Creations - a team of creatives, fans and mod developers who make fun and original content that blends seamlessly into the game world.

https://creative.salon/articles/work/ikea-mother-kallax-stor...

New comment by bcraven in "Starlink Signal Leakage Threatens Radio Astronomy's Most Critical Frequencies"

bcraven — Sat, 12 Sep 2026 02:31:05 +0000

Were that the case, there would have been nobody buying Starlink.

As they are, I think you are wrong.

New comment by bcraven in "The oldest known Snakes and Ladders board is probably a forgery"

bcraven — Sat, 12 Sep 2026 02:29:00 +0000

Every time I scrolled down I thought, "I bet there'll be a picture now". Alas.

This sounds like an interesting topic, but rather than getting an AI to write it and publish it verbatim, I would recommend a second pass: do _you_ find this interesting to read? You_

New comment by bcraven in "Instagram's head says engagement falls by half without the algorithm"

bcraven — Fri, 11 Sep 2026 13:52:50 +0000

If you're worried about addictive scrolling perhaps your "couch tablet" is worth side-eyeing.

New comment by bcraven in "All grown-ups were once children, but only few of them remember it"

bcraven — Thu, 10 Sep 2026 09:00:11 +0000

In the UK this is called:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hook-a-duck

New comment by bcraven in "Flights cancelled at UK airports due to ATC issue"

bcraven — Tue, 08 Sep 2026 20:52:10 +0000

"Sorry for any inconvenience"

What do you mean, it's ALL inconvenient!

New comment by bcraven in "GamersNexus and LG: Or why rooting your TV is a bad idea"

bcraven — Tue, 08 Sep 2026 08:40:07 +0000

I think you're being deliberately obtuse. You would update software on a TV for all the same reasons you update software on any other device: improved performance, better compatibly, new features, etc

New comment by bcraven in "Aardman (Wallace and Gromit) Is Selling Its Original Movie Puppets"

bcraven — Mon, 07 Sep 2026 03:26:46 +0000

This is a surprising headline for anyone who remembers the huge fire they had in '05:

"Curses, Gromit! Fire destroys animation firm's history on eve of box office triumph"

https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2005/oct/11/arts.media

New comment by bcraven in "Restoring 5 GHz Wi-Fi on an LG C5 by changing its webOS region"

bcraven — Fri, 04 Sep 2026 15:15:22 +0000

So I can run Plex, iPlayer, Netflix, etc etc

The majority of content that people watch is distributed over the internet, so our TVs are connected thus.

New comment by bcraven in "11,000-year-old sculpture of man riding a leopard found in Turkey"

bcraven — Wed, 26 Aug 2026 19:11:57 +0000

I recommend everyone watch the documentary First Footprints[0], it is the most wondrous thing I have ever seen.

The simple answer is that some storied reference events that happened that long ago.[1]

[0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1n6VJ5jq7zY

[1] https://www.science.org/content/article/aboriginal-tale-anci...