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New comment by bfeist in "The Prompt API"

bfeist — Mon, 27 Apr 2026 14:14:08 +0000

I would love an app like this. I am a frequent user of https://www.boringreport.org/ for news, which does something like what you’re describing but for news articles.

New comment by bfeist in "The dead Internet is not a theory anymore"

bfeist — Wed, 11 Mar 2026 21:32:13 +0000

100% agree that this is what it should be called. To argue that big websites being big makes them equivalent to the whole Internet is absurd. Besides, I love the idea of the only recourse to be to go back to independently run information websites.

New comment by bfeist in "Show HN: ISS in Real Time – 25 Years Aboard the International Space Station"

bfeist — Wed, 29 Oct 2025 01:11:57 +0000

Awesome. You don’t happen to have 25 years of recorded telemetry, do you?

New comment by bfeist in "Show HN: ISS in Real Time – 25 Years Aboard the International Space Station"

bfeist — Tue, 28 Oct 2025 19:16:55 +0000

Yes and no. I have 7+ years and counting of telemetry recordings but I don't know of a resource that would let me get all of it historically. If you know of one, please let me know. The recordings that I do have will be integrated into the website at some point. I was going to do it as part of the initial launch but I ran out of time.

New comment by bfeist in "Show HN: ISS in Real Time – 25 Years Aboard the International Space Station"

bfeist — Tue, 28 Oct 2025 19:15:35 +0000

Very cool! Your idea about auto-generating timelapse videos was taken up by NASA. https://eol.jsc.nasa.gov/BeyondThePhotography/CrewEarthObser...

Show HN: ISS in Real Time – 25 Years Aboard the International Space Station

bfeist — Mon, 27 Oct 2025 14:25:00 +0000

Today my collaborator and I are releasing issinrealtime.org, a multimedia project that plays back every day onboard the ISS. Feedback welcomed.

Here's an article that was just released about it: https://www.collectspace.com/news/news-102725a-iss-in-real-t...

I also wrote a "making of" post about it here: https://benfeist.com/posts/iss-in-real-time/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45721352

Points: 165

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New comment by bfeist in "Apollo Lunar Surface Journal"

bfeist — Fri, 30 May 2025 02:41:23 +0000

Hello. NASA person and contributor to the ALSJ here. This is a volunteer effort that is one of the oldest websites on the internet (and most awesome). The original transcripts are public domain, but the commentary here is what’s under some copyright. That said, it’s online for the greater good. I hope you enjoy it.

New comment by bfeist in "FDA and RFK Jr. aim to remove fluoride products used to protect kids' teeth"

bfeist — Tue, 13 May 2025 23:00:05 +0000

I think you just perfectly described the Internet.

A star appears to have collapsed straight into a black hole without supernova (2017)

bfeist — Sat, 19 Apr 2025 09:02:46 +0000

Article URL: https://science.nasa.gov/missions/hubble/collapsing-star-gives-birth-to-a-black-hole/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43735170

Points: 77

# Comments: 35

New comment by bfeist in "Rocket carrying European orbital vehicle crashes after launch"

bfeist — Sun, 30 Mar 2025 13:32:15 +0000

What’s with this headline? This was a test launch with no payload that wasn’t expected to achieve orbit.

New comment by bfeist in "macOS menu bar app that shows how full the ISS urine tank is in real time"

bfeist — Wed, 25 Dec 2024 03:17:16 +0000

Creator of apolloinrealtime.org here. I work on the ISS program now. Hat’s off, sir.

New comment by bfeist in "Professional poker players know the optimal strategy but don't always use it"

bfeist — Sat, 20 Jul 2024 13:04:40 +0000

https://archive.is/2024.07.20-035804/https://www.scientifica...

New comment by bfeist in "An Accident in Space (1972)"

bfeist — Wed, 03 Jul 2024 23:04:28 +0000

A Netflix documentary about it is coming out in the fall

New comment by bfeist in "I got tired of hearing that YC fired Sam, so here's what actually happened"

bfeist — Thu, 30 May 2024 12:56:27 +0000

That Twitter thread (as most are) is poison.

New comment by bfeist in "Arthur C Clarke in 1964: "[We] will no longer commute. [We] will communicate.""

bfeist — Thu, 30 May 2024 04:57:22 +0000

Yes, but he failed to predict the lameness that is MS Teams.

New comment by bfeist in "Ask HN: Taking a year off to go deep on ML/AI"

bfeist — Tue, 02 Apr 2024 11:59:43 +0000

Your post reminded me of this: https://www.theonion.com/find-the-thing-youre-most-passionat...

I took the opposite path. I did actually do the other thing on evenings and weekends for many years. In my case I never dreamed that it would result in a job in the other field, but I’m 7 years in at the other field now and will never look back.

New comment by bfeist in "Both pilots of an A320 fell asleep in the cockpit for 28 minutes"

bfeist — Sun, 10 Mar 2024 14:05:46 +0000

Where is negative population growth a concern? I’m concerned about the opposite.

New comment by bfeist in "Archival Floppy Disk Preservation and Use [video]"

bfeist — Sun, 25 Feb 2024 13:54:57 +0000

This is a great example of a YouTube video that should have been an article.

New comment by bfeist in "Google cancels contract with an AI data firm that's helped train Bard"

bfeist — Wed, 24 Jan 2024 04:54:27 +0000

Live by the sword; die by the sword.

New comment by bfeist in "One year ago we flooded a forest [video]"

bfeist — Mon, 08 Jan 2024 17:58:00 +0000

I can see the benefit of flooding and it’s great to see that the government is managing the forest, but there is almost no information in this video. It’s YouTube pocket lint.