Hacker News: bifftastichttps://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=bifftasticHacker News RSShttps://hnrss.org/hnrss v2.1.1Sun, 12 Apr 2026 09:19:36 +0000<![CDATA[New comment by bifftastic in "Elizabeth I's Manuscript of Pierre Boaistuau's Histoires Prodigieuses (1559)"]]>> Want these images on your wall?

I think I'll pass

]]>Sun, 05 Apr 2026 09:50:02 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47647753bifftastichttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47647753https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47647753<![CDATA['Access to Insight' is shutting down]]>Article URL: https://www.accesstoinsight.org/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47162711

Points: 2

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]]>Thu, 26 Feb 2026 06:45:10 +0000https://www.accesstoinsight.org/bifftastichttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47162711https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47162711<![CDATA[What's Worrying Jonathan Haidt Now?]]>Article URL: https://calnewport.com/whats-worrying-jonathan-haidt-now/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46688664

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]]>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 06:42:52 +0000https://calnewport.com/whats-worrying-jonathan-haidt-now/bifftastichttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46688664https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46688664<![CDATA[The Closed-Loop Manifesto]]>Article URL: https://jakefeala.substack.com/p/the-closed-loop-manifesto

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46495909

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]]>Mon, 05 Jan 2026 06:35:04 +0000https://jakefeala.substack.com/p/the-closed-loop-manifestobifftastichttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46495909https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46495909<![CDATA[New comment by bifftastic in "50% of U.S. vinyl buyers don't own a record player"]]>> CDs are for listening to the music, and vinyl is for listening to yourself

This is amazing

]]>Fri, 02 Jan 2026 12:04:37 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46463971bifftastichttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46463971https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46463971<![CDATA[Pearly kings and queens of London in their 150th year – photo essay]]>Article URL: https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2025/nov/28/pearly-kings-and-queens-of-london-in-their-150th-year-photo-essay

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46076369

Points: 2

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]]>Fri, 28 Nov 2025 07:27:12 +0000https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2025/nov/28/pearly-kings-and-queens-of-london-in-their-150th-year-photo-essaybifftastichttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46076369https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46076369<![CDATA[Crown Office – The Gazette]]>Article URL: https://www.thegazette.co.uk/notice/4992102

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45839300

Points: 2

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]]>Thu, 06 Nov 2025 19:34:58 +0000https://www.thegazette.co.uk/notice/4992102bifftastichttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45839300https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45839300<![CDATA[New comment by bifftastic in "Chen-Ning Yang, Nobel laureate, dies at 103"]]>There is a theory connecting gauge theory and finance:

https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9710148

https://www.amazon.com/Physics-Finance-Modelling-Non-Equilib...

I don't think it's a crackpot theory. The basic idea is that the gauge group is the group of rescalings of the units of money, and arbitrage appears as curvature in the gauge field, i.e. you end up with a net change when you parallel-transport money around a loop in the (discrete) space of assets and time.

]]>Sun, 19 Oct 2025 08:10:37 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45632717bifftastichttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45632717https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45632717<![CDATA[New comment by bifftastic in "Lisp from Nothing, Second Edition"]]>Username checks out

]]>Sat, 30 Aug 2025 14:30:43 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45074996bifftastichttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45074996https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45074996<![CDATA[New comment by bifftastic in "Do the simplest thing that could possibly work"]]>See also https://wiki.c2.com/?DoTheSimplestThingThatCouldPossiblyWork

]]>Fri, 29 Aug 2025 20:22:36 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45068955bifftastichttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45068955https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45068955<![CDATA[The trap of tech that's great in the small but not in the large]]>Article URL: https://surfingcomplexity.blog/2025/08/16/the-trap-of-tech-thats-great-in-the-small-but-not-in-the-large/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44929453

Points: 18

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]]>Sun, 17 Aug 2025 06:44:17 +0000https://surfingcomplexity.blog/2025/08/16/the-trap-of-tech-thats-great-in-the-small-but-not-in-the-large/bifftastichttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44929453https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44929453<![CDATA[New comment by bifftastic in "UK government advises deleting emails to save water"]]>Archive link in case the original page is updated: https://archive.is/sAOtC

]]>Tue, 12 Aug 2025 15:23:19 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44877476bifftastichttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44877476https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44877476<![CDATA[UK government advises deleting emails to save water]]>Article URL: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/national-drought-group-meets-to-address-nationally-significant-water-shortfall

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44877292

Points: 141

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]]>Tue, 12 Aug 2025 15:12:47 +0000https://www.gov.uk/government/news/national-drought-group-meets-to-address-nationally-significant-water-shortfallbifftastichttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44877292https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44877292<![CDATA[Additive and Extractive Technologies]]>Article URL: https://calnewport.com/on-additive-and-extractive-technologies/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44782401

Points: 2

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]]>Mon, 04 Aug 2025 05:32:34 +0000https://calnewport.com/on-additive-and-extractive-technologies/bifftastichttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44782401https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44782401<![CDATA[AI is ruining houseplant communities online]]>Article URL: https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/691355/ai-is-ruining-houseplant-communities-online

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44389857

Points: 2

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]]>Thu, 26 Jun 2025 18:15:10 +0000https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/691355/ai-is-ruining-houseplant-communities-onlinebifftastichttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44389857https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44389857<![CDATA[New comment by bifftastic in "Google could be forced to change UK search as watchdog takes steps"]]>I hope this means I'll finally be able to remove the fixed Google search bar on my Pixel phone

]]>Tue, 24 Jun 2025 08:57:37 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44364153bifftastichttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44364153https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44364153<![CDATA[Three things we learned about Sam Altman by scoping his kitchen]]>Article URL: https://www.ft.com/content/b1804820-c74b-4d37-b112-1df882629541

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43955560

Points: 6

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]]>Sun, 11 May 2025 17:55:31 +0000https://www.ft.com/content/b1804820-c74b-4d37-b112-1df882629541bifftastichttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43955560https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43955560<![CDATA[New comment by bifftastic in "Macintosh Allegro Common Lisp"]]>Thank you for your reply. It's quite a sad situation.

]]>Tue, 04 Feb 2025 17:41:42 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42935844bifftastichttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42935844https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42935844<![CDATA[New comment by bifftastic in "Backblaze seemingly does not support files greater than 1 TB"]]>Actually to be fair on BB you can override this behaviour. But you have to know...

]]>Tue, 04 Feb 2025 11:58:03 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42931250bifftastichttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42931250https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42931250<![CDATA[New comment by bifftastic in "Backblaze seemingly does not support files greater than 1 TB"]]>Backblaze does not back up disk images. It's a documented limitation.

I just found this out the hard way.

]]>Tue, 04 Feb 2025 11:48:15 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42931177bifftastichttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42931177https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42931177