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New comment by chris_hhh in "Ti-84 Evo"

chris_hhh — Sat, 02 May 2026 14:17:17 +0000

I had a similar story -- just absolutely acing math with my TI-89 until one teacher finally learned that this TI-83-looking calculator could do symbolic stuff ... just an absolute nightmare after that

Spent some time on ticalc.org too, making some not-great stuff to get me thru those years

https://www.ticalc.org/cgi-bin/acct-view.cgi?userid=34493

New comment by chris_hhh in "Political Violence Makes No Sense"

chris_hhh — Wed, 17 Sep 2025 12:08:46 +0000

"Here’s hoping that by encountering an extraterrestrial role model, we will do better in the future than we did in the past."

Through what mechanism? This is thoughtless, ignorant stuff.

Instead, humanity has come together by successfully acting as a species through cosmopolitanism -- which right now is cast as an equity thing, but if you squint, it's actually a way for humans to row in the same direction, more free from reptilian-brain isms.

That's tough; there's reactionaries everywhere and self-interest causes them to be bankrolled and amplified by our most wealthy and powerful folks.

Where we've made the most strides as humans though, we've temporarily found narratives to mobilize enough folks against the Charlie Kirks of the world, lifting some of the economic and social barriers that artificially depress the talent/cooperation/discovery.

Casting that work as a distraction when it's actually a force-muliplier for progress -- like the kind described here -- is profoundly dumb.

New comment by chris_hhh in "Ask HN: What are your 2022 predictions?"

chris_hhh — Fri, 19 Nov 2021 21:16:16 +0000

- Covid still a thing, but much greater geographic divergence of vaxed and non-vaxed areas, leading to political and economic turmoil in those areas "left behind" and most impacted (more fun from Trump counties). Folks find that WFH in rural areas isn't all that great when everyone's sick and your kids' school is always closed

- Because of push-back on supply chain and other issues, Biden and Harris are massively unpopular for 2022, which causes a greater split among Dems (similar to Howard Dean in 2002, who broke with CW to become popular). Perhaps it's a young populist Dem who doesn't talk about "woke" stuff but squarely focuses on the unrest caused by bad cops, bad protestors (including on the right), and bad econ policy

- It's been predicted since forever, but a major revolution about Jan 6 and Trump, which the press won't care about

- Meta as the new 5G; whole lot of hype but too bulky to be useful

- Unionizing begins to impact professional sector, as employers want employees back in the office as the labor market tightens

- As disenchanted people are sick of online conspiracies, a reformist Social Contract-like movement takes hold