Hacker News: colinprince

You can't buy anything on these food delivery and shopping sites

colinprince — Sat, 22 Aug 2026 13:43:38 +0000

Article URL: https://www.cbc.ca/lite/story/9.7313588

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49399677

Points: 3

# Comments: 1

I ran Photoshop on a £0.60 computer chip

colinprince — Fri, 21 Aug 2026 15:17:47 +0000

Article URL: https://pointinthecloud.com/2026-08-19-144600.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49389441

Points: 147

# Comments: 44

Felony Bench

colinprince — Fri, 21 Aug 2026 15:17:04 +0000

Article URL: https://www.felonybench.com/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49389430

Points: 818

# Comments: 334

Engineers warn that changes to electrical safety rules create new hazard

colinprince — Fri, 21 Aug 2026 02:48:58 +0000

Article URL: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/business/581956/engineers-warn-that-changes-to-electrical-safety-rules-create-new-hazard

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49383125

Points: 5

# Comments: 1

High-speed star is whipping around the black hole in the middle of our galaxy

colinprince — Thu, 20 Aug 2026 17:48:08 +0000

Article URL: https://www.npr.org/2026/08/19/nx-s1-5936479/fastest-star-galaxy-black-hole-sagittarius-a-milky-way

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49377827

Points: 6

# Comments: 2

Why does the U.S. military seem stymied in the war with Iran?

colinprince — Thu, 20 Aug 2026 17:44:36 +0000

Article URL: https://www.npr.org/2026/08/19/nx-s1-5937516/why-does-the-u-s-military-seem-stymied-in-the-war-with-iran

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49377778

Points: 13

# Comments: 8

Unforgetful

colinprince — Wed, 19 Aug 2026 20:01:11 +0000

Article URL: https://marco.org/2026/08/14/unforgetful

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49366455

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

Tratex: A Road Sign Alphabet in the Making

colinprince — Tue, 18 Aug 2026 15:20:05 +0000

Article URL: https://lineto.com/articles/tratex

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49346986

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

Ink Traps and Pals

colinprince — Tue, 18 Aug 2026 15:12:34 +0000

Article URL: https://tosche.net/blog/ink-traps-and-pals

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49346845

Points: 6

# Comments: 0

Octopuses could help us conceptualize a different form of intelligence

colinprince — Mon, 17 Aug 2026 02:05:52 +0000

Article URL: https://www.cbc.ca/lite/story/1.6871036

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49325817

Points: 12

# Comments: 3

The PREDIMED trial is the largest primary prevention trial

colinprince — Sun, 16 Aug 2026 10:28:54 +0000

Article URL: http://www.predimed.es/introduction.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49318719

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

General Dynamics Failed to Build Artillery Shells for the Army

colinprince — Thu, 13 Aug 2026 04:09:07 +0000

Article URL: https://www.propublica.org/article/general-dynamics-artillery-factory-failed

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49281711

Points: 19

# Comments: 2

Notation as a Tool of Thought (1980)

colinprince — Thu, 13 Aug 2026 03:01:05 +0000

Article URL: https://www.jsoftware.com/papers/tot.htm

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49281319

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

What Happened to the American University?

colinprince — Wed, 12 Aug 2026 19:45:49 +0000

Article URL: https://www.thenation.com/article/society/american-university-crisis-bollinger/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49277630

Points: 3

# Comments: 2

Temperature Zero for Culture

colinprince — Wed, 12 Aug 2026 18:12:00 +0000

Article URL: https://laurenleek.substack.com/p/temperature-zero-for-culture-why

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49276474

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

Canadians call for U.S. Ambassador Hoekstra to be expelled

colinprince — Wed, 12 Aug 2026 14:44:34 +0000

Article URL: https://www.cbc.ca/lite/story/9.7303372

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49273190

Points: 10

# Comments: 1

The offline messaging apps challenging internet shutdowns

colinprince — Mon, 10 Aug 2026 18:50:26 +0000

Article URL: https://restofworld.org/2026/india-github-geoblock-jack-dorsey-bitchat/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49247991

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

Is Jurassic Park the only film that product-places its own making-of book?

colinprince — Mon, 10 Aug 2026 02:38:25 +0000

Article URL: https://bsky.app/profile/danielgray.com/post/3mqjxn4jess2j

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49238638

Points: 2

# Comments: 2

A Short Lesson in Perspective (2012)

colinprince — Fri, 07 Aug 2026 03:26:27 +0000

Article URL: https://lindsredding.com/2012/03/11/a-overdue-lesson-in-perspective/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49205599

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

"It's unclear how Sopwith escaped to the general public."

colinprince — Fri, 07 Aug 2026 03:00:48 +0000

Article URL: https://unsung.aresluna.org/its-unclear-how-sopwith-escaped-to-the-general-public/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49205461

Points: 75

# Comments: 4