Hacker News: divbzero

The U.S. military needs tungsten, but pristine NASA site may stand in the way

divbzero — Wed, 12 Aug 2026 08:31:10 +0000

Article URL: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-u-s-military-needs-tungsten-but-pristine-nasa-site-may-stand-in-the-way/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49269361

Points: 3

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New comment by divbzero in "Show HN: Scroll through all 43252003274489856000 Rubik's Cube states"

divbzero — Tue, 11 Aug 2026 06:19:27 +0000

Casino games are rarely zero house edge. Is there a way you signaled this feature to problem solvers? Did the game prove to be successful?

New comment by divbzero in "Folding Paper Globes"

divbzero — Mon, 03 Aug 2026 05:16:56 +0000

Why not 30°? Is 14° as far as you can turn before the ends of icosahedron hit the top and bottom of the landscape sheet of paper?

New airliner sets record flying 24 hrs nonstop from Australia to France

divbzero — Wed, 29 Jul 2026 05:05:13 +0000

Article URL: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/07/new-airliner-sets-record-flying-24-hrs-nonstop-from-australia-to-france/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49093608

Points: 18

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New comment by divbzero in "French firefighters face 'pyrocumulonimbus' for first time"

divbzero — Mon, 27 Jul 2026 04:46:40 +0000

Pyrocumulonimbus [1] appears to be the most extreme version of pyrocumulus [2] which, coincidentally, was observed halfway around the world in Washington State this week [3].

[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cumulonimbus_flammagenitus

[2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flammagenitus_cloud

[3]: https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/climate-lab/little...

The Galaxy Card Is Samsung's Answer to the Apple Card

divbzero — Tue, 21 Jul 2026 05:09:05 +0000

Article URL: https://www.wired.com/story/galaxy-card-is-samsung-answer-to-the-apple-card/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48988256

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

How Has Roman Concrete Lasted for Millennia? 1,900-Year-Old Latrine Offers Clues

divbzero — Fri, 17 Jul 2026 03:48:26 +0000

Article URL: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/how-has-roman-concrete-lasted-for-millennia-a-1900-year-old-latrine-offers-new-clues-about-the-materials-impressive-durability-180989115/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48943142

Points: 274

# Comments: 222

Greece's Parthenon gets a facelift, revealing a look not seen for 220 years

divbzero — Mon, 29 Jun 2026 06:36:43 +0000

Article URL: https://apnews.com/article/greece-acropolis-restoration-parthenon-tourism-da06640fcd747498613d31b64dac369a

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48715626

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by divbzero in "Court Records Should Be Free"

divbzero — Sat, 20 Jun 2026 04:37:07 +0000

I agree with the analysis of lead service lines, but serving static files is lot cheaper than replacing underground pipes—so much cheaper that I think it’s qualitatively different.

New comment by divbzero in "Not everyone is using AI for everything"

divbzero — Sun, 14 Jun 2026 17:02:43 +0000

A balanced answer that’s often true these days is: you’ve found that LLMs are impressively useful in some cases but fall dramatically short in others.

New comment by divbzero in "Show HN: Homebrew 6.0.0"

divbzero — Fri, 12 Jun 2026 16:01:38 +0000

I totally missed the memo that Homebrew has supported Linux since 2019.

https://brew.sh/2019/02/02/homebrew-2.0.0/

New comment by divbzero in "πFS"

divbzero — Thu, 11 Jun 2026 05:53:21 +0000

> you basically need the same amount of data to represent the address of your data as the data itself

Almost like the other Borges work where “the Cartographers Guilds struck a Map of the Empire whose size was that of the Empire”.

NASA's X-59 Aircraft Flies Supersonic for First Time

divbzero — Tue, 09 Jun 2026 05:42:11 +0000

Article URL: https://www.nasa.gov/aeronautics/x-59-first-supersonic-flight/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48456967

Points: 3

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New comment by divbzero in "Show HN: Web Speed – A shared web-map registry for AI agents (MCP, open source)"

divbzero — Mon, 08 Jun 2026 04:27:11 +0000

Could we have this for humans too? Fast load, just the content please.

Latting Observatory

divbzero — Sun, 07 Jun 2026 04:43:19 +0000

Article URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latting_Observatory

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48431873

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

Brazilian court orders restoration of Fordlandia, Henry Ford's Amazon ghost town

divbzero — Sat, 30 May 2026 04:31:23 +0000

Article URL: https://apnews.com/article/fordlandia-preservation-brazil-amazon-rainforest-henry-ford-370a0e6999447a20a525a66d8d081450

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48332581

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

Ferrari's New Jony Ive–Designed EV Is Swathed in Glass and Aluminum

divbzero — Tue, 26 May 2026 07:25:10 +0000

Article URL: https://www.wired.com/story/ferrari-ev-jony-ive-design/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48276286

Points: 2

# Comments: 2

70% of Faculty Vote to Overhaul Harvard Grading with A Cap

divbzero — Thu, 21 May 2026 13:51:53 +0000

Article URL: https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2026/5/20/fas-passes-a-grade-cap/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48222546

Points: 21

# Comments: 20

A new whale detection network launches in SF Bay, alerting ships in real time

divbzero — Wed, 20 May 2026 04:56:13 +0000

Article URL: https://apnews.com/article/climate-marine-heat-wave-whale-boats-ai-5a12ce2ad68929a54ebac84ef2824ac0

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48203273

Points: 4

# Comments: 0

New comment by divbzero in "Google changes its search box"

divbzero — Tue, 19 May 2026 22:41:04 +0000

It’s diverged quite a bit from the original:

    
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        Search the web using Google!
        

        
        
        

        
        
        
        
        

        
        Index contains ~25 million pages (soon to be much bigger)
      
      
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https://web.archive.org/web/19981111183552/http://google.sta...