Hacker News: eigenhombre

Getting back into photography, ditching the phone camera in 2026?

eigenhombre — Mon, 20 Apr 2026 23:10:35 +0000

I've been looking through twenty-five-odd years of my own photos. The collection includes scanned 35mm and medium format images; digital pictures from a few Canon Powershot generations and a 20D SLR; and about five iPhones.

I've noticed that the non-cell-phone pictures tended to be better, and that in general I seemed to have quite a bit more fun with photos taken with, well, "real" cameras. Probably the best ones were taken with the 20D, which for its time was a really nice camera, for which I was able to bring over some lenses from my film days.

I wouldn't rule out more film photography but I think of that as a somewhat separate track. I'd like to get a digital camera that captures a bit more of what I enjoyed about film photography - that high image density, looking through a physical viewfinder, not necessarily curating images in real time... looking, shooting, and moving on.

I've been following Fujifilm cameras for awhile in this market, having read about them here a few years ago. There are many, many options though (even just for Fuji) and I'd be interested in what people are recommending today for something closer to the film experience.

The iPhone AI "enhancements" are a drastic turn-off in most cases. What I want is more physicality and more control, not (necessarily) more software. I would also like one or a few B/W modes to be quick to hand.

What are people enjoying shooting with these days, when their phone stays in their pocket (or at home)?

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47842292

Points: 7

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Got an Old Kindle? It Might Not Work Anymore

eigenhombre — Sun, 19 Apr 2026 22:56:32 +0000

Article URL: https://www.nytimes.com/wirecutter/reviews/older-kindle-support-ending/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47828427

Points: 78

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The End of the Internet as We Know It

eigenhombre — Wed, 15 Apr 2026 22:28:43 +0000

Article URL: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/15/opinion/mythos-open-souce-internet.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47786171

Points: 8

# Comments: 0

Clojure – The Documentary

eigenhombre — Thu, 26 Mar 2026 21:12:48 +0000

Article URL: https://clojure.org/news/2026/03/26/documentary_trailer

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47535821

Points: 12

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The Resonant Computing Manifesto

eigenhombre — Tue, 06 Jan 2026 02:12:55 +0000

Article URL: https://resonantcomputing.org/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46507919

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by eigenhombre in "The World Trade Center under construction through photos, 1966-1979"

eigenhombre — Sat, 11 Oct 2025 13:43:36 +0000

Highly recommended... I found it quite beautiful and moving, and it's the only film I've felt compelled to write a blog post[1] about. "Seeing the film (made just last year) transforms the memory of the Towers from one of trauma to something more like transcendence."

[1] https://johnj.com/posts/man-on-wire/ [2009]

Edit: add year

We Have Free Anti-Robocall Tools That Work

eigenhombre — Thu, 02 Oct 2025 16:44:31 +0000

Article URL: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/technology/personaltech/iphone-robocalls-screener-android.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45452089

Points: 4

# Comments: 1

Google Asks Supreme Court to Intervene in Dispute with Epic

eigenhombre — Thu, 25 Sep 2025 18:54:35 +0000

Article URL: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/25/us/politics/google-supreme-epic-games.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45377224

Points: 5

# Comments: 1

New comment by eigenhombre in "E-paper display reaches the realm of LCD screens"

eigenhombre — Wed, 10 Sep 2025 13:44:37 +0000

> I basically want to build a custom e-reader with a RasPi Zero for learning/home use, 8-10inches would be great.

Though smaller than your target size, I did[1] something similar, and it was great fun. I believe there are still Waveshare hats with larger display sizes.

[1] https://johnj.com/posts/e-paper-rpi-display/

Geometry Solves Gerrymandering

eigenhombre — Tue, 12 Aug 2025 12:21:26 +0000

Article URL: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/12/opinion/math-solution-gerrymandering.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44875329

Points: 7

# Comments: 1

America's Protein Obsession Is Transforming the Dairy Industry

eigenhombre — Wed, 16 Jul 2025 13:06:12 +0000

Article URL: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/16/business/whey-protein-dairy-industry.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44581902

Points: 3

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Why Americans Can't Buy the Best Electric Car

eigenhombre — Wed, 09 Jul 2025 00:46:40 +0000

Article URL: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/08/opinion/byd-china-car-ev.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44505320

Points: 2

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It's time to name heat waves like we do hurricanes (2024)

eigenhombre — Tue, 24 Jun 2025 15:04:24 +0000

Article URL: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/07/opinion/heat-wave-names.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44367030

Points: 7

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New comment by eigenhombre in "How to program a text adventure in C"

eigenhombre — Sun, 27 Apr 2025 11:31:59 +0000

Aaron Reed's 50 Years of Text Games[1][2] is a fantastic journey into the history and the possibilities of text-based games. I got the physical book and was surprised to find it as engaging as a novel. Each chapter takes one year between 1971 and 2020 and picks a game from that year to discuss in depth. While it might not help with the writing per se, you might good ideas there (several of the games discussed are in the "Adventure" lineage).

[1] https://if50.substack.com/archive?sort=new

[2] https://if50.textories.com/

New comment by eigenhombre in "The Passing of Ucbvax (1994)"

eigenhombre — Sun, 27 Apr 2025 00:39:32 +0000

We had one of these at CERN in the experimental physics group I was in 1990-1991. I had no idea they were rare or that the line was a failure. It was certainly faster than the other machines the group had access to at the time (except an onsite Cray, access to which was restricted only to members from "Western" countries for political reasons).

Maybe You Want to Replace Your iPhone Now

eigenhombre — Wed, 09 Apr 2025 16:27:53 +0000

Article URL: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/09/opinion/tariffs-china-iphone-apple.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43633958

Points: 5

# Comments: 1

New comment by eigenhombre in "Why Clojure?"

eigenhombre — Wed, 26 Feb 2025 02:16:21 +0000

And, possibly, Clojurists are more likely to use the word, because of: https://clojuredocs.org/clojure.core/reify

New comment by eigenhombre in "Why Clojure?"

eigenhombre — Mon, 24 Feb 2025 03:48:31 +0000

Not the OP but:

One can develop with TDD in Clojure quite smoothly depending on choice of tooling; with CIDER in Emacs there are keyboard shortcuts to run tests for the current namespace or the entire project, so feedback can be very fast (if your tests are fast). I've also used (some time ago) test runners that stay running and re-test when a file is saved.

In fact, it can be nice to do one's explorations in the REPL and then reify one's discoveries as tests.

Regarding types: I will say that working on larger Clojure (and Python) projects with somewhat junior teams made me more curious about type systems. Clojure's immutable collections and the core abstractions they are built around are great, but it can take some skill and discipline to keep track of exactly what kind of data is flowing through any particular part of your program. But, there is some support for à la carte strictness in the language via Spec, Malli, structured types, etc.

New comment by eigenhombre in "Show HN: A website that heatmaps your city based on your housing preferences"

eigenhombre — Sat, 08 Feb 2025 14:16:51 +0000

Very nice potential in this idea. A few related use cases I would like:

- population density

- average cost per square foot

- distance from river or lake (I live in Chicago)

Our early human ancestor was capable of running (slowly)

eigenhombre — Tue, 04 Feb 2025 16:53:11 +0000

Article URL: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/31/science/running-afarensis-lucy.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42935026

Points: 1

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