Hacker News: fyrepuffs

New comment by fyrepuffs in "Foreign tech workers are avoiding travel to the US"

fyrepuffs — Tue, 30 Dec 2025 20:04:51 +0000

...and the price of eggs. Don't forget that.

New comment by fyrepuffs in "3D reconstruction of the capital of the Aztec empire"

fyrepuffs — Mon, 10 Feb 2025 01:21:10 +0000

Actually better is the book "The Fifth Sun: A new history of the Aztecs" written in Nahuatl (the Aztec language) and translated by Camille Townsend. It is an account of how the Aztecs viewed conquest, which they didn't see as a conquest initially. Also the descriptions of the city of Tenochitlan indicate that it was just as sophisticated, and cosmopolitan as it is today: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fifth_Sun:_A_New_History_of_th...

New comment by fyrepuffs in "Ozempic is changing people's skin, say plastic surgeons"

fyrepuffs — Tue, 13 Aug 2024 23:34:51 +0000

People are coming to them with sagging skin from Ozempic. Since 6% of Americans are on it now (according to that article), how is that competition for the plastic surgeons?

New comment by fyrepuffs in "Frida Kahlo's final painting vanished into storage"

fyrepuffs — Tue, 28 May 2024 02:47:14 +0000

I think this is a good point. It might be because artists typically reject mainstream culture or that they distance themselves from it in order to comment on it.

Chinese hackers have infiltrated critical US infrastructure

fyrepuffs — Fri, 19 Apr 2024 18:07:05 +0000

Article URL: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/apr/19/fbi-china-hack-infrastructure

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40090117

Points: 4

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New comment by fyrepuffs in "Amazon is filled with garbage e-books, this is how they get made"

fyrepuffs — Tue, 16 Apr 2024 23:58:21 +0000

Nobody at all guessed that this would happen.

The US reauthorizing and expanding its surveillance laws

fyrepuffs — Tue, 16 Apr 2024 23:54:54 +0000

Article URL: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/apr/16/house-fisa-government-surveillance-senate

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40058829

Points: 41

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New comment by fyrepuffs in "This is a teenager"

fyrepuffs — Tue, 16 Apr 2024 22:42:52 +0000

That's because Canada has safety nets for people. They have affordable healthcare and places to turn to if you're out of work and need assistance. It's because Canada is a compassionate society. It doesn't take this down right mean attitude of a "f-u" you're poor because it's your fault.

New comment by fyrepuffs in "Ask HN: How to have a long career in tech?"

fyrepuffs — Thu, 16 Feb 2023 04:20:17 +0000

Re: stock options or startup exit is akin to winning the lottery

save money, invest wisely and spend less

New comment by fyrepuffs in "Jan. 6 panel announces 4 criminal referrals for Donald Trump"

fyrepuffs — Mon, 19 Dec 2022 20:56:44 +0000

Yay, finally :=) That orange suite will go with the rest of him very nicely.

New comment by fyrepuffs in "Archaeologists ask Netflix to reclassify Graham Hancock’s docuseries as fiction"

fyrepuffs — Mon, 05 Dec 2022 01:28:04 +0000

This is totally misinformed. When research is funded by corporations, we get ideas that are informed from the lunatic fringe that are based on nothing.

New comment by fyrepuffs in "Amazon Alexa is on pace to lose $10B this year"

fyrepuffs — Tue, 22 Nov 2022 02:22:40 +0000

Not surprised by this in the least.

New comment by fyrepuffs in "Army Veteran Went into ‘Combat Mode’ to Disarm the Club Q Gunman"

fyrepuffs — Tue, 22 Nov 2022 02:21:43 +0000

Incredible story:

https://archive.ph/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/21/us/col...

Army Veteran Went into ‘Combat Mode’ to Disarm the Club Q Gunman

fyrepuffs — Tue, 22 Nov 2022 02:10:36 +0000

Article URL: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/21/us/colorado-springs-shooting-club-q-hero.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33700908

Points: 4

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Homelessness has risen 70% in California’s capital.Inside the staggering emerg

fyrepuffs — Thu, 03 Nov 2022 14:44:26 +0000

Article URL: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/nov/03/california-capital-homelessness-emergency-midterm

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33451774

Points: 37

# Comments: 29

New comment by fyrepuffs in "Total climate meltdown cannot be stopped, says expert"

fyrepuffs — Mon, 01 Aug 2022 20:17:18 +0000

I would think the silicon valley would be innovating here, but with the exception of a few that's not the case.

New comment by fyrepuffs in "Ask HN: Favorite IoT Fleet Management Tool/Service"

fyrepuffs — Mon, 18 Jul 2022 23:51:05 +0000

Take a look at Pantavisor and Pantacor Hub. Open source and enables device fleet updates, device state management and more. Uses its own control plane and container runtime called Pantavisor that manages and runs Linux containers, and converts Docker container too.

https://www.pantavisor.io/

https://pantacor.com/products/what-is-pantacor/

feedback and contributions are more than welcome :=)

New comment by fyrepuffs in "In The Atlantic Ocean, Subtle Shifts Hint at Dramatic Dangers"

fyrepuffs — Mon, 18 Jul 2022 23:38:39 +0000

Archive version: https://web.archive.org/web/20220713195034/https://www.nytim...

New comment by fyrepuffs in "In The Atlantic Ocean, Subtle Shifts Hint at Dramatic Dangers"

fyrepuffs — Mon, 18 Jul 2022 23:37:46 +0000

Older article but interesting to see the results in Europe now.

In The Atlantic Ocean, Subtle Shifts Hint at Dramatic Dangers

fyrepuffs — Mon, 18 Jul 2022 23:37:46 +0000

Article URL: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/03/02/climate/atlantic-ocean-climate-change.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32145570

Points: 6

# Comments: 2