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New comment by hendersonreed in "Sabotaging projects by overthinking, scope creep, and structural diffing"

hendersonreed — Fri, 24 Apr 2026 15:17:32 +0000

This isn't a blogpost with a particular focus, it's a newletter update for people who follow this person.

New comment by hendersonreed in "Don't post generated/AI-edited comments. HN is for conversation between humans."

hendersonreed — Wed, 11 Mar 2026 20:07:07 +0000

It hides your voice, and shortcuts your thinking process, because your editing is when you actually evaluate what you think!

When using LLMs to write, the temptation to avoid actually thinking about what you're communicating is too much for most people.

New comment by hendersonreed in "Art Bits from HyperCard"

hendersonreed — Fri, 06 Mar 2026 23:13:45 +0000

there's a great blogpost explaining the creator's inspirations in hypercard also: https://beyondloom.com/blog/sketchpad.html

New comment by hendersonreed in "Building a new Flash"

hendersonreed — Wed, 04 Mar 2026 21:39:39 +0000

It says:

> HTML5/Canvas export — Export to self-contained HTML5 with JavaScript Canvas 2D playback.

New comment by hendersonreed in "The Xkcd thing, now interactive"

hendersonreed — Tue, 03 Mar 2026 20:26:08 +0000

Looking through the website of the course, it's not really a general computer science course - it "explores the use of graphics in art, design and visualization contexts" and is part of the digital art program. Quite a reasonable tech stack, for that purpose I think.

The Syn-Tea-Sizer

hendersonreed — Fri, 31 Jan 2025 20:18:29 +0000

Article URL: https://www.ingridmurphy.com/copy-of-the-campanologist-s-tea-cup

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42891431

Points: 3

# Comments: 1

New comment by hendersonreed in "Rethinking School Design"

hendersonreed — Fri, 18 Oct 2024 00:19:49 +0000

Look at Japan - schools in Tokyo are extremely space-efficient (like most of Tokyo) and have innovations like rooftop playgrounds (with high, safe fences).

New comment by hendersonreed in "Helping wikis move away from Fandom"

hendersonreed — Thu, 10 Oct 2024 20:27:18 +0000

I've had this thought about public transit quite often.

We're all very familiar with induced demand when it comes to widening highways and other car-centric infrastructure.

Why don't we try to induce demand on public transit? Make it cheaper, subsidize it like we subsidize roads/parking, add additional routes.

New comment by hendersonreed in "Show HN: Interactive map of the convenience store "turf war" in Japan"

hendersonreed — Mon, 23 Sep 2024 20:44:50 +0000

Have you been to Japan? Elevators are quite common, and in most of the buildings with multiple levels and restaurants on higher levels.

Elevators are smaller there. But I think the cost of building is lower there, for a variety of reasons, which makes this more feasible.

New comment by hendersonreed in "Vision Pro: What we got wrong at Oculus that Apple got right"

hendersonreed — Fri, 15 Mar 2024 19:07:09 +0000

I think there might end up being a greater division between "IRL places you really need to be IRL to enjoy" and "IRL places that are good enough in VR."

A beach seems like the former, and cities and minor attractions seem like the latter.

New comment by hendersonreed in "Vegetable stock: my secret lover (2011)"

hendersonreed — Mon, 11 Mar 2024 20:48:54 +0000

I assume you mean a fresh "bell pepper"? In American English paprika refers just to the dried spice, while the rotund and mild peppers are bell peppers.

But you can definitely add either to a stock. The fresh pepper will add (if red) a sweetness and savory note. The green peppers will add more vegetal flavors, less sweetness. But I think leftover pepper is best eaten raw as a snack, salad dressing optional.