Hacker News: herbertl

Boarding China's Last Bus

herbertl — Fri, 22 May 2026 14:59:12 +0000

Article URL: https://asteriskmag.com/issues/14/chinas-last-bus

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48236863

Points: 3

# Comments: 1

Signing off in a world of what's next

herbertl — Thu, 14 May 2026 11:31:38 +0000

Article URL: https://om.co/2026/05/12/signing-off-in-a-world-of-whats-next/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48133955

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

How do the most prolific people produce so much? (2023)

herbertl — Tue, 12 May 2026 01:47:30 +0000

Article URL: https://www.commonreader.co.uk/p/how-do-the-most-prolific-people-produce

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48103219

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

Geography Is Four-Dimensional

herbertl — Mon, 11 May 2026 14:38:58 +0000

Article URL: https://sive.rs/4d

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48095605

Points: 4

# Comments: 0

Mechanical Pencil: An illustrated celebration of the engineering around us

herbertl — Mon, 11 May 2026 14:32:39 +0000

Article URL: https://mechanical-pencil.com/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48095526

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

How to Cure the Hiccups

herbertl — Mon, 11 May 2026 10:29:32 +0000

Article URL: https://nik.art/how-to-cure-the-hiccups/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48093186

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

The shared tragedy of Red Queen hiring

herbertl — Mon, 11 May 2026 10:27:57 +0000

Article URL: https://seths.blog/2026/05/the-shared-tragedy-of-red-queen-hiring/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48093179

Points: 4

# Comments: 1

New comment by herbertl in "The Return to Analog"

herbertl — Sun, 10 May 2026 16:13:16 +0000

I've been noticing the same thing, though I'd frame it as analog getting more appealing largely because it's slower than digital. The demand for a slower pace is driven by two factors imo:

Need: People can’t move so fast all the time, so they will dedicate parts of their lives to slow down and process what’s actually happening in their outer and inner worlds. It will involve activities like creative hobbies, fitness, and meditation.

Nostalgia: When people aren’t sure if the future will be better than the present, the past seems even more appealing. We remember the best of the past. While we swipe glass all the time now, we used to push buttons, pound on keys, and shake hands. It was a more tactile era, and we miss it. Vinyl sales have gone up from 1 million in 2006 to 49 million in 2023 [1]. Streaming will still be the dominant source of delivering music, but vinyl represents something else. (I believe most of them end up being framed on people's walls, to be clear)

I wrote more about this here: https://herbertlui.net/the-return-of-slow/

I suspect more people will be interested in writing by hand, for example, so I've been working with my partner to make a journal. Very analog, very slow!

[1] https://www.statista.com/chart/7699/lp-sales-in-the-united-s...

GitHub is sinking

herbertl — Sun, 10 May 2026 16:07:26 +0000

Article URL: https://dbushell.com/2026/04/29/github-is-sinking/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48085095

Points: 263

# Comments: 167

The locals don't know

herbertl — Sun, 10 May 2026 16:03:37 +0000

Article URL: https://www.quarter--mile.com/The-Locals-Dont-Know

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48085055

Points: 198

# Comments: 176

Self-Fulfilling Misalignment Data Might Be Poisoning Our AI Models (2025)

herbertl — Sat, 09 May 2026 14:03:23 +0000

Article URL: https://turntrout.com/self-fulfilling-misalignment

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48075077

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

How to use food to help your mood (2022)

herbertl — Fri, 08 May 2026 14:23:01 +0000

Article URL: https://psyche.co/guides/how-to-use-food-to-help-reduce-your-risk-of-depression

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48063681

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

Adult Age Differences in the Response to Recent versus Long-Term Regrets [pdf]

herbertl — Fri, 08 May 2026 14:13:02 +0000

Article URL: https://www.apa.org/pubs/journals/releases/emo-emo0001672.pdf

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48063500

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

Let Me Convince You to Be Prolific

herbertl — Thu, 07 May 2026 22:50:52 +0000

Article URL: https://3quarksdaily.com/3quarksdaily/2026/05/let-me-convince-you-to-be-prolific.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48056128

Points: 52

# Comments: 10

Not fight, flight or freeze, but fawn

herbertl — Thu, 07 May 2026 21:50:22 +0000

Article URL: https://psyche.co/notes-to-self/not-fight-flight-or-freeze-this-is-what-fawning-looks-like

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48055596

Points: 7

# Comments: 0

Attacking your competitors online is dumb

herbertl — Thu, 07 May 2026 21:40:43 +0000

Article URL: https://posthog.com/blog/why-attacking-competitors-is-dumb

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48055479

Points: 4

# Comments: 0

Reality emerges: What is the Universe made of?

herbertl — Thu, 07 May 2026 21:37:16 +0000

Article URL: https://aeon.co/essays/why-reality-is-more-than-the-sum-of-its-particles

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48055437

Points: 3

# Comments: 1

New comment by herbertl in "The Self-Cancelling Subscription"

herbertl — Thu, 07 May 2026 15:29:58 +0000

In the spirit of yes, and: how about a subscription similar to a pay as you go phone plan? Pay for the month, and when you don't pay, then you don't get to keep going. After a couple of months, they unsubscribe you, get rid of your account, etc. More often than not, the first thing I do when I sign up for a service is cancel it (after confirming I can use it for the billing period).

Dream Physics

herbertl — Thu, 07 May 2026 15:15:38 +0000

Article URL: https://seths.blog/2026/05/dream-physics/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48050447

Points: 4

# Comments: 0

The Informal Org Chart

herbertl — Thu, 07 May 2026 15:14:25 +0000

Article URL: https://alearningaday.blog/2026/05/07/the-informal-org-chart/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48050433

Points: 3

# Comments: 2