Hacker News: hydrolox

New comment by hydrolox in "Oceans hit highest temperature on record"

hydrolox — Mon, 24 Aug 2026 22:06:11 +0000

it's not just reasonable to question, it's all but obvious and anyone who comes up with a retort like "what about millions/billions of years before civilization" is being, at best, insincere

New comment by hydrolox in "Czechia moves to ban mobile phones in schools from September 2027"

hydrolox — Mon, 20 Jul 2026 18:41:13 +0000

What are your sources? From 2013: > Leading up to the construction and just afterwards NE 65th St performed very similar to both controls, however two quarters after the project was finished NE 65th St experienced a 350% increase in sales index, followed by another jump to 400% sales index the following quarter.[1]

From 2020 [2]: > "Both the trend analysis and DID analysis show that the protected bike lane on Second Avenue corridor positively impacted employment, especially in the retail sector, when compared to the Fourth Avenue control corridor"

> "In conclusion, the protected bike lane on Broadway triggered a significant employment increase in the food services industry after installation, indicating an improvement in business vitality as a result."

The overall study finds that

> - On the Second Avenue corridor, the protected two-way bike lane contributed to higher employment and improved business vitality in the retail sector. - On Broadway Avenue, we find that the protected bike lane triggered a significant positive impact on food services employment after installation, indicating an improvement in business vitality as a result."

and > In terms of retail service sector, we found either mixed results or insignificant results. [...] However, the insignificant results may be significant in this context, indicating that there does not appear to be a negative causal impact of right-of-way or parking lane removal on economic outcomes.

Anecdotally, many people in Seattle seem to use the bike lanes, even to commute to work. I also saw a lot of people using them during the world cup.

[1]https://seattletransitblog.com/2013/08/06/seattle-case-study... [2] https://ppms.trec.pdx.edu/media/project_files/National-Stree...

Heraldic Blazon

hydrolox — Mon, 13 Jul 2026 17:13:48 +0000

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

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48895769

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

New comment by hydrolox in "Grok 4.5"

hydrolox — Wed, 08 Jul 2026 23:23:04 +0000

does that really make any sense? why are many conservative countries like Russia, Poland, Japan, or Korea facing big fertility issues.

New comment by hydrolox in "The deadly rise of giant trucks and SUVs"

hydrolox — Tue, 23 Jun 2026 18:55:07 +0000

that literally happens in NYC right now

New comment by hydrolox in "The AirPods Effect"

hydrolox — Thu, 18 Jun 2026 23:43:36 +0000

looks like the seashells of Fahrenheit-451 were inevitable

New comment by hydrolox in "U.S. pulling ocean sensors a 'shock' for Canadian research as El Niño nears"

hydrolox — Tue, 16 Jun 2026 21:34:15 +0000

So instead of funding more research into a potentially important unknown, as you say, we should just.. not?

New comment by hydrolox in "U.S. pulling ocean sensors a 'shock' for Canadian research as El Niño nears"

hydrolox — Tue, 16 Jun 2026 19:58:45 +0000

do you expect there to be logic behind it?

New comment by hydrolox in "Wind and solar generated more power than gas globally in April 2026"

hydrolox — Thu, 04 Jun 2026 21:50:41 +0000

were you crying when you considered the myriad of negative effects of burning fossil fuels?

White House's Aliens.gov Site Brags That ICE Arrested More Than 700 US Citizens

hydrolox — Sat, 30 May 2026 18:14:35 +0000

Article URL: https://www.wired.com/story/white-house-aliens-gov-us-citizens-arrested/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48339127

Points: 55

# Comments: 12

New comment by hydrolox in "Driver accused of DUI tracks missing laptop to Illinois State trooper's house"

hydrolox — Mon, 11 May 2026 14:54:35 +0000

Stop spreading misinformation.

>No. Field sobriety tests are not mandatory in Illinois. A driver may legally refuse to participate in field sobriety testing without violating Illinois law. These roadside tests are voluntary and are not part of the State’s implied consent laws.

https://dohmanlaw.com/refusing-a-field-sobriety-test-in-illi...

New comment by hydrolox in "Ping-pong robot beats top-level human players"

hydrolox — Wed, 22 Apr 2026 22:14:37 +0000

isn't this a technology forum?

New comment by hydrolox in "Optimal Strategy for Connect 4"

hydrolox — Sat, 11 Apr 2026 16:52:48 +0000

isn't this very similar or a case of trading space for time or vice versa (e.g in algorithm analysis)

New comment by hydrolox in "A truck driver spent 20 years making a scale model of every building in NYC"

hydrolox — Wed, 08 Apr 2026 16:42:29 +0000

online map https://progress.minefact.de/

Douglas Lenat's Automated Mathematician Source Code

hydrolox — Wed, 25 Mar 2026 16:31:11 +0000

Article URL: https://github.com/white-flame/am

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47519622

Points: 70

# Comments: 11

New comment by hydrolox in "Python: The Optimization Ladder"

hydrolox — Sat, 14 Mar 2026 17:54:35 +0000

Yea while reading, I just didn't understand how you end up LLM writing the article? Clearly, the data and writeup are real. But, was it "edited" with an LLM? It looks closer to ~the entire thing being LLM written. I finished reading because the topic is interesting, but the LLM writing style is difficult to bear.. and I agree with your point that trying to fool us that it's human with `--` is just absurd

AI 2027 Concrete Predictions and dates

hydrolox — Thu, 05 Mar 2026 01:09:58 +0000

Article URL: https://alexpear.github.io/pages/ai-2027.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47256181

Points: 1

# Comments: 1

New comment by hydrolox in "Gemini 3.1 Pro"

hydrolox — Thu, 19 Feb 2026 18:13:38 +0000

Yes, the analogy habit is the most annoying of all. Overall formatting for me is doable, if it didn't divide up an answer into these silly arbitrary categories with useless analogies. I've tried adding in my user preferences to never use analogies but it inevitably falls back into that habit.

Realistic Cave Exploration Game with Custom Renderer Tech

hydrolox — Fri, 30 Jan 2026 00:37:35 +0000

Article URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4k1OHSCp_h0

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46819089

Points: 8

# Comments: 0

Render meshes using realtime traditionally hand-painted textures

hydrolox — Mon, 19 Jan 2026 23:28:58 +0000

Article URL: https://github.com/Rink37/BOBJECT_engine

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46686018

Points: 1

# Comments: 0