Hacker News: jibbit

New comment by jibbit in "The bee that everyone wants to save"

jibbit — Sat, 28 Mar 2026 13:42:09 +0000

This was genuinely one of the best bits of TV i've ever seen

New comment by jibbit in "Palestinian boy, 12, describes how Israeli forces killed his family in car"

jibbit — Mon, 16 Mar 2026 21:44:35 +0000

there is and always has been a strong prohibition of anything political on HN. it is widely and frequently discussed as the main problem with HN. Usually, a post like this would be removed very quickly

New comment by jibbit in "Cats became our companions way later than you think"

jibbit — Fri, 28 Nov 2025 15:33:44 +0000

seems a bit vague to me.. not saying i know better just that i'd like more info - there a small wildcats all over europe. presumably these are older than the domestic cats? but it's well known they can be tamed from kittens, and mate with domestic cats.. why assume domestication happened once in one place?

New comment by jibbit in "Some people can't see mental images"

jibbit — Thu, 30 Oct 2025 22:48:10 +0000

If you could see a photographic-quality image in your mind, you could answer questions about it the way you’d answer questions about a photograph in front of you. 'what’s written on the sign?' 'how many windows?' That's photographic memory. Since that’s not real, the 'normal visualization' everyone's comparing themselves to doesn’t exist either. Yet we keep treating as credible people who assert what others experience based on not experiencing it themselves. This is epistemically bankrupt.

New comment by jibbit in "Modal editing is a weird historical contingency we have through sheer happensta"

jibbit — Fri, 24 Oct 2025 10:52:19 +0000

this bugs me because what actually happened.. vi being the last survivor of a once universal interaction paradigm - is way more interesting than this unfathomably incorrect 'what a strange historical quirk' version.

New comment by jibbit in "The key to getting MVC correct is understanding what models are"

jibbit — Sun, 07 Sep 2025 17:18:21 +0000

it is less of an oversimplification than 'nothing like what existed either before or after'

New comment by jibbit in "The key to getting MVC correct is understanding what models are"

jibbit — Sun, 07 Sep 2025 10:10:16 +0000

unfortunately this is just not true though. there was nothing abstract or disconnected from real life about MVC in smalltalk. while we're here.. this claim that 'Smalltalk's OOP is nothing like what existed either before or after' - hmmmm

New comment by jibbit in "The ROI of Exercise"

jibbit — Sat, 23 Aug 2025 15:20:48 +0000

Despite decades of being told about the benefits of exercise, I had absolutely no idea what the actual time investment looked like to go from unfit to fit. I couldn't put a number on it, and part of me assumed it must be enormous otherwise, why wouldn't anyone just say the number? Then I discovered Couch to 5K: 30 minutes, 3 times a week. A concrete, achievable number that delivered (to me) mind blowing results.

How could it be so low? How could i not know this? How is anyone walking around ignorant (as i was) of this?

New comment by jibbit in "UK: Phone networks down: EE, BT, Three, Vodafone, O2 not working in mass outage"

jibbit — Thu, 24 Jul 2025 20:43:53 +0000

age verification starts tomorrow

New comment by jibbit in "Will the Humanities Survive Artificial Intelligence?"

jibbit — Sat, 26 Apr 2025 17:07:03 +0000

it's intentionally ironic that this is written in the style of ai slop?

New comment by jibbit in "All clothing is handmade (2022)"

jibbit — Wed, 26 Mar 2025 20:12:02 +0000

there was an 'arms race' in detergent strength throughout the 2000s. modern detergent contains more specialised enzymes, is more concentrated, and is more effective - but is (reportedly) much harder on the lifespan of garments

New comment by jibbit in "The Great Barefoot Running Hysteria of 2010"

jibbit — Tue, 25 Mar 2025 11:46:08 +0000

a really high percentage of the runners i see out i the street are forefoot striking in zero drops - clearly that's not barefoot but i'd also question whether you can call it 'short lived'

New comment by jibbit in "My stupid noise journey (2023)"

jibbit — Wed, 12 Mar 2025 12:33:09 +0000

I used to think background noise was my enemy.. until a week in a stifling motel with a clunky window unit proved me wrong. It started with me having tantrums that i'd never sleep and ended with me having some of the best sleep ever. I've slept with a noise machine ever since

New comment by jibbit in "Inheriting is becoming nearly as important as working"

jibbit — Fri, 28 Feb 2025 23:51:46 +0000

did you buy a house? when?

New comment by jibbit in "Ask HN: What happens when every HN post is flagged?"

jibbit — Sun, 16 Feb 2025 08:46:28 +0000

so in practice climate change is de-facto off limits

New comment by jibbit in "Ask HN: What happens when every HN post is flagged?"

jibbit — Sat, 15 Feb 2025 20:29:56 +0000

i was just reading the very active comments on a post about climate change, and it just.. disapeared. Is HN hostile to climate change posts?

New comment by jibbit in "Twelve months at 1.5 °C signals earlier than expected breach of Paris Agreement"

jibbit — Sat, 15 Feb 2025 19:58:10 +0000

i've never seen a post with so many upvotes disappear so quickly

New comment by jibbit in "Why is homeschooling becoming fashionable?"

jibbit — Wed, 15 Jan 2025 09:34:54 +0000

this, for example, is a state grammar school

https://www.queenelizabeths.derbyshire.sch.uk

New comment by jibbit in "Why is the American diet so deadly?"

jibbit — Tue, 07 Jan 2025 16:05:47 +0000

is this true? If everyone prepared their own food from scratch, but still had as many carbs, outcomes wouldn't improve?

New comment by jibbit in "PR process killing morale and productivity"

jibbit — Fri, 29 Nov 2024 20:42:43 +0000

People being an obstacle to positive change, because they believe a better change is possible.. when the changes wouldn't in any way prevent further positive changes from happening.. are the bane of my life. 'bikeshedding' probably covers it, but i feel like if someone could come up with a better metaphor that wasn't specifically about triviality or level of comprehension it could be a profound contribution to human behaviour