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New comment by kasperset in "ggsql: A Grammar of Graphics for SQL"

kasperset — Mon, 20 Apr 2026 13:59:26 +0000

Will this ever integrate rest of the ggplot2 dependent packages described here: https://exts.ggplot2.tidyverse.org/gallery/ in the near or distant future? Sorry if it already mentioned somewhere.

New comment by kasperset in "ggsql: A Grammar of Graphics for SQL"

kasperset — Mon, 20 Apr 2026 13:18:59 +0000

Looks intriguing. Brings plotting to Sql instead of “transforming” sql for plotting.

New comment by kasperset in "Can we make robots that eat other robots?"

kasperset — Sun, 19 Apr 2026 13:46:53 +0000

https://archive.ph/XDIYM

Can we make robots that eat other robots?

kasperset — Sun, 19 Apr 2026 13:46:00 +0000

Article URL: https://www.ft.com/content/9193ef93-d5b9-4270-b743-e7bb174bb811

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47824275

Points: 1

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New comment by kasperset in "LittleSnitch for Linux"

kasperset — Thu, 09 Apr 2026 03:23:54 +0000

There was also Tiny Firewall which got bought by Computer Associates around 2005. Probably the most complicated or fine grain control for me at that time in Windows XP.

New comment by kasperset in "Pandas Exercises for Data Analysis (Interactive)"

kasperset — Wed, 18 Mar 2026 16:07:24 +0000

I don't hear much about Ibis here. https://ibis-project.org On paper it sounds like a good idea. Any opinion about this option.

New comment by kasperset in "MacBook Neo"

kasperset — Wed, 04 Mar 2026 15:27:54 +0000

Yes. I think Air is a better buy if you are going to have a "laptop". I wish it was lot lighter if I am losing features against MacBook Air.

New comment by kasperset in "America has a tungsten problem"

kasperset — Mon, 09 Feb 2026 23:30:25 +0000

This reminds me of another article I read today about Gallium.

https://archive.ph/YgRUv

Original Link: https://www.wsj.com/business/the-defense-department-is-infat...

New comment by kasperset in "I now assume that all ads on Apple news are scams"

kasperset — Sat, 07 Feb 2026 15:12:58 +0000

Apple Music is ok but it is not as good on MacOS as it is on iOS. It will skip some songs sometimes and the ui is not very consistent for the player bar.

New comment by kasperset in "Show HN: Phage Explorer"

kasperset — Sat, 31 Jan 2026 17:11:20 +0000

It looks nice but very "LLMsy". I liked that it specifically annotates "Lytic" vs "Lysogenic" categorization for phages. Important in terms of virome analysis. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11097211/

New comment by kasperset in "New York Times games are hard: A computational perspective"

kasperset — Tue, 27 Jan 2026 14:51:02 +0000

Wordle, Connections, Spelling Bee, and Pips (All modes) for me. Wordle is fun but Pips is very satisfying. Pips medium can sometimes be more difficult than hard one.

New comment by kasperset in "Jurassic Park - Tablet device on Nedry's desk? (2012)"

kasperset — Sun, 25 Jan 2026 17:58:58 +0000

I agree with this. We are much missing these forums with civil replies and clouded behind "influencer" culture, which is optimized for incentives. Pure discussions as in this example are such a stalwarts of open web.

On the other hand, small websites and forums can disappear but that openness allows platform like archive.org to capture and "fossilize" them.

New comment by kasperset in "Eulogy for Dark Sky, a data visualization masterpiece (2023)"

kasperset — Sat, 10 Jan 2026 23:19:21 +0000

Notable weather iOS app that I use or have used in the past are:

Wetter: http://plot.micw.org/apps/wetter/index.php

weatherstrip : https://www.weatherstrip.app

New comment by kasperset in "Ask HN: Why Did Python Win?"

kasperset — Mon, 22 Dec 2025 16:35:26 +0000

May be that Python 2 to Python 3 migration was holding it back but it is remarkable that it shows positive strides or was relatively stable even within that transition period. https://www.tiobe.com/tiobe-index/python/

New comment by kasperset in "Slowness is a virtue"

kasperset — Thu, 18 Dec 2025 14:03:00 +0000

"Development is the execution of a map toward a goal while research is the pursuit of a goal without a map". If there is something I can take from this post, it will be this quote.

New comment by kasperset in "Gut bacteria from amphibians and reptiles achieve tumor elimination in mice"

kasperset — Thu, 18 Dec 2025 01:49:13 +0000

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/19490976.2025.2... Link to the research article. Are you referring to the news release?

New comment by kasperset in "Gut bacteria from amphibians and reptiles achieve tumor elimination in mice"

kasperset — Thu, 18 Dec 2025 00:56:07 +0000

Just FYI, this study was done in mice.

New comment by kasperset in "Ask HN: What are you buying your kids for Christmas?"

kasperset — Fri, 12 Dec 2025 01:58:13 +0000

Lego and Sketch book with coloring pens.

New comment by kasperset in "The Origins of Scala (2009)"

kasperset — Sun, 30 Nov 2025 01:29:35 +0000

Yes. It might have been errors when using Apache Spark with Apache Zeppelin notebooks. However, I must admit it was long time ago (2015-2016 era).

New comment by kasperset in "The Origins of Scala (2009)"

kasperset — Sat, 29 Nov 2025 21:55:27 +0000

Have error messages improved? I remember trying it few years back but the error messages made it hard to debug. Is it due to use of JVM? Sorry for my lack of knowledge since I rarely program in JVM based languages.