Hacker News: laybak

New comment by laybak in "Gemini 4 Carbon"

laybak — Wed, 28 Oct 2026 17:56:02 +0000

this captured the sentiment of my first reaction as well

Chá 茶 and Chán 禅 are one

laybak — Sat, 24 Oct 2026 23:13:37 +0000

Article URL: https://www.chachan.co/home

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50226427

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

Making the Buddha Head from Merv Whole Again

laybak — Fri, 23 Oct 2026 18:46:00 +0000

Article URL: https://www.getty.edu/news/buddha-head-of-merv-turkmenistan-conservation/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50213610

Points: 66

# Comments: 2

New comment by laybak in "Local Wikipedia: Wikipedia, but only for things a half hour walk from you"

laybak — Fri, 23 Oct 2026 18:45:33 +0000

I love how this redirects attention from familiar patterns in a wholesome direction

Reflections After Artemis II

laybak — Sun, 18 Oct 2026 22:56:38 +0000

Article URL: https://www.nasa.gov/podcasts/houston-we-have-a-podcast/reflections-after-artemis-ii/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50146340

Points: 4

# Comments: 0

New comment by laybak in "Making Chicken Transparent Using Dorito Dust"

laybak — Sat, 17 Oct 2026 15:21:09 +0000

enjoyed the article. this was both fascinating from a technical perspective, and repulsive from a food perspective

A human-first approach to safe AGI

laybak — Fri, 16 Oct 2026 01:15:59 +0000

Article URL: https://wuwei.us/pages/human-first

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50112513

Points: 4

# Comments: 0

Smooth doubly curved origami shells with reprogrammable rigidity

laybak — Tue, 13 Oct 2026 18:38:25 +0000

Article URL: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-026-69562-2

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50076512

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

New comment by laybak in "Build your own decision model"

laybak — Sun, 11 Oct 2026 01:24:54 +0000

on the bright side, maybe this zero-shot classifier wave could be the back bone for more specialized classifiers (with more mindful selection of data and training)

Two Kings of New York: Visualizing the Careers of Jay-Z and Nas

laybak — Sat, 10 Oct 2026 23:19:52 +0000

Article URL: https://streettaichi.com/pages/kings-of-new-york

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50038119

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

New comment by laybak in "Our $445M Series D"

laybak — Fri, 09 Oct 2026 17:52:02 +0000

I just heard about this company for the first time. the energy does feel inspiring

A Practical Guide to Naming Things

laybak — Fri, 09 Oct 2026 17:48:23 +0000

Article URL: https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2026/10/how-name-things/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50024194

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

Show HN: Page.json – An open standard for representing UI

laybak — Thu, 08 Oct 2026 23:12:58 +0000

Article URL: https://wuwei.us/pages/page-json

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50013741

Points: 5

# Comments: 2

New comment by laybak in "Tell HN: I've been paying for a rural Tanzanian's education for 10 years"

laybak — Thu, 08 Oct 2026 16:37:41 +0000

I love this energy, and love how it seems to be resonating with others too. seems a more whole and life-giving than the intellectual EA vibe

Garlic-peel sensor powers low-cost home-security sensor

laybak — Thu, 08 Oct 2026 15:00:06 +0000

Article URL: https://spectrum.ieee.org/garlic-peel-biowaste-sensor

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50006646

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

New comment by laybak in "How machines learned precision"

laybak — Thu, 08 Oct 2026 04:23:51 +0000

excellent interactive education content. this reminded me of the steam engine exhibits at the science museum in London

NASA Releases Artemis II Lunar Science Data

laybak — Wed, 07 Oct 2026 20:13:49 +0000

Article URL: https://www.nasa.gov/blogs/missions/2026/10/07/nasa-releases-artemis-ii-lunar-science-data-images/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49998173

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

Food Atlas: Connections behind the dishes we love

laybak — Mon, 05 Oct 2026 22:51:57 +0000

Article URL: https://knowledgeartist.org/pages/food-atlas

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49971895

Points: 4

# Comments: 1

New comment by laybak in "Beam: Reflection's 501B open-weight model"

laybak — Mon, 05 Oct 2026 22:29:43 +0000

yeah agreed, let's normalize "show me the weights" in this era

New comment by laybak in "Singapore govt dating app uses Gale-Shapley stable marriage algorithm"

laybak — Wed, 30 Sep 2026 22:20:04 +0000

the Singaporean government is often described as having a "parental" approach. I guess this move would be on brand