Hacker News: limbicsystem

AI Graduation Speech

limbicsystem — Fri, 05 Jun 2026 10:39:35 +0000

Article URL: https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/speech

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48410556

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

Move over, AlphaFold: open-source model predicts shape of 1B proteins

limbicsystem — Mon, 01 Jun 2026 12:20:37 +0000

Article URL: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01686-3

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48355864

Points: 9

# Comments: 0

New comment by limbicsystem in "Princeton mandates proctoring for in-person exams, upending 133 year precedent"

limbicsystem — Thu, 14 May 2026 12:16:34 +0000

I don't know about the big 5 but in the six-factor 'open source' version (the HEXACO) the 'H' stands for 'honesty/humility' https://hexaco.org/

Boingboing has discovered a new form of advertising hell

limbicsystem — Wed, 13 May 2026 18:59:10 +0000

Article URL: https://boingboing.net/2026/04/28/chonkers-the-steller-sea-lion-pays-san-francisco-a-visit.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48125970

Points: 1

# Comments: 2

New comment by limbicsystem in "Flickr: The first and last great photo platform"

limbicsystem — Sun, 26 Apr 2026 16:20:25 +0000

Love those old photos of Macromedia - my wife worked in the same building at the time and they bring back a lot of nice memories :)

New comment by limbicsystem in "Will I ever own a zettaflop?"

limbicsystem — Fri, 10 Apr 2026 09:50:42 +0000

I think you would very much enjoy this book: https://share.google/boWcVLRiYz0c7EmKh

They talk quite a bit about this sort of thing at the end...

You shall know them by their scams

limbicsystem — Fri, 27 Mar 2026 09:47:12 +0000

Article URL: https://terminaldrift.substack.com/p/you-shall-know-them-by-their-scams

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47540688

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

New comment by limbicsystem in "US Job Market Visualizer"

limbicsystem — Mon, 16 Mar 2026 22:34:57 +0000

https://www.vischeck.com/run.html

New comment by limbicsystem in "US Job Market Visualizer"

limbicsystem — Mon, 16 Mar 2026 22:16:41 +0000

Maybe a job for Daltonize:

https://www.vischeck.com/run.html

It twiddles colors in a physiologically-aware manner to improve legibility for colorblind observers:

https://github.com/wadelab/VischeckTinyeyes/blob/main/websit...

The Banality of Surveillance

limbicsystem — Sat, 07 Mar 2026 16:56:53 +0000

Article URL: https://benn.substack.com/p/the-banality-of-surveillance

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47289331

Points: 72

# Comments: 24

There Are No Psychopaths

limbicsystem — Sat, 28 Feb 2026 12:09:16 +0000

Article URL: https://aeon.co/essays/psychopathy-is-a-zombie-idea-why-does-it-cling-on

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47194275

Points: 5

# Comments: 3

The Grim Trigger

limbicsystem — Wed, 21 Jan 2026 10:06:16 +0000

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

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46703424

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

Commodore 64 Ultimate review (2026)

limbicsystem — Thu, 15 Jan 2026 11:20:08 +0000

Article URL: https://www.theguardian.com/games/2026/jan/15/commodore-64-ultimate-review-computer

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46630955

Points: 15

# Comments: 0

New comment by limbicsystem in "Vischeck – 25 years of simulating color vision"

limbicsystem — Tue, 06 Jan 2026 09:27:37 +0000

We recently updated the Vischeck website properly after 25 years. Everything is now client-side Javascript and the color vision simulations, Daltonize correction and infant vision simulations are all in the same place. Full GPL source code is available on

https://github.com/wadelab/VischeckTinyeyes

Enjoy!