<rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Hacker News: magneticnorth</title><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=magneticnorth</link><description>Hacker News RSS</description><docs>https://hnrss.org/</docs><generator>hnrss v2.1.1</generator><lastBuildDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2026 03:09:13 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://hnrss.org/user?id=magneticnorth" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"></atom:link><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by magneticnorth in "Show HN: Alphabet Soup, a multiplayer game, build the longest word to win"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>This is a lot of fun! I'm pleased that I was able to defeat "hitler1488", but you may want to add some content filtering for the name choosing step.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 09 Aug 2026 21:36:24 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49236242</link><dc:creator>magneticnorth</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49236242</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49236242</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by magneticnorth in "Willoughbyland: England's Forgotten South American Colony"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p><a href="https://archive.is/0Auha" rel="nofollow">https://archive.is/0Auha</a></p>
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<p><a href="https://xcancel.com/ertug/status/2072339797708849398" rel="nofollow">https://xcancel.com/ertug/status/2072339797708849398</a><p>to see it if you aren't logged in to x</p>
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<p>I failed on number 11, which put me in the top 20%. It's a tough game!</p>
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<p>Captchas are usually used to separate humans and bots, typically with something a human can solve but a bot cannot. A bot would have no trouble at all with this game.</p>
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<p>yes, I do the same thing. I wish there was a way to get the implementation to enforce that rule too so I never accidentally try a word that I already know can't be the answer.</p>
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<p>Yes, that does happen occasionally, and it's part of the game for me to try and avoid getting trapped like that.</p>
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<p>> The game quickly lost any challenge.<p>I only play on hard mode for this reason. My next guess must always be a possible answer based on my current information, and that varies the puzzle enough from day to day that I still find it enjoyable to play occasionally.</p>
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<p>> You do see some cultures where men play an exceedingly dominant role .. and there is less man-woman strife<p>Citation needed</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 00:57:56 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48484940</link><dc:creator>magneticnorth</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48484940</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48484940</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by magneticnorth in "Why are there so many canines in fine art?"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>The human-dog relationship is maybe my favorite thing about being human.<p>We've bred this companion animal that we're able to bond with so deeply, and I so appreciate the simplicity of the bidirectional unconditional love. So rare between humans, so common human-to-dog.<p>This article makes an interesting point about dog attention as a focal point in art - not something I'd noticed before, but I enjoy having it pointed out to me.</p>
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<p><a href="https://archive.is/UOU6r" rel="nofollow">https://archive.is/UOU6r</a></p>
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<p>Yeah, I had the same thought, even as someone who also loved Ayn Rand at the age of 14.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 07 Jun 2026 15:46:00 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48435948</link><dc:creator>magneticnorth</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48435948</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48435948</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by magneticnorth in "I am retiring from tech to live offline"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>> "Lived humbly" is vastly different from "reduce expenses and maximize savings" which FIRE is all about.<p>As someone who has successfully FIREd, I would disagree. If you are fortunate to be in a successful tech career and have a like-minded spouse, you don't need to do anything extreme to be able to FIRE. We only own one home that is comfortable but not impressive; we take care of our cars and drive them 10+ years; we leaned into hobbies that are cheap or money-saving (cooking, gardening, hiking, biking) and didn't get into owning boats or taking trips with first-class airfare and all-inclusive resorts.<p>I would say we "live humbly" and therefore had savings that covered expenses well before the age of 65. Part of our motivation was early retirement, but you can be doing the same thing without intent to retire early.<p>If it gets you to the point that you <i>could</i> retire early, then you were following a FIRE strategy, even if you weren't doing it with that goal in mind.</p>
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<p>Personally, I learned that some diners were mass-produced to look like train cars and fit conveniently on a train car, which I hadn't known.<p>And if I weren't American and thus very familiar with classic American diners, I expect there would have been a lot that is new and interesting in this article & photo collection.</p>
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<p>Ah, you're right.<p>But still, if he is saying that <i>for a national park</i>, Gateway Arch is fine, but the Grand Canyon is about as worthwhile as Times Square Margaritaville and Yosemite valley is comparable to anyplace else in California, I have to believe this is rage bait (or disingenuous engagement bait at best)</p>
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<p>His first choice of a ~"good"~ correction:worthwhile national park is Gateway Arch in St. Louis.<p>When I got to that part, I was sure this was rage bait.</p>
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<p>A slightly related question, if anyone knows - has phone GPS gotten worse in recent generations? More reliance on local wifi networks or something like that?<p>I ask because I do a lot of backcountry hiking, camping, and foraging and rely on true GPS-only navigation. My most recent two phones (iphone and pixel) have noticeably worse GPS performance than previous phones, and I even changed OS ecosystems mostly hoping for better GPS, but it didn't help. Maybe I've had bad luck, but two noticeably bad phones in a row seems like it may be a pattern.<p>And is there any way to find phones with very good GPS performance?</p>
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<p>I believe they were asking in the context of the quote at the start of the thread -  "If liquor, tar and sauna won’t help, an illness is fatal."<p>I'm also still unclear on how it was used to treat human illness (treating boats and roofs is clear enough)</p>
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<p>Yes, it feels transparently manipulative to me. Like talking to a not-very-good con artist.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 28 Mar 2026 15:58:30 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47555773</link><dc:creator>magneticnorth</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47555773</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47555773</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by magneticnorth in "The bridge to wealth is being pulled up with AI"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Well, it's certainly inheritable from your parents (50%), and recent research suggests at least 20% of the 50% heritability is genetic, according to an article in Nature Reviews Genetics. [0]<p>[0] <a href="https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC5985927/" rel="nofollow">https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC5985927/</a></p>
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