Hacker News: mef51

New comment by mef51 in "Mario Meets Pareto"

mef51 — Thu, 06 Aug 2026 15:17:21 +0000

I always pick koopa, I always win

New comment by mef51 in "Ten advances in mathematics and theoretical computer science"

mef51 — Mon, 03 Aug 2026 19:23:36 +0000

Because he's not talking about AI, he's talking about people's psychological reactions to AI

New comment by mef51 in "Show HN: Slope remade in HTML5 to load instantly on any browser, any device"

mef51 — Fri, 31 Jul 2026 19:11:31 +0000

Ok I'll start one here, I got 23763 on track #665 :)

New comment by mef51 in "Show HN: Slope remade in HTML5 to load instantly on any browser, any device"

mef51 — Fri, 31 Jul 2026 19:06:41 +0000

Fun! Top 100 daily leaderboard?

New comment by mef51 in "Epidurals are a miracle technology"

mef51 — Tue, 23 Jun 2026 14:24:55 +0000

I've heard a few times now that giving birth while lying on the back is a relatively modern invention and that for most of history women adopted squatting or leaning forward positions.[1] And that the back position is actually much more painful. How much does laying on the back increase the pain to the point where an epidural is necessary? Is it still necessary in the other positions?

disclaimer: I know nothing about this

[1] https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20260401-women-were-never...

Keogram: The Sky in 2025

mef51 — Mon, 22 Jun 2026 13:44:09 +0000

Article URL: https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap260621.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48630035

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

Keogram: The Sky in 2025

mef51 — Mon, 22 Jun 2026 01:12:46 +0000

Article URL: https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap260621.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48624397

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by mef51 in "MSF: Israel uses water as a weapon of collective punishment against Palestinians"

mef51 — Tue, 28 Apr 2026 19:52:35 +0000

Full report: https://msf.org.uk/sites/default/files/2026-04/Mar26LH_MSF_G...

MSF: Israel uses water as a weapon of collective punishment against Palestinians

mef51 — Tue, 28 Apr 2026 19:52:35 +0000

Article URL: https://msf.org.uk/article/gaza-israel-uses-water-weapon-collective-punishment-against-palestinians

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47939692

Points: 13

# Comments: 1

New comment by mef51 in "Middle Eastern News Sites Are U.S. Government Propaganda Ops"

mef51 — Thu, 23 Apr 2026 20:35:24 +0000

The Guardian has decent coverage in addition to the others people have listed

ArXiv will establish itself as an independent nonprofit organization

mef51 — Sun, 05 Apr 2026 02:11:50 +0000

Article URL: https://tech.cornell.edu/arxiv/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47645512

Points: 1

# Comments: 1

New comment by mef51 in "Voxile: A ray-traced game made in its own engine and programming language"

mef51 — Wed, 04 Mar 2026 02:35:38 +0000

You can try not using Claude

New comment by mef51 in "Open-source Zig book"

mef51 — Mon, 17 Nov 2025 00:05:03 +0000

The em dashes?

New comment by mef51 in "Bitchat for Gaza – messaging without internet"

mef51 — Fri, 14 Nov 2025 20:43:36 +0000

Acting like the dominant political stream in Israel has not been interested in occupying Gaza since at least 1967 to this day is a bald faced and shameless misdirection.

New comment by mef51 in "Bitchat for Gaza – messaging without internet"

mef51 — Fri, 14 Nov 2025 20:15:25 +0000

The colonization of Gaza and the West Bank is entirely driven by western interests and ideology. Namely Zionism[1]

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zionism

New comment by mef51 in "Criticisms of “The Body Keeps the Score”"

mef51 — Wed, 22 Oct 2025 19:57:06 +0000

Trauma to me means there are ways of responding to painful experiences that can keep you in that painful state for a very long time, and/or make things worse. I recognize that simple fact from my own experiences. In that lens, its helpful to reflect on your responses to painful experiences to stop them from developing into long term traumas. Maybe that's why this book, or at least the title, seems to resonate with people. (I haven't read it)

...But it's also good to know the author of the book was wildly mis-citing things

New comment by mef51 in "How Israeli actions caused famine in Gaza, visualized"

mef51 — Thu, 02 Oct 2025 18:22:09 +0000

From the article: "An internal US government review found no evidence of widespread theft by Hamas of US-funded humanitarian aid in Gaza." Other reporting supports this.

So what is going on is that the IDF are lying to justify their genocide. There is a massive propaganda machine at work to muddy the waters.

New comment by mef51 in "How Israeli actions caused famine in Gaza, visualized"

mef51 — Thu, 02 Oct 2025 17:53:38 +0000

Israel blocks the entry of Plumpy Nut into Gaza, a peanut-butter like paste meant for treating severe acute malnutrition. They say it is a luxury item Hamas might steal.[1] The amount of evidence Israel is committing genocide is embarrassing.

[1] https://x.com/DropSiteNews/status/1971582137947295831

New comment by mef51 in "Terence Tao: The role of small organizations in society has shrunk significantly"

mef51 — Wed, 24 Sep 2025 17:05:37 +0000

I'm not sure I entirely agree with the framing, despite agreeing with many of the points raised. I think it's relevant to recognize that large organizations often become large by consuming smaller organizations. And that they consume smaller organizations precisely because they offer something like purpose and meaning, and other emotional/spiritual needs. When there are no more smaller organizations to consume, the larger organizations fracture out of an absence of these necessities. The division of 'small' and 'large' organizations is maybe relevant in today's economic structure but it does not feel absolute or permanent. Anyway, this well highlights the importance of genuine connections and activities at the individual level.

New comment by mef51 in "What Problems to Solve – By Richard Feynman"

mef51 — Wed, 25 Jun 2025 18:10:22 +0000

I read this letter for the first time many years ago when I was in my physics undergrad and thinking about starting grad school. It still crosses my mind pretty often as a postdoc.