Hacker News: mellosouls

James Burrows, legendary director of Cheers and Friends, dies aged 85

mellosouls — Sat, 20 Jun 2026 08:22:06 +0000

Article URL: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ce8k07x523eo

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48607376

Points: 1

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Binface, foxes and raving loonies: the UK's proud history of costumed candidates

mellosouls — Fri, 19 Jun 2026 20:33:15 +0000

Article URL: https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/jun/19/ount-binface-fox-raving-loony-uk-proud-history-costumed-candidates

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48602940

Points: 3

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New comment by mellosouls in "Is AI ruining our skills? Early results are in – and they're not good"

mellosouls — Fri, 19 Jun 2026 18:45:08 +0000

This is new, the scope of it, its not just about individual "skills" because its all of them; we are being challenged at the very fundamentals of our ability to think deeply and widely and persistently. That has never happened before like this.

It is quite extraordinary and breath-taking at times to see the agents in action; the flipside is that very power renders us both vulnerable to its seduction and enfeeblement on an equal scope - its almost hard-drug like in its potential long-term psychological effects.

UK Environment Agency threatens to prosecute campaigner after waterway cleanup

mellosouls — Thu, 18 Jun 2026 17:25:13 +0000

Article URL: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jun/17/campaigner-threatened-prosecution-environment-agency-river-roding-cleanup

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48588621

Points: 1

# Comments: 1

New comment by mellosouls in "BBC to axe Radio 4's The World Tonight after more than 50 years"

mellosouls — Thu, 18 Jun 2026 04:26:09 +0000

And the midnight news. Next it will be the shipping forecast, the national anthem and the chimes...

BBC to axe Radio 4's The World Tonight after more than 50 years

mellosouls — Thu, 18 Jun 2026 04:26:09 +0000

Article URL: https://www.theguardian.com/media/2026/jun/17/bbc-boss-compulsory-redundancies-cuts

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48580796

Points: 17

# Comments: 7

'Most famous tree in the world': Sherwood Forest's 1000-year-old Major oak dies

mellosouls — Thu, 18 Jun 2026 04:20:49 +0000

Article URL: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jun/18/most-famous-tree-world-sherwood-forest-ancient-major-oak-dies

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48580771

Points: 15

# Comments: 1

Simpler, older version of Stonehenge found three miles from famous site

mellosouls — Thu, 18 Jun 2026 04:15:44 +0000

Article URL: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/clyxw8550y8o

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48580746

Points: 7

# Comments: 2

New comment by mellosouls in "Continue has been acquired by Cursor"

mellosouls — Thu, 18 Jun 2026 04:06:13 +0000

I said it was a dark pattern, not a license breach.

New comment by mellosouls in "Continue has been acquired by Cursor"

mellosouls — Thu, 18 Jun 2026 04:05:33 +0000

The previous one was a couple days ago, they obviously have a time threshold (ie a feature, not a bug) but the rapid drop of this off the front page probably indicates a more nuanced approach.

New comment by mellosouls in "Continue has been acquired by Cursor"

mellosouls — Thu, 18 Jun 2026 04:02:46 +0000

"and has been discontinued"

Cursor is peak anti-open-source; it launched from open source VSCode and has never contributed back in any meaningful way - a dark pattern that seems to bother the founders not one bit.