Hacker News: mhb

There are two kinds of theorems

mhb — Thu, 13 Aug 2026 21:47:38 +0000

Article URL: https://blog.plover.com/math/two-kinds-of-theorems.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49292274

Points: 6

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New comment by mhb in "$580M undersea cable rerouted to avoid the grave of Dobby the House Elf"

mhb — Tue, 11 Aug 2026 14:25:49 +0000

There is some skepticism about the veracity of this. Of course, be skeptical of the skepticism.

https://bsky.app/profile/dsquareddigest.bsky.social/post/3ms...

New comment by mhb in "A Physicist Rigged His Pet Hamster’s Wheel to Upload to Strava"

mhb — Sat, 08 Aug 2026 13:10:18 +0000

Gonna want this in steps.

"Full Serve" EV Charging Is Coming from Self-Driving. We're Not Ready

mhb — Fri, 07 Aug 2026 12:17:30 +0000

Article URL: https://www.forbes.com/sites/bradtempleton/2026/08/06/full-serve-ev-charging-is-coming-from-self-driving--were-not-ready/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49209265

Points: 1

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Why did the greatest juggler of all time stop and open a construction business?

mhb — Fri, 07 Aug 2026 03:13:55 +0000

Article URL: https://grantland.com/features/anthony-gatto-juggling-cirque-du-soleil-jason-fagone/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49205533

Points: 4

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Turning a Bottle into Filament [video]

mhb — Tue, 04 Aug 2026 23:08:03 +0000

Article URL: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/de5reh7gBJM

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49176534

Points: 2

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One Man's Quest to Fix Every Deadly Guardrail

mhb — Tue, 04 Aug 2026 11:34:43 +0000

Article URL: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2026/07/27/one-mans-quest-to-fix-every-deadly-guardrail

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49167157

Points: 3

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Viagra may reduce cancer metastasis, study shows

mhb — Mon, 03 Aug 2026 12:25:20 +0000

Article URL: https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-07-viagra-cancer-metastasis.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49154819

Points: 3

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New comment by mhb in "How Netanyahu Lost America"

mhb — Sun, 02 Aug 2026 21:44:15 +0000

It meets none of HN's guidelines.

Will Amazon be the dominant commercial drone company?

mhb — Thu, 30 Jul 2026 19:20:46 +0000

Article URL: https://philip.greenspun.com/blog/2026/07/30/will-amazon-be-the-dominant-commercial-drone-company/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49114463

Points: 2

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Gold isn't inert, it just has bodyguards protecting it

mhb — Tue, 28 Jul 2026 12:36:03 +0000

Article URL: https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/06/gold-isnt-inert-it-just-has-bodyguards-protecting-it/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49082887

Points: 3

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Computational Caustics

mhb — Fri, 24 Jul 2026 18:48:44 +0000

Article URL: https://www.epfl.ch/labs/gcm/research-projects/computational-caustics/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49040015

Points: 4

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New comment by mhb in "Why do you suck at juggling now?"

mhb — Wed, 22 Jul 2026 14:24:21 +0000

Why do you think other people want to hear you practicing songs that you're not good at? I'm imagining someone trying to learn the recorder by the campfire.

New comment by mhb in "Multi-Primary Color Display Emerges as Next-Gen Color Reproduction Technology"

mhb — Fri, 17 Jul 2026 14:10:58 +0000

Turning off Javascript helps.

New comment by mhb in "Multi-Primary Color Display Emerges as Next-Gen Color Reproduction Technology"

mhb — Fri, 17 Jul 2026 14:10:28 +0000

Interesting. Though maybe not so surprising that "multi-primary color display technology ... was presented as a key direction for the next-generation display industry" at the “Multi Primary Color Display Ecosystem Conference”.

The Auditor's Opinion

mhb — Fri, 17 Jul 2026 13:21:46 +0000

Article URL: https://www.cringely.com/2026/07/16/the-auditors-opinion/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48947094

Points: 1

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New comment by mhb in "If you want to create a button from scratch, you must first create the universe"

mhb — Fri, 17 Jul 2026 01:02:38 +0000

> I can go out into the woods behind my house and get into the iron age in a few days

Seems pretty optimistic based on the Primitive Technology videos.

New comment by mhb in "Stripe and Advent have made a joint offer to acquire PayPal – sources"

mhb — Thu, 16 Jul 2026 14:08:42 +0000

> I doubt that even in a world with all direct payments that they would pass any savings along to the consumer.

Shouldn't you think that about every way companies save money? And yet they do compete on price.

New comment by mhb in "If you want to create a button from scratch, you must first create the universe"

mhb — Thu, 16 Jul 2026 14:01:48 +0000

John Plant has been working to get to the Iron Age for eleven years, but he's doing it for the lulz.

https://www.youtube.com/@primitivetechnology9550/videos

Build Your Own Computed Axial Lithography 3D Printer

mhb — Tue, 14 Jul 2026 18:54:42 +0000

Article URL: https://makezine.com/projects/instant-prints-opencal-layerless-3d-printing/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48911449

Points: 3

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