Hacker News: mkmk

New comment by mkmk in "Gaussian Splat of a Strawberry"

mkmk — Tue, 19 May 2026 14:18:48 +0000

Beautiful and quite neat to 'walk' up into the ceiling and look down. Feels like you're either quasimodo or God, depending on how nuts you are.

Grafana Labs acquires Logline to accelerate needle-in-the-haystack log queries

mkmk — Tue, 21 Apr 2026 10:55:19 +0000

Article URL: https://grafana.com/blog/grafana-labs-acquires-logline/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47847102

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by mkmk in "OpenAI Acquires TBPN"

mkmk — Thu, 02 Apr 2026 18:42:42 +0000

Yes but also think of it as 'generates content from 11-2pm PT, with each hour giving 12+ small clips that have the chance to be shared, go viral, etc.'

New York Proposal to Tax QSBS Gains

mkmk — Wed, 18 Mar 2026 01:49:19 +0000

Article URL: https://www.pbwt.com/publications/new-york-proposal-to-tax-qsbs-gains

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47420729

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

New comment by mkmk in "Parseword – new game from the creator of Wordle"

mkmk — Tue, 10 Mar 2026 17:32:36 +0000

Ah, I see. Prune cuts down the word plant. FWIW, just playing the game is better than the tutorial.

New comment by mkmk in "Parseword – new game from the creator of Wordle"

mkmk — Tue, 10 Mar 2026 16:59:14 +0000

I genuinely don't understand step one of the tutorial. prune + plant > plan?

New comment by mkmk in "Deveillance Spectre I blocks smart devices and AI recorders"

mkmk — Tue, 03 Mar 2026 17:29:32 +0000

$1,200 deposit to pre-order. Privacy really is becoming a luxury good.

Meteorologist warns federal cuts are undermining weather forecasts nationwide

mkmk — Tue, 03 Mar 2026 01:30:46 +0000

Article URL: https://www.lehighvalleynews.com/environment-science/local-meteorologist-warns-federal-cuts-are-undermining-weather-forecasts-nationwide

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47226743

Points: 7

# Comments: 0

New comment by mkmk in "Hacking an old Kindle to display bus arrival times"

mkmk — Tue, 24 Feb 2026 20:47:46 +0000

I was glad to see the note about battery life down at the bottom. My biggest challenge with the old Kindles I have laying around is that most of them won't hold a charge!

Why the most predictable kind of renewable energy is also the hardest to use

mkmk — Wed, 11 Feb 2026 02:43:53 +0000

Article URL: https://jordanwtaylor2.substack.com/p/the-trouble-with-tidal

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46970098

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

Shades of Meaning (2018)

mkmk — Tue, 10 Feb 2026 02:16:22 +0000

Article URL: https://mag.uchicago.edu/arts-humanities/shades-meaning

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46954500

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

Anthropic's Super Bowl Commercials Troll OpenAI

mkmk — Wed, 04 Feb 2026 17:32:46 +0000

Article URL: https://twitter.com/claudeai/status/2019071113741906403

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46888750

Points: 3

# Comments: 1

New comment by mkmk in "Declassifying JUMPSEAT: an American pioneer in space"

mkmk — Thu, 29 Jan 2026 01:16:06 +0000

Declassification memo: https://www.nro.gov/Portals/135/Documents/foia/JUMPSEAT%20Re...

Declassifying JUMPSEAT: an American pioneer in space

mkmk — Thu, 29 Jan 2026 01:15:02 +0000

Article URL: https://www.nro.gov/news-media-featured-stories/news-media-archive/News-Article/Article/4392223/declassifying-jumpseat-an-american-pioneer-in-space/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46804375

Points: 52

# Comments: 26

New comment by mkmk in "How to turn 'sfo-jfk' into a suitable photo"

mkmk — Thu, 29 Jan 2026 00:46:56 +0000

API limitations? Why not have the script run for a few days collecting images and then crank through all of them in an hour?

New comment by mkmk in "Ross Stevens Donates $100M to Pay Every US Olympian and Paralympian $200k"

mkmk — Thu, 29 Jan 2026 00:42:58 +0000

I’ve been close to some people who tried to make a living as a professional athlete. This is a really special way to help passionate, hard-working people live out their dreams and potential.

New comment by mkmk in "TikTok users can't upload anti-ICE videos. The company blames tech issues"

mkmk — Tue, 27 Jan 2026 17:38:23 +0000

How would you distinguish this from the case where they turned the 'magnify dissent' filter down from 200%?

New comment by mkmk in "I'll pass on your zoom call"

mkmk — Thu, 22 Jan 2026 02:17:14 +0000

Reminds me of the saying "Pessimists are often right. Optimists are often rich."

A 26,000-year astronomical monument hidden in plain sight (2019)

mkmk — Tue, 20 Jan 2026 18:16:09 +0000

Article URL: https://longnow.org/ideas/the-26000-year-astronomical-monument-hidden-in-plain-sight/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46695628

Points: 565

# Comments: 113

New comment by mkmk in "East Germany balloon escape"

mkmk — Fri, 16 Jan 2026 21:35:16 +0000

The photo of the balloon here really helps put the story into perspective.

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