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New comment by nbernard in "Writing by hand is good for your brain"

nbernard — Thu, 23 Jul 2026 18:42:36 +0000

> This is actually the biggest reason I own a Remarkable 2/Kindle Scribe, let's me "destroy" the book while also not having to worry about losing my notes.

Well... I'm mostly back to paper after losing most of the notes I had taken on my own Remarkable 2.

New comment by nbernard in "Finitude of Knowledge"

nbernard — Tue, 14 Jul 2026 06:26:01 +0000

> I imagine all of collective known knowledge as a sphere Which is finite which is depicted by boundaries or surface of the sphere And the sphere is growing . Uneven growth in all directions 4pi steridian.

Why a sphere and not just a circle or conversely a hyper-sphere in many dimensions? The idea of sphere and growth with 4pi steradian suggests you imply something on the fundamental number of dimensions of knowledge (that may or may not exists).

Regarding the growth of this "sphere": if you consider that a human brain is finite and can hold only a finite quantity of information, then there must be a point where any new concept is too large to fit. Hence, the growth stops somewhere, unless we find a way to go beyond this natural limit (but then, are we still speaking of human beings?).

New comment by nbernard in "Why did this journal retract two 1940s papers by Max Planck?"

nbernard — Mon, 29 Jun 2026 13:40:26 +0000

Indeed. When publishing in a scientific journal, you usually (have to) give them an exclusive licence on your article.

New comment by nbernard in "Ask HN: Books about Genetic Algorithms"

nbernard — Mon, 29 Jun 2026 09:54:57 +0000

Be aware that genetic algorithms are a type of evolutionary algorithms: Do you actually want to learn about genetic algorithms specifically, or more generally about evolutionary algorithms ?

New comment by nbernard in "Linux on Older Hardware: The Complete Revival Guide"

nbernard — Sat, 27 Jun 2026 19:30:03 +0000

Some Linux distributions (Debian for instance, so probably most Debian-based ones too) have sets of legacy drivers for older nvidia cards.

New comment by nbernard in "Ask HN: Would you want to know when and how you die?"

nbernard — Thu, 18 Jun 2026 06:14:11 +0000

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life-Line

New comment by nbernard in "Cars collect a startling amount of data about you"

nbernard — Fri, 29 May 2026 06:11:49 +0000

At the same time, EU mandates that new cars must have a system able to call help if it detects a crash with the driver not responding... And I suspect most manufacturers will argue that telemetry data are not PIIs until taken to court, so since they have to put a cellular connection anyway, why not use it?

New comment by nbernard in "Canvas online again as ShinyHunters threatens to leak schools’ data"

nbernard — Fri, 08 May 2026 10:54:36 +0000

Good luck having people forward an email a) with headers and b) in a way that doesn't break the signature...

New comment by nbernard in "Acetaminophen vs. ibuprofen"

nbernard — Wed, 22 Apr 2026 05:05:22 +0000

They are common in France, but not in such packages: There are restrictions that prevent you from buying more than than 8g/day (theoretically at least, I don't believe they are strictly applied in practice).

New comment by nbernard in "Backblaze has stopped backing up your data"

nbernard — Tue, 14 Apr 2026 10:40:24 +0000

Probably. When available, reader mode can also be activated by clicking the little "page with text" icon on the right of the address bar.

New comment by nbernard in "We have a 99% email reputation, but Gmail disagrees"

nbernard — Sun, 12 Apr 2026 15:59:44 +0000

From your PoV maybe. I would be restless knowing that I may be silently losing important emails because they triggered some blackbox filter in such a way that they didn't even end up in my spam box...

New comment by nbernard in "Artemis computer running two instances of MS outlook; they can't figure out why"

nbernard — Fri, 03 Apr 2026 05:55:01 +0000

The point is that fetchmail doesn't need an admin once it is configured.

New comment by nbernard in "French e, è, é, ê, ë – what's the difference?"

nbernard — Thu, 26 Mar 2026 17:29:54 +0000

> Ë with diaeresis is the easiest case to deal with. The diaeresis (the two dots) signifies that the underlying “e” is pronounced as /ɛ/ (as “e” in “bet”, i.e. the open e), no matter what comes around it, and is used in groups of vowels that would otherwise be pronounced differently.

Yes, but there are other uses. For instance, in "ambiguë", the ë itself is silent but signals that the u before it is pronounced as a standard u. Without the diaeresis, the u itself would be silent but would make the g hard (in French, g before e is soft).

New comment by nbernard in "OpenRocket"

nbernard — Wed, 18 Mar 2026 17:50:02 +0000

I believe it is the same project that was discussed here a few days ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47385935

New comment by nbernard in "$96 3D-printed rocket that recalculates its mid-air trajectory using a $5 sensor"

nbernard — Sun, 15 Mar 2026 14:08:44 +0000

> God, I feel like I am going to be on a list after clicking that link.

It's a poor life that doesn't put you on a few such lists!

New comment by nbernard in "The emergence of print-on-demand Amazon paperback books"

nbernard — Sun, 15 Mar 2026 14:02:02 +0000

It does indeed, yet if the review makes it clear that the text of a book is not at fault, that the crappy print on demand edition is the issue, it should not matter too much. It would even give them arguments to ask a few pointed questions to their publishers.

And aggregated over all the books that use print on demand, the editors will notice.

New comment by nbernard in "The emergence of print-on-demand Amazon paperback books"

nbernard — Sun, 15 Mar 2026 11:25:12 +0000

> The current solution? Just return the item.

Yes, and write a low stars review explaining the problem. Returns alone don't hurt future sales of identical items.

Nitrogen, Ammonia, and the Strait of Hormuz

nbernard — Fri, 13 Mar 2026 18:47:50 +0000

Article URL: https://www.science.org/content/blog-post/nitrogen-ammonia-and-strait-hormuz

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47368090

Points: 7

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New comment by nbernard in "Innocent woman jailed after being misidentified using AI facial recognition"

nbernard — Fri, 13 Mar 2026 06:25:51 +0000

Good point! It shows that the settlements are far too low and that the victims should get a lot more.

If a few cities/states were to default due to debts coming from such cases, the others would start to take notice...

New comment by nbernard in "FontCrafter: Turn your handwriting into a real font"

nbernard — Mon, 09 Mar 2026 13:20:56 +0000

IIRC, it is nerfed out. It is more open core than actual open source, and the paywalled features of the online version are missing.