Hacker News: nic_wilson

Arsonists used cats to spread Italy's wildfires – CNN

nic_wilson — Sat, 25 Jul 2026 14:44:30 +0000

Article URL: https://www.cnn.com/2026/07/22/europe/arson-cats-italy-wildfires-latam-intl

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49047993

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

Blue whales are going eerily silent–and scientists say it's a warning sign

nic_wilson — Wed, 06 Aug 2025 15:11:20 +0000

Article URL: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/ocean-heat-wave-blob-whale-songs

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44813078

Points: 34

# Comments: 5

New comment by nic_wilson in "Many lung cancers are now in nonsmokers"

nic_wilson — Wed, 23 Jul 2025 02:47:18 +0000

The EPA recommends home owners mitigate with radon levels of 4 pCi/L and above, and the EPA recommends home owners mitigate ”consider” mitigation at levels 2-4. Often you will see people post radon results in the 10+ or even 50+ range, which may lead you to think 4 pCi/L is not too bad, but in fact exposure to that level is the equivalent of 8 cigarettes a day or 200 chest X-rays/year.

Renting Is Not a Waste of Money in Minneapolis – Streets.mn

nic_wilson — Wed, 21 Aug 2024 15:07:31 +0000

Article URL: https://streets.mn/2024/08/21/renting-is-not-a-waste-of-money/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41311051

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

Cooling Credits: a cost-effective solution for climate change – Make Sunsets

nic_wilson — Sun, 26 May 2024 18:19:37 +0000

Article URL: https://makesunsets.com/products/join-the-next-balloon-launch-and-cool-the-planet

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40484223

Points: 1

# Comments: 1

Shigeichi Negishi, the Inventor of Karaoke, Dies at 100

nic_wilson — Fri, 15 Mar 2024 14:06:37 +0000

Article URL: https://www.wsj.com/arts-culture/music/karaoke-inventor-shigeichi-negishi-dies-100-79d2d52d

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39715877

Points: 2

# Comments: 1

Secure Random Number Generation for Blockchain Applications – Pyth Network

nic_wilson — Fri, 12 Jan 2024 15:17:57 +0000

Article URL: https://pyth.network/blog/pyth-price-feeds-and-entropy-launch-on-blast-testnet

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38969027

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

Common Rust Lifetime Misconceptions (2020)

nic_wilson — Tue, 05 Dec 2023 00:49:35 +0000

Article URL: https://github.com/pretzelhammer/rust-blog/blob/master/posts/common-rust-lifetime-misconceptions.md

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38525583

Points: 195

# Comments: 87

New comment by nic_wilson in "UPS driver pay and benefits deal in US to be worth $170k a year, firm says"

nic_wilson — Wed, 09 Aug 2023 13:40:02 +0000

Or participate in collective bargaining!

WinwinGo: A platform for entrepreneurs, investors and talent to succeed together

nic_wilson — Tue, 16 May 2023 16:02:24 +0000

Article URL: https://www.cloudburststudio.com/blog/introducing-winwingo-a-new-fundraising-platform-for-entrepreneurs-investors-talent

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35963732

Points: 1

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New comment by nic_wilson in "Yes, Crypto Is All a Scam"

nic_wilson — Tue, 07 Feb 2023 14:19:15 +0000

It may have already been noted elsewhere but it seems important to note that the author was (is?) the CTO of private blockchain start up and choosing to not disclose this in any of his crypto criticism seems very dishonest

https://twitter.com/dystopiabreaker/status/14701269278180679...

New comment by nic_wilson in "Alain de Botton on existential maturity and what emotional intelligence means"

nic_wilson — Thu, 07 Jul 2022 12:21:03 +0000

It’s been a over a decade since I read any Marx but I thought alienation of labor was about the worker being alienated from the value of their labor (e.g. I get paid $10/hr to produce widgets that the employers sells for 10x the input costs and I receive none of that value) - I don’t think it was about the emotional connection the laborer had to the (non-economic) value of what was produced.

New comment by nic_wilson in "Alain de Botton on existential maturity and what emotional intelligence means"

nic_wilson — Thu, 07 Jul 2022 12:11:07 +0000

If you don’t mind sharing, I’d be curious what specific traditions you practice?

Discord Improved My Marriage – Wirecutter

nic_wilson — Mon, 27 Jun 2022 18:12:33 +0000

Article URL: https://www.nytimes.com/wirecutter/blog/discord-improved-my-marriage/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31898411

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

Solana Labs Partners with Osom to Launch New Phone

nic_wilson — Thu, 23 Jun 2022 19:56:56 +0000

Article URL: https://solanamobile.com/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31854394

Points: 7

# Comments: 2

New comment by nic_wilson in "Investigating the effects of bike lanes in Minneapolis"

nic_wilson — Thu, 23 Jun 2022 15:12:22 +0000

I’ve been a bike commuter in Minneapolis for almost two decades at this point. It’s much better than it was. In the early 2000s I’d say most cars were not used to or expecting to share the streets with other forms of transportation. Back then it was not uncommon to have motorists hurl insults or trash at you from their window. Today it’s not that difficult to route your commute to most places entirely on bike specific infrastructure. On the other hand, over the last five years and especially since the pandemic I’ve noticed a huge increase in distracted drivers who are driving dangerously and unpredictably. All this is to say, a lot of people have done a lot of hard work which has made this a better place to live and bike in, but there is still a long way to go.