Hacker News: octygen

New comment by octygen in "Google changes its search box"

octygen — Wed, 20 May 2026 00:58:26 +0000

Why replace something deterministic with something non-deterministic? I can no longer tell someone "just google it" because I don't actually know what will come up...

New comment by octygen in "Cormac McCarthy's personal library"

octygen — Thu, 02 Oct 2025 00:12:57 +0000

The Road is my favorite fathering book ever. I have recommended it to all my dad friends. Audiobook is excellent too.

New comment by octygen in "I maintain a 17 year old ThinkPad"

octygen — Thu, 03 Apr 2025 08:32:18 +0000

Its funny you say thay it's the browser slowing you down on your PC. I have an MBP from 2011 and the browser (Safari) is the only thing it can still run extremely well.

New comment by octygen in "NetGuard – rootless Android outbound per-app OSS firewall, like LittleSnitch"

octygen — Thu, 24 Oct 2024 12:47:17 +0000

Yeah, but you can just uninstall offenders

New comment by octygen in "Falcon 3.0 game manual (1991) [pdf]"

octygen — Fri, 15 Dec 2023 19:29:27 +0000

For any people that don't know, a modernized fan-modded version of Falcon 4.0. The manual for it is also huge. https://www.falcon-bms.com/downloads/

New comment by octygen in "John Riccitiello steps down as CEO of Unity"

octygen — Mon, 09 Oct 2023 23:01:19 +0000

This is not cynical - it's a common/smart play with little downside taking advantage of a bad situation (e.g., like the CEO being hated in general by the community).

New comment by octygen in "Tell HN: Firefox Is an awesome browser right now"

octygen — Sun, 05 Feb 2023 16:03:41 +0000

I was going to buy a Pixelbook Go since it's a well-made laptop and I like the simplicity of ChromeOS. Then I realized that the first app I'd install is Firefox since it's vastly superior when it comes to ad-blocking especially on Android.

New comment by octygen in "Pandora papers reveals holdings of Volodymyr Zelensky and his Inner Circle"

octygen — Sat, 05 Mar 2022 08:13:07 +0000

Is it "heroic" to enter a war with no official support from the West then call on the West to help you? This isn't a movie. This is people dying because he won't give up his right-wing dream of a "free Ukraine" that will still have to do business with its giant neighbor and will always be under that neighbor's influence. Canada is the same for the US. It needs to play the game. Taiwan is the same for China. It plays the game.

Is it "heroic" to stop men from leaving the country so they can fight a war they have no interest in fighting? That seems a bit like he's infringing on their freedom, no? Why is this ignored?

I think OP wanted to make a point that Z is not all sunshine and rainbows.

New comment by octygen in "Ask HN: Those who read “The 48 Laws of Power”"

octygen — Sun, 13 Jun 2021 06:10:00 +0000

Ditto all of the above. The book doesn't ask anybody to take all the rules and apply them daily at an extreme. It doesn't ask the reader to remove their free thought. It's more "think about these things as you go through life" and you'll inevitably achieve more power.

New comment by octygen in "The Sydney Opera House construction: A case of project management failure"

octygen — Sun, 30 May 2021 11:10:26 +0000

But how much is it worth to Australia? There have probably been at least 107 Killian Instagram shots taken there, no? Also, hard to trust an article that misspelled the city's name...

New comment by octygen in "Skies went dark: Historians pinpoint the 'worst year' ever to be alive"

octygen — Tue, 13 Apr 2021 08:37:42 +0000

Food... or fresh/unpolluted water. For food, I think it's a little easier but societies that have a hard time producing would have to adjust what they eat and how they eat it. Also, less meat, less red wine, more beer and more potatoes. The latter are much more sustainable.

E.g., In Canada, we'll have to accept we can't have bananas, pineapple, kiwis, mangos any time. We'll have to stick to locally grown apples, way fewer (but higher quality) blueberries and probably eat all the things Icelanders eat like smoked fish.

There's a course on Coursera called The Nordic Diet which is about Scandinavia as a whole adjusting its national diet to eat more local produce. Talk about foresight! That's just one of the principles at least. It's a Danish-run program. E.g., They eat more lingonberries since they grow all over the place?

New comment by octygen in "The Darkhad, the soul guards of Genghis Khan"

octygen — Fri, 26 Mar 2021 19:51:52 +0000

These grasshoppers sound like a solution for the world's plastic problem? Also, I just added that region to my Travel TODO list :)

New comment by octygen in "Iconic L.A. bookshop is housed in an abandoned bank"

octygen — Sun, 21 Mar 2021 17:27:30 +0000

Love the place, à must visit, BUT, after taking my girlfriend for her birthday, beware leaving there at night. She was very uncomfortable even walking to the car. DTLA in general is quite iffy at night.

New comment by octygen in "Show HN: Freeciv-Web"

octygen — Fri, 19 Mar 2021 09:51:16 +0000

Hoping this does wonders for the FreeCiv feature release cycle and engage frondend devs obsessed with good UI/UX. Will support for sure. I fantasize about one very big civ game that lasts forever a la EVE Online.

New comment by octygen in "[dead]"

octygen — Fri, 19 Mar 2021 00:51:20 +0000

Features a venture analysis framework created by a very experienced award-winning HBS professor (Regina Herzlinger) with a very unique style. It details her venture context analysis framework, her venture financial analysis framework and her venture technology analysis framework. All focused on health tech. Highly recommended course with tons of examples.

New comment by octygen in "How and why I stopped buying new laptops"

octygen — Fri, 19 Feb 2021 02:43:08 +0000

Best computer I ever got was a used bottom spec Lenovo T-series I gave my sister. It's 8 years old. My new top-spec T-series had to be returned to Lenovo twice for factory faults.

New comment by octygen in "Why it's so hard to find dumbbells in the US"

octygen — Tue, 25 Aug 2020 13:42:01 +0000

The debate is all about goals. The vast majority of athletic goals outside of bodybuilding and power lifting can be achieved with bodyweight and one kettlebell. The choice of that kb depends on your goals again. I have a 35lb and it's enough to get a hard workout.

New comment by octygen in "Moving from YouTube to PeerTube"

octygen — Fri, 21 Aug 2020 12:13:37 +0000

Yes, unless you crosspost to Instagram or Facebook and tell people in your videos about all three. Or is that frowned upon at YouTube and/or monitored if you have a high viewership channel?

New comment by octygen in "New fitness habits being created during Covid?"

octygen — Mon, 10 Aug 2020 19:19:11 +0000

What's a gym? COVID made me forget. COVID also gave me more time to do things especially without the commute. What did I learn to do with 0 équipment?

1) Want to lose fat? You can run outside. You can also swim outside if you're lucky. It's free. Or you can walk briskly. Even better for losing fat. Want to improve your technique? There's plenty of instruction on YouTube and online.

2) Want to get strong? You can follow along workouts from Iron Wolf on YouTube and do some hardcore basic calisthenics. It's free. Don't worry, you're not stronger than him. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBUo6dgGR82QOfidtpNRQww

3) Want to improve your flexibility? You can follow along workouts from Human 2.0 on YouTube to hit flexibility, mobility and body maintenance. It's free. https://www.youtube.com/c/Humantwopointzeroinc

Also, you can do all of the above with friends! They don't need any equipment either.

New comment by octygen in "LinkedIn to cut 960 jobs worldwide"

octygen — Wed, 22 Jul 2020 10:56:05 +0000

I'd err towards this direction too based on the megacorp I work at. Curious if you have ballpark #s to how much less companies are hiring.