Hacker News: owlninja

New comment by owlninja in "Star Just Ate a Planet, and It's Not Done Yet"

owlninja — Fri, 10 Jul 2026 02:12:21 +0000

I love stories like this. A subtle reminder how inconsequential our actions are on this planet in the grand, unplanned scheme. I look forward to reading HN with my breakfast each morning then going to a job that helps me raise a family and have fun on the weekends. I read stories of war, corruption, sadistic leaders, and great suffering. I've learned to appreciate the joys of life and have come to terms that we are not here for a long time - just for a good time.

"Sometimes I think the surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe is that none of it has tried to contact us."

-Bill Watterson

New comment by owlninja in "Launch HN: Context.dev (YC S26) – API to get structured data from any website"

owlninja — Thu, 09 Jul 2026 16:06:58 +0000

New comment by owlninja in "Microsoft fire idTech team at Id software"

owlninja — Tue, 07 Jul 2026 15:56:29 +0000

Or future releases will just use Unreal Engine or something pre-existing :(

New comment by owlninja in "Physical disc production ending in Jan 2028 for new games on PlayStation"

owlninja — Wed, 01 Jul 2026 16:52:17 +0000

I just pre-ordered the 4K UHD remaster of The Sopranos, and while on the Gruv site I saw another UHD remaster of a movie I enjoy and ordered it. I am excited to experience this (haven't watched physical media in forever), but I was planning on using my PS5. My research also confirms that standalone players are legit, but they are more expnsive than I figured! I guess I'll give one a try and hope this isn't another addiction...

New comment by owlninja in "How H-E-B Became Texas' Most Beloved Brand (2024)"

owlninja — Sat, 27 Jun 2026 15:12:36 +0000

I'll avoid going during super busy times (which is always) but if the meal calls for tortillas I am going to HEB.

New comment by owlninja in "Polymarket has flooded social media with deceptive videos by paid creators"

owlninja — Tue, 23 Jun 2026 01:51:34 +0000

I read a book this year about sports gambling in the US [1], and it points out how nasty and predatory it is. I think "prediction markets" have even less regulation? I would talk to my sports fan buddies at work and they would say "oh, just how sportsbooks in Vegas operate already", but this is on-demand, in your face, constantly nudging you to bet with dark patterns and "comps". I used to want sports gambling legal in the US, but the way it has gone is incredibly disgusting and is starting to make watching sports almost annoying. The crawl on the bottom is no longer scores, but moneylines...

[1] "Everybody Loses: The Tumultuous Rise of American Sports Gambling" (2026) by Danny Funt

New comment by owlninja in "Map of Metal"

owlninja — Wed, 20 May 2026 12:21:08 +0000

Very nice! As soon as I saw the landing page and the loading/start button I immediately thought of Flash.

New comment by owlninja in "OnlyCats – TikTok for Cats"

owlninja — Fri, 15 May 2026 23:48:39 +0000

At first I was picturing short videos that cats would enjoy watching, but this is nice too!

New comment by owlninja in "I want to live like Costco people"

owlninja — Thu, 07 May 2026 19:38:58 +0000

I have a Sam's Club membership primarily because it is much closer to me than Costco. I hate the crowds but it baffles me there are lines when the scan & go app exists! And I swear last time I went they weren't even scanning receipts, but you walked through some sort of gateway?

New comment by owlninja in "Pulitzer Prize Winners 2026"

owlninja — Mon, 04 May 2026 23:02:41 +0000

Aaron Parsley of Texas Monthly For his extraordinary personal account of survival and loss written days after the historic Central Texas floods that tore the writer’s house out from under him and his family, taking the life of his nephew.

Love Texas Monthly, this was a tough read after that awful flood incident:

https://www.texasmonthly.com/news-politics/texas-flood-first...

New comment by owlninja in "Kyoto cherry blossoms now bloom earlier than at any point in 1,200 years"

owlninja — Wed, 29 Apr 2026 22:39:59 +0000

The times had a little story relevant to this recently:

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/17/climate/japan-cherry-blos...

New comment by owlninja in "The buns in McDonald's Japan's burger photos are all slightly askew"

owlninja — Thu, 16 Apr 2026 00:10:16 +0000

A little curious about this website, I just pulled up the local menu (Texas) and the same burger is $2.19.

New comment by owlninja in "Automatic registration for US Military draft to begin in December"

owlninja — Thu, 09 Apr 2026 01:29:52 +0000

It has not been the department of war since 1947, it is more disrespectful to me, the reader.

New comment by owlninja in "Automatic registration for US Military draft to begin in December"

owlninja — Thu, 09 Apr 2026 00:17:25 +0000

> But former President Jimmy Carter in 1980 reinstated the Selective Service in the event of a “national emergency,” where the registry could be used to “provide personnel to the Department of War and alternative service for conscientious objectors, if authorized by the President and Congress.”

Department of Defense*

New comment by owlninja in "How many products does Microsoft have named 'Copilot'?"

owlninja — Sat, 04 Apr 2026 23:37:18 +0000

Didn't it start as Bard?

Artemis II Update: Crew and Ground Teams Troubleshoot Orion's Toilet

owlninja — Thu, 02 Apr 2026 12:59:05 +0000

Article URL: https://www.nasa.gov/blogs/missions/2026/04/02/artemis-ii-flight-update-crew-and-ground-teams-successfully-troubleshoot-orions-toilet/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47613866

Points: 4

# Comments: 2

New comment by owlninja in "Consider the Greenland Shark (2020)"

owlninja — Wed, 01 Apr 2026 16:21:33 +0000

Which is homage to Consider the Oyster I believe.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consider_the_Oyster

New comment by owlninja in "Tell HN: Chrome says "suspicious download" when trying to download yt-dlp"

owlninja — Tue, 31 Mar 2026 16:03:11 +0000

I can't reproduce this either, OP is light on details.

New comment by owlninja in "We haven't seen the worst of what gambling and prediction markets will do"

owlninja — Thu, 26 Mar 2026 20:14:51 +0000

Actually I believe DraftKings just added a prediction market...

New comment by owlninja in "Durdraw – ANSI art editor for Unix-like systems"

owlninja — Tue, 10 Mar 2026 00:35:11 +0000

This certainly changes things...