Hacker News: pax

New comment by pax in "Hacker wipes Romania's land registry database"

pax — Mon, 20 Jul 2026 16:43:20 +0000

Somebody vibed an explainer dashboard with what surfaced online about the incident https://ancpi-atac.mariuscomper.uk/en/

Dua Lipa opens library for banned and censored books in Portugal

pax — Tue, 07 Jul 2026 12:50:40 +0000

Article URL: https://www.euronews.com/culture/2026/06/29/dua-lipa-opens-library-for-banned-and-censored-books-in-portugal

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48817017

Points: 307

# Comments: 257

New comment by pax in "Every postcard tells a story"

pax — Mon, 06 Jul 2026 11:57:56 +0000

I'm one of those improbable folks not based in US. While a tad more difficult to get by these days, I've eventually most always managed to find postcards. All post offices sell stamps (excluding the few that only manage parcels). Also, any postcard sized piece of cardboard that bears a stamp qualifies as a travel worthy postcard – once I did just that, for the fun of it, and it worked. I've once received a stamp beer coaster.

PS. Another fun game is to see what's the most cryptical, vague postal address that does the job. See:

- What is the minimal possible UK address? – https://hkrn.ws/34995370

- Falsehoods programmers believe about addresses – https://hkrn.ws/5791489

New comment by pax in "Every postcard tells a story"

pax — Sun, 05 Jul 2026 21:17:43 +0000

Postcards, while travelling, are one of the very few instances when I write by hand, these days. I started about 20 years ago, I most usually only write the address and a smiley — the old school analogue medium is most of the message (that I take the time to pick a postcard, which then has to travel physically to reach the distance to its target).

New comment by pax in "The highest-scoring AI memory system ever benchmarked"

pax — Tue, 07 Apr 2026 06:47:27 +0000

Seems like it very much is: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/eric-hamilton-019935_amazing-...

New comment by pax in "Musketeer d'Artagnan's remains believed found under Dutch church"

pax — Wed, 25 Mar 2026 17:45:11 +0000

This autumn I have visited the Lavardens Castle which had an exhibition on D'Artagnan. Stole the English version of the explanations (QR codes, hosted incognito on their website)

https://pax.github.io/playground/lavardens-dartagnan/

New comment by pax in "The Slow Collapse of MkDocs"

pax — Mon, 23 Mar 2026 15:14:08 +0000

I made a list [1] some time ago: Docusaurus has the most stars

[1] https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/18Riw9yTx6Scix3xv0wiV...

New comment by pax in "Find a classical song matching your trip duration"

pax — Wed, 11 Mar 2026 03:21:16 +0000

A website to find a piece of classical music whose duration most closely matches that of your next trip

Find a classical song matching your trip duration

pax — Wed, 11 Mar 2026 03:21:16 +0000

Article URL: https://busundreu.com/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47331414

Points: 1

# Comments: 1

New comment by pax in "Two days of oatmeal reduce cholesterol level"

pax — Fri, 30 Jan 2026 15:25:33 +0000

Is there an added health or digestive benefit of fully soaking the oats, overnight or microwaved? Or is it just a matter of taste? I just add some hot water and milk (indeed I'm not sure if what I have are plain or instant oats)

New comment by pax in "KISS Launcher – fast launcher for Android"

pax — Wed, 21 Jan 2026 05:17:52 +0000

thankful for all the answers, I'll give it a try for a while to 'learn' me and see if I can lean into the workflow.

Optimistically speaking, the only drawback would then be I only get one screen/desktop for adding widgets – which, I guess, might be a reasonable trade-off.

New comment by pax in "KISS Launcher – fast launcher for Android"

pax — Tue, 20 Jan 2026 16:14:21 +0000

I'm a bit confused on how this works, besides using the search each time I need to launch an app. Could I have more shortcuts in the home screen, or just what I pin as favourite apps?

And am I limited to only one space/desktop, normally if I swipe right, I get to the next desktop where I have other apps. So I can launch an app from the 3rd desktop with 2 swipes and a press. Now, swiping right I get the full list of apps where I'd need to search.

I couldn't find answers to this in the documentation

New comment by pax in "How Markdown took over the world"

pax — Sat, 10 Jan 2026 17:59:20 +0000

Huh, can one natively edit Markdown in Google Docs? This would be one of my main requests for gDocs (as a long time NvAlt/NvUltra daily driver), but how?

New comment by pax in "Most people's life satisfaction matches their personality traits"

pax — Sat, 06 Sep 2025 19:43:57 +0000

'As good as it gets'

New comment by pax in "WiFi signals can measure heart rate"

pax — Thu, 04 Sep 2025 19:44:45 +0000

I searched directly for Faraday through the comments. Waiting forward for the apparel company that builds this.

And we've been laughing all this time at tinfoil hat types..

New comment by pax in "Updates to Consumer Terms and Privacy Policy"

pax — Fri, 29 Aug 2025 13:15:06 +0000

So much this. I for one haven't opted out. I feel it's in our best interest to have better models. It would be ideal to be able to opt in/out per thread, but I don't expect most users to pay attention / be bothered with that.

In this aspect, it would've been great to give us an incentive – a discount, a donation on our behalf, plant a percent of a tree or just beg / ask nicely, explain what's in it for us.

Regarding privacy, our conversations are saved anyway, so if it would be a breach this wouldn't make much of a difference, would it?

New comment by pax in "Randomized Trial of a Generative AI Chatbot for Mental Health Treatment"

pax — Mon, 31 Mar 2025 07:41:12 +0000

Study finds that a generative AI chatbot significantly reduces symptoms of major depressive disorder, generalised anxiety disorder, and clinically high risk for feeding and eating disorders.

Randomized Trial of a Generative AI Chatbot for Mental Health Treatment

pax — Mon, 31 Mar 2025 07:41:12 +0000

Article URL: https://ai.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/AIoa2400802

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43532241

Points: 3

# Comments: 1

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty Removed from App Store at Moscow's Demand

pax — Sat, 19 Oct 2024 10:30:06 +0000

Article URL: https://meduza.io/en/news/2024/10/18/apple-says-it-s-removing-rfe-rl-apps-from-russian-app-store-at-moscow-s-demand

Hacker News: pax

New comment by pax in "Hacker wipes Romania's land registry database"

Dua Lipa opens library for banned and censored books in Portugal

New comment by pax in "Every postcard tells a story"

New comment by pax in "Every postcard tells a story"

New comment by pax in "The highest-scoring AI memory system ever benchmarked"

New comment by pax in "Musketeer d'Artagnan's remains believed found under Dutch church"

New comment by pax in "The Slow Collapse of MkDocs"

New comment by pax in "Find a classical song matching your trip duration"

Find a classical song matching your trip duration

New comment by pax in "Two days of oatmeal reduce cholesterol level"

New comment by pax in "KISS Launcher – fast launcher for Android"

New comment by pax in "KISS Launcher – fast launcher for Android"

New comment by pax in "How Markdown took over the world"

New comment by pax in "Most people's life satisfaction matches their personality traits"

New comment by pax in "WiFi signals can measure heart rate"

New comment by pax in "Updates to Consumer Terms and Privacy Policy"

New comment by pax in "Randomized Trial of a Generative AI Chatbot for Mental Health Treatment"

Randomized Trial of a Generative AI Chatbot for Mental Health Treatment

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty Removed from App Store at Moscow's Demand

New comment by pax in "Show HN: Edna, note taking app for developers"