Hacker News: peter_stokeshttps://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=peter_stokesHacker News RSShttps://hnrss.org/hnrss v2.1.1Tue, 21 Jul 2026 23:55:36 +0000<![CDATA[New comment by peter_stokes in "LEDs’ potential to save our night skies"]]>sodium lamps are much more iconic and pretty. LEDs are gross and soulless

]]>Tue, 21 Jul 2026 18:19:10 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48996056peter_stokeshttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48996056https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48996056<![CDATA[New comment by peter_stokes in "Iran's IRGC claims attack on Amazon's main data hub in Bahrain"]]>https://health.aws.amazon.com/health/status

All the UAE/Bahrain services have been disrupted since March/April

]]>Tue, 21 Jul 2026 18:12:53 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48995982peter_stokeshttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48995982https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48995982<![CDATA[New comment by peter_stokes in "Long presumed dead, a thriving coral reef is discovered in West Africa"]]>Not in developing countries. Especially not when in the commons (e.g. territorial waters). Awareness + western tourism is often the only way these things get protected.

]]>Tue, 21 Jul 2026 18:05:17 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48995892peter_stokeshttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48995892https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48995892<![CDATA[New comment by peter_stokes in "Agent swarms and the new model economics"]]>Sometimes the forgettable pieces come later. In JC's case, that's Avatar 2

]]>Tue, 21 Jul 2026 16:50:24 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48994871peter_stokeshttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48994871https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48994871<![CDATA[New comment by peter_stokes in "AliExpress hit with record $629M fine for counterfeit and illegal goods"]]>title should be in euros (€550 million), so its clear the bloc responsible. and as usual, almost every one of the """criteria""" is completely arbitrary if you read the full press release: https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_26_...

new tax base unlocked! woohoo

]]>Mon, 20 Jul 2026 17:49:24 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48982233peter_stokeshttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48982233https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48982233<![CDATA[New comment by peter_stokes in "First atmosphere found on Earth-like planet in habitable zone of distant star"]]>>there statistically has to be life out there

based on what

>but it's also so large that we'll never sense them let alone communicate with or see them.

unfalsifiable.

]]>Mon, 20 Jul 2026 13:32:12 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48978658peter_stokeshttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48978658https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48978658<![CDATA[New comment by peter_stokes in "First atmosphere found on Earth-like planet in habitable zone of distant star"]]>life does not exist on other planets (not considering contamination). I'll bet on it

]]>Fri, 17 Jul 2026 20:40:22 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48952049peter_stokeshttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48952049https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48952049<![CDATA[New comment by peter_stokes in "Microsoft Confirms Windows GDID Device Identifier That Cannot Be Disabled"]]>the criminal complaint: https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndil/media/1450651/dl?inline

page 18 answers many of the questions in this thread.

]]>Wed, 15 Jul 2026 18:03:19 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48924787peter_stokeshttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48924787https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48924787