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New comment by prawn in "Colorado River plummets as lakes Powell and Mead drop to record lows"

prawn — Mon, 17 Aug 2026 23:44:22 +0000

Not sure if it's different over there, but farming in Australia (whether with questionable water reliance or not) is considered sacrosanct and pushback would be a political risk. Any foreign-owned alfalfa exporters would just throw lobbyists behind broader farming coalitions (small farmers, ranchers, locals, etc) to protect themselves. Residents will cop water restrictions before then, as has happened before.

New comment by prawn in "Sao Paulo resident transforms degraded area into urban forest"

prawn — Fri, 07 Aug 2026 09:00:33 +0000

My family has volunteered a few times to spend a day planting trees on farmland given over to conservation in Australia. It’s good fun and very sociable. There’d be organisations that do this in many countries.

New comment by prawn in "In Memory of My Wife, Elise Cawley, with Thanks for 36 Wonderful Years"

prawn — Wed, 05 Aug 2026 03:01:59 +0000

It's a tribute and he tells you that in the second paragraph.

"But now that Elise is gone I cannot restrain myself from telling the world something about the remarkable person with whom I shared the past 36 years of my life."

New comment by prawn in "AI poster wins Ohio State Fair contest"

prawn — Mon, 03 Aug 2026 00:45:39 +0000

Amusingly, there are 18 stars in the header banner of the poster. Missed opportunity!

New comment by prawn in "The lost civic life of movie rental stores"

prawn — Fri, 31 Jul 2026 07:00:52 +0000

I used to think you wanted to own the premises you operated out of, but you're probably just better off leasing it out and getting paid whether the business had a tough month or not.

Playing with Playbook; the scheduling app for astronauts (2015)

prawn — Tue, 28 Jul 2026 02:45:48 +0000

Article URL: https://blogs.esa.int/iriss/2015/09/09/playing-with-playbook/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49078642

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

Neglected software update caused widespread Telstra network outage

prawn — Fri, 17 Jul 2026 11:41:39 +0000

Article URL: https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/jul/17/telstra-missing-software-update-undocumented-design-change-outage

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48946107

Points: 3

# Comments: 1

Life among the garbage mountains of the biggest city

prawn — Mon, 13 Jul 2026 02:55:58 +0000

Article URL: https://www.theguardian.com/world/ng-interactive/2026/jul/13/jakarta-trash-garbage-rubbish-bantar-gebang-landfill

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48887304

Points: 4

# Comments: 0

Trump made more than a billion dollars from crypto ventures in first year back

prawn — Wed, 01 Jul 2026 02:27:13 +0000

Article URL: https://www.cnn.com/2026/06/30/politics/trump-cryptocurrency-millions-disclosures

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48741660

Points: 11

# Comments: 2

New comment by prawn in "Show HN: Zanagrams"

prawn — Sun, 28 Jun 2026 23:25:59 +0000

Bonus words for me just now included NITS and TITS! I think the explanation about them being lesser known just confuses; it's more that they're not essential to completing the puzzle.

New comment by prawn in "There are a few things that I look back on as my mistakes in the early days"

prawn — Thu, 25 Jun 2026 04:12:13 +0000

Same - loved those other games but Doom 3 felt miserly in comparison to the previous games where you had space to move and options to target. D3 felt like it was just random jump scares more than much else.

I didn't love Q2, but really enjoyed Q3A.

New comment by prawn in "A backdoor in a LinkedIn job offer"

prawn — Tue, 16 Jun 2026 02:38:19 +0000

How does that not become a legal issue?

New comment by prawn in "Launch HN: Drafted (YC P26) – Models for residential architecture"

prawn — Mon, 15 Jun 2026 21:49:19 +0000

Dual vanities/basins (at least in an en suite) is not uncommon. (Edit: was looking at wrong bathroom - yes, very weird there.) Nor having separate bath and shower.

We had both in our last house which was a mid-range build and not overly expensive at the time (very cheap in hindsight).

Not commenting on the placements though. Looking at the floorplan, it’s a pretty silly layout that could at least be used as a starting point then tweaked, but at that point you might as well start with an off the shelf plan first. Reminds me of a procedurally generated dungeon game.

Due to DMA, Siri AI delayed in EU for iOS 27 and iPadOS 27

prawn — Fri, 12 Jun 2026 12:21:12 +0000

Article URL: https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2026/06/due-to-dma-siri-ai-delayed-in-eu-for-ios-27-and-ipados-27/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48503214

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by prawn in "A Farmer Donated Land to Turn into a Park. The City Is Building a Data Center"

prawn — Thu, 11 Jun 2026 02:16:21 +0000

Next up is the argument that it was to be used for future park land, but: they didn't specify a timeframe... taps head

New comment by prawn in "A Farmer Donated Land to Turn into a Park. The City Is Building a Data Center"

prawn — Thu, 11 Jun 2026 02:11:47 +0000

Not sure if this is sarcastic? It's like 20 minutes each way if you're not walking that quickly?

New comment by prawn in "Ask HN: What are tools you have made for yourself since the advent of AI?"

prawn — Tue, 09 Jun 2026 04:53:58 +0000

  - little visual web app cataloguing a small vineyard by vine vigour
  - 5 min web app that helps show my daughter netball zones per position
  - web app to track manual irrigation runs of 30ish taps across our property
  - a calculator to cost-compare types of retaining walls by length
  - a virtual card deck for testing a game idea
  - scripts to help clean up an unruly Gmail inbox

AI, Argentina and the Antichrist: Thiel's Vision Blooms

prawn — Tue, 09 Jun 2026 00:28:17 +0000

Article URL: https://www.thenerdreich.com/ai-argentina-and-the-antichrist-thiels-vision-blooms/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48454461

Points: 4

# Comments: 0

New comment by prawn in "Do we need billionaires?"

prawn — Fri, 05 Jun 2026 12:17:43 +0000

Many people would've seen the tweet:

"Ok how about this: No more billionaires. None. After you reach $999 million, every red cent goes to schools and health care. You get a trophy that says, “I won capitalism” and we name a dog park after you."

If there isn't the political will to ramp up taxes on extreme wealth, I'd be interested to know how much effort there is in pitching legacy projects (more exciting than dog parks) to those with the means to execute them. Like crowd-funding, but for major developments and with further tax incentives if necessary.

It wasn't pitched to him, but in Australia, a wealthy individual put Hobart (more) on the map with a now famous contemporary art gallery complex which is an excellent drawcard for the state.

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

That is an extraordinary development for sub-$100m. Supposedly Australia has 150+ billionaires. Build us some crazy things.

New comment by prawn in "Mornings and nights no longer exist at 47C: A day in the hottest place in India"

prawn — Thu, 04 Jun 2026 21:52:49 +0000

Educate women? Isn’t that broadly considered to reduce birth rate?