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New comment by quakeguy in "Tesla Roadster"

quakeguy — Sat, 17 Oct 2026 03:13:28 +0000

Idiotic all around. Truly american.

Hafnium Controversy

quakeguy — Thu, 17 Sep 2026 18:22:36 +0000

Article URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hafnium_controversy

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49744592

Points: 8

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New comment by quakeguy in "libexpat now funded by the City of Munich for up to 6 months"

quakeguy — Wed, 05 Aug 2026 05:04:42 +0000

Yes.

New comment by quakeguy in "UEFA and its national associations will not participate in FIFA competitions"

quakeguy — Thu, 30 Jul 2026 20:12:02 +0000

It takes one to know one, yep.

New comment by quakeguy in "Frieve Vinyl Explained – Microscopic stylus/groove physics simulation"

quakeguy — Mon, 13 Jul 2026 09:24:27 +0000

The visualisation of the detail in the groove is pretty eye-opening, seeing how much ”data“ is being stored as soundwaves in between the main grooves is astounding.

New comment by quakeguy in "Show HN: Garden of Flowers – an archive of pictorial typography before ASCII art"

quakeguy — Wed, 17 Jun 2026 02:28:31 +0000

I have found a pdf, it was on the InternetArchive, but got taken down there. AA has it!

New comment by quakeguy in "Show HN: Garden of Flowers – an archive of pictorial typography before ASCII art"

quakeguy — Tue, 16 Jun 2026 18:27:41 +0000

Very nice, i have a book in my library which you’ll find interesting.

Jeremy Adler and Ulrich Ernst

Text als Figur

https://www.amazon.de/Text-als-Figur-Visuelle-Moderne/dp/352...

It is full of pictures like you have collected.

Example:

https://imgur.com/a/mWL4kSs

Sadly it seems this book is rather rare.

New comment by quakeguy in "War prediction markets are a national-security threat"

quakeguy — Sat, 07 Mar 2026 20:49:14 +0000

I always wonder about when there is a cutoff about the grift, i mean there has to be a point when enough is enough. Who cares if its 4 or 5 billions in the end, thats more money one could reasonably spend in a lifetime. What drives this greed?

Anti-pop and an alien sigil: how Aphex Twin overtook Taylor Swift

quakeguy — Tue, 27 Jan 2026 08:23:34 +0000

Article URL: https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/jan/27/aphex-twin-taylor-swift-soundtrack-to-gen-z-life-online-tiktok

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46777038

Points: 6

# Comments: 1

New comment by quakeguy in "American importers and consumers bear the cost of 2025 tariffs: analysis"

quakeguy — Mon, 19 Jan 2026 15:58:10 +0000

*acts against

New comment by quakeguy in "Growing up in “404 Not Found”: China's nuclear city in the Gobi Desert"

quakeguy — Sun, 28 Dec 2025 17:00:33 +0000

Damn, that looks awful, those tailings alone…

New comment by quakeguy in "Growing up in “404 Not Found”: China's nuclear city in the Gobi Desert"

quakeguy — Sun, 28 Dec 2025 15:50:42 +0000

Great article, thx for sharing it! What i want to know, where exactly is this city? I mean geographically, i even could not locate it on GMaps or the like?? I mean, i get it, thats the whole point isnt it? Still curious.