Hacker News: ranit

Why are European countries moving their gold out of North America?

ranit — Sat, 05 Sep 2026 05:52:09 +0000

Article URL: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvgyn8q8gqxo

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49573455

Points: 153

# Comments: 207

New comment by ranit in "UN votes to adopt new world map to reflect Africa's true size"

ranit — Sat, 05 Sep 2026 03:01:54 +0000

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/04/world/africa/world-map-pr...

UN votes to adopt new world map to reflect Africa's true size

ranit — Sat, 05 Sep 2026 03:01:54 +0000

Article URL: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ce30vp55dnlo

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49572693

Points: 5

# Comments: 1

New comment by ranit in "AI companies destroy physical books – let's scan rare books before it's too late"

ranit — Fri, 21 Aug 2026 10:54:19 +0000

> Also, an AI company would only ever care to purchase, scan, destroy a book once. Presumably many books have more than one copy.

The OP article sounds quite opposite though - that AI companies are doing exactly this - destroying books so only they have the scanned content.

Canadian boy, 11, dies of rabies after waking to bat on his face

ranit — Thu, 02 Jul 2026 10:34:59 +0000

Article URL: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c982m1m95q9o

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48759252

Points: 23

# Comments: 22

New comment by ranit in "My Mathematical Regression"

ranit — Tue, 23 Jun 2026 19:26:59 +0000

A good quote. I didn’t mean the question as “atheist vs believer argument”, but rather as an environment where ideas are accepted and flourish. Because I understood the parent comment: “He eventually got bored.” as "He got bored by the corporate environment not getting his ideas and thus went to a better organization in that regard."

So now, how was he, the one with brilliant and unorthodox ideas, got accepted in an institution like seminary? How he felt having arguments there, etc. …

New comment by ranit in "My Mathematical Regression"

ranit — Tue, 23 Jun 2026 03:11:54 +0000

>> He eventually got bored. He retired and joined a seminary.

Wow, got bored and joined a seminary - Do you know how does he feel there? A genuine question - Did he expect to get excited and challenged in a seminary?

New comment by ranit in "OpenCV 5 Is Here: The Biggest Leap in Years for Computer Vision"

ranit — Tue, 09 Jun 2026 18:43:21 +0000

If this is a fact:

> 1. Patented algorithms that are effectively impossible to license in a commercial setting.

then does anyone know how "OpenCV has been the foundation of countless production systems" is possible, as the OP article claims?

Debugging: Google requests permission to release 32M mosquitoes

ranit — Mon, 01 Jun 2026 21:21:24 +0000

Article URL: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/jun/01/google-permission-release-mosquitoes-california-florida

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48362806

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

It's like the Olympics – except steroids are allowed

ranit — Mon, 25 May 2026 11:41:44 +0000

Article URL: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cedpz1zqp8po

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48265719

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

Japan is gripped by mass allergies. A 1950s project is to blame

ranit — Wed, 20 May 2026 01:43:06 +0000

Article URL: https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20260515-the-1950s-blunder-which-causes-mass-hay-fever-in-japan

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48202047

Points: 365

# Comments: 166

Hacking Tesla, so the doors open mechanically in an emergency

ranit — Sun, 10 May 2026 18:26:44 +0000

Article URL: https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/i-couldnt-live-with-the-idea-of-my-kids-trapped-in-my-tesla-heres-how-i-hacked-it-so-the-doors-open-in-an-emergency/article_30a9ba0a-8beb-4185-9c1d-726e5c2fba47.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48086462

Points: 7

# Comments: 2

New comment by ranit in "Make your own microforest (2025)"

ranit — Mon, 04 May 2026 00:32:32 +0000

Cool! Do you have some good links about the story behind this development?

New comment by ranit in "Show HN: I built a tool that helps predict HN front page success"

ranit — Sun, 03 May 2026 14:31:56 +0000

>for the /show list, your submission can stay on the "front" there for almost a full week

Good to know this and yes, ShowHN gathers more discussions with the author. One question: is it still true, that a submission can stay for days on /show for days? I read here recently that with the LLM trend of creating software /show became very overcrowded.

New comment by ranit in "Show HN: I built a tool that helps predict HN front page success"

ranit — Sun, 03 May 2026 14:15:40 +0000

Well, the amount of valuable comments that would form a good discussion is highly correlated with the time a project being on front page, isn’t it.

Aspirin can reduce the risk of cancer – and we're starting to understand why

ranit — Wed, 22 Apr 2026 06:58:41 +0000

Article URL: https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20260420-cancer-how-aspirin-may-be-a-powerful-new-weapon-against-tumours

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47860029

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

New comment by ranit in "Help Keep Thunderbird Alive"

ranit — Fri, 10 Apr 2026 01:18:10 +0000

New comment by ranit in "I won't download your app. The web version is a-ok"

ranit — Mon, 06 Apr 2026 16:24:33 +0000

> What most people dont get ...

The OP Blog post is comparing web versions vs applications. Both on the phone. And arguing that browser representation is often better than app functionality. Using desktop vs small screen phone is a different matter.

New comment by ranit in "U.S. Rescues Officer from Downed Fighter Jet in Iran"

ranit — Sun, 05 Apr 2026 07:19:58 +0000

BBC https://www.bbc.com/news/live/cm29zmpdj3vt

U.S. Rescues Officer from Downed Fighter Jet in Iran

ranit — Sun, 05 Apr 2026 07:15:45 +0000

Article URL: https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/04/05/world/iran-war-trump-news

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47646965

Points: 14

# Comments: 3