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Show HN: BoxLight- a macOS Sonoma ring light app that doesn't waste space

reubenswartz — Wed, 28 Jan 2026 20:28:21 +0000

Article URL: https://www.mimiran.com/boxlight-a-macos-ring-light-that-doesnt-require-tahoe-and-doesnt-waste-screen-space/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46801067

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New comment by reubenswartz in "The Palantir app helping ICE raids in Minneapolis"

reubenswartz — Thu, 15 Jan 2026 19:24:03 +0000

> So when Clinton’s BP raided Elian Gonzalez That followed a court order. And many people were very upset about it.

>We’ve enforce immigration laws, policed our populace, and had to balance 1st/4th amendment rights against the interest of a functioning state for a long time. Nothing on this scale since the internment of Japanese Americans in WWII. And even that did not involve (AFAIK) the mass disappearances and torture of thousands of people.

New comment by reubenswartz in "Inside CECOT – 60 Minutes [video]"

reubenswartz — Tue, 23 Dec 2025 19:17:37 +0000

> Here's why Bari Weiss delayed the story:

That is not accurate. It's her excuse for spiking the story.

New comment by reubenswartz in "iPhone Pocket"

reubenswartz — Tue, 11 Nov 2025 17:31:47 +0000

New comment by reubenswartz in "iPhone Air"

reubenswartz — Wed, 10 Sep 2025 19:21:09 +0000

I have nothing intelligent to add to this (other than wanting a phone that lays flat), but it's interesting that this thread has almost 1800 comments, far more than the iPhone thread (currently at 256) and the iPhone Pro thread (currently at 89). Maybe people are just excited to talk about a slightly different form factor?

New comment by reubenswartz in "'Turbocharged' Mitochondria Power Birds' Epic Migratory Journeys"

reubenswartz — Wed, 04 Jun 2025 21:32:38 +0000

Also worth noting that it took hundreds of millions (~1Bish) years to go from prokaryotes to single cell eukaryotes, and then another similar interval to get to multicellular creatures.

New comment by reubenswartz in "'Turbocharged' Mitochondria Power Birds' Epic Migratory Journeys"

reubenswartz — Wed, 04 Jun 2025 21:29:29 +0000

reading them would be hard enough, but editing them seems pretty darn hard.

New comment by reubenswartz in "Curtis Yarvin's Plot Against America"

reubenswartz — Wed, 04 Jun 2025 20:56:34 +0000

How exactly would you suggest standing up for Yarvin?

New comment by reubenswartz in "'Turbocharged' Mitochondria Power Birds' Epic Migratory Journeys"

reubenswartz — Wed, 21 May 2025 20:40:05 +0000

There are ~100,000 mitochondria in a human egg cell-- I think that's a pretty tall order.

New comment by reubenswartz in "How the United States Gave Up Being a Science Superpower"

reubenswartz — Tue, 13 May 2025 13:41:44 +0000

There are plenty of real issues with higher education, but the attacks on research are using protests and other things as a fig leaf.

We've seen this movie before, when Germany destroyed the world's leading research university system in the name of control and ideology. Most people would not want to repeat that, while it seems some in power feel differently.

New comment by reubenswartz in "University of Texas-led team solves a big problem for fusion energy"

reubenswartz — Mon, 12 May 2025 22:36:19 +0000

I'm thinking perhaps the best place for a fusion reactor is 93 million miles away. It's already up and running, and we're making huge strides in energy collection and storage...

New comment by reubenswartz in "Silicon Valley crosswalk buttons apparently hacked to imitate Musk, Zuck voices"

reubenswartz — Sat, 19 Apr 2025 21:45:44 +0000

And is Seattle, “Jeff Bezos” says the crosswalk is sponsored by Amazon Prime and exhorts you not to tax the rich.

New comment by reubenswartz in "How the U.S. became a science superpower"

reubenswartz — Tue, 15 Apr 2025 17:12:09 +0000

Unfortunately, the German example is quite relevant these days. We seem intent on destroying the leading system of research universities in the world... ;-(

New comment by reubenswartz in "Trump temporarily drops tariffs to 10% for most countries"

reubenswartz — Thu, 10 Apr 2025 01:19:19 +0000

The Fed intervention was under Bush. The vast majority of the "COVID response" was under Trump. If you look at deficit spending by administration, you will also see that you have things backwards.

New comment by reubenswartz in "DOGE's only public ledger is riddled with mistakes"

reubenswartz — Sun, 23 Feb 2025 15:38:10 +0000

> just another nitpicking attack on DOGE I'm not sure that pointing out that DOGE is unconstitutional, a massive security threat, and not designed to save money but to consolidate power and punish enemies is nitpicking...

New comment by reubenswartz in ""Ensuring Accountability for All Agencies" – Executive Order"

reubenswartz — Wed, 19 Feb 2025 23:00:57 +0000

The "strong" man and his allies are the ones that crippled the legislative branch, except for tax cuts for the rich and appointing unqualified SC justices.

There was bipartisan (Republican-ish) immigration legislation with enough votes pass until Trump told people to vote against it, because he knew that he could blame the problem on his opponents and many people would believe him.

Note that none of this would be possible with Citizens United and dramatic media consolidation in the hands of a few oligarchs. ;-(

New comment by reubenswartz in "People are bad at reporting what they eat. That's a problem for dietary research"

reubenswartz — Tue, 21 Jan 2025 20:29:25 +0000

Making your own salad dressing is really easy and let's you have a salad you really like in a couple of minutes.

My recipe is basically what you have here, although I usually mix some balsamic and other vinegars, and add a bit lemon juice.

I went from feeling sorry for people who were "forced" to eat salads to craving them. (Side benefit of not having the afternoon urge to sleep.)

New comment by reubenswartz in "How to grow professional relationships"

reubenswartz — Wed, 04 Dec 2024 20:28:48 +0000

yes, and you don't have to keep in touch with everyone-- find the people you enjoy talking to, and just make a point to do it.

New comment by reubenswartz in "How to grow professional relationships"

reubenswartz — Wed, 04 Dec 2024 16:15:30 +0000

It took me a long time to realize that conversations are the building blocks of relationships. Want a relationship? You need to have conversations.

New comment by reubenswartz in "U.S. Commercial Real Estate Is Headed Toward a Crisis"

reubenswartz — Fri, 26 Jul 2024 14:47:17 +0000

This may work in some situations, but unfortunately commercial building are typically very expensive to convert to residential. Think of an office tower with centralized plumbing and HVAC, with an open floor and no real interior walls. You've got to run plumbing and HVAC everywhere, add real(ish) walls, and depending on the size of the floor plate, there may not even be a good way to get light to the right places.