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New comment by sandgiant in "iOS 27, iPadOS 27, and macOS 27"

sandgiant — Tue, 15 Sep 2026 05:42:47 +0000

I did just that. Took me half a day. I haven't used Spotlight since. I did try alternative launchers, but they are all bloated. I just need an app launcher and simple arithmetic - that's all it does.

https://github.com/askielboe/lightning-launcher

New comment by sandgiant in "High-Res Photo Shows Sand-Capped Butte Rising from Mars Plain of Polygons"

sandgiant — Wed, 12 Aug 2026 11:53:02 +0000

> NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover captured this sand-capped butte, nicknamed “Miraflores,” estimated to be about 20 feet (6 meters) tall, on June 11, 2026. The surrounding area includes an expanse of terrain covered in surface features called polygons.

From https://www.nasa.gov/missions/mars-science-laboratory/curios...

Jamboree – Multiplayer Synthesizer

sandgiant — Wed, 08 Jul 2026 09:00:42 +0000

Article URL: https://jamboree.space

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48829424

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

Disposable software: software is now just paper plates

sandgiant — Mon, 22 Jun 2026 08:32:52 +0000

Article URL: https://auren.substack.com/p/disposable-software-software-is-now

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48627396

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by sandgiant in "The dark side of the Moomins"

sandgiant — Sun, 13 Apr 2025 19:22:28 +0000

I highly recommend the 1990 Polish stop motion TV series https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Moomins_(TV_series). The only one that, to me, captures the magic of the books.

New comment by sandgiant in "Magic Links Have Rough Edges, but Passkeys Can Smooth Them Over"

sandgiant — Mon, 06 Jan 2025 12:35:27 +0000

Works perfectly in 1Password. One-click sign-in is awesome! I don't understand the hate towards passkeys. Managing passwords for non-techies is infinitely worse in my experience.

New comment by sandgiant in "Supernovae evidence for foundational change to cosmological models"

sandgiant — Sun, 05 Jan 2025 18:14:28 +0000

This has the same number of free parameters as LambdaCDM. Also this result only looks supernovae, i.e. low redshift sources. LambdaCDM is tested on cosmological scales.

Very interesting, but “more work is needed”.

Redux-Saga – An intuitive Redux side effect manager

sandgiant — Sat, 28 Dec 2024 11:48:13 +0000

Article URL: https://redux-saga.js.org//

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42530356

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

New comment by sandgiant in "Boltzmann brain"

sandgiant — Tue, 10 Dec 2024 21:34:14 +0000

Well no, that's not the reason why we're not Boltzmann Brains. A Boltzmann Brain is perfectly capable of believing that it is sensing reality in exactly the same way that your brain believes so.

It is worth reading the section "Modern reactions to the Boltzmann brain problem" in the article to understand why the Boltzmann Brain is a useful thought experiment.

Monarch: App Launcher for macOS

sandgiant — Mon, 18 Nov 2024 12:26:38 +0000

Article URL: https://www.monarchlauncher.com

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42171777

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by sandgiant in "Biological Miracle – Wood Frog"

sandgiant — Fri, 15 Nov 2024 21:27:03 +0000

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Devbox: Reproducible dev environments using Nix

sandgiant — Sun, 10 Nov 2024 09:22:56 +0000

Article URL: https://www.jetify.com/devbox

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42099258

Points: 4

# Comments: 1

New comment by sandgiant in "New images show state of preservation of Ernest Shackleton's ship"

sandgiant — Tue, 15 Oct 2024 09:03:53 +0000

If you like audio books I can highly recommend the book Endurance by Alfred Lansing, read by Simon Prebble. Perhaps the best audio book I’ve ever listened to.

New comment by sandgiant in "New images show state of preservation of Ernest Shackleton's ship"

sandgiant — Tue, 15 Oct 2024 09:01:37 +0000

The third one is also very good! It’s the first book I would think of if you asked me about Endurance.

The audio book narrated version by Simon Prebble is outstanding.

New comment by sandgiant in "The Unraveling of Space-Time"

sandgiant — Fri, 04 Oct 2024 11:24:33 +0000

Sean Carroll (professor of physics, quoted in the article) has a highly-rated book titled "Something Deeply Hidden: Quantum Worlds and the Emergence of Spacetime" [1] which discusses exactly these topics. I haven't read it, but it's on my list.

I also highly recommend his podcast "Mindscape" where he discusses this and a range of other topics in science and philosophy. [2]

[1] https://www.preposterousuniverse.com/somethingdeeplyhidden/ [2] https://www.preposterousuniverse.com/podcast/

New comment by sandgiant in "The Unraveling of Space-Time"

sandgiant — Fri, 04 Oct 2024 11:14:50 +0000

There are no such things as absolute static things in relativity theory. "Before" and "After" depend entirely on the observer. Energy/matter and spacetime are deeply connected through the Einstein equations, so much so that they may indeed be "the same underlying thing".

Approximate static time and space are convenient illusions/approximations, that happen to be very useful for us as a species when it comes to surviving and replicating, but the Universe has no obligation to cater to our feeble minds or senses when it comes to reality.

Cursor – The AI Code Editor

sandgiant — Mon, 09 Sep 2024 05:58:34 +0000

Article URL: https://www.trycursor.com/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41485835

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

A time capsule for YouTube videos

sandgiant — Fri, 16 Aug 2024 16:50:33 +0000

Article URL: https://preservetube.com

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41268081

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

A Git client for simultaneous branches on top of your existing workflow

sandgiant — Tue, 13 Feb 2024 12:41:30 +0000

Article URL: https://gitbutler.com

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39357068

Points: 211

# Comments: 115

New comment by sandgiant in "A French village that voted to ban scrolling in public"

sandgiant — Sat, 10 Feb 2024 16:34:13 +0000

Sounds like it's more of a campaign than an actual ban.

> It is not enforceable by police – officers could not stop or fine people scrolling in the street because there is no national law against smartphones – but the mayor describes it as an incitement to stop scrolling and guidance for limiting phone use.