Hacker News: shadow28

New comment by shadow28 in "Nature's capacity to 'bounce back' when species are lost is overestimated: study"

shadow28 — Tue, 06 Oct 2026 22:57:38 +0000

There's thousands of species of mosquitoes, and we could get rid of the small number of disease carrying ones at least - https://worksinprogress.co/issue/mosquitoes-are-a-choice/

New comment by shadow28 in "Norway Eyes Partial Ban of Smart Glasses"

shadow28 — Mon, 05 Oct 2026 23:19:20 +0000

> it’s technically considered East Asia

This phrasing seems odd, considering that those two countries are firmly in East Asia, and would not be considered as a part of SE Asia by any definition.

The AI industry is booming. Women are getting left behind

shadow28 — Mon, 05 Oct 2026 04:36:50 +0000

Article URL: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/oct/04/women-ai-jobs-inequality

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49960725

Points: 6

# Comments: 9

New comment by shadow28 in "Red Hat being phased out of existence?"

shadow28 — Thu, 01 Oct 2026 21:25:15 +0000

> Confluent is seemingly decimated

Hm, care to elaborate? It looks like they've retained most of the engineering team and day-to-day priorities for Confluent / Kafka probably haven't changed much.

California rushes to prepare for 'Kelvin' wave and predicted sea level rise

shadow28 — Wed, 30 Sep 2026 15:31:07 +0000

Article URL: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/30/california-kelvin-wave-sea-level-rise

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49910292

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

In a world of wars and climate crisis, a new leader could save the UN

shadow28 — Sun, 20 Sep 2026 15:53:39 +0000

Article URL: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/sep/20/un-new-leader-wars-climate-crisis-donald-trump

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49777067

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by shadow28 in "The Dark Side of Mindfulness"

shadow28 — Wed, 09 Sep 2026 04:01:38 +0000

https://archive.is/62weL

The Dark Side of Mindfulness

shadow28 — Wed, 09 Sep 2026 04:01:07 +0000

Article URL: https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/09/meditation-willoughby-britton-downsides/688474/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49620759

Points: 5

# Comments: 1

New comment by shadow28 in "My Friend Aaron"

shadow28 — Tue, 25 Aug 2026 21:21:25 +0000

> waste your time

Do you not read any fiction at all? Time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time.

New comment by shadow28 in "Where did all the public bathrooms go?"

shadow28 — Tue, 25 Aug 2026 17:54:28 +0000

There's tons of Indians in Cupertino and Mountain View as well, so I don't know what your comment was trying to prove, apart from openly displaying your prejudice and racism.

New comment by shadow28 in "Ordinary Abundance"

shadow28 — Thu, 13 Aug 2026 21:43:25 +0000

HN can be pretty weird with +1 kind of comments.

New comment by shadow28 in "Ordinary Abundance"

shadow28 — Thu, 13 Aug 2026 21:42:09 +0000

If a comment gets flagged enough, it gets marked as "dead". There's a show dead option you can enable in your HN profile settings to still be able to see such comments though.

New comment by shadow28 in "In praise of designer-ish babies"

shadow28 — Thu, 13 Aug 2026 15:24:33 +0000

https://archive.is/2UWsx

In praise of designer-ish babies

shadow28 — Thu, 13 Aug 2026 15:24:15 +0000

Article URL: https://www.economist.com/leaders/2026/08/13/in-praise-of-designer-ish-babies

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49287420

Points: 4

# Comments: 1

New comment by shadow28 in "Magnitude 7.4 Earthquake – 5 km S of San José del Palmar, Colombia"

shadow28 — Mon, 10 Aug 2026 16:39:19 +0000

There's dozens of cities and towns named San José globally.

New comment by shadow28 in "Be skeptical of OpenAI's rogue hacker agent story"

shadow28 — Fri, 24 Jul 2026 21:43:35 +0000

> does the article end at "How do we balance the risks of broad access to AI with the risks of concentrated power and centralized control?" or is there more that is paywalled?

That's how the article ends; The Guardian doesn't have a paywall (yet).

When is an apology not an apology? From an AI boss with a rogue chatbot

shadow28 — Fri, 24 Jul 2026 19:49:16 +0000

Article URL: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jul/24/apology-ai-boss-sam-altman-rogue-openai-startup-pentagon

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49040790

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

The Lost Art of Leisure

shadow28 — Sun, 28 Jun 2026 18:16:15 +0000

Article URL: https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/2026/06/leisure-productivity/687726/

Hacker News: shadow28

New comment by shadow28 in "Nature's capacity to 'bounce back' when species are lost is overestimated: study"

New comment by shadow28 in "Norway Eyes Partial Ban of Smart Glasses"

The AI industry is booming. Women are getting left behind

New comment by shadow28 in "Red Hat being phased out of existence?"

California rushes to prepare for 'Kelvin' wave and predicted sea level rise

In a world of wars and climate crisis, a new leader could save the UN

New comment by shadow28 in "The Dark Side of Mindfulness"

The Dark Side of Mindfulness

New comment by shadow28 in "My Friend Aaron"

New comment by shadow28 in "Where did all the public bathrooms go?"

New comment by shadow28 in "Ordinary Abundance"

New comment by shadow28 in "Ordinary Abundance"

New comment by shadow28 in "In praise of designer-ish babies"

In praise of designer-ish babies

New comment by shadow28 in "Magnitude 7.4 Earthquake – 5 km S of San José del Palmar, Colombia"

New comment by shadow28 in "Be skeptical of OpenAI's rogue hacker agent story"

When is an apology not an apology? From an AI boss with a rogue chatbot

The Lost Art of Leisure

The Parable of the Talents

What is it like to be a bat? (1974) [pdf]