Hacker News: signor_bosco

Education must go beyond the mere production of words

signor_bosco — Sat, 25 Apr 2026 00:11:43 +0000

Article URL: https://www.ncregister.com/commentaries/schnell-repairing-the-ruins

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47897349

Points: 149

# Comments: 85

To Catch a Hooligan

signor_bosco — Fri, 04 Jul 2025 20:01:28 +0000

Article URL: https://www.the-londoner.co.uk/to-catch-a-hooligan/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44467424

Points: 9

# Comments: 1

Exploring the enigma of database vacuuming

signor_bosco — Sat, 04 May 2024 22:56:09 +0000

Article URL: https://dineshgowda.com/posts/exploring-the-enigma-of-database-vacuuming/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40260971

Points: 7

# Comments: 0

Ahab's Leg Dilemma

signor_bosco — Sun, 25 Feb 2024 20:16:17 +0000

Article URL: https://allvisibleobjects.substack.com/p/the-leg-dilemma-part-1

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39504318

Points: 42

# Comments: 46

Game, Set, Sell

signor_bosco — Tue, 12 Sep 2023 23:45:28 +0000

Article URL: https://racquetmag.com/2023/09/06/game-set-sell/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37490244

Points: 29

# Comments: 2

Draculas, Ranked

signor_bosco — Mon, 17 Apr 2023 19:46:52 +0000

Article URL: https://www.vulture.com/article/dracula-movie-performances-ranked.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35605602

Points: 63

# Comments: 52

Only the richest ancient Athenians paid taxes

signor_bosco — Sat, 07 Jan 2023 02:32:14 +0000

Article URL: https://theconversation.com/only-the-richest-ancient-athenians-paid-taxes-and-they-bragged-about-it-147249

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34284483

Points: 81

# Comments: 78

Google’s AI-powered ‘inclusive warnings’ feature is very broken

signor_bosco — Fri, 22 Apr 2022 15:59:53 +0000

Article URL: https://www.vice.com/en/article/v7dk8m/googles-ai-powered-inclusive-warnings-feature-is-very-broken

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31123323

Points: 622

# Comments: 1067

An eccentric monk’s singular scrap cathedral

signor_bosco — Thu, 02 Dec 2021 20:46:46 +0000

Article URL: https://hazlitt.net/longreads/sacrifice

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29422283

Points: 100

# Comments: 22

On the disappearing antonyms of “grumpy” words

signor_bosco — Sun, 01 Aug 2021 14:14:39 +0000

Article URL: https://lithub.com/kempt-couth-ruth-on-the-disappearing-antonyms-of-grumpy-words/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28026363

Points: 135

# Comments: 42

An author's obsession with freeing a man from prison

signor_bosco — Fri, 26 Mar 2021 22:12:54 +0000

Article URL: https://www.themarshallproject.org/2021/03/24/a-bestselling-author-became-obsessed-with-freeing-a-man-from-prison-it-nearly-ruined-her-life

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26597622

Points: 42

# Comments: 25

Year of the Asterisk

signor_bosco — Thu, 24 Dec 2020 18:10:30 +0000

Article URL: https://shadycharacters.co.uk/2020/11/miscellany-89-year-of-the-asterisk/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25529828

Points: 10

# Comments: 4

The Polymath: A Cultural History

signor_bosco — Fri, 06 Nov 2020 22:31:14 +0000

Article URL: https://literaryreview.co.uk/masters-of-none

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25011775

Points: 44

# Comments: 5

Who invented the lightbulb?

signor_bosco — Mon, 14 Sep 2020 21:21:03 +0000

Article URL: https://theness.com/neurologicablog/index.php/who-invented-the-lightbulb/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24475292

Points: 73

# Comments: 55

Three Colors: Blue

signor_bosco — Wed, 22 Apr 2020 01:47:19 +0000

Article URL: https://philipball.blogspot.com/2020/04/three-colours-blue.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22941215

Points: 58

# Comments: 10

Apple Is an Internet Company

signor_bosco — Tue, 28 Jan 2020 18:06:30 +0000

Article URL: https://anuhariharan.substack.com/p/a-different-way-to-think-about-apple

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22172165

Points: 24

# Comments: 12

Shibboleths that get you past the initial script stage

signor_bosco — Sun, 01 Dec 2019 08:51:53 +0000

Article URL: https://twitter.com/patio11/status/1201003855770607618

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21674599

Points: 340

# Comments: 235

Routine glucose monitoring may be unnecessary for people with Type 2 diabetes

signor_bosco — Tue, 29 Oct 2019 04:55:20 +0000

Article URL: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/11/upshot/a-diabetes-home-test-can-be-a-waste-of-time-of-money.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21384339

Points: 58

# Comments: 59

The centennial of America’s greatest sports scandal

signor_bosco — Tue, 01 Oct 2019 17:41:50 +0000

Article URL: https://www.city-journal.org/black-sox-1919-world-series

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21128272

Points: 27

# Comments: 1

A Frightened Optimist On The Future of Humanity

signor_bosco — Fri, 13 Sep 2019 01:34:23 +0000

Article URL: https://iai.tv/articles/nick-bostrom-a-frightened-optimist-on-the-future-of-humanity-auid-1257

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20958319

Points: 40

# Comments: 27