Hacker News: sizzle

New comment by sizzle in "Brood War Bench"

sizzle — Sun, 20 Sep 2026 08:04:22 +0000

Likewise really miss those carefree days killing time in servers and making diabolically hard maps to play online with strangers and friends.

New comment by sizzle in "Brood War Bench"

sizzle — Sun, 20 Sep 2026 08:02:15 +0000

Battle.net servers was my hangout spot with friends eventually joint clans and playing ranked matches. Making maps to play online was also super fun. Brood War was perfect.

New comment by sizzle in "US confirms for first time it has deployed space weapons"

sizzle — Tue, 15 Sep 2026 18:46:45 +0000

Sounds like the plot taken from For All Mankind

New comment by sizzle in "Apple's Siri AI Can Be Swapped Out for Claude, ChatGPT, Code Shows"

sizzle — Mon, 14 Sep 2026 20:06:52 +0000

I think you have the wrong conclusion with Alexa’s skills and ecosystem, as a prior heavily bought-in Alexa user myself. It did feel like magic in the beginning and was a quality of life improvement if you automated repetitive task of daily life e.g. auto light/thermostat activation.

I never needed it to add stuff to my Amazon shopping cart or interpret things I said as voice shopping asks, which was a terrible UX.

There were so many other daily frustrations and Alexa skills that were half baked and random frequently resetting or going offline. Another frustration was Alexa failing to recognize the magic incantation to activate a simple action in the day to day when skills had overlapping utterances.

I actually wished Siri had better HomeKit IoT products so I could switch over, but I just gave up out of death by a thousand cuts wearing me down over the years and do everything manually now. Privacy and surveillance was also a huge tipping point to make me bin all my Alexa devices. I digress…

New comment by sizzle in "Exit the Cave"

sizzle — Thu, 03 Sep 2026 02:52:48 +0000

What happens if your flashlight craps out?

New comment by sizzle in "Dolly Parton has died"

sizzle — Wed, 26 Aug 2026 08:47:33 +0000

Has anyone successfully rallied their county to get this program enacted? Seems a lot of Cali zip codes are not available…

New comment by sizzle in "Meta Files Patent for Facial Recognition, Automatic Recording of People"

sizzle — Wed, 19 Aug 2026 11:31:27 +0000

Google Glass comes to mind

New comment by sizzle in "Semaglutide linked to lower predicted dementia risk"

sizzle — Sun, 16 Aug 2026 18:00:21 +0000

Any idea if a pill form will be available in the future?

New comment by sizzle in "Semaglutide linked to lower predicted dementia risk"

sizzle — Sun, 16 Aug 2026 06:42:11 +0000

How has it been treating you? Do you keep muscle mass without having to hit 1g/lb of protein intake daily?

New comment by sizzle in "Semaglutide linked to lower predicted dementia risk"

sizzle — Sun, 16 Aug 2026 06:41:05 +0000

It causes less muscle loss/wasting which is a huge benefit over Tirz.

Psychedelic images reveal what your weather app isn't telling you

sizzle — Fri, 31 Jul 2026 05:53:04 +0000

Article URL: https://grist.org/extreme-heat/these-psychedelic-images-reveal-what-your-weather-app-isnt-telling-you/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49119465

Points: 2

# Comments: 1

Ex-JPMorgan banker Chirayu Rana files fed civil rights suit; racism/sexual abuse

sizzle — Tue, 28 Jul 2026 03:55:50 +0000

Article URL: https://www.morningstar.com/news/pr-newswire/20260727ny12568/former-jpmorgan-executive-files-sweeping-federal-civil-rights-complaint-alleging-racism-sexual-abuse-and-retaliation-campaign

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49079142

Points: 2

# Comments: 1

First look at Pan Am plane wreckage after 73 years

sizzle — Fri, 24 Jul 2026 19:57:53 +0000

Article URL: https://www.bbc.com/news/videos/cx25pp3r61xo

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49040891

Points: 4

# Comments: 0

New comment by sizzle in "ICE to Pay Thomson Reuters $125M to Find Voter Fraud"

sizzle — Thu, 23 Jul 2026 20:50:43 +0000

So what does this accomplish? I’m just trying to understand if it’s worth it before sending over PII to register

New comment by sizzle in "ICE to Pay Thomson Reuters $125M to Find Voter Fraud"

sizzle — Tue, 21 Jul 2026 20:25:29 +0000

What’s the outcome if you submit a DROP request, less targeted spam phone calls/junk mail?

Ferrari Creates a Fake Manual Transmission

sizzle — Thu, 16 Jul 2026 20:37:07 +0000

Article URL: https://www.core77.com/posts/144712/Ferrari-Creates-a-Fake-Manual-Transmission

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48939878

Points: 13

# Comments: 7

New comment by sizzle in "AI-generated videos to maximally drive a target brain region"

sizzle — Fri, 10 Jul 2026 22:07:52 +0000

This… wow… should be tightly regulated and illegal to use on the general population.

Literally hijacking people’s neural activation pathways on a mass scale that can’t be easily blocked, unless you look away or start meditating.

Are there any other precedents for this kind of neural-subterfuge being released into the wild, effectively lowering the barrier to mass manipulation?

California universities stockpiling AR-15s, grenades and submachine guns

sizzle — Thu, 09 Jul 2026 22:20:12 +0000

Article URL: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/09/california-universities-military-equipment

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48853145

Points: 13

# Comments: 7

New comment by sizzle in "Delta flight hit by firework while landing at Midway Airport on Fourth of July"

sizzle — Mon, 06 Jul 2026 18:33:27 +0000

Should have launched it off from Geisel library

New comment by sizzle in "Aluminum foil (2021)"

sizzle — Mon, 06 Jul 2026 18:24:27 +0000

Does aluminum foil contain PFAS and does cooking on them on the grill for example expose the food to forever chemicals?