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New comment by sorokod in "The Great Majority: Body Snatching and Burial Reform in 19th-Century Britain"

sorokod — Wed, 15 Apr 2026 05:10:05 +0000

Of the magnificent seven mentioned towards the end, Abbey Park, and Highgate cemeteries are worth a visit.

New comment by sorokod in "Your File System Is Already A Graph Database"

sorokod — Wed, 08 Apr 2026 13:28:29 +0000

Indeed, what is the point of links/edges when the llm can figure out the relations by itself?

New comment by sorokod in "Your File System Is Already A Graph Database"

sorokod — Wed, 08 Apr 2026 13:03:00 +0000

Yes, the author is likely unaware of this. They see markdown files with links, so a graph and the set of those files, so a "database".

https://neo4j.com/docs/graph-data-science/current/algorithms...

New comment by sorokod in "Native Americans had dice 12k years ago"

sorokod — Wed, 08 Apr 2026 08:14:15 +0000

...and, is it?

https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/american-antiquity/a...

New comment by sorokod in "The Last Testaments of Richard II and Henry IV"

sorokod — Wed, 25 Mar 2026 17:23:17 +0000

The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet is lovely and the contrast between the Dutch and the Japanese cultures in the 18th century is quite striking.

New comment by sorokod in "If you thought code writing speed was your problem you have bigger problems"

sorokod — Tue, 17 Mar 2026 19:39:24 +0000

Amdahl's law applies regardless of whether you are believe in it or not

New comment by sorokod in "Harold and George Destroy the World"

sorokod — Sun, 15 Mar 2026 16:14:08 +0000

Changing the domain name and similar letterhead style shenanigans are risk free and good enough for public relations.

New comment by sorokod in "EU's Ursula von Der Leyen Calls Europe's Nuclear Exit a "Strategic Mistake" [video]"

sorokod — Sun, 15 Mar 2026 16:03:52 +0000

In text form:

https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/es/speech...

EU's Ursula von Der Leyen Calls Europe's Nuclear Exit a "Strategic Mistake" [video]

sorokod — Sun, 15 Mar 2026 16:01:46 +0000

Article URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-Pa6_CICjM

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47388684

Points: 6

# Comments: 1

New comment by sorokod in "A Theory of the World as run by large adult children"

sorokod — Sun, 15 Mar 2026 14:53:59 +0000

The US Department of War does not take full advantage of its name. Declaring a war has real legal and political consequences which presumably are not appealing to the current US administration.

https://www.war.gov/Spotlights/Operation-Epic-Fury/

New comment by sorokod in "Polymarket Removes Betting on Nuclear Detonation After Backlash"

sorokod — Wed, 04 Mar 2026 18:37:22 +0000

In related news, START treaty has expired beginning of February.

New comment by sorokod in "The Markets of Old London (2024)"

sorokod — Mon, 09 Feb 2026 19:59:51 +0000

Ridley Road Market is not mentioned but worth a visit

New comment by sorokod in "Man who videotaped himself BASE jumping in Yosemite arrested, says it was AI"

sorokod — Fri, 06 Feb 2026 19:49:30 +0000

Plausible denAIbility

New comment by sorokod in "Case study: Creative math – How AI fakes proofs"

sorokod — Mon, 26 Jan 2026 19:29:54 +0000

Divination?

Divination is the attempt to gain insight into a question or situation by way of a magic ritual or practice.

New comment by sorokod in "Asteroids the size of 22 penguins to pass Earth this weekend (2023)"

sorokod — Fri, 23 Jan 2026 18:42:26 +0000

> 22 emperor penguins

How much is that in Gentoos?;

New comment by sorokod in "I'm 34. Here's 34 things I wish I knew at 21"

sorokod — Thu, 22 Jan 2026 22:05:49 +0000

Also, wear sunscreen

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=xfq_A8nXMsQ

New comment by sorokod in "Danish pension fund divesting US Treasuries"

sorokod — Tue, 20 Jan 2026 16:48:21 +0000

There is no chance US will need to take Greenland by force ( financial or military) , all it has to do is to increase the number of troops already stationed there by agreement.

Yet here we are.

China blocks Nvidia H200 AI chips that US Government cleared for export – report

sorokod — Sat, 17 Jan 2026 06:40:03 +0000

Article URL: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/jan/17/china-blocks-nvidia-h200-ai-chips-that-us-government-cleared-for-export-report

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46655866

Points: 11

# Comments: 2

New comment by sorokod in "Danish Armed Forces expand their presence and continue exercises in Greenland"

sorokod — Thu, 15 Jan 2026 17:22:18 +0000

A bit different, nether Russia nor China are NATO members like Turkey and Greece

New comment by sorokod in "Danish Armed Forces expand their presence and continue exercises in Greenland"

sorokod — Thu, 15 Jan 2026 13:21:04 +0000

Take it? You mean go to war with NATO over Greenland?