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New comment by sparklingmango in "1,300 Beautiful Wildlife Illustrations from the 19th Century Now Restored"

sparklingmango — Thu, 16 Jul 2026 16:52:06 +0000

Beautiful. I'm going to use some of these to make a coloring book for my toddler.

New comment by sparklingmango in "Behind the scenes with the Midjourney scanner [video]"

sparklingmango — Mon, 06 Jul 2026 12:18:59 +0000

Yes. We are right to be suspicious due to the main goal of start ups and corporations: profit for their shareholders. Theranos will always be in the back of my mind regarding healthcare technology start ups.

New comment by sparklingmango in "22% Layoff at ClickUp"

sparklingmango — Fri, 22 May 2026 15:44:41 +0000

> The wrong strategy is to push every engineer to use infinite tokens. Companies doing this are celebrating 500% more pull requests. But customer outcomes don't match the volume of code being generated.

The goal is 100x output BUT NOT 500% more pull requests, folks.

New comment by sparklingmango in "We are retiring our bug bounty program"

sparklingmango — Fri, 15 May 2026 14:31:05 +0000

Power dynamics. Usually the person making the giant PRs is the one with all the sway. An earlier-career engineer is unlikely to push back against that level of influence.

New comment by sparklingmango in "Talking to strangers at the gym"

sparklingmango — Mon, 04 May 2026 14:20:06 +0000

I loved it too. I audibly laughed at this one:

"Korean girl Short I didn't know how to start a conversation with her, so I just asked if she was Korean and she said yes. Then I made her guess what kind of Asian I am. Then I rambled about being Asian in Syracuse before leaving. I initiated one more conversation but now we don't interact"

So endearing!

New comment by sparklingmango in "Talking to strangers at the gym"

sparklingmango — Mon, 04 May 2026 14:16:06 +0000

> "Going to the gym, talking to strangers at the gym, ... these are both artifical replacements for human activity that is missing."

As opposed to what, our ancient hunter gatherer lifestyle? Going to the gym and talking to strangers at the gym isn't an "artificial replacement", it's a genuine activity lots of people do.

> "You try to form friendships with strangers because your daily routine lacks real and fulfilling interactions with other people."

How do you think people make friends? They make friends by interacting with people at shared spaces and activities.

New comment by sparklingmango in "Netflix to Acquire Warner Bros"

sparklingmango — Fri, 05 Dec 2025 14:27:28 +0000

In parallel, they're also starting to downgrade their quality. In the latest season of Stranger Things there's a wild amount of in-scene exposition, where the characters explain what's happening while it's happening. I did some digging and learned that they may be dumbing down their shows because they know users typically look at their phones while watching Netflix and users are more likely to drop off of a show if they don't know what's going on.

See here: https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2025/jan/17/not-sec...

Edit: I did really enjoy Frankenstein.

New comment by sparklingmango in "Django 6"

sparklingmango — Thu, 04 Dec 2025 21:45:55 +0000

Whenever I use Django, I enjoy it. Simple as.

New comment by sparklingmango in "Fizzy"

sparklingmango — Tue, 02 Dec 2025 17:24:53 +0000

> "If I delete a card, does it count against the 1000 cards?"

> "Yes, every card you create is counted, even cards that are deleted later. Each card ID increments by 1, so the next card you create will always show you how many cards you’ve created so far."

Fizzy, the Kanban tracking tool for issues and ideas by 37signals

sparklingmango — Tue, 02 Dec 2025 17:22:52 +0000

Article URL: https://github.com/basecamp/fizzy

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46123725

Points: 4

# Comments: 1

New comment by sparklingmango in "What caused the 'baby boom'? What would it take to have another?"

sparklingmango — Mon, 21 Jul 2025 16:54:35 +0000

No, my parents and in-laws have routinely expressed how much they love to watch and spend time with my kid. But they're also retired and have lots of trips and hobbies going on. They're getting older and aren't as physically able as I am in regards to picking up and chasing after a highly mobile toddler. My husband and I aren't their only kids either. They also spend time helping out our siblings.

So it's really more of a me thing why I don't ask them to take care of him "full time". If I really needed them to, they would (and happily).

New comment by sparklingmango in "What caused the 'baby boom'? What would it take to have another?"

sparklingmango — Wed, 16 Jul 2025 13:33:18 +0000

It's a lot to ask grandparents to take care of an infant full time during the work week. Here and there, on occasion, that is a completely reasonable thing to ask for. It helps strengthen family bonds. But I would never ask my parents or my in-laws to care for my toddler 8-5 M-F. They already raised kids.

New comment by sparklingmango in "What caused the 'baby boom'? What would it take to have another?"

sparklingmango — Tue, 15 Jul 2025 16:15:25 +0000

Optimism. And unfortunately based on the doom and gloom that the news and social media constantly shoves in our faces, we have a short supply of that.

New comment by sparklingmango in "Childhood leukemia: how a deadly cancer became treatable"

sparklingmango — Mon, 16 Jun 2025 13:42:59 +0000

Wow. Thank you for sharing. May his memory be a blessing to you and yours.

The largest and most detailed photo ever taken of a work of art

sparklingmango — Thu, 15 May 2025 20:06:32 +0000

Article URL: https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/stories/operation-night-watch/story/ultra-high-resolution-photo

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43998784

Points: 4

# Comments: 0

New comment by sparklingmango in "Supreme Court blocks controversial Purdue Pharma opioid settlement"

sparklingmango — Thu, 27 Jun 2024 14:52:27 +0000

Additionally, I recommend the book Empire of Pain for an excellent deep dive into the Sackler family and how they essentially created the opioid epidemic. You'll be infuriated as you read it.

New comment by sparklingmango in "The Boring Phone"

sparklingmango — Wed, 17 Apr 2024 17:54:20 +0000

I feel like this would be fun... if all of my friends used it too and it didn't feel like a "thing".

New comment by sparklingmango in "The UX of UUIDs"

sparklingmango — Thu, 11 Apr 2024 20:33:17 +0000

Like what?

New comment by sparklingmango in "$5 device tests for breast cancer in under 5 seconds: study"

sparklingmango — Fri, 16 Feb 2024 17:47:44 +0000

Diagnosis is done via biopsy.

Vestaboard and GitHub Actions Inspired Consistency in My Rock Climbing Training

sparklingmango — Mon, 22 Jan 2024 20:47:54 +0000

Article URL: https://docs.vestaboard.com/blog/tags/github-actions/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39095212

Points: 3

# Comments: 0