Hacker News: sriacha

New comment by sriacha in "Long Range E-Bike (2021)"

sriacha — Sun, 01 Mar 2026 17:42:55 +0000

Wow. What is your total capacity and range with that setup?

New comment by sriacha in "Neurons outside the brain"

sriacha — Tue, 17 Feb 2026 03:23:14 +0000

See Michael Levin.

New comment by sriacha in "My ridiculously robust photo management system (Immich edition)"

sriacha — Sat, 31 Jan 2026 16:24:12 +0000

You can keep your file current structure/workflow and just use immich as a viewer and search engine, read only.

New comment by sriacha in "Radboud University selects Fairphone as standard smartphone for employees"

sriacha — Mon, 19 Jan 2026 17:12:06 +0000

Not sure that's valid; in my experience Samsung phones are fairly repairable* and have spare parts available worldwide. Guessing Fairphone parts are much more limited.

* probably much more fiddly than a fairphone though

New comment by sriacha in "Bison return to Illinois' Kane County after 200 years"

sriacha — Mon, 05 Jan 2026 01:00:57 +0000

Hah, was just about to write that. Also recommended.

New comment by sriacha in "How to run phones while being struck by suicide drones"

sriacha — Mon, 01 Dec 2025 03:55:03 +0000

Has there been any significant use of decentralized mesh communication networks in Ukraine in the last years?

New comment by sriacha in "I am stepping down as the CEO of Mastodon"

sriacha — Wed, 19 Nov 2025 00:12:12 +0000

beautiful

New comment by sriacha in "Huntington's disease treated for first time"

sriacha — Thu, 25 Sep 2025 08:20:00 +0000

How did you live differently knowing it was a possibility? It must have always been a shadow lurking nearby?

New comment by sriacha in "Boxie – an always offline audio player for my 3 year old"

sriacha — Mon, 28 Apr 2025 16:56:23 +0000

I think that might be the easiest, or even one with 3 buttons and volume knob.

New comment by sriacha in "Boxie – an always offline audio player for my 3 year old"

sriacha — Mon, 28 Apr 2025 15:31:32 +0000

Any tips for setting up a smartphone with a macropad as mentioned? I like this idea but worry it introduces a lot of complexity for the non-smartphone literate population.

Regarding the cassette player, in the US the 'National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled' has a player with an excellent simple interface, using cartridges for each book: https://blog.library.in.gov/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/isl-t...

New comment by sriacha in "Boxie – an always offline audio player for my 3 year old"

sriacha — Mon, 28 Apr 2025 15:28:11 +0000

Does anyone have suggestions for an simple audiobook/music player like this for the elderly and or those mild dementia? It should have large, tactile buttons, simple play/pause interface, volume control (ideally knob), and be able to read from sdcard or usb/

- I've used the Relish 'dementia radio' [1] before. Its a radio with support for reading from usb, but has no memory so useless for audiobooks. Very overpriced.

- The 'National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled' has excellent cassette type players [2], but they only take their cartridges. Ideally something this format but supporting usb/sd card

- Another comment [3] here suggests a smartphone with a macropad. this could work. they also built a custom solution.

[1] https://relish-life.com/en-us/products/relish-radio [2] https://blog.library.in.gov/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/isl-t... [3] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43818639

New comment by sriacha in "Finland is painting deer antlers with reflective paint (2014)"

sriacha — Fri, 25 Apr 2025 15:19:13 +0000

Doesn't feeding them contribute to even more deer overpopulation and human habituation?

New comment by sriacha in "Making a smart bike dumb so it works again"

sriacha — Wed, 23 Apr 2025 15:19:02 +0000

I wouldn't mind seeing some legislation that forced compatibility between different ebike systems, especially battery DRM....

New comment by sriacha in "Air pollution fell substantially as Paris restricted car traffic"

sriacha — Sun, 13 Apr 2025 15:18:56 +0000

Bogota is interesting for their bus rapid transit (dedicated bus lanes), which as far as I know was built out for a fraction of the cost of a metro system.

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/12/07/headway/bogot...

New comment by sriacha in "Air pollution fell substantially as Paris restricted car traffic"

sriacha — Sun, 13 Apr 2025 14:52:25 +0000

And then as cars get heavier and heavier you also have people scared to drive smaller/lighter ones for fear of safety.

The Russian Paradox: So Much Education, So Little Human Capital

sriacha — Thu, 10 Apr 2025 22:17:43 +0000

Article URL: https://theamericanenterprise.com/the-russian-paradox-so-much-education-so-little-human-capital/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43648559

Points: 41

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New comment by sriacha in "Coffea stenophylla: A forgotten bean that could save coffee from extinction"

sriacha — Wed, 02 Apr 2025 16:17:44 +0000

There are so many interesting native plants that provide alternatives to our extremely rigid globalized food systems.

Also to note Ilex vomitoria is in the same genus as yerba mate, Ilex paraguariensis.

New comment by sriacha in "How Kerala got rich"

sriacha — Fri, 28 Mar 2025 21:17:24 +0000

Are you saying large chain stores don't exist in Kerala? How are you not dependent upon private entities for basics?

New comment by sriacha in "Solarpunk"

sriacha — Mon, 03 Mar 2025 14:42:23 +0000

Cool. How do you estimate tree height?

New comment by sriacha in "Programming with chronic pain"

sriacha — Wed, 19 Feb 2025 04:13:02 +0000

Curious, medication do you use with such a high success rate?