Hacker News: susam

In Mizoram, India, the Shops Have No Shopkeepers (2020)

susam — Mon, 22 Jun 2026 08:54:26 +0000

Article URL: https://matadornetwork.com/read/mizoram-india-shops-no-shopkeepers/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48627586

Points: 5

# Comments: 0

Why Mizoram has shops without shopkeepers (2024)

susam — Sun, 21 Jun 2026 12:43:09 +0000

Article URL: https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/etimes/trending/why-mizoram-has-shops-without-shopkeepers/articleshow/116410247.cms

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48618447

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by susam in "A website that lists websites to submit your website to"

susam — Thu, 18 Jun 2026 17:40:57 +0000

I have been maintaining my own metalist of directories where one can submit their indie/personal websites to. In alphabetical order, here is what it looks like right now:

https://blogroll.org/

https://blogs.hn/ (by @surprisetalk)

https://hnpwd.github.io/ (I am one of the maintainers)

https://iii.social/ (by @freshman_dev)

https://indieblog.page/ (by @splitbrain)

https://kagi.com/smallweb/ (by @freediver)

https://marginalia-search.com/ (by @marginalia_nu)

https://minifeed.net/ (by @freetonik)

https://susam.net/wander/ (I developed this)

https://text.blogosphere.app/ (by @ramkarthikk)

https://wiby.me/

A clarification: The Wander link above (which I developed) is not something where you list your website. It is a tool you host on your website to become part of a decentralised network of personal websites (much like in a webring, except that the network is shaped like a graph rather than a ring): https://susam.codeberg.page/wcn/. More details here: https://codeberg.org/susam/wander

Byte, Vol. 7, No. 8 (1982) [pdf]

susam — Sat, 30 May 2026 20:10:18 +0000

Article URL: https://archive.org/download/byte-magazine-1982-08/1982_08_BYTE_07-08_Logo.pdf

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48340144

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

New York City-style air conditioning rules for London rejected by City Hall

susam — Sat, 30 May 2026 12:06:46 +0000

Article URL: https://www.mylondon.news/news/zone-1-news/new-york-city-style-air-34021627

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48335316

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New charter gives River Wye the right to be free from pollution

susam — Sat, 30 May 2026 08:47:46 +0000

Article URL: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/czx21820rn4o

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48334099

Points: 8

# Comments: 0

Linux Startup and Shutdown Sounds [video]

susam — Fri, 29 May 2026 22:08:24 +0000

Article URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5kzJQcAxmEE

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48329954

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

HN Skins – Read Hacker News in Style

susam — Mon, 25 May 2026 11:53:20 +0000

Article URL: https://codeberg.org/susam/hnskins

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48265793

Points: 2

# Comments: 1

gopher://gopher.floodgap.com/

susam — Sun, 24 May 2026 20:43:07 +0000

Article URL: https://gopher.floodgap.com/gopher/gw

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48260831

Points: 4

# Comments: 0

New comment by susam in "Alexander Grothendieck Revolutionized 20th-Century Mathematics"

susam — Sun, 24 May 2026 06:27:27 +0000

One of my favourite Grothendieck stories from <https://www.ams.org/notices/200410/fea-grothendieck-part2.pd...>:

> One striking characteristic of Grothendieck's mode of thinking is that it seemed to rely so little on examples. This can be seen in the legend of the so-called "Grothendieck prime". In a mathematical conversation, someone suggested to Grothendieck that they should consider a particular prime number. "You mean an actual number?" Grothendieck asked. The other person replied, yes, an actual prime number. Grothendieck suggested, "All right, take 57."

The Forgotten Art of the LAN Party (2023)

susam — Sat, 23 May 2026 19:01:13 +0000

Article URL: https://www.superjumpmagazine.com/the-forgotten-art-of-the-lan-party/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48250300

Points: 160

# Comments: 87

New comment by susam in "PHP's Oddities"

susam — Sat, 23 May 2026 17:43:35 +0000

I attended a talk by Rasmus Lerdorf at a FOSS conference in 2006. It has been a long time, so I remember only a few things from the talk, but one thing I remember him talking about is how people love to complain about PHP, often on forums that are themselves written in PHP.

Couple of Emacs Hacks (2003)

susam — Sat, 23 May 2026 16:52:41 +0000

Article URL: https://web.archive.org/web/20160303225220/http://osdir.com/ml/lisp.cmucl.devel/2003-08/msg00302.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48249172

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

Ask HN: Do you have a colophon for your personal website?

susam — Sat, 23 May 2026 14:41:47 +0000

A colophon is a page or section (typically in a footer) of a site that describes how the site is made, with what tools, supporting what technologies, and often published on personal sites at a top level /colophon page. (Source: https://indieweb.org/colophon)

Do you maintain a colophon for your website? If so, please share it here. It will be nice to see how other people from the HN community set up their websites, what technologies they use and what choices they have made.

If you do not have a colophon page, please feel free to share the details directly in a comment.

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48248141

Points: 13

# Comments: 7

How Was This Allowed to Happen? – 2025 Washington National Crash [video]

susam — Sat, 23 May 2026 13:20:11 +0000

Article URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=41UYPeTr96s

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48247440

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

New comment by susam in "Google Declaring War on the Web"

susam — Thu, 21 May 2026 04:34:00 +0000

Also, here is a list of all known personal websites participating in the Wander network: https://susam.codeberg.page/wcn/

Sequence Points (2010)

susam — Sat, 16 May 2026 18:59:06 +0000

Article URL: https://susam.net/sequence-points.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48162773

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

List of known personal websites that host Wander, a tool to wander the small web

susam — Sat, 16 May 2026 11:26:26 +0000

Article URL: https://susam.codeberg.page/wcn/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48159171

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

Why is it called Kent House?

susam — Sat, 16 May 2026 10:19:02 +0000

Article URL: https://diamondgeezer.blogspot.com/2026/05/kent-house.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48158780

Points: 45

# Comments: 9

New comment by susam in "Frontier AI has broken the open CTF format"

susam — Sat, 16 May 2026 07:47:43 +0000

I have normally found any sort of timed technical competition intimidating. Even so, about 6 or 7 years ago, after being persuaded by a colleague, I participated in a few CTFs. I am glad I did, back when this type of thing still meant something. I have kept a screenshot from one of the CTFs that I am quite fond of: https://susam.net/files/blog/ctf-2019.png