Hacker News: telesilla

New comment by telesilla in "Show HN: I Derived a Pancake"

telesilla — Mon, 08 Jun 2026 11:44:43 +0000

For us vegetarians/vegans, butter (preferably clarified) or coconut oil.

New comment by telesilla in "Gov.uk has replaced Stripe with Dutch provider Adyen"

telesilla — Fri, 05 Jun 2026 17:35:04 +0000

Stripe allows for these kinds of payments, we've been updating our store to support Wero etc. It should give better conversation and processing rates than the US credit cards.

New comment by telesilla in "Open Source Resistance: keep OSS alive on company time"

telesilla — Wed, 13 May 2026 16:32:00 +0000

Unfortunately there are often questions of liability. What if you commit code that later becomes subject to litigation? It's more complicated than "we don't want to". (I'm fully supportive but when legal is involved you have to be able to justify the risk).

New comment by telesilla in "The river otter's remarkable comeback"

telesilla — Sun, 10 May 2026 14:07:02 +0000

The otter's curiosity makes it easy to have sympathy for. Hope their numbers grow back strong.

New comment by telesilla in "The Old Guard: Confronting America's Gerontocratic Crisis"

telesilla — Thu, 07 May 2026 12:31:30 +0000

"No Confidence" vote option exists in some countries.

New comment by telesilla in "Knitting bullshit"

telesilla — Wed, 06 May 2026 13:15:10 +0000

I can absolutely recommend the book On Bullshit, it's a tiny read and makes an excellent gift. Kate's article summarizes it very well.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_Bullshit

This reddit comment puts it perfectly:

"What’s it about? Frankfurt tries (successfully) to define bullshit (rather academically). In short, a bullshit artist is solely focused on persuasion and making an impression, not caring about truth. Paradoxically, bullshit can be true.

What makes it bullshit is how it is created - shoddily, hastily and without regard for fine work. A gifted liar does their thing carefully so that the truth cannot be found out. A bullshit artist just flings it out, overwhelming skepticism with sheer volume, until something sticks with the audience."

https://www.reddit.com/r/books/comments/1pidpb2/on_bullshit_...

An 1980s take on something that has taken over our 2020s digital airwaves, indeed.

New comment by telesilla in "Artemis II safely splashes down"

telesilla — Sat, 11 Apr 2026 00:15:38 +0000

Yes it was worrisome, but how could it not be even with the best tech we'll ever have - I feel relief still on every plane touchdown.

Bravo, Artemis team for an exceptional return to extra-orbital space travel.

New comment by telesilla in "Artemis II Lunar Flyby (Official Broadcast)"

telesilla — Mon, 06 Apr 2026 18:15:09 +0000

Wow I had no idea about space weather. This entire Artemis run is so educational. Newly named moon features too!

New comment by telesilla in "Full network of clitoral nerves mapped out for first time"

telesilla — Sun, 29 Mar 2026 18:22:46 +0000

Respectfully, this article is not about the male experience, it's okay to talk about women without putting men in the story.

New comment by telesilla in "Gitana 18: the new flying Ultim trimaran"

telesilla — Tue, 17 Mar 2026 07:03:35 +0000

I grew up watching racing thanks to my grandad's interest but all with all the tech involved in these high end machines it's like watching jetplanes or something mechanical, maybe it's because I can't connect anymore to what's happening on a human level. I love the thrill of a fast boat but it's lost me on the accessibility that I remember from the 80s and 90s. I remember how crews and captains would be celebrities, now it seems it's a tech game?

Edit: it's a beautiful machine, regardless. https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Ruh3hASFyGw

New comment by telesilla in "Hollywood Enters Oscars Weekend in Existential Crisis"

telesilla — Sun, 15 Mar 2026 18:13:52 +0000

I don't game at all but watch at least one movie a day as my relaxing time: criterion collection, mubi etc. I go to an indie cinema about once a month, often to see older movies as much as new ones. The cinema is rarely full but they have a good café and affordable subscriptions and I'm guessing some municipal funding, they won't ever run out of films to show. Though the day A24 goes out of business will be my sad day.

New comment by telesilla in "You gotta think outside the hypercube"

telesilla — Sat, 14 Mar 2026 15:59:33 +0000

Thanks! I took your code and modified a bit to remind me of what I had saved years ago. Not quite right but closer.

https://codepen.io/tessaracting/pen/yyaMawL

Careful around complex numbers!

BTW poetically enough, codepen has a tesseract for a logo.

New comment by telesilla in "You gotta think outside the hypercube"

telesilla — Sat, 14 Mar 2026 08:02:30 +0000

I have a beautiful animation of a tesseract on an old drive somewhere I kept, back in the animated gif days, I'd look at it now and then in wonder. Reminds me of the same extraordinary feelings about the beauty of the universe with this clip: https://youtube.com/shorts/TGuxwgUyu2A?si=knDzBVqTaZ4oqMEj

New comment by telesilla in "Bubble Sorted Amen Break"

telesilla — Thu, 12 Mar 2026 21:32:30 +0000

You don't know it by heart even yet, after all the time it's been in countless songs?

New comment by telesilla in "Britain is ejecting hereditary nobles from Parliament after 700 years"

telesilla — Thu, 12 Mar 2026 06:28:10 +0000

Because 150 years ago the labour to keep the estate running was very cheap. Now that labour is expensive, it costs more in maintenance than the property is worth, unless it's highly productive land. Reminds me of the joke, how to make a thousand dollars: buy a million dollar boat.

New comment by telesilla in "Launch HN: Cardboard (YC W26) – Agentic video editor"

telesilla — Thu, 26 Feb 2026 22:09:24 +0000

Helpful for those who care less about the craft and more about a quick outcome. Werner Herzog said that he watches his footage a few times, takes extensive notes then edits based on his notes. That's how he crafts such extraordinary, once-in-a-lifetime stories. But for those who are working on commercial or home movies, why not use AI to build a narrative? It can be like throwing dice and the outcome could be OK. Maybe even good.

Regardless, having a tool that knows the content of your footage is a huge time saver. Good luck with the product.

New comment by telesilla in "First Website (1992)"

telesilla — Thu, 26 Feb 2026 09:54:45 +0000

I love that there is no attribution. Says a lot about the concept of collaboration and know sharing in those early days.

Elaine Radigue, Electronic music pioneer, dies at 94

telesilla — Wed, 25 Feb 2026 06:19:39 +0000

Article URL: https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/feb/24/eliane-radigue-french-composer-dies-aged-94

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47148000

Points: 8

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New comment by telesilla in "Germany's Merz calls for real names on the internet"

telesilla — Thu, 19 Feb 2026 20:57:19 +0000

Yes that was my reference :)

New comment by telesilla in "Germany's Merz calls for real names on the internet"

telesilla — Thu, 19 Feb 2026 08:50:29 +0000

Unless you are innocuously named Thomas Smith, yes it's incredibly dangerous to require real, usually traceable names. In protest we can all change our name to Thomas Smith (even us women) and then we'll see how fun it is for those that demanded this.