Hacker News: thecosas

The Biggest Bundle? How everyone is wrong about AI

thecosas — Thu, 26 Mar 2026 12:57:56 +0000

Article URL: https://asymco.com/2026/03/26/the-biggest-bundle/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47529874

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

The Comeback of Small Conferences

thecosas — Wed, 25 Mar 2026 13:56:54 +0000

Article URL: https://www.flarup.email/p/the-comeback-of-small-conferences

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47517419

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

Misguided Optimization

thecosas — Mon, 23 Feb 2026 15:00:04 +0000

Article URL: https://seths.blog/2026/02/misguided-optimization/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47123153

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

Apex: A unified Markdown processor for all major flavors in one C tool

thecosas — Tue, 23 Dec 2025 15:13:51 +0000

Article URL: https://github.com/ApexMarkdown/apex

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46365924

Points: 2

# Comments: 1

How to eat with others – Mike Monteiro

thecosas — Sat, 22 Nov 2025 15:47:38 +0000

Article URL: https://buttondown.com/monteiro/archive/how-to-eat-with-others/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46015591

Points: 2

# Comments: 3

New comment by thecosas in "Microsoft makes Zork open-source"

thecosas — Fri, 21 Nov 2025 01:08:19 +0000

Looks like someone made a project to hook LLMs to Zork with some learning along the way: https://github.com/gudlyf/zork_ai_player

New comment by thecosas in "The American Nations regions across North America"

thecosas — Mon, 22 Sep 2025 17:12:03 +0000

Got me with this one.

Cory Doctorow: "centaurs" and "reverse-centaurs"

thecosas — Fri, 12 Sep 2025 04:39:19 +0000

Article URL: https://locusmag.com/2025/09/commentary-cory-doctorow-reverse-centaurs/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45218681

Points: 124

# Comments: 36

New comment by thecosas in "Gene-edited pancreatic cells transplanted into a patient with type 1 diabetes"

thecosas — Fri, 12 Sep 2025 03:13:32 +0000

Yep, I think vertex is one of the companies trying to tackle an encapsulated set of insulin producing cells.

Neat stuff!

New comment by thecosas in "Gene-edited pancreatic cells transplanted into a patient with type 1 diabetes"

thecosas — Fri, 12 Sep 2025 03:12:08 +0000

Despite that, glad to see it in a human subject.

I’ve had T1D for more than 30 years and have seen every headline under the sun with a “cure” always sometime in the next 5 years, so my expectations are properly tempered.

Still excited by it but a long way from clinics handing this out as a solution (if it’s viable).

New comment by thecosas in "Gene-edited pancreatic cells transplanted into a patient with type 1 diabetes"

thecosas — Fri, 12 Sep 2025 03:06:08 +0000

There are also loads of tests for antibodies now; some are even (gasp) free for qualifying people. More here: https://www.breakthrought1d.org/early-detection/#screening-o...

New comment by thecosas in "Dial-up Internet to be discontinued"

thecosas — Mon, 11 Aug 2025 14:30:47 +0000

I know a few news sites have low bandwidth versions, which are arguable way better than the auto-play video and ads plastered across their “normal” sites.

A couple examples:

https://lite.cnn.com/

https://text.npr.org/

New comment by thecosas in "How to Not Build the Torment Nexus"

thecosas — Fri, 08 Aug 2025 14:05:07 +0000

Perhaps those of us voicing no opinion at all are the crazy ones.

MyHeritage – Improved LiveMemory

thecosas — Sat, 02 Aug 2025 00:42:20 +0000

Article URL: https://blog.myheritage.com/2025/07/livememory-brings-your-photos-to-life-now-with-fun-new-effects-and-improved-ai-technology/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44763971

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

New comment by thecosas in "Cloudflare 1.1.1.1 Is Down"

thecosas — Mon, 14 Jul 2025 23:42:53 +0000

Shows resolved as of Jul 14, 2025 - 23:20 UTC

New comment by thecosas in "Tell HN: 1.1.1.1 Appears to Be Down"

thecosas — Mon, 14 Jul 2025 22:33:22 +0000

Looks like they have it listed as of a few minutes ago: https://www.cloudflarestatus.com/incidents/28r0vbbxsh8f

New comment by thecosas in "Cloudflare 1.1.1.1 Is Down"

thecosas — Mon, 14 Jul 2025 22:31:47 +0000

Looks like this other post hit the frontpage: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44565836

New comment by thecosas in "Cloudflare 1.1.1.1 Is Down"

thecosas — Mon, 14 Jul 2025 22:28:45 +0000

Maaaaybe not https://www.cloudflarestatus.com/incidents/28r0vbbxsh8f

New comment by thecosas in "Cloudflare 1.1.1.1 Is Down"

thecosas — Mon, 14 Jul 2025 22:28:10 +0000

https://www.cloudflarestatus.com/incidents/28r0vbbxsh8f

New comment by thecosas in "Upgrading an M4 Pro Mac mini's storage for half the price"

thecosas — Fri, 11 Jul 2025 20:18:10 +0000

> But part of the nostalgia of sitting there listening to the rumble of the little hard drive is gone.

I remember this being a key troubleshooting step. Listen/feel for the hum of the hard drive OR the telltale click clack, grinding, etc that foretold doom.