Hacker News: throwaway5765https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=throwaway5765Hacker News RSShttps://hnrss.org/hnrss v2.1.1Sun, 31 May 2026 18:11:31 +0000<![CDATA[New comment by throwaway5765 in "I found a seashell in the middle of the desert"]]>"He swam at my feet, Powerful arms in broad strokes Sweeping the sand. So I asked this man, What seas do you swim? And to this he answered, 'I have seen shells and the like On this desert floor, So I swim this land's memory Thus honouring its past,' Is the journey far, queried I. 'I cannot say,' he replied, 'For I shall drown long before I am done.'"

― Steven Erikson, Deadhouse Gates

]]>Sun, 31 May 2026 11:05:51 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48344763throwaway5765https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48344763https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48344763<![CDATA[New comment by throwaway5765 in "Ask HN: What cool skill or project interests you, but feels out of reach?"]]>There is a tiny airport near my house for small personal planes. I see them through my office window above the tree line. I'd love to build a dashboard/screen on my desk to easily identify each aircraft. Ideally something more complicated than querying an existing api. Radar?

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