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Plastic mechanical computer from 1963: The Digi-Comp 1 [video]

tobr — Sat, 15 Aug 2026 20:15:51 +0000

Article URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-y8bGBE71yw

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49313920

Points: 53

# Comments: 15

New comment by tobr in "Xorshift Generators"

tobr — Sat, 15 Aug 2026 16:45:33 +0000

I have your feed in my RSS reader! This seemed like something HN would be interested in.

Xorshift Generators

tobr — Sat, 15 Aug 2026 12:47:52 +0000

Article URL: https://www.alanzucconi.com/2026/08/15/xorshift-generators/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49310128

Points: 45

# Comments: 31

Politics and Emotion at Local-First Conf

tobr — Fri, 31 Jul 2026 20:12:51 +0000

Article URL: https://adamwiggins.com/posts/politics-and-emotion-at-local-first-conf/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49128030

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

Beltrunner: Game Design Postmortem

tobr — Fri, 31 Jul 2026 07:16:01 +0000

Article URL: https://blog.gingerbeardman.com/2026/07/30/beltrunner-game-design-postmortem/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49120000

Points: 9

# Comments: 7

Hi, Jinks – a new way to make games

tobr — Fri, 31 Jul 2026 07:14:36 +0000

Article URL: https://jinks.gg/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49119989

Points: 3

# Comments: 2

New comment by tobr in "Anthropeum – Where in the world, and when, does this human artifact belong?"

tobr — Tue, 28 Jul 2026 19:40:36 +0000

Looks like I should feel decent about my 72 083! Got a perfect 10k on two questions which surprised me.

Fun game, but 10 objects felt a little much for a daily challenge I think.

Double your business with companies you like

tobr — Tue, 28 Jul 2026 17:51:30 +0000

Article URL: https://daverupert.com/2026/07/number-chart-go-up/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49087496

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

Scanwheel is a drum style mechanical television you can build yourself

tobr — Sat, 25 Jul 2026 14:10:43 +0000

Article URL: https://github.com/AncientJames/Scanwheel/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49047707

Points: 69

# Comments: 17

New comment by tobr in "Businesses with ugly AI menu redesigns"

tobr — Thu, 23 Jul 2026 11:08:03 +0000

That XKCD idea is basically the Swedish Blåvitt product line that existed during the 80s and early 90s.

Frozen 2 should be rated R

tobr — Fri, 17 Jul 2026 17:18:22 +0000

Article URL: https://interconnected.org/home/2026/07/17/frozen

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48949801

Points: 1

# Comments: 2

New comment by tobr in "Show HN: Ant – A JavaScript runtime and ecosystem"

tobr — Sat, 11 Jul 2026 21:52:26 +0000

What is the serif typeface used on the website? It’s been renamed (I assume) to ant_serif and scrubbed of any other identifiers. It’s very pleasant.

New comment by tobr in "Show HN: 18 Words"

tobr — Thu, 09 Jul 2026 16:14:39 +0000

This is not a game for me - I don’t enjoy scrambled letter games in the first place, and I don’t really respond to time pressure in games. That said, I don’t think you should change it. It’s conceptually clear as it is, and adding a forgiving mode would just make it wishy washy. The simplicity is appealing and it doesn’t have to be for everyone!

New comment by tobr in "A global workspace in language models"

tobr — Tue, 07 Jul 2026 15:49:59 +0000

After writing the comment I thought about it some more, and realized when asking myself the question ”what letter comes after R?”, I didn’t immediately know the answer, but I heard ”MNOPQRS” in my head which gave me the answer. So I feel like I know it because I know the rhythm and sound of saying those letters in sequence.

New comment by tobr in "A global workspace in language models"

tobr — Tue, 07 Jul 2026 10:33:47 +0000

Is the alphabet really the same though? I don't feel like I recall it one letter at a time, as individual facts linking A to B, then B to C, etc, but more as a sound or a phrase. Not unlike recalling a melody. It just seems very different from figuring out what band someone is describing.