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New comment by trevithick in "Super El Niño Keeps Growing as New Forecasts Reach Record Territory Ahead Winter"

trevithick — Sun, 16 Aug 2026 02:31:23 +0000

Ministry for the Future ch. 1 scenario?

https://www.scribd.com/document/979965270/Robinson-Kim-Stanl...

New comment by trevithick in "The Government Is Monitoring Anti-Flock TikTok and Instagram Accounts"

trevithick — Sun, 16 Aug 2026 00:23:24 +0000

There's also the matter of police accessing this massive data trove "for personal purposes, including tracking romantic partners, relatives or acquaintances."

https://www.newsweek.com/flock-camera-police-arrests-1226378...

New comment by trevithick in "Every Fucking Website (2020)"

trevithick — Fri, 14 Aug 2026 15:31:10 +0000

I like it. Reminds me of this: https://how-i-experience-web-today.com/

New comment by trevithick in "Thanks to social media, canned sardines are a scarcity on the supermarket shelf"

trevithick — Thu, 13 Aug 2026 12:49:03 +0000

The overfishing situation seems dire across many species. I read that Mitsubishi is deep-freezing tuna in anticipation of its extinction. I don't know if that's actually their motivation, but they are definitely involved in tuna procurement.

https://www.mitsubishicorp.com/jp/en/sustainability/social/s...

New comment by trevithick in "They Stole Your Attention"

trevithick — Wed, 29 Jul 2026 12:45:25 +0000

I agree. It's so grating. "This isn't an issue—it's an epidemic. Here's the takeaway: attention span is a load-bearing element of cognition. And honestly? This article nails it." (Not actually AI, I just made it up and tried to cram in a bunch of tropes)

New comment by trevithick in "German Peasants' War"

trevithick — Sun, 26 Jul 2026 13:31:15 +0000

When all labor is automated, is it a problem for the elites if people stop having children?

New comment by trevithick in "Show HN: Analog Watch"

trevithick — Thu, 09 Jul 2026 16:06:10 +0000

Long ago I used KDE's "fuzzy clock." the fuzziness was adjustable to as high as "middle of the week," which is funny but not very practical. At a higher resolution it was fun for a while.

New comment by trevithick in "German button maker searched rivers of American Midwest for valuable shells"

trevithick — Thu, 02 Jul 2026 15:14:18 +0000

Regarding the dams, I recommend the book "Cadillac Desert" to anyone even remotely curious about the background and scale of water projects in the US. It's not boring despite the what the subject matter might suggest.

New comment by trevithick in "Internal Combustion Engine (2021)"

trevithick — Wed, 01 Jul 2026 22:53:04 +0000

Sibling explanations are correct re: direction of rotation. As to your second question, the flywheel keeps things spinning so it doesn't lock up and has the momentum to compress the air/fuel mixture. BTW 0 degrees is called top dead center or TDC and is a useful point for calibrating timing and ignition.

New comment by trevithick in "On cigarettes"

trevithick — Mon, 29 Jun 2026 00:31:07 +0000

A different time. I remember the first question from the host at a restaurant being "smoking or non?"

New comment by trevithick in "On cigarettes"

trevithick — Mon, 29 Jun 2026 00:28:03 +0000

Even secondhand smoking makes you cooler.

https://theonion.com/secondhand-smoke-linked-to-secondhand-c...

New comment by trevithick in "Cigarettes"

trevithick — Mon, 29 Jun 2026 00:26:30 +0000

Some sources suggest cigarette smoking is cool again. E.g., https://www.wsj.com/health/cigarettes-popularity-celebrity-s...

New comment by trevithick in "A deadly fungus that can infect cats and people is spreading"

trevithick — Wed, 24 Jun 2026 13:26:10 +0000

The article doesn't address treatment efficacy in humans. How is it treated? How effective is the treatment? Can this develop resistance to the treatment? The spread mechanisms and persistence are concerning, but without info on treatment I'm not sure how much I should freak out about this.

New comment by trevithick in "Never Give Them Your Face"

trevithick — Mon, 22 Jun 2026 15:14:33 +0000

Yes but your approach requires parenting, which is unacceptable to many people with children.

New comment by trevithick in "The Parent Uprising Against Screen Time at School"

trevithick — Mon, 22 Jun 2026 00:37:38 +0000

New comment by trevithick in "Peopleless economy? Not technically impossible"

trevithick — Tue, 16 Jun 2026 13:12:28 +0000

I'm glad you addressed that your house-building strategy isn't feasible almost anywhere. There was an interesting article posted to HN on this topic a while back: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31470400

New comment by trevithick in "Someone used my open source project to phish people"

trevithick — Fri, 29 May 2026 18:51:05 +0000

I would rather read an email the sender actually wrote even if it looked like your example, as opposed to AI-written. In that sense it is "better" to me.

New comment by trevithick in "Private equity bought America's essential services"

trevithick — Wed, 27 May 2026 15:07:37 +0000

Companies need to brand as "Not owned by PE" the same way health food has prominent labels on the packaging.

New comment by trevithick in "Was my $48K GPU server worth it?"

trevithick — Thu, 21 May 2026 18:16:45 +0000

You would install a 240v circuit (in the US) like for an electric clothes dryer.

Edit: I now see the author was in an apartment and couldn't do this, so I concede this is not responsive here.

New comment by trevithick in "Haiku OS runs on M1 Macs now"

trevithick — Mon, 18 May 2026 19:46:48 +0000

> it needs to become a real operating system semi-advanced users can use daily

No it doesn't.