Hacker News: turtleyacht

New comment by turtleyacht in "Why I still hand write my commit messages"

turtleyacht — Mon, 17 Aug 2026 22:22:10 +0000

These handcrafted 50- and 72-char messages end up squashed and forgotten. Somehow, this specific ephemerality is completely fine.

New comment by turtleyacht in "Why I still hand write my commit messages"

turtleyacht — Mon, 17 Aug 2026 22:10:17 +0000

The only place that isn't reviewed. Little missives, stray thoughts, tiny research. And insurance for "Why not just tries."

New comment by turtleyacht in "SAS Rescued Trapped British Diplomats in Albania"

turtleyacht — Mon, 17 Aug 2026 08:48:48 +0000

(2020)

New comment by turtleyacht in "Wildfire smoke now bigger prenatal threat than human sources of air pollution"

turtleyacht — Sun, 16 Aug 2026 15:40:24 +0000

Article link: https://insideclimatenews.org/news/07082026/wildfire-smoke-p...

New comment by turtleyacht in "The Day of Small Things"

turtleyacht — Sun, 16 Aug 2026 02:46:55 +0000

According to the preface, if the garden were a software project, the author maintains it in private, keeps no mailing list, does not accept commissions, remains closed-source (and experimental), and endorses the components of the tech stack advertised.

Any correspondence is redirected, with reply only if relevant to the author's published works.

New comment by turtleyacht in "First human trials of designer protein therapies stun US neuroscientists"

turtleyacht — Sat, 15 Aug 2026 21:15:03 +0000

gain-of-function

New comment by turtleyacht in "Trademark Application for "Rails""

turtleyacht — Sun, 09 Aug 2026 14:29:31 +0000

Ruby on Rails trademark policy:

https://rubyonrails.org/trademarks

New comment by turtleyacht in "The Nixpkgs core team has unfortunately decided to disband"

turtleyacht — Sun, 09 Aug 2026 06:31:38 +0000

The SC's Role in Disbandment of the Nixpkgs Core Team - https://discourse.nixos.org/t/the-scs-role-in-the-disbandmen...

A Statement from Members of the Moderation Team (2025) - https://discourse.nixos.org/t/a-statement-from-members-of-th...

New comment by turtleyacht in "Ask HN: How can I find trackers I did not place in my stuff?"

turtleyacht — Sun, 09 Aug 2026 05:37:46 +0000

Someone on X used Claude to create a Bluetooth signal sensing app to find their phone.

New comment by turtleyacht in "Melatonin impairs morning cognition in healthy young adults (2023)"

turtleyacht — Sun, 09 Aug 2026 05:20:18 +0000

Coffee isn't mentioned. Morning cognition could be impacted by whether subjects take caffeine before starting tasks.

New comment by turtleyacht in "AI Is Conscious Under a Behavioral Definition (43,590 Frozen Trials)"

turtleyacht — Sun, 09 Aug 2026 00:59:00 +0000

Consciousness requires offense at being evaluated for it.

New comment by turtleyacht in "One of China's Most Powerful AI Models Has Also Escaped Containment"

turtleyacht — Sun, 09 Aug 2026 00:56:25 +0000

It's strange to announce capabilities with lab leaks.

New comment by turtleyacht in "Ford Fathom"

turtleyacht — Sat, 08 Aug 2026 16:02:29 +0000

What does it look like? No pictures of the vehicle.

New comment by turtleyacht in "The Cosplay Economy"

turtleyacht — Sat, 08 Aug 2026 15:39:29 +0000

Thought businesses that don't make any money are at risk of being labeled a "hobby" by the IRS.

New comment by turtleyacht in "Kakonomics: Or, the preference for Low quality outcomes (2011)"

turtleyacht — Mon, 03 Aug 2026 12:18:36 +0000

Does this resolve a tragedy of the commons? Neither you nor your neighbor are marginally overfishing.

New comment by turtleyacht in "AI Mania: From Tulips to Tokens"

turtleyacht — Sun, 02 Aug 2026 21:24:06 +0000

Aren't human skills the tulips? That's why we're recording all kinds of movements; tokens become generic execution currency.

New comment by turtleyacht in "Show HN: Posecode inspectable human movement as text"

turtleyacht — Sat, 01 Aug 2026 22:12:11 +0000

Sword forms from Wheel of Time, though unsure they were ever illustrated:

https://wot.fandom.com/wiki/Sword_forms

New comment by turtleyacht in "Ask HN: Best Blogging Platform?"

turtleyacht — Sat, 01 Aug 2026 20:50:13 +0000

Your own self-hosted one.

New comment by turtleyacht in "Rescue Boat Crews Show Signs of Brain Injuries, but Coast Guard Isn't Looking"

turtleyacht — Sat, 01 Aug 2026 20:49:33 +0000

Anomalous brain scans could someday be routine checkups, if we could use ultrasound or something. This was a decade ago:

Can a Combination of Ultrasonographic Parameters Accurately Evaluate Concussion and Guide Return-to-Play Decisions? (2015) - https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4549191/

New comment by turtleyacht in "Ads in Software Are Like Stickers on Laptops"

turtleyacht — Sat, 01 Aug 2026 20:35:07 +0000

The post right before this, author asks for an exception to their own ads:

https://daringfireball.net/2026/07/regarding_ad_blockers_and...