Hacker News: untangle

Federal Agents Plan a Crackdown in the San Francisco Bay Area

untangle — Thu, 23 Oct 2025 21:59:55 +0000

Article URL: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/22/us/border-patrol-san-francisco-bay-area.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45687841

Points: 3

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Amazon Nova Act

untangle — Tue, 01 Apr 2025 18:17:44 +0000

Article URL: https://labs.amazon.science/blog/nova-act

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43549861

Points: 3

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New comment by untangle in "Show HN: I built a modern Goodreads alternative"

untangle — Mon, 03 Mar 2025 06:46:17 +0000

Nice. I would love to import the metadata from my Calibre Library. Calibre is great, but it is ancient and its evolution is glacial.

New comment by untangle in "Hi Google, please stop pooping the bed: a desperate plea from the indie web"

untangle — Thu, 31 Oct 2024 06:06:07 +0000

Same. Try the "books on the Battle of Midway" query on Perplexity. The results are great and include the book mentioned in the article (authored by the Naval Aviator).

New comment by untangle in "Cancellation of Naval Academy Lecture by Ruth Ben-Ghiat Threatens Inst. Autonomy"

untangle — Sun, 27 Oct 2024 06:17:52 +0000

I graduated from "Annapolis" (AKA USNA, "The Boat School") in the 70's. My second career was in high-tech here in Silicon Valley.

Let me state the "quiet part" of the Naval Academy's mission out loud: It aspires to train the Services' future admirals and generals. It is not a vocational school, nor is it really a college. It's something else.

It strikes me that the relationship between flag-rank officers and their civilian (political) leaders is fair game.

Having said that, the selection of this speaker is edgy. But it's the timing of the event that I think puts it in the bad-judgement-or-worse category. We used to call this "poor headwork."

My recommendation would have been to postpone the event until next year, and then reexamine the issue more closely. And to do all of the above quietly.

Can a random sample of 10 stocks beat the underlying index?

untangle — Thu, 04 Jul 2024 17:00:51 +0000

Article URL: https://monkeybeat.market/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40876394

Points: 3

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New comment by untangle in "Ask HN: What macOS apps/programs do you use daily and recommend?"

untangle — Mon, 10 Jun 2024 22:19:50 +0000

POPclip deserves its own entry. It adds an action menu popup to any selected text. I find it indispensable. (I'm told that IOS has similar features.)

https://www.popclip.app/

New comment by untangle in "OpenAI's Lies and Half-Truths"

untangle — Fri, 15 Mar 2024 05:18:13 +0000

And Paypal stretched banking laws. And Youtube was built on the back of countless music and TV videos under copyright. And Airbnb played/plays free & loose with hoteling laws. And Uber with taxi rules. The list is long, and the excesses are large. Move fast and break things. Become too big to fail. This is nothing new. It is core to technological advancement and capitalist enablement.

New comment by untangle in "The "End of Programming" will look a lot like programming (2023)"

untangle — Sat, 02 Mar 2024 06:27:26 +0000

"End of Programming" will look like a Mag-7 interview: [program design] + [leetcode].

New comment by untangle in "Tesla’s EV Market Share Is Dropping Fast"

untangle — Thu, 13 Apr 2023 03:12:38 +0000

The chart in this article tells a more balanced tale.

The size of the US EV pie doubled and Tesla's growth didn't. But while Tesla's share is not yet in freefall, the trend is quite alarming. The group growing share is fractionated.

https://www.greencarreports.com/news/1134120_tesla-is-losing...

New comment by untangle in "The Ruling That Threatens the Future of Libraries"

untangle — Mon, 10 Apr 2023 09:13:50 +0000

> taxing copyrights and patents

It's an interesting point. I believe (chatGPT4 agrees) that taxes on IP occur via licensing deals, on transactions, and/or through registration fees. But not through anything resembling a RP wealth tax. There are probably some corner cases though.

New comment by untangle in "AI-generated comic artwork loses US Copyright protection"

untangle — Fri, 24 Feb 2023 21:54:43 +0000

The USPTO grants human artists an early victory in their struggle with AI generation. I personally don't think that this ruling will withstand the AI tidal wave that's coming. But, for now, some shelter from the storm.

AI-generated comic artwork loses US Copyright protection

untangle — Fri, 24 Feb 2023 21:39:14 +0000

Article URL: https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2023/02/us-copyright-office-withdraws-copyright-for-ai-generated-comic-artwork/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34930485

Points: 3

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New comment by untangle in "The FBI now recommends using an ad blocker when searching the web"

untangle — Fri, 24 Feb 2023 05:38:40 +0000

This is interesting but it's old news. Both the linked article and the "FBI PSA" are dated late December of 2022.

New comment by untangle in "Does Google need a new CEO?"

untangle — Tue, 14 Feb 2023 17:05:25 +0000

To be fair, Microsoft's "AI BING" demo wasn't exactly flawless either. But the popular press didn't seem to notice.

https://www.theregister.com/2023/02/14/microsoft_ai_bing_err...

https://www.theverge.com/2023/2/14/23599007/microsoft-bing-a...

New comment by untangle in "Show HN: Data Painter – A Different Way to Interact with Your Data"

untangle — Tue, 14 Feb 2023 16:53:07 +0000

Interesting product. I first encountered this "data painter" paradigm in the 80's in a product called DataDesk. That software was created by Cornell professor Paul Velleman. Paul was a student of John Tukey and credits his influence on the product.

https://datadescription.com/

New comment by untangle in "Show HN: Unclutter – Reader mode, but better"

untangle — Thu, 24 Nov 2022 09:09:22 +0000

I use this category of tool all the time, and I've tried at least a dozen of them.

Based on about an hour of usage, Unclutter is my favorite -- nudging out my current tool-of-choice (Tranquility!). Great job.

I would obviously like for you to continue development. Having said that, I have no great monetization advice. Nor do I even have any burning desire for new features. While I would expect to make progress on the latter, the money thing will be tough.

Some thoughts on money: Since I'm a power user of this type of software, I might pay $10/yr or so for Unclutter. But I have been told that such a low price do not a business model make. I think that your tool is squeezed between the "it's a vitamin" and "lots of good free options exist" pincers. As a sidenote, social features don't appeal to me.

Whatever you decide, I wish you luck. I'm on Firefox/Mac BTW.

New comment by untangle in "We are sorry to inform you that you are in a cult"

untangle — Tue, 22 Nov 2022 06:05:59 +0000

Perhaps I'm stating the obvious, but "...sorry to inform you..." is just one post of many on the blog.

Those seeking more context should check out the home page and some of the other posts. Two items emerge quickly: the blogger left Utah several years ago and is now probably an atheist.

But the writing is great -- haunting and mysterious. Nice find.

New comment by untangle in "Ask HN: How to find a small town to relocate for remote work?"

untangle — Tue, 16 Aug 2022 07:01:19 +0000

> Pine Bluff, Arkansas

You know this now, but most crime databases have Pine Bluff as one of the most crime-riddles metros in the country. It rates a "1" on a scale of 100, with 100 being best (safest). Bummer.

https://www.neighborhoodscout.com/ar/pine-bluff/crime

New comment by untangle in "Bitcoin drops below $20k, Ether cracks $1k – what this means"

untangle — Sun, 19 Jun 2022 16:03:18 +0000

> there's nothing left to do besides the production migration.

And this is considered easy/low-risk?

It seems like the most frightening part, although perhaps less frightening as the crash continues.