Hacker News: viburnum

New comment by viburnum in "Electronics for Kids, 2nd Edition"

viburnum — Sat, 21 Mar 2026 23:00:01 +0000

Is there a parts kit sold for this book? I couldn't find one online.

New comment by viburnum in "The emergence of print-on-demand Amazon paperback books"

viburnum — Mon, 16 Mar 2026 04:41:54 +0000

I first starting noticing bad print on demand editions from Oxford University Press almost 20 years ago.

New comment by viburnum in "Significant US farm losses persist, despite federal assistance"

viburnum — Thu, 22 Jan 2026 23:30:36 +0000

Climate is obviously relevant to agricultural production.

New comment by viburnum in "Significant US farm losses persist, despite federal assistance"

viburnum — Thu, 22 Jan 2026 04:04:55 +0000

Strangely no mention of the climate crisis.

New comment by viburnum in "Rivian Unveils Custom Silicon, R2 Lidar Roadmap, and Universal Hands Free"

viburnum — Thu, 11 Dec 2025 22:02:33 +0000

Quite the qualification for self-driving: "as long as there are clearly painted lane lines."

New comment by viburnum in "The Fatal Trap UBI Boosters Keep Falling Into"

viburnum — Sat, 29 Nov 2025 01:31:43 +0000

The problem UBI boosters have is not understanding how basic social welfare programs work, or somehow pretending their one weird trick replaces them (that’s why they’re always vague about the actual amount of the UBI).

New comment by viburnum in "The last-ever penny will be minted today in Philadelphia"

viburnum — Wed, 12 Nov 2025 20:00:19 +0000

That was before Trump v. United States (2024)

New comment by viburnum in "EA Announces Agreement to be Acquired by PIF, Silver Lake, and Affinity Partners"

viburnum — Mon, 29 Sep 2025 13:56:51 +0000

Sportswashing is coming to video games.

The power couple behind some of Top Gear telly's best-loved stunts

viburnum — Fri, 26 Sep 2025 19:06:20 +0000

Article URL: https://www.topgear.com/car-news/interview/meet-power-couple-behind-some-top-gear-tellys-best-loved-stunts

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45389908

Points: 1

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New comment by viburnum in "The fish kick may be the fastest subsurface swim stroke yet (2015)"

viburnum — Sat, 12 Jul 2025 18:07:55 +0000

A swim coach told me that in 1950s people used to do the first lap of breaststroke underwater but people kept passing out. It wasn't safe for youth sports.

New comment by viburnum in "Apple introduces a universal design across platforms"

viburnum — Tue, 10 Jun 2025 05:10:04 +0000

I'm getting older too and the last thing I need is more blurriness.

New comment by viburnum in "Las Vegas is embracing a simple climate solution: More trees"

viburnum — Tue, 10 Jun 2025 04:42:56 +0000

Trees are great but Las Vegas is in a desert. It would better to also build for shade, like old hilltop towns in Italy or Spain, or various urban designs in the Middle East.

New comment by viburnum in "NSF faces shake-up as officials abolish its 37 divisions"

viburnum — Sat, 10 May 2025 04:24:23 +0000

None of this would have happened without the support of Silicon Valley billionaires.

New comment by viburnum in "Heat stress mitigation by trees and shelters at bus stops"

viburnum — Thu, 08 May 2025 21:00:34 +0000

Milwaukee started its shade program in the 1980s.

New comment by viburnum in "Learning fast and accurate absolute pitch judgment in adulthood"

viburnum — Fri, 14 Feb 2025 21:23:24 +0000

Looking at the graphs it appears that two people had big improvements and the others not very much.

Why Tech Companies Are Joining the GOP-Oil Alliance

viburnum — Fri, 14 Feb 2025 21:16:06 +0000

Article URL: https://newrepublic.com/article/191506/musk-bezos-pichai-zuckerberg-microsoft-trump-climate

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43053145

Points: 7

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New comment by viburnum in "Higher potassium intake at dinner linked to fewer sleep disturbances – study"

viburnum — Sat, 18 Jan 2025 13:12:53 +0000

Going to bed a lot earlier. Some people just can’t sleep past a certain time no matter what.

Living Amongst the Ruins

viburnum — Fri, 03 Jan 2025 06:21:51 +0000

Article URL: https://itself.blog/2025/01/02/never-break-the-chain-on-living-amongst-the-ruins/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42583077

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by viburnum in "Kevin Langdon's 'Omni' IQ test"

viburnum — Tue, 17 Dec 2024 03:06:24 +0000

Practice will clearly improve your performance on puzzle questions like these. Is that really testing intelligence, or just interest and motivation for solving puzzles?

Why I have resigned from the Royal Society

viburnum — Mon, 25 Nov 2024 09:03:57 +0000

Article URL: http://deevybee.blogspot.com/2024/11/why-i-have-resigned-from-royal-society.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42234497

Points: 138

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