Hacker News: walterbell

Over 20k precolonial earthworks in the Southwest Amazonia

walterbell — Sun, 09 Aug 2026 23:16:25 +0000

Article URL: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10835-7

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49237235

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

Supersonic Trebuchet [video]

walterbell — Sun, 09 Aug 2026 10:40:57 +0000

Article URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Co57SfcT-h0

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49230182

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

Design Thinking Is B.S. (2018)

walterbell — Sun, 02 Aug 2026 02:17:16 +0000

Article URL: https://www.fastcompany.com/90166804/design-thinking-is-b-s

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49140447

Points: 4

# Comments: 0

What 'Pluribus' Gets Right About the Hive Mind (2025)

walterbell — Sun, 02 Aug 2026 02:05:35 +0000

Article URL: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/priceless/202512/what-pluribus-gets-right-about-the-hive-mind

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49140385

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

'Death by organ donation' floated for patients approved for euthanasia

walterbell — Sun, 02 Aug 2026 01:55:47 +0000

Article URL: https://nationalpost.com/news/death-by-organ-donation-for-maid-patients

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49140329

Points: 4

# Comments: 0

New comment by walterbell in "How to Exist"

walterbell — Sun, 02 Aug 2026 00:34:26 +0000

> all

All minus 13, https://www.fanbolt.com/161001/pluribus-explained-how-the-hi...

  the hive mind’s biggest weakness might just be the concept of “or” in a world that only understands “and.”

New comment by walterbell in "How to Exist"

walterbell — Sat, 01 Aug 2026 04:39:26 +0000

> 150 years of time controlling your action

   15 years of social distracting your timed   action
    1 years of agents driving     your untimed action

How to Exist

walterbell — Sat, 01 Aug 2026 00:25:00 +0000

Article URL: https://www.raptitude.com/2026/07/how-to-exist/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49129990

Points: 401

# Comments: 242

Cocoa prices are easing. So why is chocolate still so expensive?

walterbell — Thu, 30 Jul 2026 02:59:07 +0000

Article URL: https://www.cnbc.com/2026/07/26/cocoa-prices-chocolate-lindt-barry-callebaut-nestle.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49105662

Points: 5

# Comments: 1

ANEForge: Program the Apple Neural Engine Directly, from Python

walterbell — Mon, 27 Jul 2026 22:31:46 +0000

Article URL: https://aneforge.com/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49076324

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

Erasmus Darwin's Improved Design for Steering Carriages–and Cars (2002)

walterbell — Mon, 27 Jul 2026 13:54:50 +0000

Article URL: https://www.jstor.org/stable/532121

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49069750

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

Apple seeks U.S. approval to buy memory chips from blacklisted CXMT

walterbell — Sat, 25 Jul 2026 20:34:01 +0000

Article URL: https://fortune.com/2026/06/27/apple-us-approval-chips-blacklisted-cxmt-price-hikes-mac-memory-shortage/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49051282

Points: 43

# Comments: 13

Micron urges White House to reject Apple's blacklist memory plan

walterbell — Sat, 25 Jul 2026 13:44:45 +0000

Article URL: https://appleinsider.com/articles/26/07/25/micron-urges-white-house-to-reject-apples-blacklist-memory-plan

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49047539

Points: 10

# Comments: 1

Recreating the Bell Labs Cafeteria

walterbell — Sat, 18 Jul 2026 01:47:49 +0000

Article URL: https://danielmiessler.com/blog/recreating-the-bell-labs-cafeteria

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48954326

Points: 33

# Comments: 14

"The Borgias" vs. "Borgia: Faith and Fear" (accuracy in historical fiction)

walterbell — Tue, 07 Jul 2026 04:26:44 +0000

Article URL: https://www.exurbe.com/the-borgias-vs-borgia-faith-and-fear/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48813658

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

Saying the Obvious Thing

walterbell — Mon, 06 Jul 2026 06:49:16 +0000

Article URL: https://www.seangoedecke.com/saying-the-obvious-thing/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48801406

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

Alzheimers: The undiscovered country from whose bourn no traveler returns (2007)

walterbell — Sun, 28 Jun 2026 03:35:52 +0000

Article URL: https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/away-from-her

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48704080

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

Viture Beast Review: My New Favorite Display Glasses

walterbell — Sat, 27 Jun 2026 12:50:32 +0000

Article URL: https://www.cnet.com/tech/computing/viture-beast-review-i-think-i-found-my-new-favorite-display-glasses/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48697823

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

New comment by walterbell in "Microsoft new Outlook takes 10 seconds to do what Outlook Classic does instantly"

walterbell — Fri, 26 Jun 2026 05:36:20 +0000

HP offered FreeDOS as an OS option.

New comment by walterbell in "US holds off blacklisting DeepSeek, more than 100 firms deemed security risks"

walterbell — Thu, 18 Jun 2026 09:08:56 +0000

> US. has held off adding.. memory chipmaker CXMT

Since CXMT was _not_ blacklisted, this is good for global RAM supply.