Hacker News: wizardforhire

New comment by wizardforhire in "But yak shaving is fun"

wizardforhire — Tue, 16 Jun 2026 19:55:50 +0000

Maybe the most beautiful examples of the joy and importance of yak shaving that I’ve ever come across is inheritance machining on youtube. [1]

But truthfully part of the process of creating in general is yak shaving… as is so often said “trust the process”.

Arguably, the entire concept of tech debt is owed to the lack of yak shaving.

[1] https://youtube.com/@InheritanceMachining

New comment by wizardforhire in "Banned Book Library in a Wi-Fi Smart Light Bulb"

wizardforhire — Tue, 16 Jun 2026 02:36:54 +0000

Why stop there? While meshtastic would require additional hardware, tor entry exit nodes would not. Nor would other mesh protocols… also as for hosting ideas… the text files? Def cad and related models… skies the limit with space the only limiting factor.

New comment by wizardforhire in "Your ePub Is fine"

wizardforhire — Mon, 15 Jun 2026 08:51:30 +0000

Vocally public yes… but they wanted to see what the diy scene created, how the power users were using the device and letting them develop the ideas and implement… they would open up and co-opt… boss tools is your drag down for all your settings case in point. This has been openly admitted to in interviews after the fact.

New comment by wizardforhire in "FarOutCompany"

wizardforhire — Mon, 15 Jun 2026 06:27:35 +0000

The reasons are varied… groups implode or become cults… people move on often times when kids get involved for all the reasons other have stated already… but also things get co-opted way faster now given less time for groups and movements to gestate and coalesce… but theres still groups like this and there probably will be in perpetuity…

they either implode or get so successful that they assimilate and morph… The early US was rife with utopian societies whose stories are legion, onieda and the mormons to name two contrasting early examples. More modern and infamous inline with the time period of this post is drop city… they got too successful as they were a stop on the way out to sf but they went onto do great things.

Abandoned and Little-Known Airfields

wizardforhire — Sun, 14 Jun 2026 19:25:21 +0000

Article URL: https://airfields-freeman.com/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48531590

Points: 154

# Comments: 59

New comment by wizardforhire in "Pirates, a naval warfare game inspired by Sid Meier's Pirates"

wizardforhire — Sat, 13 Jun 2026 04:54:18 +0000

Is there an unskipable minigame thats crucial to winning that majorly objectifies women and is beyond obnoxious with terrible animations and sound effects?

Because if not, I’d love to check this out… but never again in my life will I subject myself to that mini-game!

New comment by wizardforhire in "Mercedes‑Benz starts large‑scale production of electric axial flux motor"

wizardforhire — Wed, 10 Jun 2026 09:58:12 +0000

This is gonna be wild in a few years when these things are parted out the way tesla motors have been… Everything about these is crazy!

If you’re not caught up https://youtu.be/m507ryWhc6c?si=Hq3dfjXYxEIlYzeo

New comment by wizardforhire in "Sagrada Família Lego set"

wizardforhire — Thu, 04 Jun 2026 19:02:22 +0000

And/Or halfway through have to change the design

New comment by wizardforhire in "They’re made out of weights"

wizardforhire — Thu, 04 Jun 2026 17:10:45 +0000

In fallout it would turn out to be a human brain kept artificially alive… or if were going with canon a hapless fellow who falls into fev and morphs with a computer…

Not too rule your addition outright in future installments.

New comment by wizardforhire in "Ask Hn: Is Hacker News the Real Backrooms??"

wizardforhire — Mon, 01 Jun 2026 02:46:51 +0000

Endlessly Beige, product of the internet, people and concepts you’ll almost never interact with, the looming threat of some cosmic karma, ai monsters, rehashed copies of copies of ideas and postings, no escape…

Ask Hn: Is Hacker News the Real Backrooms??

wizardforhire — Mon, 01 Jun 2026 02:41:32 +0000

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48352072

Points: 2

# Comments: 1

New comment by wizardforhire in "Thornton Wilder's Last Play Vanished into Thin Air. Or Did It?"

wizardforhire — Sun, 31 May 2026 16:19:13 +0000

Well… finally… Now man is poised for one of the greatest moments in time.

Learn to Count to Ten

wizardforhire — Fri, 29 May 2026 21:24:03 +0000

Article URL: http://countten.free.fr/four.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48329479

Points: 4

# Comments: 0

New comment by wizardforhire in "Scientists say they've reversed brain aging in mice with a nasal spray"

wizardforhire — Wed, 27 May 2026 02:14:54 +0000

Was looking for the “in mice” in this article and found none… anybody got a link to the paper please

New comment by wizardforhire in "California moves to exempt Linux from its age-verification law after backlash"

wizardforhire — Mon, 25 May 2026 18:40:16 +0000

Thats crazy talk, how are we gonna build a database of computers tied to physical identification of users by which we can monitor, control, and monetize… you’re saying parents should be responsible for their children? How is the state going to be able to exert more control if it doesn’t have ubiquitous surveillance of it’s population!? /s

New comment by wizardforhire in "A fundamental principle of aeronautical engineering has been overturned"

wizardforhire — Mon, 25 May 2026 02:32:44 +0000

This article and thread has got some major Tai’s Model vibes [1]

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tai%27s_model

New comment by wizardforhire in "At least 25 Flock cameras have been destroyed in five states since April 2025"

wizardforhire — Sun, 17 May 2026 18:23:00 +0000

Jeffrey S. Sovern, 41, of Suffolk, Virginia, didn’t hide what he did. He set up a GoFundMe for his legal defense. He linked to deflock.org, an anti-surveillance activist site. He wrote a statement: “I appreciate everyone’s right to privacy, enshrined in the fourth amendment.” And: “I appreciate a quiet life and am not looking forward to this process, but I will take the silver lining that this can be a catalyst in a bigger movement to roll-back intrusive surveillance.”

This is what patriotism really looks like.

New comment by wizardforhire in "US Government releases first batch of UAP documents and videos"

wizardforhire — Fri, 08 May 2026 22:29:34 +0000

As wild as this is, its very true… idk about till November as I think their playbook repeats too often. Regardless, I have friends that run mobile studio vans for on-air guests whose major client is fox news… they get schedules two weeks in advance of guests. Locations… scheduling, production, logistics all takes time and planning obviously… the studios and powers at be absolutely have already thought in advance what stories they’ll be pushing! Not to say random last minute events don’t happen constantly throwing a wrench in things… but regardless the over arching narratives and news cycle are already mostly planned out.

New comment by wizardforhire in "LinkedIn scans for 6,278 extensions and encrypts the results into every request"

wizardforhire — Thu, 30 Apr 2026 23:56:02 +0000

Not if you organize it as a non-profit with stated purpose that explicitly address exactly that… and is run as a public service for the public good.

New comment by wizardforhire in "What can we gain by losing infinity?"

wizardforhire — Thu, 30 Apr 2026 00:52:27 +0000

Normally amps only go up to ten… but this one goes to eleven. …it’s one louder ain’t it!?!