Hacker News: yzydserd

SpaceX rocket spotted off Christmas Island coast

yzydserd — Wed, 19 Aug 2026 18:02:15 +0000

Article URL: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/c4gw160q3v3o

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49364948

Points: 4

# Comments: 0

New comment by yzydserd in "Mea Culpa – Dark Hours"

yzydserd — Sun, 09 Aug 2026 16:12:56 +0000

Grubby.

New comment by yzydserd in "SupererDuperer"

yzydserd — Sat, 08 Aug 2026 09:48:37 +0000

Bought this in April 2005 for £11.95 and 58p per year is good value. Not sure I'll upgrade though.

New comment by yzydserd in "A physicist rigged his pet hamster’s wheel to upload to Strava"

yzydserd — Sat, 08 Aug 2026 09:30:58 +0000

The site runs like a dog.

New comment by yzydserd in "Why Erdős Problems Are Falling to AI"

yzydserd — Wed, 05 Aug 2026 14:50:16 +0000

They claimed them as advances, not breakthroughs.

Advanced Lawnmower Simulator (1988)

yzydserd — Tue, 04 Aug 2026 23:35:04 +0000

Article URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Lawnmower_Simulator

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49176728

Points: 5

# Comments: 0

New comment by yzydserd in "The Shape of Things to Come"

yzydserd — Mon, 03 Aug 2026 13:56:32 +0000

In case it wasn't obvious - it wasn't obvious to me from the 43 mentions of it in the article - beads is a product by the same author. There was an HN post on it 8 months ago https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46075616 (68 comments). I've not tried it.

New comment by yzydserd in "Why We're Dropping Basecamp (2023)"

yzydserd — Wed, 29 Jul 2026 17:59:18 +0000

Here is pg today.

“Duke University library system dropped Basecamp because the founders weren't sufficiently PC.”

https://nitter.net/paulg/status/2082164143008707034

New comment by yzydserd in "The only road in London where you have to drive on the right"

yzydserd — Wed, 29 Jul 2026 12:21:37 +0000

It’s nearby London’s last sewer powered gas lamp.

https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryMagazine/DestinationsUK/F...

New comment by yzydserd in "Canceling "Hey""

yzydserd — Mon, 27 Jul 2026 18:17:54 +0000

Here he was last year championing the Far Right in England https://world.hey.com/dhh/as-i-remember-london-e7d38e64

New comment by yzydserd in "Would you choose £50k over the chance of £1M?"

yzydserd — Mon, 27 Jul 2026 08:24:24 +0000

In a UK survey of ~4500 adults, 73% said they would take a certain £50k over a 50/50 chance of £1m. For women, it was 82%.

via https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cn0njd4e2evo

Would you choose £50k over the chance of £1M?

yzydserd — Mon, 27 Jul 2026 08:24:24 +0000

Article URL: https://yougov.com/en-gb/daily-results/20260722-c0b92-3

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49066623

Points: 8

# Comments: 7

New comment by yzydserd in "Since Chromium 148, Math.tanh is now fingerprintable to link underlying OS"

yzydserd — Sun, 12 Jul 2026 21:36:58 +0000

arith2027.org taken, arith2028.org available.

New comment by yzydserd in "Mystery behind Moana: After 1,700 years, why did Polynesians suddenly sail east?"

yzydserd — Sun, 12 Jul 2026 15:15:42 +0000

An increase in the supply of boat snacks?

New comment by yzydserd in "GPT-5.6 Sol, along with Terra and Luna, will launch publicly this Thursday"

yzydserd — Wed, 08 Jul 2026 05:43:05 +0000

The question is, launch to who …

New comment by yzydserd in "In memory of the man who put red and green squiggles under words"

yzydserd — Tue, 23 Jun 2026 23:30:33 +0000

I wish stories like this would be published before the nominee exits the stage.

The Castles of the Garamantes

yzydserd — Mon, 15 Jun 2026 19:57:27 +0000

Article URL: https://www.wildmanlife.com/the-forgotten-castles-of-the-garamantes/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48546251

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

New comment by yzydserd in "Job: Head of Stonehenge"

yzydserd — Tue, 09 Jun 2026 05:33:28 +0000

Maybe you missed the “25% discount in our shops and cafes” perk for the day you need to be in the office. Score.

New comment by yzydserd in "Bttf is a command line datetime Swiss army knife"

yzydserd — Thu, 28 May 2026 07:20:07 +0000

No, Biff informs the system whether you want to be notified when mail arrives during the current terminal session.

Erich's Packing Center

yzydserd — Tue, 26 May 2026 14:19:29 +0000

Article URL: https://erich-friedman.github.io/packing/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48280223

Points: 1

# Comments: 0