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yzydserd··on I Returned My iPhone Duo
The author's first two reasons for return are not liking Touch ID or the outer screen. These are two of my favourite aspects. Each to their own. I like the short screen in particular, having always consciously felt that my focus zone was only a fraction of the slab format.
yzydserd··on Kevin Bacon's missing clothes finally delivered in Ireland
With the package "travelling through Memphis, France and Germany before being sent to Israel several times", this is clearly a case of six degrees of separation.
yzydserd··on Chapter 1 of "Ways of Seeing" by John Berger (1972)
I came to Berger through Sontag’s On Photography. An easier companion.
yzydserd··on Chapter 1 of "Ways of Seeing" by John Berger (1972)
Berger’s way of ‘seeing’ is to situate yourself in the time and place, less ocular than you may assume. And then he wrote the touching Cataracts, about how he lost his vision and gained a new way to see. He regained his vision and soon died. Possibly this is why you’ve been downvoted.
yzydserd··on Terence Tao: Math 2.0 [pdf]
Has the OP text been changed?

> Before injecting this cocktail into your bloodstream, would you want to know that there is at least one human cancer expert who understands the mechanism behind this cure?

Now:

> Before injecting this cocktail into your bloodstream, would you find it reassuring to know that there is at least one human cancer expert who understands the mechanism behind this cure?

I would agree with the second, not necessarily the first.

yzydserd··on The reciprocal sum of the prime-prefix-free numbers converges [pdf]
“Author of The Da Vinci Code”

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yzydserd··on Imposing Sanctions on the International Criminal Court
If you choose not to join a club, you don’t need to try to “cripple its ability to operate”.
yzydserd··on All the numbers: Amazon Prime Day 2026 powered by AWS
Amazon UK and US now have a Price History button on products. It’s not quite as good as camel used to be, but it’s a convenient.
yzydserd··on AI-assisted proof of optimal packing for 11 squares
fwiw The prime site for square in square packing is at https://kingbird.myphotos.cc/packing/squares_in_squares.html

The triangular view is most interesting. And a 20 minute video on this view is at https://youtu.be/uL5wuiy34rs

yzydserd··on Gemini 4 Argon
"argon" is derived from the Ancient Greek word ἀργόν meaning lazy or inactive.
yzydserd··on September 2026: The world today, as seen by one Polish guy
Dramatised yes. Overdramatised no. This is a dramatic period of history.
yzydserd··on ChatGPT Pro 500
Great naming scheme that doesn’t even survive exchange rates, or future price changes.
yzydserd··on GPT-6 Sol and Luna
It’s back available since 4 days ago.
yzydserd··on GPT-6 Sol and Luna
Yes very poor proofreading!
yzydserd··on Ask HN: What are you working on? (September 2026)
I find the underlining of the period in "school holidays." very jarring.
yzydserd··on A misalignment of AI in mathematics
> solving problems is only a tool and proxy for achieving the primary goal of conceptual understanding and insight.

This is the effect of AI on most intellectual disciplines, and it’s a real worry.

yzydserd··on Show HN: Bodily Oddities
Only 30-40% of people encounter brain freeze?

Fabulous site.

yzydserd··on Mea Culpa – Dark Hours
Grubby.
yzydserd··on SupererDuperer
Bought this in April 2005 for £11.95 and 58p per year is good value. Not sure I'll upgrade though.
yzydserd··on A physicist rigged his pet hamster’s wheel to upload to Strava
The site runs like a dog.
yzydserd··on Why Erdős Problems Are Falling to AI
They claimed them as advances, not breakthroughs.
yzydserd··on The Shape of Things to Come
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.
yzydserd··on Why We're Dropping Basecamp (2023)
Here is pg today.

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

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

yzydserd··on The only road in London where you have to drive on the right
It’s nearby London’s last sewer powered gas lamp.

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

yzydserd··on Canceling "Hey"
Here he was last year championing the Far Right in England https://world.hey.com/dhh/as-i-remember-london-e7d38e64
yzydserd··on Would you choose £50k over the chance of £1M?
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

yzydserd··on Since Chromium 148, Math.tanh is now fingerprintable to link underlying OS
arith2027.org taken, arith2028.org available.
yzydserd··on Mystery behind Moana: After 1,700 years, why did Polynesians suddenly sail east?
An increase in the supply of boat snacks?
yzydserd··on GPT-5.6 Sol, along with Terra and Luna, will launch publicly this Thursday
The question is, launch to who …
yzydserd··on In memory of the man who put red and green squiggles under words
I wish stories like this would be published before the nominee exits the stage.
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