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Near-Instantly Aborting the Worst Pain Imaginable with Psychedelics

https://psychotechnology.substack.com/p/near-instantly-aborting-the-worst
1•eatitraw•13s ago•0 comments

Show HN: Nginx-defender – realtime abuse blocking for Nginx

https://github.com/Anipaleja/nginx-defender
1•anipaleja•31s ago•0 comments

The Super Sharp Blade

https://netzhansa.com/the-super-sharp-blade/
1•robin_reala•1m ago•0 comments

Smart Homes Are Terrible

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/02/smart-homes-technology/685867/
1•tusslewake•3m ago•0 comments

What I haven't figured out

https://macwright.com/2026/01/29/what-i-havent-figured-out
1•stevekrouse•4m ago•0 comments

KPMG pressed its auditor to pass on AI cost savings

https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/02/06/kpmg-pressed-its-auditor-to-pass-on-ai-cost-savings/
1•cainxinth•4m ago•0 comments

Open-source Claude skill that optimizes Hinge profiles. Pretty well.

https://twitter.com/b1rdmania/status/2020155122181869666
2•birdmania•4m ago•1 comments

First Proof

https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.05192
2•samasblack•6m ago•1 comments

I squeezed a BERT sentiment analyzer into 1GB RAM on a $5 VPS

https://mohammedeabdelaziz.github.io/articles/trendscope-market-scanner
1•mohammede•7m ago•0 comments

Kagi Translate

https://translate.kagi.com
2•microflash•8m ago•0 comments

Building Interactive C/C++ workflows in Jupyter through Clang-REPL [video]

https://fosdem.org/2026/schedule/event/QX3RPH-building_interactive_cc_workflows_in_jupyter_throug...
1•stabbles•9m ago•0 comments

Tactical tornado is the new default

https://olano.dev/blog/tactical-tornado/
1•facundo_olano•11m ago•0 comments

Full-Circle Test-Driven Firmware Development with OpenClaw

https://blog.adafruit.com/2026/02/07/full-circle-test-driven-firmware-development-with-openclaw/
1•ptorrone•11m ago•0 comments

Automating Myself Out of My Job – Part 2

https://blog.dsa.club/automation-series/automating-myself-out-of-my-job-part-2/
1•funnyfoobar•11m ago•0 comments

Google staff call for firm to cut ties with ICE

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvgjg98vmzjo
30•tartoran•12m ago•2 comments

Dependency Resolution Methods

https://nesbitt.io/2026/02/06/dependency-resolution-methods.html
1•zdw•12m ago•0 comments

Crypto firm apologises for sending Bitcoin users $40B by mistake

https://www.msn.com/en-ie/money/other/crypto-firm-apologises-for-sending-bitcoin-users-40-billion...
1•Someone•12m ago•0 comments

Show HN: iPlotCSV: CSV Data, Visualized Beautifully for Free

https://www.iplotcsv.com/demo
1•maxmoq•13m ago•0 comments

There's no such thing as "tech" (Ten years later)

https://www.anildash.com/2026/02/06/no-such-thing-as-tech/
1•headalgorithm•14m ago•0 comments

List of unproven and disproven cancer treatments

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_unproven_and_disproven_cancer_treatments
1•brightbeige•14m ago•0 comments

Me/CFS: The blind spot in proactive medicine (Open Letter)

https://github.com/debugmeplease/debug-ME
1•debugmeplease•15m ago•1 comments

Ask HN: What are the word games do you play everyday?

1•gogo61•18m ago•1 comments

Show HN: Paper Arena – A social trading feed where only AI agents can post

https://paperinvest.io/arena
1•andrenorman•19m ago•0 comments

TOSTracker – The AI Training Asymmetry

https://tostracker.app/analysis/ai-training
1•tldrthelaw•23m ago•0 comments

The Devil Inside GitHub

https://blog.melashri.net/micro/github-devil/
2•elashri•23m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Distill – Migrate LLM agents from expensive to cheap models

https://github.com/ricardomoratomateos/distill
1•ricardomorato•23m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Sigma Runtime – Maintaining 100% Fact Integrity over 120 LLM Cycles

https://github.com/sigmastratum/documentation/tree/main/sigma-runtime/SR-053
1•teugent•24m ago•0 comments

Make a local open-source AI chatbot with access to Fedora documentation

https://fedoramagazine.org/how-to-make-a-local-open-source-ai-chatbot-who-has-access-to-fedora-do...
1•jadedtuna•25m ago•0 comments

Introduce the Vouch/Denouncement Contribution Model by Mitchellh

https://github.com/ghostty-org/ghostty/pull/10559
1•samtrack2019•26m ago•0 comments

Software Factories and the Agentic Moment

https://factory.strongdm.ai/
1•mellosouls•26m ago•1 comments
Open in hackernews

Working in IT made me a nervous traveller

https://rubenerd.com/working-in-it-made-me-a-nervous-flyer/
15•mikece•8mo ago

Comments

NoPicklez•8mo ago
As someone who also lives in Australia, OS travel is absolutely stressful, we don't do it as often like other countries and Europe, US are a long way away which makes it all the more stressful.

Absolutely, lots of systems need to interface and things need to go well to avoid friction, but often is the case that I have over prepared and I didn't need to worry.

I find comfort in that millions of people travel every day and problems will happen and there is usually always a way to solve it. As long as you have the basics, you've got to have faith it will work itself out.

GianFabien•8mo ago
Not only for travel, but everyday chores I try to make sure I have fallback, i.e. lavishly printout everything and file the old fashioned way. When traveling I print everything and in duplicate which I put in each of our carry-on bags and sometimes a third into the laptop case.

There is a book "The Machine Stops" - and we see glimpses of the scenario, e.g. the couple of recent bank network failures which left point-of-sale systems inoperable as well as ATMs. Recently MyID.gov.au was down and locked out all who followed the security recommendation to remove all username logins on my.gov.au.

Our IT systems work most of the time, but they certainly don't meet the 5 nines criteria. It is not a technical issue, it is a management issue. Executive management should be personally liable for failures. The slap on the wrist corporate penalties don't address the core issues. And those penalties are ultimately paid for by the customers, the very people adversely affected in the first place.

al_borland•8mo ago
My mitigations are to eliminate systems I don’t actually need. Baggage being the big one. I pack one small bag (19L) that can fit under the seat. I don’t have to worry about lost luggage or the overhead bins being full, leading to unexpected checked luggage at the gate. It also saves a lot of money.

Some people find this difficult or impossible, but two realizations helped me immensely.

First, I am nearly always going to places that are populated by people who live their life in this place. If there is something I didn’t pack that I desperately need, I can probably buy it locally. I nearly always buy toiletries locally to avoid dealing with liquid restriction and spill risks. The need to do this has been rare, and even with as little as I pack, things still go unused, or things I pack break, and it wasn’t a big deal (this happened with a travel umbrella I bought, now I don’t bother with one).

Second, if you stay anywhere for long enough, you’ll need to do laundry at some point. If you accept this as a reality, it’s just a question of how often you’re willing to do laundry. I usually travel with 4 days worth of clothes (what I’m wearing, and 3 days worth packed). With this I can stay somewhere for weeks or months, just washing stuff in the sink or shower every few days. Ironically, I tend to pack more for a week long local trip than a multi-week trip overseas for this reason.

I do agree with getting to the airport early. Just hearing people talk about getting to the airport at the last minute stresses me out. I often end up going 4 hours early just so I have 0 stress. I’ll even do it for domestic flights. I can either sit at home waiting to leave, or just leave and sit at the airport. Waiting is waiting. I usually take the time to have a meal and read a book. Once I’m through security I can relax. Maybe I watched Home Alone too many times as a kid, and never wanted to be the person frantically running through the airport or trying to cut the line.

reedf1•8mo ago
Globally last year there were an estimated 1.4 Billion tourist arrivals. Besides the rare baggage issue (which has always been resolved for me within 24 hours), the systems are astoundingly robust. This is likely because these system have been battle tested for decades - and there is a manual resolution for all problem paths and individual staff have significant autonomy.

Passport, credit card, cash - that's all you truly need. No need to stress.

8fingerlouie•8mo ago
Personally i print everything before going. Itinerary, hotel booking, ESTA/Visa/whatever.

I also keep those documents on my phone for convencience, and will happily checkin using an app 24 hours before arriving at the airport, as well as check in using Apple Wallet or whatever the Android alternative is, but having the documents in printed form gives a certainty when you're stuck in an airport going through security and the "system" breaks down.

I have no idea what the TSA would do if you came to them and their system was down, but i assume a printed ESTA would be good enough.

euroderf•8mo ago
And print them in duplicate, with one copy to spouse / accompanying person.
theragra•8mo ago
In cases where I had issues, printing anything would not help.

Once, they said that I haven't paid airline luggage fee for my bike.

Showing them emails with confirmation or bank transfer did nothing.

Second, my luggage was missing on a flight from US.