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Clarity vs. complexity: the invisible work of subtraction

https://www.alexscamp.com/p/clarity-vs-complexity-the-invisible
1•dovhyi•1m ago•0 comments

Solid-State Freezer Needs No Refrigerants

https://spectrum.ieee.org/subzero-elastocaloric-cooling
1•Brajeshwar•1m ago•0 comments

Ask HN: Will LLMs/AI Decrease Human Intelligence and Make Expertise a Commodity?

1•mc-0•2m ago•0 comments

From Zero to Hero: A Brief Introduction to Spring Boot

https://jcob-sikorski.github.io/me/writing/from-zero-to-hello-world-spring-boot
1•jcob_sikorski•2m ago•0 comments

NSA detected phone call between foreign intelligence and person close to Trump

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/07/nsa-foreign-intelligence-trump-whistleblower
3•c420•3m ago•0 comments

How to Fake a Robotics Result

https://itcanthink.substack.com/p/how-to-fake-a-robotics-result
1•ai_critic•3m ago•0 comments

It's time for the world to boycott the US

https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2026/2/5/its-time-for-the-world-to-boycott-the-us
1•HotGarbage•4m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Semantic Search for terminal commands in the Browser (No Back end)

https://jslambda.github.io/tldr-vsearch/
1•jslambda•4m ago•0 comments

The AI CEO Experiment

https://yukicapital.com/blog/the-ai-ceo-experiment/
2•romainsimon•5m ago•0 comments

Speed up responses with fast mode

https://code.claude.com/docs/en/fast-mode
3•surprisetalk•9m ago•0 comments

MS-DOS game copy protection and cracks

https://www.dosdays.co.uk/topics/game_cracks.php
3•TheCraiggers•10m ago•0 comments

Updates on GNU/Hurd progress [video]

https://fosdem.org/2026/schedule/event/7FZXHF-updates_on_gnuhurd_progress_rump_drivers_64bit_smp_...
2•birdculture•11m ago•0 comments

Epstein took a photo of his 2015 dinner with Zuckerberg and Musk

https://xcancel.com/search?f=tweets&q=davenewworld_2%2Fstatus%2F2020128223850316274
7•doener•11m ago•2 comments

MyFlames: Visualize MySQL query execution plans as interactive FlameGraphs

https://github.com/vgrippa/myflames
1•tanelpoder•12m ago•0 comments

Show HN: LLM of Babel

https://clairefro.github.io/llm-of-babel/
1•marjipan200•13m ago•0 comments

A modern iperf3 alternative with a live TUI, multi-client server, QUIC support

https://github.com/lance0/xfr
3•tanelpoder•14m ago•0 comments

Famfamfam Silk icons – also with CSS spritesheet

https://github.com/legacy-icons/famfamfam-silk
1•thunderbong•14m ago•0 comments

Apple is the only Big Tech company whose capex declined last quarter

https://sherwood.news/tech/apple-is-the-only-big-tech-company-whose-capex-declined-last-quarter/
2•elsewhen•18m ago•0 comments

Reverse-Engineering Raiders of the Lost Ark for the Atari 2600

https://github.com/joshuanwalker/Raiders2600
2•todsacerdoti•19m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Deterministic NDJSON audit logs – v1.2 update (structural gaps)

https://github.com/yupme-bot/kernel-ndjson-proofs
1•Slaine•22m ago•0 comments

The Greater Copenhagen Region could be your friend's next career move

https://www.greatercphregion.com/friend-recruiter-program
2•mooreds•23m ago•0 comments

Do Not Confirm – Fiction by OpenClaw

https://thedailymolt.substack.com/p/do-not-confirm
1•jamesjyu•23m ago•0 comments

The Analytical Profile of Peas

https://www.fossanalytics.com/en/news-articles/more-industries/the-analytical-profile-of-peas
1•mooreds•23m ago•0 comments

Hallucinations in GPT5 – Can models say "I don't know" (June 2025)

https://jobswithgpt.com/blog/llm-eval-hallucinations-t20-cricket/
1•sp1982•24m ago•0 comments

What AI is good for, according to developers

https://github.blog/ai-and-ml/generative-ai/what-ai-is-actually-good-for-according-to-developers/
1•mooreds•24m ago•0 comments

OpenAI might pivot to the "most addictive digital friend" or face extinction

https://twitter.com/lebed2045/status/2020184853271167186
1•lebed2045•25m ago•2 comments

Show HN: Know how your SaaS is doing in 30 seconds

https://anypanel.io
1•dasfelix•25m ago•0 comments

ClawdBot Ordered Me Lunch

https://nickalexander.org/drafts/auto-sandwich.html
3•nick007•26m ago•0 comments

What the News media thinks about your Indian stock investments

https://stocktrends.numerical.works/
1•mindaslab•27m ago•0 comments

Running Lua on a tiny console from 2001

https://ivie.codes/page/pokemon-mini-lua
1•Charmunk•28m ago•0 comments
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Height Comparison Chart

https://www.heightcomparisonchart.com/
2•jason66•6mo ago

Comments

mariaerick•5mo ago
I think this is an amazing way to calculate or compare your height with friends . I really like their features that you can compare height even with tallest building or tallest animals in the world or worldwide celebrities.
Gergiana•5mo ago
I just checked out and it’s surprisingly fun and useful. The interface is really simple . you just enter the heights and it instantly shows a visual comparison. I tried it with a few random examples (celebrities, athletes, and even fictional characters) and it actually made me realize how much harder it is to picture height differences without a tool like this.

What I liked most is that the site isn’t cluttered or overloaded, it just does one thing really well. It feels like one of those small, well-built web tools that you don’t know you need until you try it. I could see it being useful for parents tracking kids’ growth, or just for fun curiosity comparisons. Definitely bookmarking it.

rubinaeddie•5mo ago
Yes , comparison of celebrities is an interesting thing in this.
danielpauls•5mo ago
I must say, this is one of the best tools out there. I really like their celebrity comparison feature it’s so convenient because you don’t have to enter the height manually, everything is already predefined.
sofiadelgado•5mo ago
I’ve come across this website before on Pinterest, and I believe it ranks within the top five positions because of the value it provides. They have covered almost every possible aspect of the world where height comparisons can be made.

A big plus is that they use real pictures instead of simple black-and-white SVGs, which makes the content more engaging and visually appealing.

jason66•4mo ago
What Have You tried ? I mean comparison of :
Gergiana•4mo ago
Comparison Between tallest UFC stars and WWE stars and many others.
Gergiana•4mo ago
Yes , I have never seen such accurate comparison of celebrities before. This website is real gem.
Mavav•4mo ago
Yes, even with the tallest presidents you can compare.
danielbrain•5mo ago
Just tried it out and I’ve got to say, it’s pretty cool. Super easy to use you just enter a couple of heights and it instantly shows you a visual comparison. I tested it with some random people like a few celebs, athletes, even some movie characters, and it was kind of surprising how off my guesses were.

What I like most is how simple and clean the site is. No popups, no clutter. It just does exactly what it says. Honestly, it’s one of those tools you don’t think you need until you use it. Could definitely be useful for parents tracking their kid’s growth or even just for fun. Bookmarking this one for sure.

cornerpatrick•5mo ago
Yes it provides the exact comparison. Further more they have multiple kinds of avatars to match the body type.
terrian•5mo ago
Much better than and accurate in the comparison of others websites who offers same thing.