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Where is book industry heading to, with all this AI?

1•websku•1m ago•0 comments

Synthetic Text2SQL Data Generation using small models like Haiku

https://www.dataframer.ai/posts/amplifying-claude-haiku-text-to-sql/
2•pjoshi30•3m ago•1 comments

Embassy: Modern embedded framework, using Rust and async

https://github.com/embassy-rs/embassy
1•birdculture•3m ago•0 comments

I built a Gesture Layer for Claude Code–control agents passively while you work

https://twitter.com/adityas129/status/2009369774262993293
1•adityas129•5m ago•0 comments

The right place at the right time

https://bcantrill.dtrace.org/2026/01/08/the-right-place-at-the-right-time/
1•chmaynard•9m ago•0 comments

Claude Code did my taxes

https://klmn.sh/essays/claude-code-for-taxes
1•vklmn•9m ago•0 comments

Chuck E. Cheese's next act: 'I won't stop until we have a movie,' CEO says

https://www.fastcompany.com/91448506/chuck-e-cheese-chucks-arcade-pizza-games-restaurant-entertai...
1•petethomas•10m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Fast media compression terminal app – Inspired by Claude Code

https://github.com/saviomartin/sqsh
1•saviomartin•13m ago•0 comments

Monero Replaced Bitcoin on the Internet's Underground

https://darknetbible.info/news/how-monero-replaced-bitcoin-on-the-darknet/
2•lennychanuk•13m ago•1 comments

Biodata Sonification

https://electricityforprogress.com/
1•quijoteuniv•13m ago•0 comments

How I would grow tailwind to be default alive again

https://twitter.com/heyNaitik/status/2009343494796792034
1•heynaitik•14m ago•0 comments

In California's redwoods, scientists rebuild ecosystems high up in the canopy

https://news.mongabay.com/2025/12/in-californias-redwoods-scientists-rebuild-lost-ecosystems-high...
1•PaulHoule•15m ago•0 comments

Let's Call a Murder a Murder

https://daringfireball.net/2026/01/lets_call_a_murder_a_murder
24•hermitcrab•16m ago•5 comments

Snow HN: ~950 line inference engine, on par with vLLM

https://github.com/naklecha/simple-llm
2•naklecha•19m ago•0 comments

Yellopages – New tab Chrome extension

https://yellopages.kawaicheung.io/
1•kiwigod17•19m ago•0 comments

Tailwind Labs fired engineers while making –$1M from sponsors

1•danver0•21m ago•3 comments

Gritter Tracker – Traffic Scotland

https://www.traffic.gov.scot/gritter-tracker
2•robin_reala•22m ago•0 comments

Aharonov–Bohm interference in even-denominator fractional quantum Hall states

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-09891-2
1•bookofjoe•24m ago•0 comments

Trump Invoking 'Insurrection Act' Speculation Grows After ICE Shooting

https://www.newsweek.com/trump-insurrection-act-ice-shooting-walz-11328894
3•SilverElfin•24m ago•4 comments

Judges Question Key Copyright Test in Case over Miles Davis Tattoo

https://petapixel.com/2026/01/07/judges-question-key-copyright-test-in-photographers-case-against...
1•bahmboo•25m ago•0 comments

Americans by Name, Punished for Believing It

https://boltsmag.org/prosecuted-for-voting-american-samoans-alaska/
4•jaredwiener•26m ago•0 comments

Cas12a3 CRISPR System Targets tRNA Without Destroying Host Cell

https://www.genengnews.com/topics/genome-editing/cas12a3-crispr-system-targets-trna-without-destr...
2•7777777phil•26m ago•0 comments

AI Created This Game

https://www.pixelfork.ai/publish/35167c97-998d-4ba8-9808-fbe4ce17df77
3•fkhasiyev•28m ago•5 comments

Gov. Hochul seeks restrictions on 3D printers and ghost guns

https://gothamist.com/news/gov-hochul-seeks-restrictions-on-3d-printers-and-ghost-guns
3•kaladin-jasnah•29m ago•1 comments

Smaller than you thought: Putting the US AI boom(let) in perspective

https://www.ft.com/content/918fbc46-56a9-4225-b2cd-77fb4a532218
2•7777777phil•32m ago•0 comments

The Identity of Indiscernibles (1952)

https://www.jstor.org/stable/2252291
1•measurablefunc•32m ago•0 comments

Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt accused of rape, surveillance by ex-mistress

https://www.news.com.au/world/north-america/former-google-ceo-eric-schmidt-accused-of-rape-survei...
3•xqcgrek2•34m ago•2 comments

Virginia Faulkner: Writer, Editor and Ghostwriter?

https://lithub.com/virginia-faulkner-writer-editor-and-ghostwriter/
1•samclemens•35m ago•0 comments

A US-China War Would Be a Catastrophe for Everyone

https://medium.com/@gp2030/a-us-china-war-would-be-a-catastrophe-for-everyone-1bfdc6991b15
2•light_triad•37m ago•1 comments

Mabl vs. Mechasm: From low-code recordings to agentic E2E testing

https://mechasm.ai/blog/mabl-vs-mechasm
1•sleepless02•38m ago•1 comments
Open in hackernews

So you wanna de-bog yourself (2024)

https://www.experimental-history.com/p/so-you-wanna-de-bog-yourself
58•calvinfo•1d ago

Comments

dang•1d ago
Discussed at the time (sort of):

So you wanna de-bog yourself - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39942288 - April 2024 (85 comments)

kayo_20211030•1d ago
Great opening section. Really good. After that, those three sections, not so sure. Some good, but nets-out negatively I think.
legerdemain•1d ago
The author shows a tendency to give colorful, but opaque names like "gutterballing" to things that can themselves be explained in a short phrase ("working on something that is similar to, but not exactly what you actually want, and getting predictably frustrated").

Where does this tendency come from? My first guess is self-help literature. Or maybe this is a personality trait to write this way? Or a kind of marketing, becasue only your writing has these colorful fun terms?

specproc•23h ago
The author appears to be an academic in the social sciences, giving things names is pretty much the game there.

I liked it, anyway. Had a few things there that resonated. I doubt it will change my life, but maybe I do need to do my teeth and go to bed.

leephillips•23h ago
“unsticking myself always seems to be a matter of finding a name for the thing happening to me”
lunatuna•7h ago
“That's why having goofy names for them matters so much, because it reminds me not to believe the biggest bog lie of all: that I'm stuck in a situation unlike any I, or anyone else, has ever seen before.”
alexpotato•22h ago
Short names for complex topics can be very handy.

I was once watching an old school survivalist talk about Native American/First Peoples legends.

These legends often had a bumbling main character who would usually cause some kind of problem b/c he forgot to do the key thing required for survival. For example, he would pick wet wood that wouldn't work for making a fire etc while his smart friend would pick the dry wood or the wood with lots of oil in it. Let's say bumbling dude is name "Chintatook" (made up name).

Now, when someone is starting to do the wrong thing or not think things through, you can say "Hey, don't be a Chintatook!" and everyone knows what you are talking about.

TeMPOraL•22h ago
Sokath, his eyes uncovered!
SoleilAbsolu•22h ago
Thanks for "Temba, his arms open wide"-ing me a chuckle!
jmpavlec•17h ago
> That's why having goofy names for them matters so much, because it reminds me not to believe the biggest bog lie of all: that I'm stuck in a situation unlike any I, or anyone else, has ever seen before.

Toward the bottom of the article in case you didn't get that far.

Aerbil313•22h ago
This was profoundly relatable for me in this moment in my life. Some great insight about my situation I haven't noticed till now.

Give it a try.

Aerbil313•22h ago
Hey, the author, if you are reading this, I was stuck in the bog too. But in my case it was neurological rather than psychological. Turns out the "insufficient activation energy" you mention is an ADHD symptom. Meds worked total wonders for me, so much I like to say I was reborn the day I started my treatment.

I still find your post very valuable and insightful in addressing the psychological bog.