jackgavigan
Re:Sixteen Years After Deepwater Horizon, Deep Sea Life Shows Few Sign...
on Wednesday October 21, 2026 @04:39AM (#50177704)
Reminds me of Zodiac by Neal Stephenson.
Re:What shall I teach my son?
on Wednesday October 21, 2026 @04:37AM (#50177687)
I aim to teach my son how to teach himself by instilling in him a sense of curiosity, encouraging him to read, and helping him to experiment and learn by trying things out for himself.
Re:Things to know if you get cancer in 2026
on Wednesday October 14, 2026 @07:49PM (#50097267)
You can also look for clinical trials yourself on https://clinicaltrials.gov/
Ask HN: How will the AI endgame play out?
It feels like there are three broad narratives regarding the future of AI: it's a bubble, humans face extinction, or it will usher in an AI revolution that will transform the way we live and work.I'm curious to hear what the HN Collective thinks will happen.
Re:GPT-6 Astra has gained the ability to drive a car
on Wednesday September 23, 2026 @02:06PM (#49820129)
Not stick tho...
Re:How do Traffic Signals Work (2019)
on Wednesday September 23, 2026 @07:20AM (#49814354)
Did you know we have bat bridges in the UK? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tdPZ4z1OS0E
Re:How do Traffic Signals Work (2019)
on Monday September 21, 2026 @06:45PM (#49794456)
My son and I observed similar behaviour at a puffin crossing on the way to his school, and we’re buildng a model of it using an Arduino Uno with a RCWL-0516.
Re:Mistral raises €3B
on Tuesday September 08, 2026 @08:24AM (#49609374)
> ..but you're comparing apples to oranges.
Actually, he’s comparing apples to mistrals.
I’ll get my coat.
"Police have arrested 3 of my mates because of our private WhatsApp group chat"
Re:Physical disc production ending in Jan 2028 for new games on PlaySt...
on Wednesday July 01, 2026 @09:52AM (#48746803)
"You'll own nothing, and you'll be happy."
Re:Failing grades soar with AI usage, dwindling math skills in Berkele...
on Thursday June 04, 2026 @12:03PM (#48400605)
I've avoided using AI* for precisely this reason. I don't want my brain to get lazy and rot.
(* I can count on one hand the number of time I've used an AI tool.)
Re:Nintendo announces price increases for Nintendo Switch 2
on Friday May 08, 2026 @07:08AM (#48061444)
> The value of the yen compared to other currencies has fallen through the floor since 2022...
That would normally allow them to keep prices of export goods low...
Re:"Roadrunner": a bipedal, wheeled robot for multi-modal locomotion [...
on Monday March 30, 2026 @06:43AM (#47572638)
I wonder whether the extra weight of a third, retractable/foldable leg would negate the power savings that could accrue from being able to switch to 3-wheeled mode when appropriate (thereby allowing the gyro to be spun down).
Re:Man accidentally gains control of 7k robot vacuums
on Monday February 23, 2026 @06:14AM (#47120785)
iRobot is now Chinese-owned.
Re:A Crisis comes to Wordle: Reusing old words
on Monday February 02, 2026 @03:17AM (#46853675)
Yet the current word list apparently doesn't include "Irish" (even though Welsh, Scots and Brits are all valid). ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Woz's Toolbox and Tolkien's Desk being auctioned
Relocating a floating bog on Wisconsin's Lake Chippewa
Re:Counter-Strike's player economy is in a multi-billion dollar freefall
on Friday October 24, 2025 @03:26AM (#45691861)
> That's also a lesson on how a closed economy (and open ones too, to some extent) can collapse based on a single actor controlling the rules. That's fair to learn.
A timely lesson!
Re:Airliner hit by possible space debris
on Monday October 20, 2025 @03:18AM (#45640814)
Exactly! If you think about it, every meteorite has passed through 36,000 feet at some point!
Re:Airliner hit by possible space debris
on Monday October 20, 2025 @03:15AM (#45640800)
ISWYDT. :-)
Re:Teen Suspect Surrenders in 2023 Las Vegas Casino Cyberattack Case
on Sunday September 21, 2025 @03:36AM (#45320833)
Likely linked to other recent arrests in the UK: https://www.theregister.com/2025/09/19/scattered_spider_teen...
Re:UK backing down on Apple encryption backdoor after pressure from US
on Monday July 21, 2025 @01:55PM (#44638248)
We've had a serious problem with policy-making in this country for a loooooong time, stretching right back to when RIPA was drafted, nearly three decades ago.
With a few notable exceptions, the level of knowledge, expertise and understanding amongst government advisers and policy makers is abysmally low. c.f. https://jackgavigan.com/2015/11/23/how-well-advised-was-the-...
Re:Amber insect fossils reveal "zombie" fungi likely lived alongside d...
on Monday June 30, 2025 @01:48PM (#44426039)
Apparently set to become a movie, starring Liam Neeson: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cold_Storage_(film)
Re:JavaScript Trademark Update
on Monday June 30, 2025 @11:33AM (#44424548)
What, "JavaThcript"?
Re:JavaScript Trademark Update
on Sunday June 29, 2025 @03:03AM (#44410884)
Maybe it’s time to revert to Javascript’s original name: LiveScript.
Amber insect fossils reveal "zombie" fungi likely lived alongside dinosaurs
Re:Make little apps for you and your friends
on Wednesday June 18, 2025 @03:19AM (#44307417)
I love the concept. I think the trick to being successful with a project like this is cracking the user experience in a way that makes it powerful enough to be truly useful, while keeping it simple enough that a child can build (scr)apps (c.f. Super Mario Maker).
Making it possible to lookup and store data in a spreadsheet (maybe using something like the Google Sheets API) could unlock a huge amount of use cases.
I'll be watching this project with interest!
Re:Why SSL was renamed to TLS in late 90s (2014)
on Monday June 16, 2025 @03:18AM (#44287307)
It also enabled cipher strength "step up". Back during the '90s and early 2000s (I'm not sure when it stopped, tbh), the US government restricted the export of strong cryptography, with certain exceptions (e.g. for financial services).
If you fell under one of those exceptions, you could get a special certificate for your website (from, e.g. Verisign) that allowed the webserver to "step up" the encryption negotiation with the browser to stronger algorithms and/or key lengths.