News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

wje

Re:The Mystery of the Millionaire Metaphysician (2001) on Wednesday July 25, 2018 @03:14PM (#17611963)
A person who studies metaphysics.

Metaphysics is the branch of philosophy dealing with questions like 'What is there?'.

Re:Ask HN: How do you stay healthy? on Wednesday November 29, 2017 @08:47AM (#15806681)
I try to avoid eating processed foods. I ride a bicycle. I go to a climbing gym. I built a hangboard so I can train at home. I read lots of books to exercise my brain.

But more important than any of that: I stopped working a job that had me sitting down in front of a computer screen all day, and started working jobs that keep me on my feet.

Re:Hikikomori: The Postmodern Hermits of Japan on Friday March 17, 2017 @04:39PM (#13897786)
There's a solo RPG titled after the phenomenon that, I feel, pretty well captures he idea and feeling of being a hiki. It's a kind of 'week in the life' game, where the narrative occurs entirely in the form of journal entries that you write to make sense of your rolls. Very chilling, in some playthroughs.

http://dsg.neko-machi.com/hikikomori.pdf

Re:Ask HN: Does anyone dream of code? on Wednesday February 08, 2017 @07:45AM (#13597783)
I don't.
lyx + instant preview, perhaps?
Sadly, this article has nothing to do with an inferno OS port to js.

http://www.vitanuova.com/inferno/

Unfortunately unrelated to Inferno the operating system, which was warped into running in a browser, many moons ago.

http://www.vitanuova.com/inferno/

* Barnacl.es * aesi.news (defunct) * DnE
Sounds fun! I'm down to learn with you.
Re:Ask HN: Good email host? on Saturday October 29, 2016 @10:12PM (#12827729)
Run your own!
Re:Boycott Docker on Monday October 24, 2016 @11:51AM (#12779889)
I am the former owner of boycottsystemd.org. I think I may have started something terrible.
Re:Ask HN: Thinking of mentoring? looking for a mentor? on Friday September 23, 2016 @02:05PM (#12566685)
I'll start: I'm a Haskell newbie looking for someone with a decent understanding of the language and functional programming in general to help me improve the (small amounts) of code I've been working on.

Prefer to communicate via email on a semi-regular, low volume basis.

Re:Japan home to 541,000 young recluses on Wednesday September 07, 2016 @09:05PM (#12449428)
There's a solo pen and paper RPG called Hikikomori (named after the phenomenon) which is quite unsettling to play.

http://dsg.neko-machi.com/hikikomori.pdf

Re:Tell HN: New features and a moderator on Monday July 11, 2016 @10:42PM (#12076389)
More likely (> karma downvote-threshold) since news.arc is written in, well, arc.
Re:Ask HN: What's your primary development laptop? on Saturday March 12, 2016 @12:05PM (#11273521)
Thinkpad T430: i5-3320M @ 2.60GHz, 8GB RAM, 256GB Samsung SSD + some nondescript 32GB mSATA SSD I picked up from work. I'm usually running Debian Unstable, but I distro hop pretty regularly. It "just works" for whatever I feel like doing at any given time. I even spent a while running 9front (with working wifi!) as my daily driver OS. I'm not a huge fan of the chiclet keys, but I've a Model M for use at my desk, and I can deal with them while I'm on the go.