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Re:Stripe to Buy OpenRouter for $7B on Monday August 17, 2026 @10:10AM (#49331278)
Re:Jumping into cold water can stop your heart on Saturday April 25, 2026 @02:36PM (#47903510)
“ Cold water on the face, together with holding your breath, sets off what is called the diving response. Your heart slows down. The blood vessels in your arms and legs squeeze shut” - aka. The Mammalian Reflex. I thought it did the opposite - blood pressure goes down thus your vessels expand.
Re:Warcraft III Peon Voice Notifications for Claude Code on Thursday February 12, 2026 @09:27AM (#46989265)
Love this!
Re:I hacked Casio F-91W digital watch on Friday January 09, 2026 @12:15PM (#46556173)
Is there a short but decent RF/antenna crash course? I’m fascinated by the topic — though the prospect of going through a textbook and revisiting the physics rabbit hole gives me massive anxiety (it always ends up recursing to philosophy).
Re:Ask HN: How do you optimize your focus? on Tuesday March 12, 2024 @12:57PM (#39681876)
Vyvanse is an amphetamine salt
Re:Ask HN: What is the best podcast you listened to in 2022? on Monday December 19, 2022 @03:47PM (#34057446)
The Huberman Lab Podcast
There are of course, other METHods to go about it.
Re:Beej updated the classic Linux network programming guide on Wednesday July 20, 2022 @04:21PM (#32171717)
Wow unreal… I used your guide years ago for my first project when I was learning C. It was an IRC bot.

Thank you!

"The Music of the Primes" by Marcus du Sautoy
What happened in 2012?
Re:Ask HN: Why are some soundtracks of movies so powerful? on Tuesday March 22, 2022 @10:04PM (#30774030)
During the first few months of the pandemic lockdown, their new album (Ghosts V-VI by Nine Inch Nails) was one of the most powerful musical experiences I’d ever had.