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Hyperion, by Dan Simmons

I had just finished the first "Dungeon Crawler Carl" and found it harmless and not worth the money. Frankly I'm a little surprised its a best seller. Do the later books get any better?

Hyperion is a first-time read and as I near the end I know I'll seek out the next one.

USA.gov = 800KB

america.gov = 25MB (before you start scrolling)

Feels janky too.

Anyone recommend light-weight VR (or AR) setup that’s just good for watching movies on a big screen? Nothing fancy just good for that and portable.

It was not paywalled for me. To your other point, sure, but you can see the normal rate of cancer in a population over time and then see the spikes in the years directly after 2001.

The distinction is that the strongest evidence is among responders, workers, residents, and others who were directly exposed, rather than showing that cancer suddenly increased across all of NYC.

I love how the article is “isn’t that neat?” and never touches upon any self-awareness that perhaps many religions are nothing more than stories.

What I want is a tiny portable bluetooth jammer for those who insist everyone in public must be listening to their music. Sadly they are too clunky to haul around each day.

"feels intentionally cruel"

They are intentionally cruel. Its the point. They aren't even trying to hide it. The posts on official Whitehouse X account are borderline gleeful on topics of deportation and immigration. I'm in dis-belief at times.

If I go to a restaurant and it’s all handled through a tablet I leave. I can get that treatment at the airport.

It’s not about accents, it’s about whether you look/feel like a tourist. Even so, you can never really tell how people will go.

Source: I waited tables in NYC in a past life.

Anything from the Telegraph should be treated as suspect and an alternative source should be found.

They just told you what the difference is.

I just give the people what they want

Unrelated but a little related (semi-shameless plug?)- I made a small weather web-app that also plotted daylight hours as a secondary feature.

Its really weather over the next 12 hours on the primary ring, and day/night transition on the inner.

https://donohoe.dev/weather/

Related conversation: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49319573

It has been flagged again after being #1 on frontpage.

Yes. The page cites numerous sources. It may vary by agency.

Example: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/03/07/us/trump-fede...

I understand that at the every end he acknowledges this is dumb, but I think the biggest issues faced by guys who follow that 6-6-6 rule is that they are immature.

There are still farms in Manhattan and other parts of NYC. From the few I know off-hand:

- The Farm at the Javits Center (Hudson Yards) is a working rooftop farm, greenhouse, and has an orchard.

- On Randall’s Island there is a farm with raised beds, greenhouses, rice paddies, and also an orchard.

- Battery Urban Farm (Lower Manhattan) - not sure of this counts but its an operating educational farm that grows produce.

There are others.

Yes, think about the less overhead from dealing with people and building issues. Take a look at the Times Square too.

67 comments. One mention of “climate crisis” (appropriate), 3 of “climate credits”.

No one here is really discussing “climate change”.

Is it denial, or just that we’ve accepted the obvious?

I miss HyperCard and I love projects like this at a nostalgia level - but if you're going to have aspirations that this is useful today (2026) with a real project then its a complete waste of time.

I want HyperCard where I can build out a stack or whatever and actually present it to people as a real and tangible thing. I love living in the past as much as anyone else, but this is a little disappointing.

I have noticed on occasion websites with a missing button. Now I know what happened. Finally, closure.

I get it but you shouldn’t assume everything is about the USA. YC may be based here but it’s a big world out there.

> considering that the watch is practically useless without a connected phone

It can still tell you the time. Its primary function is a watch.

I’m also baffled that they didn’t do this. If I am buying something that becomes so precious to my workflow then I don’t want a hardware subscription. I also want peace of mind that the company will not be gone, or the product discontinued in a few years.

Very nice! I’m making one for NYC subway. It’s still in-progress and animations need a lot more work. Next steps was to adjust the size and overlay it on a proper map.

https://donohoe.dev/subway/map/

You mention PII and potentially whether this is it.

From a privacy perspective, this is better described as metadata, it is not personally identifiable information (PII).

I have received notifications for stories published by the org I work at when they were delisted for certain terms. Like here, it’s people who got caught doing disreputable things and trying to cleanup their online presence.

Many sites have setup Google Search Console and so you can be notified through that.

Not quite - this page has been there and saying this since April, so ~3 months ago.