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Ask HN: What did you find that was awesome this week?

12 points by nwjsmith 16y ago

atgm 16y ago
Duck penises: http://scienceblogs.com/neurotopia/2010/01/friday_weird_science_duck_duck.php http://scienceblogs.com/neurotopia/2010/01/friday_weird_scie... I'm not kidding, either. Read the article -- it's pretty amazing how both male and female ducks have evolved to accommodate/discourage each other.
anigbrowl 16y ago
72/80 is a good score if you're using a T-scale: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Normal_Distribution.svg http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Normal_Distributi...
jcr 16y ago
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dholowiski 16y ago
A job!
Mz 16y ago
I've been dog sick all week, apparently from iron toxicity. Why is this awesome? Because I was so anemic my entire life that I didn't get regular (monthly) periods until age 40. I took iron supplements for years and only stopped needing them a few months ago. As best I can figure, all this crazy alternative health stuff I do has fundamentally changed something in a big way. My best guess: All those years I took iron, I was absorbing it but not utilizing it efficiently. So I ended up high iron, probably while still anemic for a time. Now my body functions better and suddenly is wigging out over the iron overload. It's been kicking my ass. And I think it's the most amazing thing. That's my awesome find this week. (Prepares to regret this post. I should know better than to hang out online after a week like this week. :-/ Now onto the next thread. ;-) )
- atgm 16y ago
  Congratulations! Here's hoping for a great long-term change!
  - Mz 16y ago
    Thanks. I've already seen lots of great long-term change. This is just a different order of magnitude than I expected after 10 years of this journey to wellness.
komlenic 16y ago
https://domize.com/ https://domize.com/
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b0o 16y ago
http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2011/01/sms-suicide-bomber/ http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2011/01/sms-suicide-bomber/ this taught me much.
sz 16y ago
GHC has an API! http://www.haskell.org/haskellwiki/GHC/As_a_library http://www.haskell.org/haskellwiki/GHC/As_a_library
bartonfink 16y ago
Two St. Bernard / Lab puppies at a puppy rescue.
iuguy 16y ago
I wrote my first 'proper' module for Immunity CANVAS this week. There's no real decent documentation so I had to pretty much reverse engineer it from scratch, and learnt heaps of python tricks (and faux pas) in the process. Also I found out that what felt like I was having a heart attack was actually pericarditis. That doesn't sound awesome, but it's treatable and way better than the alternative.
rdl 16y ago
The Asahi beer vending machines in Japan (which you put a glass into, and it tilts then pours then adds extra foam). Also, interesting hacker types at the Quora party. Especially amusing watching Yishan (a former director of engineering at FB) riding a mechanical bull, then talking with someone about ksplice and kernel security.

12 points by nwjsmith 16y ago

atgm 16y ago

Duck penises: http://scienceblogs.com/neurotopia/2010/01/friday_weird_science_duck_duck.php http://scienceblogs.com/neurotopia/2010/01/friday_weird_scie... I'm not kidding, either. Read the article -- it's pretty amazing how both male and female ducks have evolved to accommodate/discourage each other.

anigbrowl 16y ago

72/80 is a good score if you're using a T-scale: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Normal_Distribution.svg http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Normal_Distributi...

jcr 16y ago

eval('gBrowser.addTab = ' + gBrowser.addTab.toString().replace('return t;', 'if(blank) { b.stop(); } ' + 'b.markupDocumentViewer.authorStyleDisabled = true; return t;'));

dholowiski 16y ago

A job!

Mz 16y ago

I've been dog sick all week, apparently from iron toxicity. Why is this awesome? Because I was so anemic my entire life that I didn't get regular (monthly) periods until age 40. I took iron supplements for years and only stopped needing them a few months ago. As best I can figure, all this crazy alternative health stuff I do has fundamentally changed something in a big way. My best guess: All those years I took iron, I was absorbing it but not utilizing it efficiently. So I ended up high iron, probably while still anemic for a time. Now my body functions better and suddenly is wigging out over the iron overload. It's been kicking my ass. And I think it's the most amazing thing. That's my awesome find this week. (Prepares to regret this post. I should know better than to hang out online after a week like this week. :-/ Now onto the next thread. ;-) )

atgm 16y ago
Congratulations! Here's hoping for a great long-term change!
- Mz 16y ago
  Thanks. I've already seen lots of great long-term change. This is just a different order of magnitude than I expected after 10 years of this journey to wellness.

komlenic 16y ago

https://domize.com/ https://domize.com/

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b0o 16y ago

http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2011/01/sms-suicide-bomber/ http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2011/01/sms-suicide-bomber/ this taught me much.

sz 16y ago

GHC has an API! http://www.haskell.org/haskellwiki/GHC/As_a_library http://www.haskell.org/haskellwiki/GHC/As_a_library

bartonfink 16y ago

Two St. Bernard / Lab puppies at a puppy rescue.

iuguy 16y ago

I wrote my first 'proper' module for Immunity CANVAS this week. There's no real decent documentation so I had to pretty much reverse engineer it from scratch, and learnt heaps of python tricks (and faux pas) in the process. Also I found out that what felt like I was having a heart attack was actually pericarditis. That doesn't sound awesome, but it's treatable and way better than the alternative.

rdl 16y ago

The Asahi beer vending machines in Japan (which you put a glass into, and it tilts then pours then adds extra foam). Also, interesting hacker types at the Quora party. Especially amusing watching Yishan (a former director of engineering at FB) riding a mechanical bull, then talking with someone about ksplice and kernel security.