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slater

5,874 karmajoined 18 jaar geleden
slater.at.hn

San Francisco-based old web dev dude.

* https://hnminus.com

* e-mail is "m" then that "at" symbol, after which it's a .com with the domain name "laserboom" (all other domain names were taken)

Submissions

New Documents Detail Nine-Figure, Silicon Valley–Funded "Abundance Movement"

prospect.org
8 points·by slater·27 dagen geleden·1 comments

The world we live in was born of a 3,000-year old catastrophe [video]

youtube.com
3 points·by slater·4 maanden geleden·0 comments

ECJ says EU states must change gender of citizens even if nat'l laws forbid it

brusselssignal.eu
12 points·by slater·4 maanden geleden·4 comments

Astronomical Ceiling of Senenmut's Tomb

en.wikipedia.org
3 points·by slater·5 maanden geleden·0 comments

'Several dozen' dead after blast at ski town of Crans-Montana

theguardian.com
8 points·by slater·6 maanden geleden·0 comments

Food becoming more calorific but less nutritious due to rising CO2

theguardian.com
9 points·by slater·7 maanden geleden·0 comments

Gavle Goat 2025 live stream [video]

youtube.com
3 points·by slater·7 maanden geleden·1 comments

[untitled]

1 points·by slater·9 maanden geleden·0 comments

List of Lost Objects

en.wikipedia.org
3 points·by slater·9 maanden geleden·0 comments

Cox–Zucker Machine

en.wikipedia.org
3 points·by slater·10 maanden geleden·0 comments

The General Uses Warp

en.wikipedia.org
2 points·by slater·10 maanden geleden·0 comments

comments

slater
·6 uur geleden·discuss
wrong link...?
slater
·3 dagen geleden·discuss
are you ok...?
slater
·3 dagen geleden·discuss
65 and older: +16.2%

Surely not the reason we're in the current mess, nosirree, why would anyone even think that??
slater
·4 dagen geleden·discuss
Ah OK, the wording is a bit strange: "one window per page, no tab strip"
slater
·4 dagen geleden·discuss
TIL:

In Egypt, the feddan is the only non-metric unit which remained in use following the adoption of the metric system. A feddan is divided into 24 kirat (Arabic: قيراط, qīrāt), with one kirat equalling 175 square metres.
slater
·4 dagen geleden·discuss
No tabs? :(
slater
·5 dagen geleden·discuss
The "showcases" link on the homepage 404s (in the main area; the link at the very top works)
slater
·7 dagen geleden·discuss
Corrosion, would be my guess.
slater
·9 dagen geleden·discuss
i keep coming back to this... what's the difference between the countries listed vs. Sweden singled out further down? Recency and context?

And we're led to believe that Sweden has been under sustained attacks pretty much annually, except for the years between 1994 and 2002...?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_grenade_attacks_in_Swe...
slater
·9 dagen geleden·discuss
"He has claimed to be the second coming of Jesus Christ, to be able to resurrect the dead, teleport, cure AIDS and cancer at any stage, diagnose and solve problems of electronic devices remotely, to be clairvoyant and to be able to change reality"

so, a grifting jackass...?
slater
·11 dagen geleden·discuss
> Sweden is the only country I'm aware of that has a Wikipedia page specifically about this incredibly niche local phenomenon

Scroll to the bottom...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Grenade_attacks_by_co...
slater
·11 dagen geleden·discuss
> I don't understand how $180k was enough in San Francisco at any time in the last 15 years

Inflation. $180k in 2010 USD is just shy of $300k in 2026 USD.
slater
·11 dagen geleden·discuss
wtf?
slater
·12 dagen geleden·discuss
Probably experiencing the HN hug
slater
·12 dagen geleden·discuss
> I did not realize that "glass the entire country" means to use nuclear weapons.

what the...? where did you think the term comes from? o.0
slater
·13 dagen geleden·discuss
> why is "glass the entire country" not an option?

> I never advocated attacking civilians.
slater
·13 dagen geleden·discuss
It actually is. Very much so.
slater
·15 dagen geleden·discuss
I see some site assets are being loaded via HTTP/2, others via HTTP/3, could that be it? Shouldn't be, but at this point, who knows
slater
·15 dagen geleden·discuss
Which part of the CSS is broken? Looks fine to me...?

https://i.ibb.co/CKhJ73P7/Screenshot-2026-06-25-at-21-11-14....

Firefox, macOS
slater
·15 dagen geleden·discuss
wow so cool, totally rad!!1~