Stories by bookofjoe

Ask HN: What hardware – phone/lap/desktop/tablet– is your main way to access HN?

Bringing sex toys out of the dark: exploring unmitigated risks

Incognito Mode Isn't Doing What You Think It's Doing

There is a scientific fraud epidemic – and we are ignoring the cure

Icelandic authorities consider plan to pump water on to lava if volcano erupts

C diff spores resist bleach and remain viable on surgical scrubs, fabrics

Disclosure and National Security: Should US Gov Reveal What It Knows About UAP?

The Bright Side of Secrecy: The Energizing Effect of Positive Secrets [pdf]

Can playing 16:9 content on a 21:9 OLED screen affect burn-in risk? Apparently.

'Several people' could be the next Apple CEO, reveals Tim Cook

Researchers develop a flat metalens that can change its focal length

A heritable iron memory enables decision-making in Escherichia coli

Sam Altman Is Reinstated as OpenAI's Chief Executive

It Takes Two Neurons to Ride a Bicycle

London Tube Memory Game

The mirror: when iPhone AI creates a photo that never was and never could be

The secret language of ships

Left-handed people have a slight advantage in badminton

Evolution of polycrisis: Anthropocene traps that challenge global sustainability

High likelihood of volcanic eruption: clear evidence of uplift in Svartsengi