Some very recently published research (Dec 2025) claims evidence of fire starting among homo neanderthalensis. This would push back fire starting know-how (not only control) from 50k to 400k years ago. Cool stuff!

[1] https://www.nhm.ac.uk/press-office/press-releases/groundbrea...

For anyone this deep on the thread, check out this video (great presenter!) explaining TV spectrum allocation, NTSC, PAL, and the origin of 29.97 fps.

https://youtu.be/3GJUM6pCpew

Nice work OP, and congrats on HN front-page. Keep publishing or it never happened!

Improved transcription accuracy from non-native English I bet.

No snark, but posting with genuine concern for any homebuyers who didn’t experience the pain of 2008, please read and grok this: https://www.investopedia.com/terms/u/underwater.asp

I’m in favor of cycling infrastructure in the US, but it’s important to remember that the latitude of the Netherlands (like most of the European cycling cities) is north of the entire continental US.

I’m in decent shape, but will sweat at a resting heart rate in a Southern US summer.

Yes, I was definitely expecting cuneiform and base 60 literals.

I want this now. Bonus points if it's a vector language and is as terse as K.

I thought the failure was interesting too, enough to try on GPT-4. It succeeds with the same prompt.

Thanks for the links Bryan!

May I suggest a small teaser trailer post to the old “On the Metal” feed? I’m still subscribed there, but wasn’t aware of the new channels.

Those were some incredible interviews! I’ve listened to a few of the episodes twice.

So glad you enjoyed "On the Metal"! Your suggestion is a great one, and we'll work on this over the next few weeks; stay tuned, and in the meantime, enjoy the "Oxide and Friends" back catalog!

Second that! I was a big fan of "On the Metal", and was bummed when it ended. Stumbled upon "Oxide and Friends" almost by chance, and was happy to discover it kept the same style (and even better, with more voices).

You made my commute a lot more enjoyable. Still going through the old catalog -- the episode about NeXT and Objective-C (S1E8 July 5, 2021 [1]) was excellent.

Keep up the great work Bryan!

[1] https://pca.st/ydtxspr6

Perhaps mandate a trigger? In the event of bankruptcy, implanted medical device firmware and hardware designs enter the public domain.

Patients’ interests should take precedence over creditors and investors.