ColinWright 134,602 karma 16y 2m on HN HN profile →
If you want to contact me, find me on the web. I am especially interested in math, juggling, programming, and education, and since there are other people with my name you'll probably need to include at least one of those terms in any search.

I was once a prolific contributor and commenter, but no more. I go through bouts of submitting stuff, but then go and disappear for lengths of time. If there is something you'd like me to see or comment on, you can email me. Don't ask me to upvote things. If it is interesting (to me) then I will.

Submissions do not imply endorsement.

My spam filtering is pretty severe, but I've put the word "Dysprosium" on the allow-list - quote that and your email will get through.

I used to have an email here but it got harvested by spammers - I'm looking at you, mbientlab.com - so it has been removed. This is a temporary one:

[email protected]

Email sent there and quoting the element name will pass my spam filters. After that we can use "proper" email addresses.

Coverage
We've seen 19 of ~18,487 submissions
Full eval: 7 Lite-only: 2 Unevaluated: 10
Deep Read section-level analysis · 7 full evaluations
HRCB +0.27 range 0.47 · +85.7% / 14.3% / 0%−
E-full / S +0.23 / +0.16 SETL +0.16
Signals EQ 0.69 SO 0.55 TD 0.69
UDHR Fingerprint Preamble: +0.31 Article 1: +0.24 Article 2: +0.15 Article 3: +0.29 Article 4: 0.00 Article 5: 0.00 Article 6: 0.00 Article 7: +0.07 Article 8: -0.14 Article 9: +0.36 Article 10: -0.17 Article 11: +0.24 Article 12: +0.40 Article 13: 0.00 Article 14: 0.00 Article 15: 0.00 Article 16: 0.00 Article 17: +0.27 Article 18: +0.25 Article 19: +0.46 Article 20: +0.15 Article 21: +0.10 Article 22: +0.28 Article 23: +0.20 Article 24: 0.00 Article 25: 0.00 Article 26: +0.38 Article 27: +0.41 Article 28: +0.02 Article 29: +0.25 Article 30: 0.00
Quick Scan holistic editorial estimate · 2 lite evaluations
Editorial [E]: 0.00 Llama · truncated content · holistic (not section-level)
Lens divergence detected Quick scan (0.00) vs full evaluation (+0.25) · Δ 0.25
The holistic Llama estimate and section-level Claude evaluation disagree by more than 0.15. The full evaluation is more reliable for individual story analysis.
SETL History structural-editorial tension over time · 2 days
Editorial Structural SETL
19 stories
1. Saving No One (netwars.pelicancrossing.net)
4 points by ColinWright 2 days ago | 0 comments | skipped
2. We may Soon have City-Spanning 900 MHz Mesh Networks (2021) (cheapskatesguide.org)
2 points by ColinWright 2 days ago | 0 comments | skipped
3. As We May Think (1945) (en.wikipedia.org)
5 points by ColinWright 2 days ago | 0 comments | skipped
4.
HRCB 0.00 L
E 0.00
German Tank Problem (en.wikipedia.org)
5 points by ColinWright 2 days ago | 0 comments | hrcb v3.7 Knowledge & Information Access
5. Accenture: You're promoted or fired on using the AI (pivot-to-ai.com)
1 points by ColinWright 3 days ago | 0 comments | skipped
6.
HRCB +0.19
E +0.17
S +0.05
Five security lessons from the FBI's Washington Post raid (freedom.press)
40 points by ColinWright 5 days ago | 2 comments | hrcb v3.7 Privacy & Expression
7.
HRCB 0.00 L
E 0.00
Psychology suggests making a shopping list is a sign of sharper thinking (economictimes.indiatimes.com)
16 points by ColinWright 6 days ago | 19 comments | hrcb No human rights theme
8.
HRCB +0.04
E +0.07
S +0.80
I verified my LinkedIn identity. Here's what I handed over (thelocalstack.eu)
1482 points by ColinWright 9 days ago | 491 comments | hrcb v3.7 Privacy & Biometrics
9.
HRCB +0.07
E +0.07
S 0.00
OpenAI slams court order to save all ChatGPT logs, including deleted chats (arstechnica.com)
1132 points by ColinWright 270 days ago | 932 comments | hrcb v3.7 Privacy Rights
10. Wobbly clock (somethingorotherwhatever.com)
882 points by ColinWright 1140 days ago | 198 comments | skipped
11.
HRCB +0.22
E +0.20
S +0.10
What’s the strangest thing you ever found in a book? (noctslackv2.wordpress.com)
1070 points by ColinWright 1306 days ago | 467 comments | hrcb v3.7 Cultural Heritage & Community Connection
12.
HRCB +0.35
E +0.37
S -0.00
Feds order Google to track people searching certain names or details (www.dailymail.co.uk)
752 points by ColinWright 1588 days ago | 312 comments | hrcb v3.7 Privacy & Surveillance
13. The Financial Times’ 404 page (www.ft.com)
609 points by ColinWright 1589 days ago | 90 comments | skipped
14. Google has a secret deal with FB called “Jedi Blue” that they knew was illegal (twitter.com)
1417 points by ColinWright 1590 days ago | 405 comments | skipped
15. Is that ship still stuck? (istheshipstillstuck.com)
1453 points by ColinWright 1802 days ago | 1237 comments | queued
16.
HRCB +0.51
E +0.41
S +0.60
Beej's Guide to Network Programming (1994-2020) (beej.us)
993 points by ColinWright 1845 days ago | 165 comments | hrcb v3.7 Education & Free Expression
17. Microsoft 365 has employee surveillance and analytics built in (twitter.com)
981 points by ColinWright 1923 days ago | 436 comments | skipped
18. John Conway has died (twitter.com)
2305 points by ColinWright 2150 days ago | 178 comments | skipped
19.
HRCB +0.48
E +0.44
S +0.50
Georgia Tech's free math textbook collective (people.math.gatech.edu)
834 points by ColinWright 3178 days ago | 78 comments | hrcb v3.7 Education Access