Hacker News with Generative AI: Cats

Study: Cats in little crocheted hats shed light on feline chronic pain (arstechnica.com)
Our feline overlords aren't particularly known for obeying commands from mere humans, which can make it difficult to study their behaviors in controlled laboratory settings. So a certain degree of ingenuity is required to get usable results—like crocheting adorable little hats for kitties taking part in electroencephalogram (EEG) experiments.

Science, Animals, Research, Cats, Health

63 points by tomwiddles 55 days ago | 8 comments

Cat memes went viral 100 years ago (bbc.com)
In the age of social media, we're living through a communications revolution. But this isn't the first one, nor is it the first time cats have been at the centre of social change.

Social Media, History, Cats, Internet Culture

143 points by zdw 59 days ago | 37 comments

Gottfried Mind, the Raphael of Cats (publicdomainreview.org)
Labelled a “cretin” and “imbecile” in his lifetime, the Swiss artist Gottfried Mind had profound talents when it came to drafting the feline form.

Art, Cats, History, Biography

57 points by prismatic 73 days ago | 0 comments

Show HN: I am using AI to measure how well cats sit like bread (rateloaf.com)

Artificial Intelligence, Cats, Creative Projects

96 points by jimhi 114 days ago | 18 comments

The man who reinvented the cat (newyorker.com)

Pets, Cats, Animals, Journalism, Writing

45 points by fortran77 169 days ago | 15 comments

Cat as a Service (cataas.com)

Cats, APIs, Web Services

82 points by kaycebasques 173 days ago | 70 comments

Sir, there's a cat in your mirror dimension (lcamtuf.substack.com)