Hacker News: 42droids

New comment by 42droids in " and (2020)"
42droids — Sun, 08 Jun 2025 07:21:26 +0000

Started in 1998 with front page.

New comment by 42droids in "DeepL Voice: Real-time voice translations for global collaboration"

42droids — Fri, 15 Nov 2024 00:25:18 +0000

Have a short introduction session before the live translation where each speaker says a couple of words like “hi, I am John” These then can be used to pick up on the current speaker.

New comment by 42droids in "Why today's phones are so boooooring?"

42droids — Tue, 11 Jun 2024 12:30:20 +0000

Aren’t they just optimised for screen size/display? Eg. before design sold the phone, now image quality and camera quality.

New comment by 42droids in "OpenAI working on web search product"

42droids — Thu, 02 May 2024 13:57:18 +0000

Would you mind sharing the user agent string/ips. Thank you.

New comment by 42droids in "Updates to US verification requirements"

42droids — Wed, 28 Feb 2024 19:35:08 +0000

Would be interested in a list of the competition. (too lazy to do my own research)

New comment by 42droids in "Herr Bischoff's Spam Blocklists"

42droids — Sat, 24 Feb 2024 10:45:46 +0000

I am ignorant, how would one use these lists?

New comment by 42droids in "Ask HN: Digital Nomad Guide for International Phone Numbers"

42droids — Wed, 21 Feb 2024 20:40:18 +0000

May I ask which service do you use? Could you share more info about your setup?

Ask HN: What are it communities that you visit regularly on the internet?

42droids — Mon, 25 Dec 2023 14:18:51 +0000

I am wondering what it communities folks frequent these days? forums, groups, chats, etc. I am looking to widen my horizons and meet new, like minded people. :)

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38762787

Points: 2

# Comments: 2

New comment by 42droids in "Ask HN: Booking.com terminated our account. Can anybody help?"

42droids — Mon, 25 Sep 2023 13:33:32 +0000

You mean there is no customer service...
We use them as a hotel booking affiliate. What other services are there that we could possibly use? There aren't really any alternatives. The other businesses are the same.

Ask HN: Booking.com terminated our account. Can anybody help?

42droids — Mon, 25 Sep 2023 12:39:43 +0000

After 10 years, booking.com terminated our affiliate account, saying that we breached the contract.
We did not do this, but now have no way to appeal or get any sort of help. Customer services ignore all our messages.
We normally convert thousands each month, and been doing everything according to their rules all these years.
I am certain that this is caused by of some automation that incorrectly terminated our account.
I am hoping that someone who works at booking.com sees this and can help.
Any advice that can help is also welcomed. Thank you.

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37642763

Points: 2

# Comments: 5

Interaction to Next Paint (INP)

42droids — Tue, 11 Jul 2023 15:35:30 +0000

Article URL: https://web.dev/inp/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36682468

Points: 142

# Comments: 72

New comment by 42droids in "Reader Revenue Manager"

42droids — Mon, 24 Apr 2023 20:56:20 +0000

Updated the title, so nobody gets confused... :)

Reader Revenue Manager

42droids — Mon, 24 Apr 2023 20:31:35 +0000

Article URL: https://readerrevenue.withgoogle.com/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35692790

Points: 21

# Comments: 11

Postmark is retiring credits on July 1, 2023

42droids — Thu, 16 Mar 2023 07:27:23 +0000

Article URL: https://postmarkapp.com/support/article/1287-postmark-is-retiring-credits

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35179176

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

Why are UK supermarkets facing fresh food shortages?

42droids — Wed, 22 Feb 2023 19:57:57 +0000

Article URL: https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/feb/22/problem-shortage-fresh-food-uk-supermarkets

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34901705

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

Pricing update for Stripe accounts in the United Kingdom

42droids — Tue, 07 Feb 2023 10:26:12 +0000

Article URL: https://support.stripe.com/questions/pricing-updates-for-businesses-in-the-united-kingdom

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34690972

Points: 5

# Comments: 2

Google Testing Its Own AI Chatbot Answer to ChatGPT

42droids — Fri, 03 Feb 2023 20:53:32 +0000

Article URL: https://www.cnet.com/tech/computing/google-testing-its-own-ai-chatbot-answer-to-chatgpt/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34647574

Points: 5

# Comments: 0

New comment by 42droids in "Ask HN: Favorite Purchases of 2022?"

42droids — Tue, 20 Dec 2022 16:25:06 +0000

This fabric shaver [0] was an absolute life shaver (sorry for the pun). I have many jumpers that looked really ugly and now have a new life. My wife also uses it for her jumpers. Take it everywhere we go.
[0] https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00E3862DE?th=1&linkCode=ll1&tag...

New comment by 42droids in "Ask HN: How to move away from Google"

42droids — Thu, 31 Mar 2022 14:17:53 +0000

Maybe someone can give me an idea: I have about 3TB+ images I need access to online (eg. easy, automated upload from iPhone, access and search when I am looking for an image (Google Photos style)) alongside secure backup. What's my best option that's also reasonable priced?

New comment by 42droids in "Godot Signals In-Depth Guide"

42droids — Thu, 24 Feb 2022 08:46:11 +0000

Great article, Adrian, thank you for sharing. Would you say, you can replace state machines with signals completely?