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New comment by 72736379 in "Turtle WoW classic server announces shutdown after Blizzard wins injunction"

72736379 — Mon, 20 Apr 2026 14:31:04 +0000

I was involved in another mmo's private server scene- what happened there was the source code for servers would get released after a server is taken down (whether by DMCA, or just pure infighting), then people build on top of that, then repeat. I would say a vast majority of the source code is not released to the public.

New comment by 72736379 in "Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (April 2026)"

72736379 — Mon, 13 Apr 2026 16:46:22 +0000

I built https://k.cote.sh which is a kanban board primarily for university students. I built it for myself as I'm currently doing the OMSCS program at Georgia Tech. I used to use Trello which was ok, and this semester I used just my personal calendar, which was also just ok. The thing with the OMSCS program is that certain classes have different time zones for deadlines (from what I've seen it's either eastern or AoE/UTC-12). Then there's also the concept of "soft deadlines" for some classes. And most classes also release assignments/quizzes in batches on a particular date. Canvas (the LMS used at Georgia Tech) does expose an ICS you can subscribe to, but there's also a bunch of noise- "office hours", random OMSCS-specific announcements, etc. I used Trello more extensively when I was in undergrad since an in-person program typically doesn't have the quirks above. Because I wanted to access it on mobile too, I deployed it. It's free and doesn't even require sign ups to use.

New comment by 72736379 in "Playball – Watch MLB games from a terminal"

72736379 — Thu, 02 Oct 2025 19:18:22 +0000

There's a standardized way to express what is happening in the game too- you'll often hear on the radio and television broadcasts the play that just happened using numbered positions on the field. 1 is pitcher, 2 is catcher, 3 is first baseman, 4 is second, 5 is third, 6 is shortstop, etc. so you'll hear something like "6-4-3 double play" which means the ball was fielded by the shortstop (6), thrown to the second baseman (4) for the first out, then to the first baseman (3) for the second one.

Makes it easy to visualize the game if listening on the radio.

New comment by 72736379 in "MultiTimeInMenuBar – multiple timezones with country flags on menu bar (macOS)"

72736379 — Sun, 25 May 2025 12:03:06 +0000

Worked on this a few months ago but have finally gotten around to cleaning it up for open source release and setting up a pipeline to build the .dmg.

I built this for two reasons, (1) I (used to) work with people from many timezones, and (2) macOS used to include flags of the current keyboard set, which I liked, but was removed [1]. I liked seeing a flag on my menu bar so I combined my two wants to make this app. It was also an exercise to build a native macOS app.

It's lightweight (~36 MB of memory usage), free, and open source.

[1] https://www.reddit.com/r/MacOS/comments/urtz0m/country_flags...

MultiTimeInMenuBar – multiple timezones with country flags on menu bar (macOS)

72736379 — Sun, 25 May 2025 12:03:06 +0000

Article URL: https://github.com/rshin7/MultiTimeInMenuBar

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44087209

Points: 2

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Show HN: Alfa, always up-to-date code docs when using AI code editors

72736379 — Fri, 16 May 2025 18:57:45 +0000

My friend and I have been working on Alfa, which allows people to bring in the latest code docs into their prompts when using AI code editors like Cursor, Windsurf, and any editor that supports MCP (model context protocol).

Alfa maintains a database of code docs that we scrape and embed and make it available to user via MCP. Currently focused on rapidly growing out our code docs coverage but we have a few up right now so users can test it out.

We made this after running into lack of context issues when using Cursor with claude 3.5 (and 3.7), as well as gemini 2.5 pro. For example, I was working on a side project that used better-auth (an authentication package) but claude 3.5 suggested using NextAuth (a more popular package that I'm not a fan of), and when I prompted that I specifically wanted to use better-auth, it told me it's not familiar with it [1]. I know that Cursor adds stuff like web search calls and sometimes it does correctly fetch the necessary context, but I wanted something to just work always, no matter the LLM by providing the necessary context.

Would appreciate any feedback. Thanks!

[1] https://i.imgur.com/sjVIeDs.png

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44008750

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by 72736379 in "Did you lose your AirPods?"

72736379 — Sat, 24 Aug 2024 01:12:25 +0000

I'm not the author but my guess is that the API returns whether the number is registered with iMessage or not- like if you type in a number in a new text message it shows whether the message you're sending will be an iMessage or a text message. Don't think the author was spamming random numbers.

New comment by 72736379 in "2009scape"

72736379 — Fri, 18 Aug 2023 23:24:57 +0000

If you frequented forums like RaGEZONE it's likely we've ran into each other before!

New comment by 72736379 in "2009scape"

72736379 — Fri, 18 Aug 2023 23:08:45 +0000

Nope, was involved in the MapleStory private server scene.

New comment by 72736379 in "2009scape"

72736379 — Fri, 18 Aug 2023 23:07:09 +0000

This is a "private server" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Private_server#Private_Servers...) for a version of RuneScape from 2009.

New comment by 72736379 in "2009scape"

72736379 — Fri, 18 Aug 2023 23:01:24 +0000

Private servers like this (though for a different game) were my first exposure to programming, free and open source software, and eventually, computer science as a whole- when I eventually went off to college I majored in computer science and had a great head start in many of the practical/application courses.

I learned about versioning with SVN, OOP with Java, hacking together websites and forums with PHP while in middle school. Really fun times on the Internet.

New comment by 72736379 in "The New York Times to disband its sports department"

72736379 — Mon, 10 Jul 2023 15:07:01 +0000

https://www.allsides.com/news-source/new-york-times https://www.allsides.com/news-source/new-york-times-opinion-...

New comment by 72736379 in "How to build a website without frameworks and tons of libraries"

72736379 — Tue, 04 Jul 2023 21:29:48 +0000

For static pages I'm a huge fan of using SSG's (static site generators) like Hugo

New comment by 72736379 in "Asus Zenfone 10"

72736379 — Fri, 30 Jun 2023 00:32:36 +0000

I was disappointed to learn its actually not smaller than an iPhone Mini- in fact it's slighter taller.

New comment by 72736379 in "PhpBB"

72736379 — Fri, 16 Jun 2023 17:00:20 +0000

myBB was my preference too- I believe it’s the latter btw (very similar look and feel vBulletin back then).

New comment by 72736379 in "2022 NSA Codebreaker Challenge"

72736379 — Tue, 09 Aug 2022 14:42:21 +0000

Take a look at the tasks from last year: https://github.com/luker983/nsa-codebreaker-2021

New comment by 72736379 in "U.S. Army Camouflage Improvement Explained (2013)"

72736379 — Tue, 02 Aug 2022 00:29:50 +0000

I wore this pattern during my time in the service. It sucked and did not blend into anything but wet gravel. It sucked so much that when it came time to deploy overseas, troops were issued Multicam uniforms to better blend with the elements.

New comment by 72736379 in "Billion-record stolen Chinese database for sale on breach forum"

72736379 — Tue, 05 Jul 2022 12:30:55 +0000

This is less a confirmation but more of a "piggybacking".

New comment by 72736379 in "Rail Theft Soars in California"

72736379 — Sun, 16 Jan 2022 22:25:09 +0000

I'm no lawyer but wouldn't the Federal District Attorney need to charge them, not the City District Attorney? In other words, I don't think the City DA has the power to charge people under federal statutes, I imagine only federal DA's do.

Comprehensive Overview of Affordable Online M.S. In C.S. Offerings Today

72736379 — Tue, 07 Dec 2021 16:59:33 +0000

Article URL: https://www.rshin.dev/post/2021/12/06/comprehensive-overview-of-affordable-online-m.s.-in-c.s.-offerings-today/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29475017

Points: 1

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