Hacker News: BarryGuffhttps://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=BarryGuffHacker News RSShttps://hnrss.org/hnrss v2.1.1Tue, 07 Apr 2026 23:24:13 +0000<![CDATA[New comment by BarryGuff in "Meta’s AI smart glasses and data privacy concerns"]]>How come Meta's glasses are still a thing when Google's glasses got shut down for privacy reasons? What's the difference?

]]>Wed, 04 Mar 2026 01:37:10 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47241869BarryGuffhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47241869https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47241869<![CDATA[New comment by BarryGuff in "ASCII characters are not pixels: a deep dive into ASCII rendering"]]>Great article!

]]>Sun, 18 Jan 2026 06:45:17 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46665382BarryGuffhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46665382https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46665382<![CDATA[New comment by BarryGuff in "Dark Mode vs. Light Mode: Which Is Better?"]]>Light mode for me. Dark is just weird, IMO. I don't get more eye strain from light like so many other people do. I also don't wear sunglasses when outside, ever. Maybe I've got strong eyes.

]]>Sun, 18 Jan 2026 06:40:56 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46665358BarryGuffhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46665358https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46665358<![CDATA[New comment by BarryGuff in "UK considers scrapping jury trials for all but the most serious cases"]]>This proposal is so wrong. One person (a judge) should not hold the power of a decision due to personal biases.

]]>Tue, 25 Nov 2025 23:48:34 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46052287BarryGuffhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46052287https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46052287<![CDATA[New comment by BarryGuff in "Who first understood how eyes work?"]]>I want to know how they understand how cats and dogs see. They say certain colors, but how do they know for sure?

]]>Tue, 25 Nov 2025 03:48:42 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46042172BarryGuffhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46042172https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46042172<![CDATA[New comment by BarryGuff in "Stereo Images of Giant Galaxies"]]>Wish the stereo images were cross-eyed mode. They're easier to see that way.

]]>Tue, 25 Nov 2025 03:45:34 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46042159BarryGuffhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46042159https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46042159<![CDATA[A 4MB EXE file replaced half my Windows utilities]]>Article URL: https://www.makeuseof.com/alomware-toolbox-replaced-half-my-windows-utilities/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46041345

Points: 18

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]]>Tue, 25 Nov 2025 01:22:45 +0000https://www.makeuseof.com/alomware-toolbox-replaced-half-my-windows-utilities/BarryGuffhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46041345https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46041345<![CDATA[New comment by BarryGuff in "Show HN: Racketmeter – Measure Badminton String Tension Using Sound Frequency"]]>Proves that there's literally an app to do anything. I'm amazed. Good job!

]]>Sun, 18 May 2025 21:19:00 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44024380BarryGuffhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44024380https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44024380<![CDATA[New comment by BarryGuff in "Hyper Typing"]]>Here I was thinking this was about someone typing at superhuman speed. LOL!

]]>Sun, 18 May 2025 21:16:50 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44024370BarryGuffhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44024370https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44024370<![CDATA[New comment by BarryGuff in "I built a native Windows Todo app in pure C (278 KB, no frameworks)"]]>Sorry, just saw this. Yes, there's a setting in the app to use a larger font.

]]>Sun, 18 May 2025 21:14:09 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44024359BarryGuffhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44024359https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44024359<![CDATA[New comment by BarryGuff in "Yahtzeeql – Yahtzee solver that's mostly SQL"]]>Yahtzee is 100% random luck from dice rolls. You can't "solve" it.

]]>Sun, 18 May 2025 21:12:12 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44024344BarryGuffhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44024344https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44024344<![CDATA[New comment by BarryGuff in "Espanso – Cross-Platform Text Expander Written in Rust"]]>I still prefer AlomWare Toolbox, because it can autotype things from different triggers other than just hotkeys or hotstrings, such as the text in PC notifications when they appear.

]]>Sun, 18 May 2025 21:10:02 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44024330BarryGuffhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44024330https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44024330<![CDATA[New comment by BarryGuff in "I built a native Windows Todo app in pure C (278 KB, no frameworks)"]]>> There is something I like about win32 gui programming

Totally agree with you. I use an excellent PC app called AlomWare Toolbox, and it's the epitome of Win32 design (https://www.alomware.com/images/tab-automation.png), and despite it doing so much it's only about 3 MB in size because of it. No frameworks with it either, just a single executable file. I wish all software were still like this.

]]>Mon, 12 May 2025 08:08:56 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43960664BarryGuffhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43960664https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43960664<![CDATA[New comment by BarryGuff in "PowerToys – Windows system utilities to maximize productivity"]]>I prefer Alomware Toolbox over PowerToys. Does similar (and more) things and is portable.

]]>Mon, 05 May 2025 00:31:03 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43890847BarryGuffhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43890847https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43890847<![CDATA[New comment by BarryGuff in "Psion Series 5 USB keyboard"]]>Looks great! I had both a Psion 3c and Series 5mx, but both broke due to their folding design. It was the hinges on the 3c, and ribbon on the 5mx. A damn shame as they were great little computers. I still fire up the 5mx emulator on Windows to this day to revisit my old apps and play with it. :)

]]>Wed, 26 Feb 2025 12:52:14 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43183182BarryGuffhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43183182https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43183182<![CDATA[New comment by BarryGuff in "PowerToys: Supercharge Your Windows Productivity with Essential Utilities"]]>You've been able to do this with SharpKeys since forever.

]]>Sun, 06 Oct 2024 02:40:06 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41754338BarryGuffhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41754338https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41754338