Hacker News: Caddickbrownhttps://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=CaddickbrownHacker News RSShttps://hnrss.org/hnrss v2.1.1Fri, 23 Oct 2026 07:07:17 +0000<![CDATA[New comment by Caddickbrown in "Claude Duet"]]>We already have Google Spark and Microsoft Scout?

]]>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 00:54:49 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50189732Caddickbrownhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50189732https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50189732<![CDATA[New comment by Caddickbrown in "Laptops with Stickers"]]>Jeeze man… you get a new laptop after two years? I’ve had mine 5 and they ain’t looking to replace it any time soon…

]]>Wed, 12 Nov 2025 17:43:31 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45903159Caddickbrownhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45903159https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45903159<![CDATA[New comment by Caddickbrown in "Meta Unveils Wristband for Controlling Computers with Hand Gestures"]]>Pretty sure Thalmic sold the tech to CTRL+. I’ve still got one of the bands knocking around somewhere. It was cool tech, but really wasn’t ready for a product.

Thalmic then became North to make smart glasses and then got sold to Google

]]>Sun, 27 Jul 2025 06:46:43 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44699348Caddickbrownhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44699348https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44699348<![CDATA[New comment by Caddickbrown in "ByteDance Releases MegaTTS3"]]>'As his long promised tariff threat turned into reality this week, top human advisers began fielding a wave of calls from business leaders, particularly in the automotive sector, along with lawmakers who were sounding the alarm.'

]]>Sat, 29 Mar 2025 19:08:05 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43517736Caddickbrownhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43517736https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43517736<![CDATA[New comment by Caddickbrown in "Why "Freakonomics" failed to transform economics"]]>Without reading the article admittedly, but probably because it’s social science which intrinsically suffers from the replication crisis. Fun book - but replicable?

]]>Sun, 24 Mar 2024 00:24:47 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39804070Caddickbrownhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39804070https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39804070<![CDATA[New comment by Caddickbrown in "JSON Canvas – An open file format for infinite canvas data"]]>Just realised this is by the Obsidian guys! Good on them!

]]>Mon, 11 Mar 2024 17:57:27 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39671335Caddickbrownhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39671335https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39671335<![CDATA[New comment by Caddickbrown in "Clicks – Physical keyboard for iPhone"]]>In theory all it would need to be is a tiny Bluetooth keyboard with a MagSafe attachment and it would be functionally the same!

]]>Thu, 04 Jan 2024 22:17:47 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38873075Caddickbrownhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38873075https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38873075<![CDATA[New comment by Caddickbrown in "Volkswagen, Porsche, and Audi say they will use Tesla's EV charging plug"]]>Did Tesla not release all of their patents a few years back? Can people not just… use the stuff?

]]>Wed, 20 Dec 2023 19:31:46 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38712596Caddickbrownhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38712596https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38712596<![CDATA[New comment by Caddickbrown in "IA Writer in Paper"]]>Have you tried something like Obsidian? How would you compare it?

]]>Fri, 08 Dec 2023 17:47:43 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38571834Caddickbrownhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38571834https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38571834