Hacker News: Deuterium

New comment by Deuterium in "Gping – ping, but with a graph"

Deuterium — Tue, 04 Jul 2023 15:27:39 +0000

I have a quick and dirty CLI that just runs `ping` in a loop and repeats on the terminal proportional to the ping time. It's fantastic and I use it all the time. I also have it update the terminal title so it's useful even if it's not in focus.

New comment by Deuterium in "Hexwords: Hex colors that are similar to words"

Deuterium — Thu, 09 Jun 2022 03:53:33 +0000

Nice! I made a hexwords mode on https://www.lazycolor.com/ I haven't really touched the site in a decade... maybe I'll update it next decade.

New comment by Deuterium in "Nobody Ever Gets Credit for Fixing Problems That Never Happened (2001) [pdf]"

Deuterium — Sat, 31 Jan 2015 18:29:52 +0000

Futurama said it well: "When you do things right, people won't be sure you've done anything at all." (2002)

New comment by Deuterium in "How to Make Your Product Images Beautiful With the Rule of Thirds"

Deuterium — Sun, 03 Oct 2010 03:54:00 +0000

I hadn't realized we were resorting to LifeHacker level posts. I've got a bunch of tips on how to get the most out of Windows Me.

New comment by Deuterium in "This is how image manipulation should always have been [video]"

Deuterium — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 14:48:21 +0000

This is a really old video. It's been a few months now, so Adobe already has Photoshop CS6 out. $200 please.

New comment by Deuterium in "[dead]"

Deuterium — Sun, 22 Aug 2010 20:07:14 +0000

Is this inspired by the GET concept in 4chan? http://www.lurkmore.com/wiki/4chan_GET_Encyclopedia

New comment by Deuterium in "Show HN: Stylebot, adapt the web's appearance"

Deuterium — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 17:18:54 +0000

Looks neat, but I probably won't add it until there's a Geocitizer ( http://wonder-tonic.com/geocitiesizer/index.php ) or Cornify ( http://www.cornify.com/ ) mode

New comment by Deuterium in "How To Use Basic jQuery Filters With HTML List"

Deuterium — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 23:11:05 +0000

There seems to be a lot "how tos" that are just slightly expanded help documents.

TLDR; RTFM: http://api.jquery.com/category/selectors/basic-filter-select...

New comment by Deuterium in "Ask HN: How would you store 5TB of data for 50 years, untouched?"

Deuterium — Sun, 08 Aug 2010 15:46:17 +0000

Make a bunch of asian kids memorize it. You'll need some redundancy, but not much. Most of them will live to be 60.

(note: self.race == asian)

New comment by Deuterium in "How to camouflage yourself from facial recognition technology"

Deuterium — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 06:08:22 +0000

Reminds me of KISS.

New comment by Deuterium in "HTML5 Canvas - The Future of Graphics on the Web"

Deuterium — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 15:57:14 +0000

note: Flash required to view this

New comment by Deuterium in "2 guys + 6 cups of coffee + 12 hours = 1 iPhone app"

Deuterium — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 07:37:54 +0000

yes, but this subject line allows us to explore "2 guys + n cups" jokes.