Hacker News: FiddlerClamp

New comment by FiddlerClamp in "Pixel 11 Pro Fold"

FiddlerClamp — Wed, 12 Aug 2026 23:27:47 +0000

I still think stylus support (both hardware but especially software) is going to be a killer app for these things. They've gone in the wrong direction for now, but some of the Asian phone companies (Huawei?) still have stylus support.

New comment by FiddlerClamp in "SwitchBot Kata Friends AI Pet Review: Useless If You Don't Pay Up"

FiddlerClamp — Sun, 02 Aug 2026 15:58:59 +0000

"No physical toy, especially if it’s branding itself as a companion with a personality and soul, should include a killswitch that deactivates its core, best features if you stop paying up."

SwitchBot Kata Friends AI Pet Review: Useless If You Don't Pay Up

FiddlerClamp — Sun, 02 Aug 2026 15:58:59 +0000

Article URL: https://gizmodo.com/switchbot-kata-friends-ai-pet-review-useless-if-you-dont-pay-up-2000789267

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49145712

Points: 1

# Comments: 1

New comment by FiddlerClamp in "YC startup offers interviews to people who get their name permanently tattooed"

FiddlerClamp — Thu, 30 Jul 2026 20:55:00 +0000

Can't wait to get my next employer's name tattooed on my forehead.

New comment by FiddlerClamp in "OnePlus halts operations in USA and Europe"

FiddlerClamp — Thu, 16 Jul 2026 12:58:05 +0000

Wondering what's going on with Canada. I checked out their site yesterday out of curiosity and most products were listed as out of stock.

New comment by FiddlerClamp in "Apricot Computers: An underrated British brand"

FiddlerClamp — Mon, 06 Jul 2026 19:27:51 +0000

Also the Data General One (poor screen aside).

The $11B Casino-Style Economy Built on Players Who Can Never Cash Out

FiddlerClamp — Sat, 02 May 2026 17:00:16 +0000

Article URL: https://www.bloomberg.com/features/2026-social-casino-apps-addiction/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47988149

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

Deezer says 44% of songs uploaded to its platform daily are AI-generated

FiddlerClamp — Mon, 20 Apr 2026 15:41:02 +0000

Article URL: https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/20/deezer-says-44-of-songs-uploaded-to-its-platform-daily-are-ai-generated/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47835928

Points: 367

# Comments: 389

New comment by FiddlerClamp in "Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (April 2026)"

FiddlerClamp — Sun, 05 Apr 2026 20:10:36 +0000

Location: Toronto, Canada

Willing to relocate: Not at present

Skills: I'm a novelist. Published. Good writing, weird writing. If you need a fiction writer who doesn't write using GenAI, check me out.

Work:

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1220704.Bear_Like_Me (2003, gay satire)

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/212903418-talio-s-codex (2024, gay fantasy legal thriller - yes, that)

https://www.lavendertavern.com (2021, gay fantasy fairytale podcast)

Think PKD meets Le Guin.

Email: jonathanacohen@gmail.com

Atlassian says it had right to fire engineer for suggesting CEO is 'rich jerk'

FiddlerClamp — Sun, 22 Mar 2026 15:33:42 +0000

Article URL: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-03-16/atlassian-defends-firing-worker-who-suggested-ceo-is-rich-jerk

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47478579

Points: 123

# Comments: 152

New comment by FiddlerClamp in "How Charles M Schulz created Charlie Brown and Snoopy (2024)"

FiddlerClamp — Fri, 28 Nov 2025 16:58:02 +0000

I think it was a one-two punch:

1. Snoopy becoming Flanderized, as in the "Happiness is a warm puppy" stuff from the 1960s.

2. Introduction of Woodstock the bird. That meant Snoopy and Woodstock went off and had their own adventures which didn't involve the human gang at all.

I also wonder whether Schulz participated in any recreational drugs in the 1960s. I don't meant to be disrespectful at all, but some of the stuff he drew was pretty wild.

There's a set of strips where Charlie Brown sees the moon as a baseball (and later, Alfred E. Neuman's head), another where Snoopy dreams of Charlie Brown flying him like a kite and him crashing to the ground in pieces, and a horror-movie-like series where Linus's blanket attacks Lucy. All very strange.

New comment by FiddlerClamp in "How Charles M Schulz created Charlie Brown and Snoopy (2024)"

FiddlerClamp — Fri, 28 Nov 2025 02:51:14 +0000

Interestingly, Peanuts started with a focus on Shermy and Violet as the 'straight men' and young(er) Charlie Brown as the comic upstart. Snoopy shows up fairly soon, but he doesn't even seem to be CB's pet for the first while.

It's fascinating to see Lucy, Linus, Schroeder and Sally grow from tots or babies to the developed characters we know today.

Roblox is a problem but it's a symptom of something worse

FiddlerClamp — Tue, 25 Nov 2025 16:12:22 +0000

Recent and related: Roblox CEO interview about child safety didn't go well - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46013477 - Nov 2025 (96 comments)

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46047229

Points: 257

# Comments: 375

New comment by FiddlerClamp in "Helping Valve to power up Steam devices"

FiddlerClamp — Fri, 21 Nov 2025 21:59:28 +0000

VITURE's Immersive 3D already offers this for several platforms (for VITURE glasses).

New comment by FiddlerClamp in "[dead]"

FiddlerClamp — Fri, 14 Nov 2025 15:45:15 +0000

Fireflies.ai co-founder and CTO writes a LinkedIn post about how their 'AI that joins meetings and takes notes' was him and the CEO joining the meetings and taking notes manually.

New comment by FiddlerClamp in "What happened to Transmeta, the last big dotcom IPO"

FiddlerClamp — Wed, 12 Nov 2025 15:47:20 +0000

I remember my Compaq TC1000 well, a pen tablet convertible running Windows very sluggishly with a Transmeta Crusoe processor. Nice promise, execution not so much unfortunately.

New comment by FiddlerClamp in "Ask HN: Why not use AI for smart product placement in free ad-supported novels?"

FiddlerClamp — Tue, 11 Nov 2025 20:38:13 +0000

You're too late: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bulgari_Connection

Here's an exercise - why do you think this approach failed?

New comment by FiddlerClamp in "Show HN: I built a simple ambient sound app with no ads or subscriptions"

FiddlerClamp — Mon, 13 Oct 2025 15:28:36 +0000

I also like how people can submit their own presets for each soundscape with comments, so you can see what worked for others.

My only wish is for a smooth fade-out when leaving a sound generator page, or a way to cross-fade between them.

New comment by FiddlerClamp in "Show HN: I built a simple ambient sound app with no ads or subscriptions"

FiddlerClamp — Mon, 13 Oct 2025 15:27:13 +0000

Android, too. I've contributed to the Web site, but not the Android app (as yet).

New comment by FiddlerClamp in "Show HN: I built a simple ambient sound app with no ads or subscriptions"

FiddlerClamp — Sun, 12 Oct 2025 21:49:05 +0000

I'm a longtime fan of Web-based myNoise: https://mynoise.net/