Hacker News: JimWestergren

New comment by JimWestergren in "Ryanair – when every page is a dark pattern"

JimWestergren — Fri, 19 Jul 2024 11:45:09 +0000

Ryanair ... just recently I went with my 3 kids with them. I did a mistake in paying an adult ticket for my oldest son instead of teenager ticket. This small mistake made it impossible to do the checkin online. It was impossible to correct this mistake online, they referred to customer support which I was not able to reach at all despite many attempts. So I decided to do the checkin at the airport instead. After waiting around 30 minutes in the line I explained them why I was not able to do the checkin online. They then spent 25 MINUTES trying to solve the mistake, she had to make 3 phone calls and get help from her manager to try to change the ticket from adult to teenager. Of course I had to pay €30 per person for doing the checkin at the counter instead of online. I made it in time but the line at the checkin grew a lot as everyone was waiting to solve the issue. So stupid.

New comment by JimWestergren in "Show HN: Markdown HN profiles at {user}.at.hn"

JimWestergren — Mon, 10 Jun 2024 17:27:50 +0000

Same for me, also using capital letters ...

New comment by JimWestergren in "High Interest Savings Leaderboard"

JimWestergren — Fri, 23 Feb 2024 14:39:31 +0000

Best in Sweden seem to be SBAB 4.25% (3 or 6 months lock). Or, anything better?

New comment by JimWestergren in "Card Game Rules"

JimWestergren — Mon, 08 Jan 2024 09:35:49 +0000

I love pagat.com and it is often used as an authority source of game rules. Related note: it links to my own card game that I created: https://luris.org

New comment by JimWestergren in "I hacked Magic the Gathering: Arena for a 100% win rate"

JimWestergren — Tue, 05 Dec 2023 16:55:22 +0000

Exactly. Except that they should be easily recognizable and nicely made. So for example a basic plains that you draw over and make look a bit like the card is very recommended.

New comment by JimWestergren in "I hacked Magic the Gathering: Arena for a 100% win rate"

JimWestergren — Tue, 05 Dec 2023 16:53:10 +0000

In the old school community: counterfeits absolutely not ok. Proxies normally ok except in some tournaments.

New comment by JimWestergren in "I hacked Magic the Gathering: Arena for a 100% win rate"

JimWestergren — Tue, 05 Dec 2023 10:29:57 +0000

Yes, I agree. And we don't own them. I find it a very stimulating intellectual exercise to construct a deck without those cards and still perform great. Those powerful cards have several points and only 7 points total are allowed in your deck. For example I currently choose to play Sol Ring instead of 2 of the moxes.

New comment by JimWestergren in "I hacked Magic the Gathering: Arena for a 100% win rate"

JimWestergren — Tue, 05 Dec 2023 09:20:03 +0000

On a related note, I have a blast playing old school magic 93/94 with my son. Of course using physical cards. We travel to Madrid each year to participate in the world championship of 7pts Singleton. This summer my son placed #9 which I am very proud of. 7pts Singleton is such a wonderful way to play the game with diverse affordable deck-building and balanced gameplay ( https://7pts-singleton.com )

New comment by JimWestergren in "Show HN: Hacker News user blogroll"

JimWestergren — Thu, 06 Jul 2023 13:58:49 +0000

Amazing work. A took your list and I created a list of them in linksradar.com which shows those that has SEO metrics, which might be of interest for some:

https://linksradar.com/list/d691cc611d6e8922567cc3124c58b2bd

Hacker News Blogs with SEO Metrics

JimWestergren — Thu, 06 Jul 2023 13:17:05 +0000

Article URL: https://linksradar.com/list/d691cc611d6e8922567cc3124c58b2bd

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36615265

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by JimWestergren in "Ask HN: Could you share your personal blog here?"

JimWestergren — Wed, 05 Jul 2023 12:08:01 +0000

This is the blog I had since 2005: https://www.jimwestergren.com/

I use my own CMS and my own web analytics.

My latest article: https://www.jimwestergren.com/my-recommendations-for-a-happy...

New comment by JimWestergren in "French govt. says users of uBlock Origin, Signal etc. are potential terrorists"

JimWestergren — Thu, 22 Jun 2023 10:19:37 +0000

Related: The FBI now recommends using an ad blocker when searching the web https://www.standard.co.uk/tech/fbi-recommends-ad-blocker-on...

New comment by JimWestergren in "Why I started (and stopped) making games"

JimWestergren — Tue, 20 Jun 2023 08:39:16 +0000

Yes, I am working on https://advinsula.com - Adventure Island MMO RPG. Free turned based browser game.

New comment by JimWestergren in "/r/startrek/ migrates to lemmy"

JimWestergren — Thu, 15 Jun 2023 15:03:38 +0000

A google search for [inurl:reddit.com/r/startrek/] shows 57,500 results, links that are now broken.

New comment by JimWestergren in "Tell HN: "I don't care about cookies” extension bought by Avast, users jump ship"

JimWestergren — Wed, 07 Jun 2023 21:38:08 +0000

Instead of this, just activate the filter in uBlock Origin: Filter Lists -> Annoyances -> EasyList Cookie

Big Boxes

JimWestergren — Mon, 01 May 2023 21:22:28 +0000

Article URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sWLMbmAv0tg

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35779349

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

My Recommendations for a Happy Life

JimWestergren — Sat, 18 Mar 2023 18:36:51 +0000

Article URL: https://www.jimwestergren.com/my-recommendations-for-a-happy-life

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35211839

Points: 4

# Comments: 0

New comment by JimWestergren in "Best D&D map makers for dungeons, cities and worlds"

JimWestergren — Thu, 16 Mar 2023 11:09:44 +0000

I am working on something like this, text-based with images. But I don't generate on the fly, I will have big lists (many thousands) of curated text outputs from GPT that get selected with randomization and nested if statements. For those interested, the game (work in progress) is Advinsula: https://advinsula.com/

New comment by JimWestergren in "Play Counter Strike 1.6, with full multiplayer, in the browser"

JimWestergren — Thu, 02 Feb 2023 16:33:48 +0000

Worked for me but without sound.

New comment by JimWestergren in "Ask HN: What's the coolest thing you've gotten ChatGPT to do?"

JimWestergren — Thu, 02 Feb 2023 09:45:43 +0000

It helped me build a database of around 3000 medieval names for my RPG that I am working on.