Hacker News: NikxDa

Trump administration drops $1.8B 'anti-weaponisation' fund

NikxDa — Wed, 03 Jun 2026 05:07:36 +0000

Article URL: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/crkpyj41m15o

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48380135

Points: 2

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New comment by NikxDa in "Sweden is now America's most valuable tech ally. Most Americans haven't noticed"

NikxDa — Tue, 02 Jun 2026 12:43:50 +0000

Even if they are not (which I most definitely think they are), a good writer would know and avoid them, as sad as it is that there is a need for this

New comment by NikxDa in "GitHub is investigating unauthorized access to their internal repositories"

NikxDa — Wed, 20 May 2026 07:34:32 +0000

directionally very bad

How the heck do solar panels work?

NikxDa — Wed, 06 May 2026 15:49:17 +0000

Article URL: https://perthirtysix.com/how-the-heck-do-solar-panels-work

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48037610

Points: 15

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New comment by NikxDa in "Compositing and Blending"

NikxDa — Mon, 27 Apr 2026 13:43:33 +0000

I spent the last few months learning about compositing and blending and this interactive blog post is the result.

I hope HN enjoys it, and I'd love to hear your thoughts (good and bad)!

Compositing and Blending

NikxDa — Mon, 27 Apr 2026 13:43:33 +0000

Article URL: https://nik.digital/posts/compositing-blending

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47921467

Points: 3

# Comments: 1

The Seasons Are Wrong

NikxDa — Sat, 11 Apr 2026 04:25:31 +0000

Article URL: https://kentwalters.com/posts/seasons/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47727387

Points: 43

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New comment by NikxDa in "Major insider trading on oil detected ahead of Iran talks"

NikxDa — Tue, 24 Mar 2026 16:07:27 +0000

Not what I'm saying, but this has happened _so many times_ and nothing has come of talking about it so far. I would love to see things change, but in this specific instance I'm not holding my breath

New comment by NikxDa in "Show HN: Crack – Turn your MacBook into a squeaky door"

NikxDa — Sun, 22 Mar 2026 14:19:25 +0000

I believe this was originally explored by Sam Henri Gold, at least that's the first time I saw it a while ago :)

Links: https://samhenri.gold/labs/20250906-lid-angle-sensor/ https://github.com/samhenrigold/LidAngleSensor

New comment by NikxDa in "Show HN: Crack – Turn your MacBook into a squeaky door"

NikxDa — Sun, 22 Mar 2026 14:17:47 +0000

He's also the person who originally came up with the creaking door: https://bsky.app/profile/samhenri.gold/post/3ly7252lx422d

New comment by NikxDa in "Bet on German Train Delays"

NikxDa — Wed, 04 Mar 2026 12:38:54 +0000

German trains have very much to complain about, but honestly, their customer facing IT is pretty good. I've not had to deal with PDF tickets nor printed tickets in years.

The website and app work well, in my experience. It's all pretty sleek and modern, too. It's the one area they do a good job in, to be honest.

New comment by NikxDa in "I built Timeframe, our family e-paper dashboard"

NikxDa — Sun, 22 Feb 2026 20:12:55 +0000

This is super cool, and I wish something like this existed at my place, as it enables information sharing without the need for phones/actual screens that shine in your face when the lights are low or tempt you to doomscroll.

That said, the large primary display this uses is $2000. That's very hard to justify for any "normal" household, and that's without any mounts, backend, services etc.

Disney Animation – Filmmaking Process

NikxDa — Thu, 22 Jan 2026 13:47:05 +0000

Article URL: https://disneyanimation.com/process/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46719177

Points: 2

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New comment by NikxDa in "Ask HN: Share your personal website"

NikxDa — Wed, 14 Jan 2026 18:43:10 +0000

I‘m at https://nik.digital :)

Some others: https://samwho.dev https://www.nicchan.me

The search for the vanished diver at Vortex Spring

NikxDa — Tue, 16 Dec 2025 12:33:19 +0000

Article URL: https://thartribune.com/ben-mcdaniel-vanished-in-an-underwater-cave-at-vortex-spring-fifteen-years-later-the-questions-only-got-louder-part-1/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46287743

Points: 1

# Comments: 1

New comment by NikxDa in "Confessions of a Software Developer: No More Self-Censorship"

NikxDa — Fri, 28 Nov 2025 23:12:59 +0000

I appreciate the author being vulnerable like this in a public setting. It's easy to see why it would be scary, especially since admitting being wrong or not knowing something can easily be turned into questioning one's overall competence.

I wish we'd be more open about our flaws and knowledge gaps in general. I think we'd all benefit.

New comment by NikxDa in "Just Use HTML"

NikxDa — Tue, 16 Sep 2025 13:34:46 +0000

The suggestion to have the server return the table directly starts bringing presentational concerns into the backend, which I am not a big fan of.

Having the server return plain JSON means the APIs can be reused across products effortlessly and also means that all style changes can be done in the same codebase.

I get reminded of how important this is every time I get to work on an old project that has APIs return HTML that is then being inserted into the DOM by something like jQuery. Figuring it out and updating it is typically a huge mess.

New comment by NikxDa in "Germany is not supporting ChatControl – blocking minority secured"

NikxDa — Thu, 11 Sep 2025 11:42:12 +0000

Yes, China, the bastion of free speech...

https://freedomhouse.org/country/china/freedom-world/2025

New comment by NikxDa in "Spacing Over Cards"

NikxDa — Sun, 31 Aug 2025 23:36:13 +0000

I personally find the revised designs the author proposes worse than the originals. Sure, the extra space allows larger text and icons, but the overall design quality starts lacking in my opinion.

Maybe I am conditioned to like cards by their excessive use in existing designs, but it might also just be that cards look better, and therefore make the product appear more polished and the site more inviting to use and read. It might not be the most minimal possible design, but a site being pretty is great if functionality doesn't suffer.

Perfect Freehand – Draw perfect pressure-sensitive freehand lines

NikxDa — Tue, 19 Aug 2025 19:53:51 +0000

Article URL: https://www.perfectfreehand.com/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44955624

Points: 153

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