Hacker News: PHLAK

New comment by PHLAK in "Fixing the Portobello Police Station Clock"

PHLAK — Wed, 23 Sep 2026 17:09:25 +0000

I just got to tour Big Ben in July when I visited London. The mechanism is an amazing piece of technology and the precision achieved at the time of development was crazy. Also being able to stand next to the bell as it rang was truly an awesome experience.

New comment by PHLAK in "Google Now’s Staff Exodus Reveals Hurdles for New CEO Pichai"

PHLAK — Mon, 24 Aug 2015 16:52:31 +0000

I use it in Phoenix, Arizona and think it's one of Google's best products. It's not something you have to actively check to get the benefits and the cards it delivers are usually relevant and useful (like weather, travel times to appointments and location based information cards). IMO, you're (likely) already giving Google so much personal information, Now is their way of making something useful of it for you.

New comment by PHLAK in "Poll: Do you test your code?"

PHLAK — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 15:33:50 +0000

We don't test code where I work, but I'm strongly for testing.

New comment by PHLAK in "SSH Tricks"

PHLAK — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 14:55:24 +0000

I put together a little script for just this purpose: https://github.com/PHLAK/Soxy