Hacker News: SkepticMystic

New comment by SkepticMystic in "Jellyfin 12.0"

SkepticMystic — Tue, 08 Sep 2026 05:20:57 +0000

Chaptarr is great! Just had their public release after a long alpha testing phase

New comment by SkepticMystic in "Craig Mod built his own Good Reads"

SkepticMystic — Tue, 07 Jul 2026 05:46:11 +0000

https://thestorygraph.com is another alternative

New comment by SkepticMystic in "NYC Rat Sightings (Daily)"

SkepticMystic — Fri, 12 Apr 2024 05:37:00 +0000

Domestication

New comment by SkepticMystic in "Cory Doctorow on Kagi Search"

SkepticMystic — Sat, 06 Apr 2024 05:17:29 +0000

Sure, that specific endpoint doesn't meet their criteria. But point being, they're getting results from Google, and almost certainly pay for them using my monthly fee

New comment by SkepticMystic in "Cory Doctorow on Kagi Search"

SkepticMystic — Fri, 05 Apr 2024 06:07:19 +0000

Assuming they use some form of this Google API[^1], they're surely paying for the results. What bothers me is that, by paying for Kagi then, part of that monthly fee is going straight back to Google, right?

[^1]: https://developers.google.com/custom-search/v1/overview

New comment by SkepticMystic in "Google Books Is Indexing AI-Generated Garbage"

SkepticMystic — Fri, 05 Apr 2024 05:35:09 +0000

"Habsburg AI" - https://x.com/jathansadowski/status/1625245803211272194

New comment by SkepticMystic in "Bugs I've filed on browsers"

SkepticMystic — Mon, 04 Mar 2024 05:40:34 +0000

Unrelated to the post, but I tried out your Loopbox app you linked in the bug report. I couldn't quite figure out how to get it working, so I clicked the question mark icon for a tutorial. But the linked YouTube video is of someone's holiday photos! Just fyi

Show HN: Traverser, generate hypnotising graph/network animations

SkepticMystic — Sun, 03 Mar 2024 10:41:45 +0000

A quick little project to generate deterministic graph animations based on modulo arithmetic.

Rule: Given n nodes and a list of steps, start at node 0, move steps[0] nodes clockwise, then steps[1], and so on. After the last step, wrap around to the first step and continue. Stop once the last step in the list takes you to node 0 again.

Features: - Randomise inputs - Save output as PNG - Different edge styles - Change animation speed - Create shareable links to recreate a graph

Give it a try, let me know your thoughts :) The default inputs are random each time, so you might get a boring one. It's very satisfying to keep hitting "Randomise", and watch as structure emerges. Sometimes you get a "direct" path to the finish, and end up with an asymmetric graph.

The code can be found at https://github.com/SkepticMystic/traverser-sk

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39579980

Points: 1

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New comment by SkepticMystic in "Leaving Everything Behind For Elixir [video]"

SkepticMystic — Wed, 28 Feb 2024 15:21:24 +0000

Could you recommend any channels to diversify my watching?

New comment by SkepticMystic in "Show HN: I made an app to use local AI as daily driver"

SkepticMystic — Wed, 28 Feb 2024 05:23:10 +0000

I've found great utility with `llm` https://llm.datasette.io, a CLI to interact with LLMs. It has plugins for remote and local models.

New comment by SkepticMystic in "Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (August 2023)"

SkepticMystic — Wed, 02 Aug 2023 09:29:40 +0000

  Location: South Africa & Germany
  Remote: Preferable
  Willing to relocate: Within Baveria
  Technologies: SvelteKit, Typescript/Javascript, Tailwind & Daisyui, MongoDB & SQL, Data analysis
  Résumé/CV: https://pivotdev.co.za
  Email: rossk29@gmail.com

Highly specialised in Svelte.

New comment by SkepticMystic in "Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (May 2023)"

SkepticMystic — Thu, 04 May 2023 06:43:14 +0000

SEEKING WORK | FREELANCE | REMOTE | Germany,Munich | I'm available immediately.

Skills: Typescript, Python, Tailwind, Mongo, SQL, Svelte(kit), Azure, AWS, Data analysis/visualisation, Graph Theory

Email: rossk29 at gmail

I'm a younger dev, with just under 4 years professional experience. I've freelanced since getting into programming, and while working full-time.

Top 2 specialisations

- Fullstack Sveltekit,

- Advanced statistical analysis.

Available anywhere remotely, and in-person around Munich.

Checkout my portfolio here, where you can also get in touch for a project :)

https://pivotdev.co.za