Hacker News: Triphibian

New comment by Triphibian in "Reading for pleasure is sharply down among schoolkids, report shows"

Triphibian — Thu, 11 Jun 2026 18:05:46 +0000

YouTube.

New comment by Triphibian in "APC–2 – A professional record cutter for producing original playback discs"

Triphibian — Mon, 08 Jun 2026 05:50:29 +0000

Sometimes it is nice to have one thing that does its one job extremely well.

New comment by Triphibian in "French-Iranian author Marjane Satrapi, author of 'Persepolis', dies at 56"

Triphibian — Thu, 04 Jun 2026 13:27:27 +0000

When I lived in Tehran in the late '70s people said "merci" to express thanks.

New comment by Triphibian in "Klaser Cards, a printable personal collection"

Triphibian — Thu, 04 Jun 2026 03:00:42 +0000

The dev explains more here: https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/3716836/klaser-a-printable-...

I bet you could suggest collection databases to include. Was thinking Discogs would be cool too.

New comment by Triphibian in "Klaser Cards, a printable personal collection"

Triphibian — Thu, 04 Jun 2026 00:55:25 +0000

Your collection or wishlist, printed onto standard 63 × 88 mm game cards. Movies, books, board games, video games, comics: don't look at your phone to decide what to watch next, when you can shuffle cards and let fate decide (*)

Klaser Cards, a printable personal collection

Triphibian — Thu, 04 Jun 2026 00:55:25 +0000

Article URL: https://klaser.cards/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48392329

Points: 7

# Comments: 4

New comment by Triphibian in "'Backrooms' Stuns with $81M Debut"

Triphibian — Tue, 02 Jun 2026 00:50:29 +0000

The Backrooms kid got to spend three years working on a project he was clearly passionate about. He wasn't chasing clicks, creating daily content to keep the algorithm happy or worrying about ever mysterious ebb and flow of Google's payouts. He had an agent and manager that got him a deal and probably points on profit and who will make sure he gets paid. Sounds like a pretty sweet deal to me.

New comment by Triphibian in "'Backrooms' Stuns with $81M Debut"

Triphibian — Mon, 01 Jun 2026 03:54:28 +0000

This story at Deadline really does a good job of outlining the strategy for the film. https://deadline.com/2026/05/backrooms-kane-parsons-box-offi...

New comment by Triphibian in "'Backrooms' Stuns with $81M Debut"

Triphibian — Mon, 01 Jun 2026 03:51:59 +0000

Hollywood is looking for a slightly different skill set than what YouTubers do, but what they do want is that relationship with an audience. Filmmaking chops can be taught and nurtured, but that trust that some of these creators have earned is gold to them.

New comment by Triphibian in "'Backrooms' Stuns with $81M Debut"

Triphibian — Mon, 01 Jun 2026 00:51:04 +0000

Liminception.

New comment by Triphibian in "'Backrooms' Stuns with $81M Debut"

Triphibian — Mon, 01 Jun 2026 00:25:11 +0000

I suppose if The Daniels were the last directors to enjoy the music video > Hollywood path then Neil Blomkamp might be the proto-example of Internet content > Hollywood.

New comment by Triphibian in "'Backrooms' Stuns with $81M Debut"

Triphibian — Mon, 01 Jun 2026 00:21:46 +0000

I saw a Youtuber recently make a compelling argument that one of the features Hollywood has been missing is the pipeline of young, imaginative talent that music video direction used to provide. Backrooms, Iron Lung, etc. make a good case that YouTube can be that new pipeline.

New comment by Triphibian in "'Backrooms' Stuns with $81M Debut"

Triphibian — Sun, 31 May 2026 23:39:19 +0000

Backrooms and a new Boards of Canada record coming out on the same weekend feels like some kind of cultural signal.

New comment by Triphibian in "Werner Herzog in conversation with Paul Cronin (2014)"

Triphibian — Sun, 31 May 2026 04:51:07 +0000

Andrew Callahan of Channel 5 has mentioned several times that he adopted the technique of "active listening" which largely amounts to letting people talk until they stop. And then when you are tempted to prompt them, just wait and let them continue. And when they do that is when they start to really get real.

New comment by Triphibian in "ASCII by Jason Scott"

Triphibian — Fri, 15 May 2026 16:58:17 +0000

I had the good fortune of being able to hang out and watch him and some vintage Apple enthusiasts recover some source code for an old game. I have a lot of admiration for his dedication.

New comment by Triphibian in "GameStop Preparing Offer for eBay"

Triphibian — Sat, 02 May 2026 15:20:44 +0000

I remember showing up to buy a new Call of Duty game on release day, back when physical was the only way to buy games and seeing tons of people with boxes full of old games and consoles. I realized then that GameStop's differentiation from other retailers was that it was also a kind of pawn shop.

New comment by Triphibian in "The X-Files has made me nostalgic for a time I never experienced"

Triphibian — Fri, 01 May 2026 19:35:41 +0000

I have been kicking around this idea for a bumper sticker. "The '90s were lame, but they were still better than this."

I remember not loving the '90s when I was living through them, but my sense now (and I am hearing it more and more from others) is that we didn't realize how good we had it.

Four-Byte Burger: An obsessive recreation of lost Amiga art

Triphibian — Thu, 09 Apr 2026 16:44:06 +0000

Article URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4EFkspO5p4

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47705921

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by Triphibian in "Ask HN: Any interesting niche hobbies?"

Triphibian — Wed, 08 Apr 2026 21:04:39 +0000

Same. I don't like to yuck other people's yums, but I don't get a lot from those kinds of games. Talking to strangers is not a problem for me.

I have been spending a bit of time at the local board game shops and the crowd sounds quite similar to the crowd you are attracting. On a very basic level I just try to model being a social adult and hope it rubs off.

New comment by Triphibian in "Ask HN: Any interesting niche hobbies?"

Triphibian — Wed, 08 Apr 2026 17:37:46 +0000

It has been my experience that social deduction games are very attractive to folks who have problems socializing in day-to-day life. You can see them almost come alive when they are given the permission.