Hacker News: WaffleIronMaker

New comment by WaffleIronMaker in "Gleam for Python Programmers"

WaffleIronMaker — Mon, 13 Jul 2026 09:47:04 +0000

It seems these are the statements the original commenter has an objection to:

    As a community, we want to be friendly too. People from around the world, of all backgrounds, genders, and experience levels are welcome and respected equally. See our community code of conduct for more.

    Black lives matter. Trans rights are human rights. No nazi bullsh*t.

https://gleam.run/

New comment by WaffleIronMaker in "Oracle, it's time to free JavaScript"

WaffleIronMaker — Mon, 16 Sep 2024 17:18:47 +0000

I had no idea Heroin was originally a trademarked cough suppressant.

New comment by WaffleIronMaker in "Linux 6.11 Released"

WaffleIronMaker — Mon, 16 Sep 2024 04:36:29 +0000

I was using a Fedora release with the 6.10 kernel, and I experienced frequent logouts and restarts, almost once per day. It's nice to see that others were having similarly poor experiences.

New comment by WaffleIronMaker in "Show HN: Infinity – Realistic AI characters that can speak"

WaffleIronMaker — Fri, 06 Sep 2024 21:37:51 +0000

Does anybody know about the legality of using Eminem's "Gozilla" as promotional material[1] for this service?

I thought you had to pay artists for a license before using their work in promotional material.

[1] https://infinity.ai/videos/setA_video3.mp4

New comment by WaffleIronMaker in "Spice: Fine-grained parallelism with sub-nanosecond overhead in Zig"

WaffleIronMaker — Tue, 13 Aug 2024 13:12:17 +0000

Yeah, that seems right:

April 5, 2007: "Show HN, Dropbox"

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8863

New comment by WaffleIronMaker in "Does Astrology Work?"

WaffleIronMaker — Mon, 12 Aug 2024 14:26:29 +0000

Kinda? It makes me think of Randonautica:

> Randonautica (a portmanteau of "random" + "nautica") is an app launched on February 22, 2020 founded by Auburn Salcedo and Joshua Lengfelder. It randomly generates coordinates that enable the user to explore their local area and report on their findings. According to its creators, the app is "an attractor of strange things," letting one choose specific coordinates based on a certain theme. It gained controversy after a report of two teenagers coincidentally finding a corpse while using the app.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randonautica

LoFi Waymo Radio – Self Driving Taxi Depot Shenanigans to Relax/Study to [video]

WaffleIronMaker — Mon, 12 Aug 2024 12:40:13 +0000

Article URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h53xlXu_6C4

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41223723

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

Schej, a FOSS tool to poll availability

WaffleIronMaker — Fri, 09 Aug 2024 12:05:10 +0000

Article URL: https://schej.it/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41201013

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

New comment by WaffleIronMaker in "Digital Tools I Wish Existed (2019)"

WaffleIronMaker — Thu, 08 Aug 2024 12:15:05 +0000

Previous discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25228089

Troubleshooting Analog Circuits (1991) [pdf]

WaffleIronMaker — Tue, 06 Aug 2024 13:58:55 +0000

Article URL: https://www.changpuak.ch/electronics/downloads/Troubleshooting_Analog_Circuits.pdf

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41170928

Points: 4

# Comments: 1

New comment by WaffleIronMaker in "The right not to be subjected to AI profiling based on publicly available data"

WaffleIronMaker — Thu, 06 Jun 2024 15:30:47 +0000

I get where you're coming from, but I think it's important to keep in mind that there is no centralized score for Chinese citizens, and that such claims are often sensationalized. [1] However, I'd agree that China is a good example of high degrees of surveillance.

[1] https://merics.org/en/comment/chinas-social-credit-score-unt...

New comment by WaffleIronMaker in "The U.S. economy's big problem? People forgot what 'normal' looks like (2023)"

WaffleIronMaker — Tue, 30 Apr 2024 00:48:53 +0000

https://archive.is/UlKpZ

New comment by WaffleIronMaker in "Reddit's long, rocky road to an IPO"

WaffleIronMaker — Thu, 14 Mar 2024 19:46:36 +0000

Just to add to the sample size, I abandoned Reddit as it got increasingly user-hostile, and I have been enjoying the fediverse. There's a lot of cool hackers on there, and I feel like I have a really good signal:noise ratio. Sorry to hear it wasn't a good experience for you tho.

New comment by WaffleIronMaker in "gifcities.org by Internet Archive – search for GIFs scraped off geocities sites"

WaffleIronMaker — Mon, 26 Feb 2024 02:36:26 +0000

https://cooltext.com/ is also a classic

New comment by WaffleIronMaker in "Asahi Linux project's OpenGL support on Apple Silicon officially surpasses Apple"

WaffleIronMaker — Thu, 15 Feb 2024 19:25:02 +0000

Interesting! I didn't know they were the same person, but coming from a queer perspective, I'm inclined to just treat people as they ask to be treated. If someone is doing impressive work, I think it's important to respect the way they want to be treated, even if it's non-traditional.

New comment by WaffleIronMaker in "The Apple Vision Pro"

WaffleIronMaker — Tue, 06 Feb 2024 18:48:13 +0000

I think it's reasonable to restrict pornography on a device intended to be used for AR in public.

From Apple's perspective, it's important that using the device in public doesn't have a stigma.

Otherwise, we don't need to wait for deepfake AI / AR apps to undress people.

Creeps could go in public, see a person they like, and put porn next to them without anyone knowing.

Without restricting porn, an AR device just becomes a machine to violate others boundaries. There's a reason cell phones in Japan cannot turn off the shutter sound.

New comment by WaffleIronMaker in "Bluesky signups are now open to the public"

WaffleIronMaker — Tue, 06 Feb 2024 16:59:53 +0000

I agree that, overall, short-form social media is leaving the mainstream with Twitter's decline. However, I still really enjoy short-form media.

I can't speak for BlueSky, but I've been enjoying Mastodon a lot. Following people I like has given me a high enough signal to noise ratio that I often find myself saying "Hey! Check out this thing I found on Mastodon!". My friend just joined because of this, and they've been enjoying it too, specifically for programming, infosec, and queer memes (caveat N=2).

Idk. I hope there's a future for it.

New comment by WaffleIronMaker in "Solving the darknet riddle (2022)"

WaffleIronMaker — Sun, 04 Feb 2024 23:30:14 +0000

This very much feels like an ARG. Super neat!

New comment by WaffleIronMaker in "Show HN: WAYF – A Simple Scheduling App"

WaffleIronMaker — Tue, 30 Jan 2024 14:20:45 +0000

That's great! It has a similar selection UI to https://www.when2meet.com/, but has much better mobile support. It'd be nice to have a mode for scheduling weekdays in the abstract (e.g. I'm free on Thursdays at noon), but it's always possible to use a random week as an example.

New comment by WaffleIronMaker in "Mr. Rogers' music was intricate (2020) [video]"

WaffleIronMaker — Wed, 24 Jan 2024 19:59:13 +0000

Original Link: https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2018/06/mr-rogers...

Internet Archive: https://web.archive.org/web/20231227020506/https://www.theat...