Hacker News: ajdude

Google Calendar "Unable to launch event" – caused by missing DTSTAMP

ajdude — Wed, 29 Jul 2026 07:05:40 +0000

Article URL: https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2026/07/google-calendar-unable-to-launch-event-caused-by-missing-dtstamp/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49094270

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

New comment by ajdude in "Producing ammonia and fertiliser using wind power in Morris, Minnesota"

ajdude — Sat, 25 Jul 2026 22:02:52 +0000

I think this is a [dup] of https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49048819

A24 Reportedly Copyright-Striking Backrooms Indie Games and Artwork

ajdude — Fri, 17 Jul 2026 02:29:56 +0000

Article URL: https://kotaku.com/backrooms-a24-copyright-strikes-kane-parsons-2000716667

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48942764

Points: 9

# Comments: 1

New comment by ajdude in "Thunderbird Desktop settings research: what we learned from your feedback"

ajdude — Mon, 13 Jul 2026 20:08:27 +0000

> A few weeks ago, we conducted hour-long conversations with 10 of our users to dig deep into how you manage your preferences and configurations in Thunderbird desktop

Is only 10 people representative of the population of thunderbird users?

12-year-old founds AI-powered receptionist business

ajdude — Fri, 10 Jul 2026 12:34:17 +0000

Article URL: https://www.businessinsider.com/gen-alpha-founder-ai-receptionist-small-businesses-young-geniuses-2026-6

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48859016

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by ajdude in "Show HN: Analog Watch"

ajdude — Thu, 09 Jul 2026 15:52:09 +0000

Technology Connections did a really great video on this a few years ago.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NeopkvAP-ag

Apparently being raised with analog clocks vs digital changes how one intuits the passage of time.

New comment by ajdude in "Gun Mistakes in Fiction Writing: Handgun Edition"

ajdude — Fri, 03 Jul 2026 12:35:22 +0000

I was just watching Tom Scott's latest video, he mentioned firing a trebuchet and the guide pointed this out that you don't "fire" a trebuchet since it doesn't involve gunpowder, you launch it.

Tom's commentary later was that he disagreed with that sentiment. "I disagree with those potential comments. Words change their meaning overtime. In modern English, you can fire an arrow, you can fire a torpedo, we were gonna fire that trebuchet"

Language Design Impacts Security

ajdude — Tue, 30 Jun 2026 13:20:49 +0000

Article URL: https://www.adacore.com/blog/how-language-design-impacts-security

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48732404

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

Which Copyleft Licence Is Suitable for an SVG?

ajdude — Sun, 21 Jun 2026 15:36:47 +0000

Article URL: https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2026/06/which-copyleft-licence-is-suitable-for-an-svg/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48619835

Points: 5

# Comments: 1

New comment by ajdude in "GrapheneOS has been ported to Android 17"

ajdude — Wed, 17 Jun 2026 00:51:37 +0000

Years ago I looked into GrapheneOS, and I ultimately didn't go with it because, at least at the time, they only supported pixel phones (specifically pixel phones that Google actively had security updates for). I realized that if I got that OS, I would be at the mercy of Google supporting the device in order to continue using GrapheneOS.

In the end I just opted out of the android ecosystem altogether and went with a flip phone that I used as a hotspot for an iPod touch (we only used over VPN with locked down DNS and nothing google related).

My privacy lasted about two weeks, because unfortunately Spotify was able to fingerprint that device to Facebook.

New comment by ajdude in "Trinket.io shutting down, so we saved it and hosted it a trinket.strivemath.org"

ajdude — Tue, 16 Jun 2026 11:21:04 +0000

I really appreciate it when services open source their software when they shut down. There's so many amazing sites, software, games, or other neat solitons that are gone forever because there's no way to access it or replicate it.

New comment by ajdude in "TinyWind: A pixel pirate sailing game with real wind physics (380k+ kms sailed)"

ajdude — Mon, 15 Jun 2026 19:40:27 +0000

I also tried using the space bar to fire, it took a bit of digging to realize it was the shift key, but space bar felt more natural for me.

New comment by ajdude in "GameBoy Workboy"

ajdude — Sat, 13 Jun 2026 18:44:07 +0000

https://archive.ph/t3SI6

New comment by ajdude in "Hackers Used Meta's AI Support Bot to Seize Instagram Accounts"

ajdude — Mon, 01 Jun 2026 20:12:12 +0000

I know that HN requests that we don't editorialize the titles, but I feel like the article title for this thread better expresses what's happened at a glance than the "goofy exploit" article.

New comment by ajdude in "DuckDuckGo search saw 28% more visits after Google said people love AI mode"

ajdude — Wed, 27 May 2026 18:47:24 +0000

Just do what Kagi does and turn on AI mode only if there's a "?" At the end of the query.

New comment by ajdude in "Someone Shared a Real Monet Painting as AI and Asked for Critiques"

ajdude — Sat, 16 May 2026 11:21:30 +0000

Original source is [dup] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48134400

Albeit the original source was flagged.

New comment by ajdude in "Where to buy a non-Apple, non-Google smartphone"

ajdude — Sat, 16 May 2026 11:19:34 +0000

Windows phone still had the best ux of any smartphone, I just wish the ecosystem was there. To this day nothing even comes close to smart tiles.

Instructure Paid the Ransom

ajdude — Tue, 12 May 2026 15:58:08 +0000

Article URL: https://www.instructure.com/incident_update

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48110119

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

New comment by ajdude in "The PSP feels surprisingly present right now"

ajdude — Tue, 12 May 2026 04:36:37 +0000

For years one of my best friends growing up didn't have Internet, and my only communication with him was when he would walk to the McDonald's for the Wi-Fi with his PSP. We would chat over MSN.

I recently got a PSP (along with a special cable that I can use to hook it up to my TV); there is a pretty strong aftermarket ecosystem for them.

New comment by ajdude in "I keep tripping over "true, false, true""

ajdude — Mon, 11 May 2026 17:03:38 +0000

This is why I continue to advocate for using Ada. It's not just about memory safety but conscious effort was put into readability.

Calling the procedure in the article in ada would simply be:

   createUser (user, isAdmin => True, sendWelcomeEmail => False, skipValidation => True);