Hacker News: alphabet9000

New comment by alphabet9000 in "Show HN: Tetris in a PDF"

alphabet9000 — Thu, 09 Jan 2025 21:48:20 +0000

amazing, i didn't know PDF supported javascript.

i've tried making "interactive" PDFs before but using POST and server side rendering rather than client, e.g. a PDF typewriter i made a little while back on http://news.coffee

New comment by alphabet9000 in "Show HN: FixBrowser – a lightweight web browser created from scratch"

alphabet9000 — Thu, 26 Dec 2024 11:44:36 +0000

very cool

New comment by alphabet9000 in "Apache Software Foundation Is Retiring Its Feather Logo"

alphabet9000 — Fri, 19 Jul 2024 23:56:31 +0000

relevant discussion about the Natives in Tech article from over a year ago:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34327455

New comment by alphabet9000 in "Ask HN: Is there a best date/time to submit projects to HN?"

alphabet9000 — Tue, 21 May 2024 00:20:19 +0000

post it on lobsters first, then if its good, someone else will probably repost it here without your having to do anything, and then handful of people that saw it over there will likely upvote it on here also. good luck

New comment by alphabet9000 in "Why you should not apply to YC"

alphabet9000 — Sat, 20 Apr 2024 21:28:44 +0000

you shouldn't join that guy's $375 thing.

whoa, that was easy, can you believe i just saved you $375?

if you're feeling generous for my saving you a WHOPPING $375, i only ask for a small small tip request of $3. win win for both of us. i saved you some cash, and now you've got $372 in your pocket. :handshake:

Google Images Restored (pre-2019 layout)

alphabet9000 — Fri, 05 Apr 2024 18:40:44 +0000

Article URL: https://git.sr.ht/~fanfare/googleimagesrestored

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39945621

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

New comment by alphabet9000 in "Show HN: Improve cognitive focus in 1 minute"

alphabet9000 — Wed, 07 Feb 2024 22:03:22 +0000

the maze game (screamer) permanently rewired my brain to avoid anything like this on the internet forever. staring at the dot for 2 seconds is already nerve wracking - will an exorcist face suddenly pop up? is it worth the risk? never again

How Sure Are You

alphabet9000 — Fri, 15 Sep 2023 22:32:41 +0000

Article URL: https://www2.bearblog.dev/how-sure-are-you/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37529888

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

Show HN: Disable Google Lens

alphabet9000 — Fri, 21 Jul 2023 21:26:25 +0000

Article URL: https://github.com/fanfare/disablegooglelens

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36820021

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

New comment by alphabet9000 in "Journalists should be skeptical of all sources including scientists"

alphabet9000 — Fri, 21 Jul 2023 21:25:22 +0000

the line about "The truth is never going to come out" is related to the uncertainty of whether or not it came from a lab, not (as the piece implies) having anything to do with "They also thought they were going to get away with it". it's very misleading and should be corrected

New comment by alphabet9000 in "Threads has passed 2M sign ups in the first 2 hours"

alphabet9000 — Thu, 06 Jul 2023 02:25:24 +0000

yeah, and they've effectively trapped those 2M users, because when you go to delete your Threads account, it will say [0] that by doing so it will also delete your Instagram account as well... ouch

[0] https://i.jollo.org/xNFu9Qvd.png

New comment by alphabet9000 in "Threads, an Instagram app"

alphabet9000 — Tue, 04 Jul 2023 04:32:38 +0000

nice, inspired me to write a guide on how to delete your threads account

https://jollo.org/LNT/public/delete_threads_account.html

New comment by alphabet9000 in "Ask HN: What are your favorite methodologies for organizing digital life"

alphabet9000 — Sat, 01 Jul 2023 02:52:22 +0000

its a good question. i accumulate so many temporary images saved from day to day internet usage that at the end of the year there's just thousands and thousands of files. i started a ritual a few years ago where i would comb through all of my 'temp' images throughout the year and pick my favorite and turn it into a slideshow; for me that's been the best way of taking my favorite images, doing something with them, then not having to think about it any more. heres one from 2021 [0]

[0] https://telnet.asia/abc/2021.html

New comment by alphabet9000 in "Ask HN: What are your favorite methodologies for organizing digital life"

alphabet9000 — Sat, 01 Jul 2023 02:49:41 +0000

when saving files i type something like fjfjwoaefawoefuawojefjiaowef.jpg and then am always amazed when it says ive already created a file with that exact file name

New comment by alphabet9000 in "AI: First New UI Paradigm in 60 Years?"

alphabet9000 — Mon, 19 Jun 2023 22:04:04 +0000

yeah the site is bad, but not because it is boring, but because it should be even more simplified than how it is now. almost of the CSS "finishing touches" have something wrong with them. the content shifts on page load: https://hiccupfx.telnet.asia/nielsen.gif bizarre dropdown button behavior: https://hiccupfx.telnet.asia/what.gif and i can go on and on. i don't feel this nitpick whining is unwarranted considering the site purports to be a leader in user experience.

New comment by alphabet9000 in "How to make a QR code with Stable Diffusion"

alphabet9000 — Mon, 12 Jun 2023 02:59:29 +0000

there was a cool one posted to /g/ earlier https://i.jollo.org/ePE3JHak.png

New comment by alphabet9000 in "Nginx 1.25.0: experimental HTTP/3 support"

alphabet9000 — Tue, 23 May 2023 20:28:27 +0000

it will always be "en jinks" to me

New comment by alphabet9000 in "No Screens Cafe"

alphabet9000 — Sun, 21 May 2023 19:40:35 +0000

hey so we don't allow screens here, and we're going to ask you to leave. hmm no thanks, im not going anywhere

county sheriffs office. yea hi, um, we have this guy, he wont leave our store, and um, yeah, he refuses to leave, and, we just need somebody to get him to leave. ok, what is your location? were at no screens cafe. ok we have someone on the way. okay, thank you

New comment by alphabet9000 in "Advertise on DuckDuckGo Search"

alphabet9000 — Wed, 17 May 2023 19:35:15 +0000

is there even a way to ignore words from a search any more on DDG? using "-" in front of a word doesnt prevent the word from showing up in results.

New comment by alphabet9000 in "The .zip TLD sucks"

alphabet9000 — Fri, 12 May 2023 20:06:13 +0000

i love this example, having the domain automatically download a zip file that's the same name as the domain feels powerful.. (even though it could be used for malicious purposes). this could be a cool way for a musical artist to release an album, telling people to go to a zip domain and then it just downloads the album as a zip file.