Hacker News: arlattimore

New comment by arlattimore in "Python: The Optimization Ladder"

arlattimore — Sat, 14 Mar 2026 14:37:04 +0000

What a great article!

New comment by arlattimore in "I rendered 1,418 confusables over 230 fonts. Most aren't confusable to the eye"

arlattimore — Fri, 27 Feb 2026 06:43:48 +0000

This is very cool, impressive piece of work Paul.

New comment by arlattimore in "Ubisoft cancels six games including Prince of Persia and closes studios"

arlattimore — Thu, 22 Jan 2026 16:48:25 +0000

I loved Prince of Persia, bummed to hear the re-launch has been shelved.

New comment by arlattimore in "STFU"

arlattimore — Fri, 16 Jan 2026 18:49:48 +0000

> made with spite

New comment by arlattimore in "The Most Popular Blogs of Hacker News in 2025"

arlattimore — Sun, 04 Jan 2026 06:47:52 +0000

On Daring Fireball, I find the site hard to use nowadays. It isn’t mobile friendly, and the white on grey, while cool, is a bit hard to read. I wonder if a fresh design might help out for improved engagement and thus shares/upvotes etc.

New comment by arlattimore in "The last-ever penny will be minted today in Philadelphia"

arlattimore — Thu, 13 Nov 2025 01:29:50 +0000

In 1990, Australia stopped minting 1c and 2c coins & rounding to 5c.

It worked out just fine.

Everyone move on.

New comment by arlattimore in "Americans increasingly see legal sports betting as a bad thing for society"

arlattimore — Sun, 05 Oct 2025 08:21:38 +0000

Wow, took them a while.

"AI will replace all the jobs " Is Just Fluff

arlattimore — Wed, 04 Jun 2025 04:46:11 +0000

Article URL: https://sparktoro.com/blog/ai-will-replace-all-the-jobs-is-just-tech-execs-doing-marketing/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44177303

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

$200k and still no recovery from Google's algorithm

arlattimore — Sun, 25 May 2025 01:09:40 +0000

Article URL: https://medium.com/@lucwiesman/looking-to-recover-from-the-google-helpful-content-update-or-any-algorithm-update-45c25d0d2b62

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44084811

Points: 29

# Comments: 9

New comment by arlattimore in "Gravel Map"

arlattimore — Tue, 18 Feb 2025 04:05:22 +0000

Other places I plan is via Strava, Komoot or Garmin Connect - the heat maps help a lot to know where other people ride different types of bikes (road/gravel/mtb).

New comment by arlattimore in "EFF statement on U.S. Supreme Court's decision to uphold TikTok ban"

arlattimore — Sat, 18 Jan 2025 02:08:19 +0000

I’m not sure what order things go in, but I’d have thought national security concerns trump the need of its’ citizens to freely watch cat videos Those people publishing to TikTok were probably on Instagram and if they weren’t, they will be now if they want to reach the same American audience.

New comment by arlattimore in "The Rise of the AI Crawler"

arlattimore — Wed, 18 Dec 2024 17:08:48 +0000

The inefficiencies in the crawling for these AI products is surely going to get better in a hurry, they'll be burning through resources/money as it stands.

New comment by arlattimore in "I Track My Health Data in Markdown: Lessons in Digital Longevity"

arlattimore — Sun, 15 Dec 2024 02:17:10 +0000

Seems like there is a need for an open format for health data that can be stored in/out of a database to avoid the app shutdown problem. Surely that exists with all the health data available via wearables ?

New comment by arlattimore in "IRATA.ONLINE: A Community for Retro-Computing Enthusiasts"

arlattimore — Sun, 15 Dec 2024 01:58:25 +0000

Next to zero organic reach in Facebook, so you’d have to pay to make sure your followers actually see it. Might as well post it on your own website, build an email list, let users subscribe to RSS - at least you own that and aren’t renting it from Facebook.

New comment by arlattimore in "Australian Parliament bans social media for under-16s"

arlattimore — Fri, 29 Nov 2024 05:46:03 +0000

While I appreciate the sentiment of this legislation, removing social media access for everyone under 16 years to address the concerns of a few is a nanny state act. As a parent, you should be making these decisions for your children - not your government. Additionally, I would suggest it won't address the actual issue. The named/identified social media companies will comply as required, younger internet users will simply go elsewhere (the internet is a big place after all) and therefore the problem will ultimately go unaddressed.

New comment by arlattimore in "Show HN: A Marble Madness-inspired WebGL game we built for Netlify"

arlattimore — Fri, 22 Nov 2024 21:46:48 +0000

That is really well done, congratulations :-)

New comment by arlattimore in "Strava closes the gates to sharing fitness data with other apps"

arlattimore — Wed, 20 Nov 2024 05:51:41 +0000

This is a lame move from Strava (I’m a premium member).

If a user wants to connect a third party app to Strava to access THEIR DATA, they should be allowed to and it’s their responsibility to read the other website terms of service and privacy.

New comment by arlattimore in "Cane Toads: An Unnatural History (1988)"

arlattimore — Wed, 13 Nov 2024 19:17:26 +0000

There is another similar invasive story in Australia to do with the prickly pear, introduced with the First Fleet, later spread uncontrollably across the country and was subsequently conquered using the Cactoblastis Moth.

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

These are some of the many reasons why Australia now has very stringent biosecurity laws.

New comment by arlattimore in "The online sports gambling experiment"

arlattimore — Mon, 11 Nov 2024 21:44:29 +0000

Gambling in general is a scourge on society. Legalizing online gambling, enabling mass gambling advertising on the internet/TV/radio/etc in many countries has only exasperated what I'd consider an already desperate position for the most vulnerable.

New comment by arlattimore in "Welcome to the Antarctic Fire Department"

arlattimore — Mon, 11 Nov 2024 05:28:11 +0000

Not strictly related to the Antarctic Fire Department, but if you're interested in the remoteness aspect of it - you'll likely enjoy reading https://brr.fyi/ which is an account of living/working at the South Pole and has been featured on HN several times in the past.