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New comment by beerglass in "Ask HN: Allow agents access to cloud files with least privilege?"

beerglass — Sun, 27 Sep 2026 16:01:45 +0000

Could not find an easy way to do this. Connect agent (Muse) to Drive is opening up the whole thing. Please share steps if you can.

Ask HN: Allow agents access to cloud files with least privilege?

beerglass — Sun, 27 Sep 2026 15:38:46 +0000

Let's say I have a Google spreadsheet on my Drive that I want an agent like Muse to work on. Currently my options are: a) I can allow Muse to access my Drive b) Share the spreadsheet with edit privilege to anyone with link and give that link to Muse. Both of these are not least privilege access that I'm comfortable with. Ideally I should be able to share access to a file with an agent. Other options like webhooks, burner accounts, etc are too tedious to do regularly. Any obvious solution that I am missing?

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49867620

Points: 3

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New comment by beerglass in "Show HN: Drone flight over world cities and neighbourhoods"

beerglass — Mon, 14 Sep 2026 15:30:38 +0000

4 modes. (1) Top Cities, 17 cities (Tokyo, Paris, NYC, Hong Kong…), each with ~20 landmarks strung into a ring tour. (2) Drone Slalom (3) Delivery Run to fly A→B between any two street addresses (4) Free Flight

New comment by beerglass in "Drone flight over world cities and neighbourhoods"

beerglass — Mon, 14 Sep 2026 15:28:23 +0000

My attempt at gamifying how it feels to fly drones over cities like London, Paris, NYC, SFO, etc. You can also choose to fly over your own neighbourhood instead. Please try it and share suggestions for improving the game play.

Show HN: Drone flight over world cities and neighbourhoods

beerglass — Mon, 14 Sep 2026 15:28:23 +0000

Article URL: https://citydrones.kingsbridge-consultancy.com/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49698614

Points: 3

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New comment by beerglass in "Show HN: Markdown Viewer and Editor"

beerglass — Tue, 01 Sep 2026 03:49:48 +0000

Thanks, mate. If you work with .md files all day, try this for a few days and share feedback or suggestions for improvements.

New comment by beerglass in "Show HN: Markdown Viewer and Editor"

beerglass — Tue, 01 Sep 2026 03:46:08 +0000

Update: added an insert-equation button in the toolbar of my MD Viewer

New comment by beerglass in "Show HN: Markdown Viewer and Editor"

beerglass — Tue, 01 Sep 2026 03:36:58 +0000

Included a basic "insert math" option to insert LaTeX for math symbols, greek letters, relations & operators. If you work with Math equations regularly, try it out and share any suggestions for improvements.

New comment by beerglass in "Show HN: Markdown Viewer and Editor"

beerglass — Tue, 01 Sep 2026 03:27:39 +0000

Thanks for your suggestion. I use plain textarea so that Undo, Spellcheck work seamlessly. Monaco at 5MB+ is bigger than the whole app. Will instead try highlight.js for transparent overlay.

New comment by beerglass in "Show HN: Markdown Viewer and Editor"

beerglass — Mon, 31 Aug 2026 22:48:54 +0000

Try this: https://github.com/arnog/mathlive

Show HN: Markdown Viewer and Editor

beerglass — Mon, 31 Aug 2026 20:55:03 +0000

I built an online viewer and editor for .md files where the file stays on your machine. Free to use and code is available under MIT License here: https://github.com/hattray/markdown-editor

You can also install it as a Chrome/Edge app so that it works for files on your desktop by double-clicking.

Supports standard .md files with formatting, syntax-highlighting for code, table of contents, Mermaid diagrams, LaTeX via KaTex. Also supports exporting to .html, .pdf and .png.

Please give it a try and share your feedback for improvements.

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49514729

Points: 34

# Comments: 20

Ask HN: Ingenious or Fraud?

beerglass — Thu, 11 Jul 2024 15:15:30 +0000

At my local 7-Eleven, the checkout counter person always records his own phone number for every sale and earns reward points. Left me wondering, is it a smart hack or fraud? What does the HN community think about it?

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40937630

Points: 1

# Comments: 1

Ask HN: Why Read Books?

beerglass — Fri, 06 Jan 2023 00:38:33 +0000

Obviously as a student, books are important. But later in life, as a source of entertainment, books can't compete with bars, chatting with friends, television, movies, sports, social media, all of which hit quicker. So, why should one read books?

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34269263

Points: 2

# Comments: 12

Ask HN: Can AI help find citations and bibliography for an article draft?

beerglass — Thu, 22 Dec 2022 18:19:55 +0000

While writing a scholarly article (for a journal, school project, etc), I need to provide appropriate citations and bibliography. While writing it, we use many sources and fail to keep a record of all the references. Once it is done, if the AI can read the article and find supporting and original reference for any fact or quote used in the article, it can save a great amount of time.

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34096557

Points: 1

# Comments: 2

Ask HN: Is web3.0 or Blockchain tech likely to disrupt centralized marketplaces?

beerglass — Fri, 08 Oct 2021 11:23:17 +0000

Centralized marketplaces often tend to optimize the profits of the corporation running it rather than the experience of the buyers & sellers participating in the network. Can new decentralized marketplaces be created using blockchain technologies, especially for digital services that do not have huge offline logistics? Can decentralized networks connecting cab drivers and commuters, educators and students, artists and audience, etc. solve the trust issues better than traditional web2.0 companies?

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28797979

Points: 7

# Comments: 8