Hacker News: bennyp101

New comment by bennyp101 in "So long Google, and thanks for all the nudes"

bennyp101 — Mon, 28 Sep 2026 18:41:05 +0000

Yea I’m on over a month now of an app sitting in review, a couple of years ago it was much quicker. Apple approved the same app within a week. I can only assume it’s because it’s easier to vibecode android apps so it’s being flooded?

New comment by bennyp101 in "Being ambitious and being a dad"

bennyp101 — Wed, 19 Aug 2026 13:28:37 +0000

I think having kids has made me more ambitious than I was before, certainly recently. One has some extra needs, that have come to light over the last few years, so I've spent most evenings and the odd weekend over the last 2 years trying to build something that I'm hoping will help with that.

Always had ideas to build things before, and they kinda fizzled out, but recent developments have made me realise that I have to be ambitious right now, that doesn't mean taking time away from them, just time away from me.

So in a weird way, they have encouraged me to be ambitious by just being themselves.

New comment by bennyp101 in "Mars Bar from 1991 found – and it's 20g bigger than today's"

bennyp101 — Mon, 10 Aug 2026 16:59:32 +0000

And then we have the Freddo comparison [0] over here as well, not in skinkflation terms, but in a how is that going up in price terms (Although I've seen them at 39p recently, so probably out of date)

[0] https://thefreddoindex.com/

New comment by bennyp101 in "Minecraft: Java Edition now uses SDL3"

bennyp101 — Mon, 20 Jul 2026 09:57:46 +0000

I've been running this[0] for a few years now, moved it a couple of days ago to a portainer VM on proxmox with 6GB ram, its running perfectly fine for 3 of us, and works fine from tablets and PC.

Can also run on the nintendo switch if you setup a cname to redirect to your server IP, i.e: mco.lbsg.net x.x.x.x play.lbsg.net x.x.x.x

Then choose the "Lifeboat" server

[0] https://jamesachambers.com/minecraft-java-bedrock-server-tog...

New comment by bennyp101 in "TinyWind: A pixel pirate sailing game with real wind physics (380k+ kms sailed)"

bennyp101 — Mon, 15 Jun 2026 17:15:51 +0000

My first instinct was space to fire FWIW (Also its giving me Age of Empire feels here!)

New comment by bennyp101 in "FIFA seeks explanation over VAR official's hand gesture"

bennyp101 — Mon, 15 Jun 2026 15:44:13 +0000

Interesting how times change, my first thought when I saw it was "Dammit!" - I had no idea it was now a "White Supremacy" angle :/

FIFA seeks explanation over VAR official's hand gesture

bennyp101 — Mon, 15 Jun 2026 15:35:56 +0000

Article URL: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/cy9rd8g1lwzo

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48542850

Points: 4

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New comment by bennyp101 in "UK Brings in Full Social Media Ban for Under-16s"

bennyp101 — Mon, 15 Jun 2026 10:14:39 +0000

To add a data point, my kids are not allowed on any social media and don't have phones. (They have iPads, but they are locked down and blocked at home anyway)

But that doesn't stop them seeing things on social media - when they are at the park, there are always peers there that have a phone and showing TikTok videos or Facebook reels etc, so even though I, as a parent, have blocked it at home, and chosen to not give them a smart phone, they are still exposed to it outside of that.

(And to be be fair, the same happens to me in a way. I don't have any social media logins, but I still get sent links for Instagram/FB/TikTok from friends, or my wife will show me something she's seen there, so it seems there really isn't much escape from it!)

New comment by bennyp101 in "Vivaldi 8.0"

bennyp101 — Thu, 21 May 2026 17:39:58 +0000

Maybe I just don't surf the web as much anymore, but everything I use or click on works in Firefox on Linux, I can't remember the last time I found something that didn't work (other than some Show HN fancy graphics thing)

New comment by bennyp101 in "Ghostmoon.app – A Swiss Army Knife for your macOS menu bar"

bennyp101 — Mon, 30 Mar 2026 15:27:09 +0000

"don't know about the secret shortcut way to do that, it is very annoying to get one"

Is that a US thing? Because in the UK you just get one for free - Companies House sends the info over to them, and a couple of days later it is available to search

New comment by bennyp101 in "Why so many control rooms were seafoam green (2025)"

bennyp101 — Thu, 26 Mar 2026 20:05:19 +0000

I remember when I first started out in a job that I should have a green poster nearby to look at to "relax your eyes" every now and then.

New comment by bennyp101 in "The Age Verification Trap: Verifying age undermines everyone's data protection"

bennyp101 — Mon, 23 Feb 2026 15:41:05 +0000

And then how does public wifi work? Stand outside a Weatherspoons, or just walk down a highstreet with free internet, back to square one

New comment by bennyp101 in "That's not how email works"

bennyp101 — Wed, 28 Jan 2026 19:03:13 +0000

I noticed this a couple of years ago too, I just ignored the letters, continued to receive the emails, and they stopped sending me letters about it /shrug

New comment by bennyp101 in "Show HN: LemonSlice – Upgrade your voice agents to real-time video"

bennyp101 — Tue, 27 Jan 2026 19:38:03 +0000

Nice one - thanks :)

New comment by bennyp101 in "Show HN: LemonSlice – Upgrade your voice agents to real-time video"

bennyp101 — Tue, 27 Jan 2026 19:06:57 +0000

Heads up, your privacy policy[0] does not work in dark mode - I was going to comment saying it made no sense, then I highlighted the page and more text appeared :)

[0] https://lemonslice.com/privacy

New comment by bennyp101 in "Snow Simulation Toy"

bennyp101 — Tue, 27 Jan 2026 16:13:17 +0000

I did something similar[0] in JS on a Christmas eve eve a while back - needs to run via a server now as Web Workers cannot be loaded from file:// anymore.

python3 -m http.server 8080

[0] https://github.com/benperiton/SnowCam

New comment by bennyp101 in "Independent review of UK national security law warns of overreach"

bennyp101 — Thu, 18 Dec 2025 14:05:15 +0000

"then head off to MPs’ houses and Parliament" - that's the bit that probably set it in motion

New comment by bennyp101 in "Why isn't online age verification just like showing your ID in person?"

bennyp101 — Sat, 13 Dec 2025 16:23:45 +0000

100% - They are only allowed on certain games, no chat, and I have a couple of private servers so they can do this steal a brain rot thing

New comment by bennyp101 in "Why isn't online age verification just like showing your ID in person?"

bennyp101 — Fri, 12 Dec 2025 15:57:54 +0000

Whilst I do kinda agree, I was just replying to the parent about what the punishment would probably be :)

But the problem is that people are NOT managing their own kids' shit, and now we have to have things put in place to try and counter that - and end up overreaching.

I'm more than happy to educate mine on how to be safe online, and to come and talk to us about stuff, other aren't, or are not aware they need to.

Perhaps buying internet means you have to sign a waiver saying that if anything happens because of the internet then that is on the parent(s)...

New comment by bennyp101 in "Why isn't online age verification just like showing your ID in person?"

bennyp101 — Fri, 12 Dec 2025 15:44:58 +0000

There's a giant difference between stopping kids having full reign on what is now essentially the whole world of information - and instant access to strangers, than there is making sure they eat healthy, help out, and don't have bad teeth .... but I'm sure you know that :)