Hacker News: blackdogie

New comment by blackdogie in "Firewood Splitting Simulator"

blackdogie — Sun, 14 Jun 2026 13:11:59 +0000

That was a fun work out. I was wondering what happened when you "filled" the circle of firewood.

New comment by blackdogie in "Never let a good domain go to waste"

blackdogie — Wed, 18 Mar 2026 23:48:02 +0000

The whole point of this post was that https://covidtests.gov/ redirects to somewhere completely different.

Never let a good domain go to waste

blackdogie — Wed, 18 Mar 2026 23:35:54 +0000

Article URL: https://www.whitehouse.gov/lab-leak-true-origins-of-covid-19/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47432743

Points: 1

# Comments: 1

New comment by blackdogie in "Apple debuts iPhone 16e: A powerful new member of the iPhone 16 family"

blackdogie — Wed, 19 Feb 2025 16:39:40 +0000

Most interesting part "Expanding the benefits of Apple silicon, C1 is the first modem designed by Apple and the most power-efficient modem ever on an iPhone, delivering fast and reliable 5G cellular connectivity. Apple silicon — including C1 — the all-new internal design, and the advanced power management of iOS 18 all contribute to extraordinary battery life."

New comment by blackdogie in "Friend.com – The Virtual Friend"

blackdogie — Tue, 30 Jul 2024 14:41:20 +0000

When I saw the video I thought it was a parody. I'm still not sure if this is joke or not. It seems like a lot of effort for something like this and a strange use of the domain name. The T&C's look official enough. I did find this news piece "Avi Schiffmann’s Tab AI necklace has raised $1.9 million to replace God" https://www.fastcompany.com/91007630/avi-schiffmanns-tab-ai-...

Friend.com – The Virtual Friend

blackdogie — Tue, 30 Jul 2024 14:16:45 +0000

Article URL: https://www.friend.com/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41109431

Points: 47

# Comments: 37

New comment by blackdogie in "Special-use domain 'home.arpa.' (2018)"

blackdogie — Tue, 04 Jun 2024 12:37:50 +0000

A good way to avoid the Fritz.box issue from a few weeks ago https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40106336 / https://domainnamewire.com/2024/05/02/internet-gateway-compa...

The Evolution of Stretch by Boston Dynamics [video]

blackdogie — Fri, 17 Nov 2023 01:30:20 +0000

Article URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8WZoVJIV9V0

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38298112

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

Google Shopping Insights

blackdogie — Thu, 09 Nov 2023 12:22:28 +0000

Article URL: https://blog.google/products/shopping/google-shopping-best-holiday-deals-2023/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38204084

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

TrustPilot doesn't like HTML links to review pages

blackdogie — Mon, 15 May 2023 22:09:23 +0000

Article URL: https://twitter.com/paulsavage/status/1658232981633265714

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35955182

Points: 11

# Comments: 3

New comment by blackdogie in "Show HN: I created a browser automation tool"

blackdogie — Sat, 06 Aug 2022 01:01:24 +0000

Best of luck.

Two things that have tripped me up 1. "and save the value of this attribute", it wasn't clear that this could only be certain values, text, id. 2. API I can list tasks, get the status of a task, start tasks via API, but I don't se how I can read the results / stored data

New comment by blackdogie in "$9.99/month"

blackdogie — Sun, 17 Jul 2022 19:13:32 +0000

I tend to try to cancel some of mine a few times a year and renew the next I need them. That might be a two weeks (save 5%), a month (save 10%) or more.

This is also another reason (besides the credit card savings) why SAAS companies offering yearly deals really makes sense.

New comment by blackdogie in "Show HN: I built an app for when I talk too much in online meetings"

blackdogie — Thu, 14 Jul 2022 21:29:22 +0000

Love this idea. I also thing there is a great use case here for people in sales, customer support / onboarding. Listening as a skill is very important for roles like this, and anything that can help people be a bit more conscious about this is great.

A top bar icon for this could also be useful, so not to take up too my screen real estate, e.g. for example if you are giving a sales demo, you may want to hide the application, but still see visually how you are doing.

New comment by blackdogie in "How Street Dogs Spend Their Days"

blackdogie — Wed, 08 Jun 2022 23:23:20 +0000

I'll be honest, there doesn't seem to be much scientific reasoning here behind things.

Things like tracking distance the dogs travelled in a day would be pretty easy to do for a random sample. Or the breakdown of sex / estimated age / etc.

Maybe it's just a starting point but it doesn't give much info IMHO.

Don't use 3rd party URL shorteners for AdWords

blackdogie — Sat, 21 May 2022 17:38:35 +0000

Article URL: https://www.blackdog.ie/studies/dont-use-url-shorteners-for-your-your-sem-campaigns/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31460020

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

New comment by blackdogie in "Include diagrams in your Markdown files with Mermaid"

blackdogie — Mon, 14 Feb 2022 19:30:21 +0000

This is a nice addition.

I would love to see it working in the Github Wiki too.

New comment by blackdogie in "Distributing Dating Apps in the Netherlands"

blackdogie — Fri, 04 Feb 2022 18:19:47 +0000

It's a small win in some respects. But Apple have been very too at only opening the door on payments that little bit. I would assume (and hope) that this will be the thin edge of the wedge and it will expand over time.

Pay with the palm of your hand – Amazon One

blackdogie — Thu, 09 Dec 2021 00:24:34 +0000

Article URL: https://one.amazon.com/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29492398

Points: 4

# Comments: 1

Taxjar Acquired by Stripe

blackdogie — Wed, 28 Apr 2021 09:40:26 +0000

Article URL: https://blog.taxjar.com/taxjar-will-be-joining-stripe-to-help-build-the-worlds-tax-compliance-infrastructure/

Hacker News: blackdogie

New comment by blackdogie in "Firewood Splitting Simulator"

New comment by blackdogie in "Never let a good domain go to waste"

Never let a good domain go to waste

New comment by blackdogie in "Apple debuts iPhone 16e: A powerful new member of the iPhone 16 family"

New comment by blackdogie in "Friend.com – The Virtual Friend"

Friend.com – The Virtual Friend

New comment by blackdogie in "Special-use domain 'home.arpa.' (2018)"

The Evolution of Stretch by Boston Dynamics [video]

Google Shopping Insights

TrustPilot doesn't like HTML links to review pages

New comment by blackdogie in "Show HN: I created a browser automation tool"

New comment by blackdogie in "$9.99/month"

New comment by blackdogie in "Show HN: I built an app for when I talk too much in online meetings"

New comment by blackdogie in "How Street Dogs Spend Their Days"

Don't use 3rd party URL shorteners for AdWords

New comment by blackdogie in "Include diagrams in your Markdown files with Mermaid"

New comment by blackdogie in "Distributing Dating Apps in the Netherlands"

Pay with the palm of your hand – Amazon One

Taxjar Acquired by Stripe

New comment by blackdogie in "Steer Through the Suez Canal"