Hacker News: chikenf00t

New comment by chikenf00t in "Making the video that made Gorillaz"

chikenf00t — Wed, 29 Jan 2025 21:50:36 +0000

Woah... I can't even describe what it feels like seeing this again! Thank you!

New comment by chikenf00t in "Making the video that made Gorillaz"

chikenf00t — Wed, 29 Jan 2025 21:29:54 +0000

I remember as a kid putting that cd in my computer and driving the car from the "19-2000" music video around. The physics were so mind-boggling to me at the time. I loved it. This article is bringing back those memories.

Actually, I'm not sure if that demo/game came from the CD or from a promo website. It's been so long I don't remember.

New comment by chikenf00t in "My Struggle with Doom Scrolling"

chikenf00t — Wed, 22 Jan 2025 16:27:00 +0000

I had a feeling I was missing out on a joke or something haha. I thought you might be referring to a silent alarm type device. I'm really interested in finding an alternative that doesn't involve me scrolling through twitter until my brain fog clears up. I don't know if I could cave into buying a Amazon device like that though...

New comment by chikenf00t in "My Struggle with Doom Scrolling"

chikenf00t — Wed, 22 Jan 2025 15:17:34 +0000

Can you explain what the "Amazon branded wiretap for alarms" is? I did some searches with those terms but can't really understand what you're referring to.

New comment by chikenf00t in "David Lynch has died"

chikenf00t — Thu, 16 Jan 2025 19:00:05 +0000

Part 8 of season 3 left a deep impression on me. I still think about it regularly.

New comment by chikenf00t in "David Lynch has passed away"

chikenf00t — Thu, 16 Jan 2025 18:52:18 +0000

Blue Velvet and Wild At Heart are my two personal favorites. And as stated before, Twin Peaks is one of the greatest shows ever made.

New comment by chikenf00t in "How to delete your Facebook account"

chikenf00t — Thu, 09 Jan 2025 22:32:40 +0000

I deleted my Facebook account back in 2015. I was in high school and going through a deep depression/mental break down. I remember feeling so much relief as the days went on. I don't think I was ever designed to handle social media properly. I doubt I'm the only one either.

New comment by chikenf00t in "Justin Trudeau promises to resign as PM"

chikenf00t — Mon, 06 Jan 2025 19:13:14 +0000

As a French Canadian this is unfortunately true the further north you go.

New comment by chikenf00t in "Russian family lived alone in the Siberian wilderness for 40 years (2013)"

chikenf00t — Tue, 12 Nov 2024 21:31:50 +0000

What parts seem unbelievable?

New comment by chikenf00t in "Apex Legends is taking away its support for the Steam Deck and Linux"

chikenf00t — Thu, 31 Oct 2024 17:36:22 +0000

I haven't touched TF2 in almost a year. The joy I felt playing that game has left since the cheating epidemic and I don't think it's ever coming back.

New comment by chikenf00t in "Leonard Cohen: The Man Who Saw the Angels Fall"

chikenf00t — Thu, 19 Sep 2024 19:12:44 +0000

I highly recommend Cohen's The Book of Longing. It has carried me over the years through mountains of heartbreak. It was one of the first poetry books that I ever read and introduced me into a whole new realm of literature.

New comment by chikenf00t in "The Greatest Educational Life Hack: Learning Math Ahead of Time"

chikenf00t — Wed, 17 Jul 2024 14:57:01 +0000

How were you able to learn math later in life? I'm terrible at math and I know it causes my work to suffer.

New comment by chikenf00t in "How Nestlé gets children hooked on sugar in lower-income countries"

chikenf00t — Wed, 17 Apr 2024 21:37:00 +0000

I've switched to the Ollipop brand from regular soda. The taste is great and it doesn't make me feel like garbage. I'm never looking back.

New comment by chikenf00t in "Glitch Exhibition in Munich: The Art of Interference"

chikenf00t — Thu, 04 Jan 2024 21:48:23 +0000

This is really fun to play around with, thanks for sharing!

New comment by chikenf00t in "Japan says reason behind 1,200 tonnes of fish washing ashore is unknown"

chikenf00t — Thu, 14 Dec 2023 20:03:54 +0000

This should almost be pinned. I thought this was common knowledge. I don't understand if people are ignorant of this or are completely ignoring it for some reason.

New comment by chikenf00t in "Plan for Windows 10 End of Support"

chikenf00t — Fri, 08 Dec 2023 21:04:11 +0000

Out of your combined lists, HDR is the only one that would cause issues. Although it really depends on the distro.

New comment by chikenf00t in "Firefox for Android is adding support for 400 add-ons"

chikenf00t — Thu, 30 Nov 2023 21:59:46 +0000

I also use Iceraven and Mull as well. Both have served me great over the years. They're much better than Vanadium that comes by default with GrapheneOS.

New comment by chikenf00t in "My $500M Mars rover mistake"

chikenf00t — Wed, 29 Nov 2023 00:25:09 +0000

I guess the idea is that it potentially could have cost $500 million therefore it was a $500 million mistake. It's not exactly accurate but it does help contextualize the gravity of their mistake.

New comment by chikenf00t in "Google Chrome will limit ad blockers starting June 2024"

chikenf00t — Tue, 21 Nov 2023 22:21:11 +0000

Librewolf is great, but an easy way to lock down regular Firefox is to generate a profile on something like ffprofile.com and replace the default config.

New comment by chikenf00t in "Jezebel to shut down after 16 years as parent company lays off staff"

chikenf00t — Thu, 09 Nov 2023 18:55:30 +0000

Out of curiosity, what media outlets are you referring to?