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New comment by cookie_monsta in "I'm drowning in AI features I never asked for and I hate it"

cookie_monsta — Mon, 27 Oct 2025 08:39:42 +0000

It's a productivity boost for the people who have to generate the text that nobody reads. At an organisational level it's a wash caused by requiring that text in the first place

New comment by cookie_monsta in "I'm drowning in AI features I never asked for and I hate it"

cookie_monsta — Sun, 26 Oct 2025 01:49:19 +0000

The (non-tech) industry I am in generates an enormous amount of text that it's fairly certain nobody reads past the executive summary.

My workmates love it. Amongst the tech community, I see a divide very similar to the crypto one - everybody who has a stake in it succeeding is very optimistic. Everybody working in other areas seems dubious at best.

New comment by cookie_monsta in "Engineer restores pay phones for free public use"

cookie_monsta — Sat, 09 Aug 2025 09:38:29 +0000

Or a high visibility vest and a clipboard.

Really, who is going to catch you in this scenario?

New comment by cookie_monsta in "Steve Jobs' cabinet"

cookie_monsta — Sat, 02 Aug 2025 05:15:05 +0000

Why not? There are companies dedicated to sprucing up houses for sale. They will even bake bread for you before inspections to give the place a "homey" smell.

Half an hour with a screwdriver seems doable

New comment by cookie_monsta in "Steve Jobs' cabinet"

cookie_monsta — Sat, 26 Jul 2025 02:52:43 +0000

..... aaaaaand another measure just became a target...

New comment by cookie_monsta in "Steam, Itch.io are pulling ‘porn’ games. Critics say it's a slippery slope"

cookie_monsta — Fri, 25 Jul 2025 23:18:40 +0000

Not defending the ratings system here, but there is a big gap between M and R/X or whatever your country uses.

A better question would be if you would be more comfortable with your child being shown porn or snuff movies. For me the answer would be neither, in about an equal measure

New comment by cookie_monsta in "WhatsApp introduces ads in its app"

cookie_monsta — Mon, 16 Jun 2025 21:02:16 +0000

This is really interesting. Can you say how much it costs the user to remove ads?

New comment by cookie_monsta in "Binary Wordle"

cookie_monsta — Wed, 04 Jun 2025 13:09:20 +0000

The classics are classics for a reason

New comment by cookie_monsta in "Show HN: Lazy Tetris"

cookie_monsta — Wed, 28 May 2025 10:22:46 +0000

The more constructive way of putting this would be to mention which browser you are using. Judging from the comments, it works in plenty of browsers

New comment by cookie_monsta in "Show HN: Clues by Sam – a daily logic puzzle using natural language in a grid"

cookie_monsta — Thu, 08 May 2025 13:53:25 +0000

I found this game from a recommendation here and I have played it every day since. I think it's great. The rules take a bit of getting used to, but the dynamic of never having to guess (and getting penalised for guessing) makes it really interesting. It's just hard enough without being infuriating.

The page says that there are other Sam puzzles which can be played in html5, but the link only goes to the app store. Congrats on this one. Where can I find the browser versions of the others?

New comment by cookie_monsta in "Ask HN: What are your favourite daily puzzle games?"

cookie_monsta — Wed, 30 Apr 2025 10:42:35 +0000

Looks nice but definitely in the "Why is this an app and not a webpage?" category for me

New comment by cookie_monsta in "Ask HN: What are your favourite daily puzzle games?"

cookie_monsta — Wed, 30 Apr 2025 09:53:26 +0000

Yeah, that's a good one thanks

New comment by cookie_monsta in "Ask HN: What are your favourite daily puzzle games?"

cookie_monsta — Tue, 29 Apr 2025 13:08:30 +0000

Fair enough. I would guess that daily games prevent me from bingeing and getting bored. The exception would be https://truncate.town/ - something about that game really clicks with me and I often play a "regular" (non-daily) game against the computer when I have a spare few minutes

Ask HN: What are your favourite daily puzzle games?

cookie_monsta — Tue, 29 Apr 2025 12:41:21 +0000

I got hooked on daily puzzle games like a lot of people, with Wordle and since then have been collecting them here and there. Most of my faves have been posted here by creators or fans, others I don't remember how I found them. Anyway, it's been a while since we've had a dedicated thread for people to share their favourites, but there are new ones coming out all the time, so I'm curious to know if there are any good ones I'm missing out on. I guess my only real criteria are that they are browser-based, mobile friendly, free to play and somewhat original. Below are the ones I regularly play:

From the NYT: Wordle, connections and the mini

https://wordchase.semantle.com guess the word guided by AI hints

https://travle.earth/ get from one country to another by passing through bordering countries

https://wafflegame.net/ drag and drop letters to make a "waffle" of words

https://imsqueezy.com/ insert letters to make other words, to form 3 words connected by a theme

https://truncate.town/ kind of an adversarial scrabble, PvP or against the computer

https://ziggurwords.com/ unscramble letters to find increasingly longer words

https://crosswordle.com/ a crossword/wordle hybrid

https://www.threemagicwords.app/ more word unscrambling

https://www.theatlantic.com/games/bracket-city/ hard to explain - uncover a famous event in history by unwrapping nested clues?

https://www.omiword.com/ drag tiles within sectors to spell 4 common words

Am I missing any good ones?

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43831809

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New comment by cookie_monsta in "LibreLingo – FOSS Alternative to Duolingo"

cookie_monsta — Tue, 29 Apr 2025 09:46:28 +0000

If you are spending 30 minutes on the toilet, language fluency is not your biggest problem

New comment by cookie_monsta in "Internet in a Box"

cookie_monsta — Sun, 27 Apr 2025 21:51:06 +0000

Yes, why does the developing world need an education system when we could be flooding them with AI hallucinations?

New comment by cookie_monsta in "Bill Gates's Personal Easter Eggs in 8 Bit BASIC (2008)"

cookie_monsta — Sun, 27 Apr 2025 21:18:40 +0000

Oh how dreary. I was hoping for something fun and whimsical but it's just IP protection...

New comment by cookie_monsta in "Show HN: Mathstick – A Classic Matchstick Puzzle Game with a Twist"

cookie_monsta — Sat, 26 Apr 2025 20:55:15 +0000

Beautiful game, but I got stuck on level 3. 5 + 4 = 5

I can't see a solution- am I missing something?

New comment by cookie_monsta in "Show HN: Phrase Maze – A daily word puzzle game"

cookie_monsta — Sat, 26 Apr 2025 20:43:56 +0000

Looks like a fun game but it would be nice to have an undo last word button. Sometimes you hit a dead end and the only way out is to reload the page (unless I misunderstand the UI)

Also "starting playing" could just read start

Nice work, though - the daily puzzle space needs more original ideas like this

New comment by cookie_monsta in "40 Years Ago, We Got the Greatest Educational Game of All Time"

cookie_monsta — Thu, 24 Apr 2025 21:55:31 +0000

I think most platforms have recognised this and now release an episode per week to get that common cultural experience back. I great plenty of discussion about last night's episode of white lotus or last of us.

I wouldn't be getting to nostalgic about the old days of tv. Remember how it was to miss am episode and have to wait for the repeat? Or be sick in bed for days and bored with literally nothing to watch/binge?