Hacker News: danisth

New comment by danisth in "So Reddit has decided that plain HTML is unsafe"

danisth — Thu, 23 Jul 2026 13:20:18 +0000

I found an extension for Safari called SinkItforReddit and it does an ok job of making old Reddit usable on mobile. I still fatfinger some clicks, but I’m stubborn and refuse to use the new site. My main gripe with it is less about the UI and more that the content ordering feels more obscured, whereas old site shows me the fairly basic heuristic algorithm for content order.

New comment by danisth in "SpaceX to buy Cursor for $60B"

danisth — Wed, 17 Jun 2026 02:41:01 +0000

Yep, it feels like forever a niche market. As soon as you think about it like fundamental infrastructure (which as I understand it is what we’re supposed to think about) it quickly becomes obvious that cables are better suited. Wealthy enclaves, digital nomads etc will pay for it, but that’s not going to get the revenue they’re hoping for.

New comment by danisth in "We built a new GPS receiver engine"

danisth — Tue, 19 May 2020 15:48:35 +0000

You set up the base station over a known point, and now your rover unit can give you cm level accuracy when it's within range of the base station (UHF radio range generally).

For a practical application, let's say you wanted to lay out crops for a small hobby farm. This can make getting your base station set up, because you might not care as much about absolute location, which would require finding a surveyed benchmark. Instead you put your base exactly on the corner of your plot, and after setting up a local grid system you can now exactly layout your farm according to your plan. You simply walk around with the rover unit and can get real time cm accurate "coordinates."

New comment by danisth in "We Can Do Better Than SQL"

danisth — Fri, 10 May 2019 04:08:46 +0000

Not a great interface, but estimated query plans can be pretty useful for getting a feel for how heavy a query will be.

New comment by danisth in "Schools Struggle with Vaping Explosion"

danisth — Tue, 03 Apr 2018 00:44:15 +0000

My high school had an on property smoking area until around 2003. The east coast of Canada can be pretty backwards I guess..

New comment by danisth in "Hacker News News Feed for the Mac Touch Bar"

danisth — Thu, 03 Aug 2017 23:50:38 +0000

Any good examples of the force click use? I use mine to look up definitions/Wikipedia in safari but beyond that I haven't found much use for it.

I wish I could make it open links in a new tab (like middle click on a mouse) instead of that annoying preview thing.

New comment by danisth in "Operation Luigi: How I hacked my friend without her noticing"

danisth — Thu, 03 Aug 2017 20:18:35 +0000

I mean, I'm pretty sure that is social engineering, doesn't make them any less of an asshole though.

New comment by danisth in "Have Smartphones Destroyed a Generation?"

danisth — Thu, 03 Aug 2017 15:22:13 +0000

This article spends more time discussing observable differences with the next generation and less on deeming them doomed. The majority of articles out there fit your statement, but I think this one is worth the read.

New comment by danisth in "Ask HN: Minus price, would you buy custom tailored or mass produced clothes?"

danisth — Mon, 31 Jul 2017 21:08:00 +0000

I would probably buy custom tailored everything if price weren't a factor. I have annoying proportions so most mass produced clothes seem to fit me poorly.

I don't think it would be that much of a hassle, simply have all your measurements taken and keep that on file somewhere. Whenever you go to buy new clothes submit that info and get your nicely fitted t-shirts.

New comment by danisth in "Reinventing the toilet in Madagascar"

danisth — Sun, 25 Jun 2017 01:51:06 +0000

Yeah those are good points. Also I realized that we have a "subscription service" with indoor plumbing through paying for water. There's no reason something like this couldn't be paid for through a tax which would encourage wide scale adoption.

New comment by danisth in "Reinventing the toilet in Madagascar"

danisth — Sat, 24 Jun 2017 20:44:05 +0000

Not sure how this is any better than a good composting toilet set up. Grew up with one in the house (hippy parents) and it doesn't smell and is minimal maintenance. Not sure how well this would translate into an urban setting but that seems like a solvable problem (and a better approach than a subscription based service like this one).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Composting_toilet

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/258852961_Compostin...

New comment by danisth in "VPNs are not the solution to a policy problem"

danisth — Wed, 29 Mar 2017 02:31:05 +0000

Would a 512mb RAM DO server be enough for this? I've been looking for an alternative to a VPN for a while, but it would only be cost effective with the $5 option.

New comment by danisth in "Ask HN: 25% of the most popular HN stories were posted in the last 9 days"

danisth — Wed, 01 Mar 2017 03:26:38 +0000

Could it be some fallout of the story[0] posted on reddit 11 days ago in regards to the shilling? I know that personally that has increased my time spent on HN.

[0] https://www.reddit.com/r/videos/comments/5une6u/reddit_is_be...