Hacker News: davidblue

The FCC's 15-Year-Old Flickr Account Appears to Have Been Deleted

davidblue — Mon, 22 Sep 2025 12:46:50 +0000

Article URL: https://www.flickr.com/people/fccdotgov

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45332671

Points: 9

# Comments: 2

New comment by davidblue in "[dead]"

davidblue — Sun, 21 Sep 2025 07:53:44 +0000

Turns out, I've managed to post more than [*28 freaking hours of audio*](https://dub.sh/dbaudio) over the years on my Mastodon account, somehow. I thought I'd try to broadcast some of it, maybe even mess around live?

Friends Manual [pdf]

davidblue — Thu, 07 Aug 2025 06:25:17 +0000

Article URL: https://mn.gov/mnddc/extra/publications/friends.pdf

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44821245

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

New comment by davidblue in "Show HN: I build one absurd web project every month"

davidblue — Mon, 02 Jun 2025 22:55:37 +0000

Operation D-Day: One Second of War truly delighted me more than any other video game I've ever played.

I hope you like my Let's Play: https://youtu.be/iUnbD8xp0f0

New comment by davidblue in "Microsoft’s original source code"

davidblue — Thu, 03 Apr 2025 23:54:11 +0000

Love how absolutely engorged and broken this web page is to dramatically depict a style that - were the article actually just published in plain text - would be what... a millionth the size? Should have known better than to be surprised that the "source code" one can "download" and "look through" is in a goddamned PDF.

I do truly wonder if the fact that he was publishing a PDF as downloadable "code" even caused him any pause lol.

New comment by davidblue in "Global sales of combustion engine cars have peaked"

davidblue — Tue, 04 Mar 2025 02:48:39 +0000

Can I just ask - forgive the potential ignorance - if EVs have been proven to be less net carbon emitting with their manufacturing and expected disposal emissions factored in?

A Zalgo TextExpander Snippet

davidblue — Wed, 25 Dec 2024 04:02:46 +0000

Article URL: https://typefully.com/dieselgoth/a-zalgo-textexpander-snippet-FeRVS8K

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42506744

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

New comment by davidblue in "macOS menu bar app that shows how full the ISS urine tank is in real time"

davidblue — Wed, 25 Dec 2024 03:27:43 +0000

Thank you.

"We're talking about running Tumblr's back end on WordPress"

davidblue — Sun, 15 Sep 2024 04:16:18 +0000

Article URL: https://automattic.com/2024/08/27/shipping-tumblr-and-wordpress/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41545170

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

New comment by davidblue in "WriteFreely: An open source platform for building a writing space on the web"

davidblue — Fri, 16 Aug 2024 02:28:17 +0000

Love to see it! (Thanks again, Studio of Musings, for [saving my life](https://write.as/community/chat-with-david-blue).)

New comment by davidblue in "Rebooting an Abandoned Car Wash in the Ozarks"

davidblue — Tue, 28 Nov 2023 19:23:27 +0000

Sorry... I'm gonna stop definitively just tossing content on here when I think it might be interesting and occurs to me. The two? times I've been on the front page (including this one) have been (not exactly intentional) and embarrassing.

Rebooting an Abandoned Car Wash in the Ozarks

davidblue — Wed, 15 Nov 2023 09:21:26 +0000

Article URL: https://typefully.com/NeoYokel/9HHtfFn

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38274810

Points: 12

# Comments: 14

New comment by davidblue in "The Fantilator Page"

davidblue — Tue, 26 Sep 2023 01:21:42 +0000

I hope this isn't too unrelated, but I've named [bigassfans.com](https://bigassfans.com) my Best World Wide Web Site of The Year Award for 13 years in a row!

New comment by davidblue in "Average color of the NYC sky every 5 minutes"

davidblue — Sat, 10 Jun 2023 00:43:55 +0000

gosh darn I love this.

New comment by davidblue in "Ask HN: I have 176 logins/accounts. How many do you have?"

davidblue — Thu, 25 May 2023 22:05:59 +0000

Definitely a relevant topic, I'd say, especially if the discussion help any stragglers over the "edge" into finally using a password manager. (As far as I'm concerned, it is absolutely a requisite for all digital citizens in 2023.) ((And kinda has been for 10+ years but ya know.))

I'm closing in on 5000 credentials in 1Password, personally, but my collected vaults/database is 15+ years old now and definitely has [problematic duplicates](https://github.com/1Password/solutions/issues/1).

After a lengthy-enough sample of semi-formal self-observation, I'm averaging:

- signing in/authenticating 10 times/day (including weekends,) and most of those are repeats with the same service. - Almost 10 new accounts/credentials per week. (Granted, I'm pretty darn indiscriminate about doing so while exploring.)

Without tangenting too far, if anyone has any advice about how to constructively normalize password management (even just as an abstract) for end users - whatever that may mean - I'd love to hear it.

New comment by davidblue in "Choosing a Name for Your Computer (1990)"

davidblue — Wed, 24 May 2023 14:35:41 +0000

Though I can't imagine this is going to be particularly constructive, I've spent a lifetime on the lookout for any opportunity to brag about the names I've given various hardware devices because they're quite funny.

Perhaps - for end users/non-admins - it'd be best to point first to a list of "favorite" names??

Here are my favorites of mine, which have all notably performed the function of a unique system name quite admirably:

- Gravel (iPhone 8 Plus)

- Jorts (iPhone 12 Pro Max)

- Hildur (Desktop PC)

- [Kudzu](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kudzu) (iPad Pro)

- Winterkorn (Wireless OBD2 Scanner)

The Timely Mastodon Primer (Typefully)

davidblue — Wed, 09 Nov 2022 04:59:39 +0000

Article URL: https://typefully.com/NeoYokel/the-timely-mastodon-primer-vBMoyRY

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33527676

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

Interference of the Melon Man, Part Vixivxi

davidblue — Fri, 04 Nov 2022 01:24:54 +0000

Article URL: https://typefully.com/NeoYokel/interference-of-the-melon-man-part-vixivxi-Vlzjce0

Hacker News: davidblue

The FCC's 15-Year-Old Flickr Account Appears to Have Been Deleted

New comment by davidblue in "[dead]"

Friends Manual [pdf]

New comment by davidblue in "Show HN: I build one absurd web project every month"

New comment by davidblue in "Microsoft’s original source code"

New comment by davidblue in "Global sales of combustion engine cars have peaked"

A Zalgo TextExpander Snippet

New comment by davidblue in "macOS menu bar app that shows how full the ISS urine tank is in real time"

"We're talking about running Tumblr's back end on WordPress"

New comment by davidblue in "WriteFreely: An open source platform for building a writing space on the web"

New comment by davidblue in "Rebooting an Abandoned Car Wash in the Ozarks"

Rebooting an Abandoned Car Wash in the Ozarks

New comment by davidblue in "The Fantilator Page"

New comment by davidblue in "Average color of the NYC sky every 5 minutes"

New comment by davidblue in "Ask HN: I have 176 logins/accounts. How many do you have?"

New comment by davidblue in "Choosing a Name for Your Computer (1990)"

The Timely Mastodon Primer (Typefully)

Interference of the Melon Man, Part Vixivxi

All new Windows 11 sounds, unedited, arranged consecutively, 320kbps

Full-Throttle wget on iPhone