Hacker News: ddmf

New comment by ddmf in "Fractl.art – a fractal generator with 8 octillion different patterns"

ddmf — Fri, 24 Jul 2026 09:55:18 +0000

I think early deepdream was quite close, where you see artifacts around the image and lots and lots of dogs because of the amount of training images being pet pics - perhaps it's just the way I hallucinate on lsd - perhaps it shows how the brain actually renders the world inside our heads.

New comment by ddmf in "This blog is written in en-GB"

ddmf — Thu, 02 Jul 2026 13:26:12 +0000

"My mum said that if I didn't drink enough milk then I'd only be good enough to play for Accrington Stanley."

"Accrington Stanley!, Who are they?"

"Exaaaccttlyyy...."

New comment by ddmf in "The UK's new under-16 social media ban will cause more harm than it prevents"

ddmf — Tue, 23 Jun 2026 12:05:58 +0000

This does seem to be more of an effort to bring digital ID in via a backdoor - the proposal is less "under 16 social media ban" rather "over 16 will need to provide id to use social media"

I'd prefer that we had some standardised governmental endpoint that can authorise against a site for us, rather than use multiple individual methodologies to prove

New comment by ddmf in "Notes from tired Egyptian whose job is explaining that humans built the pyramids"

ddmf — Fri, 19 Jun 2026 07:26:13 +0000

I was considering changing my name to Mark Withasea because I keep getting asked so many times "Is that Mark with a K, or a C?"

New comment by ddmf in "Jensen Huang Just Told Every CEO Hiding Behind AI Layoffs to Shut Up"

ddmf — Wed, 27 May 2026 15:25:21 +0000

Call it extreme if you like, but I propose we hit it hard and hit it fast with a major; and I mean major; leaflet campaign.

New comment by ddmf in "A sentimental tour of late 1990s and early 2000s hacking tools"

ddmf — Wed, 20 May 2026 13:59:04 +0000

SoftIce and IDA were what I instantly thought of.

New comment by ddmf in "The noise we make is hurting animals. Can we learn to shut up?"

ddmf — Thu, 16 Apr 2026 14:37:53 +0000

I'm autistic and have misophonia and hyperacusis, not to mention auditory processing issues which mean I'm more likely to lock on to a noise rather than what I actually would like to listen to.

There's so much noise around - it really does tie in to the "social model of disability" in that a lot of my issues would disappear if environments weren't so hostile - that includes noise, smells, and lights.

New comment by ddmf in "Every plane you see in the sky – you can now follow it from the cockpit in 3D"

ddmf — Tue, 14 Apr 2026 14:49:05 +0000

I'm just seeing stars, tried a few different devices and a couple of different browsers.

New comment by ddmf in "Man accidentally gains control of 7k robot vacuums"

ddmf — Fri, 06 Mar 2026 14:58:52 +0000

so you're a waffle guy?

New comment by ddmf in "ADHD and monotropism (2023)"

ddmf — Tue, 25 Nov 2025 13:21:29 +0000

I'm audhd also and the truly disabling part of my neurotype is the fact that I can do things and focus, I just can't choose when and where and what my focus is on.

New comment by ddmf in "Old Computer Challenge – Modern Web for the ZX Spectrum"

ddmf — Tue, 21 Oct 2025 11:50:31 +0000

Reminds me of Gopher / Lynx from back in the day.

New comment by ddmf in "Show HN: Autism Simulator"

ddmf — Tue, 14 Oct 2025 09:59:02 +0000

I'm Audhd, 50, and my experience mirrors yours, although I can fall asleep earlier, but it's a die throw whether I wake around 3am or sleep fully until 7am.

The worst aspect is that I seem to procrastinate fun things now - like gaming, or making music.

Hope you can find something to help you recharge :)

New comment by ddmf in "A human-accelerated neuron type potentially underlying autism in humans"

ddmf — Mon, 13 Oct 2025 10:15:18 +0000

I was diagnosed with aspergers just as this happened - basically new information came out showing he'd sent the higher support need autistic kids off for experimentation so they'd leave him alone with his lower support needs autistic kids.

New comment by ddmf in "Notes on Managing ADHD"

ddmf — Tue, 02 Sep 2025 13:07:50 +0000

Way too much information, brain wouldn't let me read it.

New comment by ddmf in "ADHD drug treatment and risk of negative events and outcomes"

ddmf — Mon, 18 Aug 2025 14:04:42 +0000

I'm diagnosed autistic and ADHD.

A lot of my autistic issues are caused by society because they are mostly sensory - bright lights, random noise, synthetic smells.

The social model of disability doesn't cover all my symptoms and issues though, I am very much disabled. Pre diagnosis and medication my rejection sensitive dysphoria would cause me to perceive sleights and fly off the handle very easily.

5000 years ago I would have had a rock to the head.

New comment by ddmf in "Is Germany on the brink of banning ad blockers?"

ddmf — Mon, 18 Aug 2025 13:58:10 +0000

I concur, some websites are so unusable now with the tiny portion of content surrounded by adverts.

New comment by ddmf in "I tried every todo app and ended up with a .txt file"

ddmf — Tue, 12 Aug 2025 07:36:58 +0000

I too have tried many things over the years and the only thing that truly works for me and my adhd (diagnosed) brain are post it notes and calendar alarms, unless of course I forget and accidentally put my phone on DND where it can stay for many days.

New comment by ddmf in "I don't read your email threads"

ddmf — Fri, 08 Aug 2025 12:56:15 +0000

I will delete a ticket if it has a full thread copied in and "see below" - I don't have time to work out what you want or need, make an effort and ask me / tell me what you need, and be ambiguous about it.

New comment by ddmf in "Cognitive decline can be slowed down with lifestyle changes"

ddmf — Fri, 08 Aug 2025 11:24:25 +0000

Misread chess as cheese and I'm down with that as a new special interest.

New comment by ddmf in "Online Safety Act: What went wrong?"

ddmf — Wed, 06 Aug 2025 11:36:43 +0000

I'm sure I read somewhere that gambling isn't restricted by this Act, under request of the gambling industry.