Hacker News: donclark

New comment by donclark in "Guitar tuner that uses phone accelerometer"

donclark — Mon, 11 May 2026 19:20:03 +0000

Can an accelerometer determine when a car is having issues? Can it do the same for a human user's body?

New comment by donclark in "WebUSB Extension for Firefox"

donclark — Mon, 20 Apr 2026 16:31:40 +0000

I've used Firefox successfully twice. I have nextdns on my router, not sure if that helped.

New comment by donclark in "Show HN: Tasker – An open-source desktop agent for browser and OS automation"

donclark — Wed, 07 Jan 2026 14:28:12 +0000

I tried to create a workflow and it does not seem to record specific tasks. It did not record me going to a specific website, clicking on an area of text, copying of text. How can I get this to work? How do I teach or correct it? THx

New comment by donclark in "An LED panel that shows the aviation around you"

donclark — Tue, 02 Dec 2025 16:14:48 +0000

That is a great live service. Thank you for sharing. We live near an airport/military and often hear loud or low flying aircraft and wonder exactly what it was. My question is if there is a log for my area that I could search by approximate date/time to try to identify the aircraft.

New comment by donclark in "An LED panel that shows the aviation around you"

donclark — Tue, 02 Dec 2025 15:26:42 +0000

Very cool project. I would like a text message or a log that I could go to with timestamps and aircraft details along with the date. Is there such a service or app?

New comment by donclark in "Ask HN: How can you search your personal data?"

donclark — Thu, 20 Nov 2025 18:06:10 +0000

I was referring to the username and password for these accounts being held local and not on an external server that is providing the service. I would think it would need to be open source so that we could trust it.

New comment by donclark in "Ask HN: How can you search your personal data?"

donclark — Thu, 20 Nov 2025 16:00:47 +0000

I too have wondered when an option like this would become available! I am surprised that there is not a tool that will do this. *Ideally being a local solution.

New comment by donclark in "Why Fei-Fei Li and Yann LeCun are both betting on "world models""

donclark — Fri, 14 Nov 2025 12:50:24 +0000

How soon is now? In other words, when will the general public have access to an assistant or a coach with selected world models?

New comment by donclark in "Automating our home video imports"

donclark — Tue, 11 Nov 2025 12:19:40 +0000

What is the value for meaning for keeping home photos or videos? Does anyone provide meta tags, detailed information or narration? How is the photo or video meaningful unless you add your detailed memories to it for others to understand?

New comment by donclark in "Non-invasive vagus nerve stimulation and exercise capacity in healthy volunteers"

donclark — Wed, 20 Aug 2025 11:40:04 +0000

Which unit do you recommend? I see a wide variation of pricing and options on Amazon. *and thank you

New comment by donclark in "Delta moves to eliminate set prices, use AI to set your personal ticket price"

donclark — Thu, 17 Jul 2025 19:41:29 +0000

Maybe we should start showing up at gates with the price we paid for our ticket on our chest with how/where/when we bought the ticket. Maybe a QR code with details? Links to share this data to figure out how to game the system? Cat n mouse it is!

New comment by donclark in "Show HN: EchoStream – A Local AI Agent That Lives on Your iPhone"

donclark — Sat, 21 Jun 2025 14:42:20 +0000

This is the feature that I am interested in

- Memory search that connects new info with what you’ve seen before

New comment by donclark in "Show HN: A web browser agent in your Chrome side panel"

donclark — Sun, 18 May 2025 13:28:39 +0000

Looks great. Any plans for this to work in Firefox?

New comment by donclark in "Show HN: Real-Time Gaussian Splatting"

donclark — Fri, 16 May 2025 22:12:20 +0000

Holodeck coming soon?

New comment by donclark in "ChatGPT can accurately estimate Body Fat Percentage from photos"

donclark — Fri, 16 May 2025 22:01:08 +0000

Can AI estimate psychological profile based on a photo of the face (face structure)?

New comment by donclark in "The Uncanny Mirror: AI, Self-Doubt, and the Limits of Reflection"

donclark — Wed, 07 May 2025 16:54:49 +0000

Great observation. I also have had the same feeling. Upon reading your experience, it jogged my memory to the 1998 film SPHERE.

Are humans mature enough to handle the secrets of the universe? Or are we but an infant species, whose fears and phobias prevent us from embracing the big picture?

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120184/

*My apologies for being cheesy by mentioning that movie, but I do agree - that maybe AI is exposing who we are as a person.

New comment by donclark in "Show HN: I lost 15% to Congress' lag, so I built a trade-sniping tool"

donclark — Sun, 16 Mar 2025 14:40:56 +0000

Does this also provide an idea of when to sell? Could it also provide an estimate of profit (percentage)?

New comment by donclark in "Running DeepSeek R1 on Your Own (cheap) Hardware – The fast and easy way"

donclark — Sat, 01 Feb 2025 14:06:34 +0000

I like this. However, I did not find any minimum specs or speed. Maybe I missed? Can some point me in the right direction please?

New comment by donclark in "Google Pixel 4a's old firmware is gone, trapping users on buggy battery update"

donclark — Wed, 29 Jan 2025 20:58:39 +0000

After the update from Google, my 4a did not seem to hold a charge like it did before. I read the reviews/risks and thought that my easiest options were to either roll-back the OS update, or finally give GrapheneOS a try.

New comment by donclark in "Google Pixel 4a's old firmware is gone, trapping users on buggy battery update"

donclark — Wed, 29 Jan 2025 17:23:55 +0000

I resolved this problem on my Pixel 4a by installing graphene OS. YMMV.