Hacker News: ed_db

New comment by ed_db in "[dead]"

ed_db — Sun, 18 Jan 2026 17:58:10 +0000

This looks amazing, I would love to purchase if it ever is ported to Android.

New comment by ed_db in "FocusTube: A Chrome extension that hides YouTube Shorts"

ed_db — Fri, 24 Oct 2025 00:11:01 +0000

Make sure you're adding it to the "My Filters" section, not the Import section under "Filter Lists". This fixed it for me.

New comment by ed_db in "Mind the encryptionroot: How to save your data when ZFS loses its mind"

ed_db — Tue, 30 Sep 2025 23:10:14 +0000

This is one hell of a bad day, I am impressed at how they were able to solve this.

New comment by ed_db in "Live Map of the London Underground"

ed_db — Fri, 11 Apr 2025 09:38:38 +0000

Very cool, although it seems to be missing both the Waterloo & City line and the Hammersmith & City line.

New comment by ed_db in "Show HN: Duolingo-style exercises but with real-world content like the news"

ed_db — Tue, 01 Apr 2025 09:30:30 +0000

Looks promising, please let me know if you're able to add Swedish or if that's on a roadmap.

New comment by ed_db in "Show HN: I designed an espresso machine and coffee grinder"

ed_db — Fri, 13 Dec 2024 13:01:30 +0000

Exactly this! It immediately turned me off from the product when I realised there isn’t a single practical image of it. It’s impossible to visualise how it would actually look on the counter.

New comment by ed_db in "Desktop Windowing on Android Tablets"

ed_db — Sun, 22 Sep 2024 21:06:06 +0000

This is a good step forward, but I desperately want to be able to extend a display on Android rather than screen mirroring.

New comment by ed_db in "Show HN: I built a free tool for breaking down tasks into manageable subtasks"

ed_db — Tue, 03 Sep 2024 11:08:01 +0000

I've since deleted all the site settings and re-authenticated and now i don't get any errors however the tasks do not break down, it simply inserts what i type below as a single activity. There's no clear output in console nor any thing i can easily send you for diagnostics alas.

New comment by ed_db in "Show HN: I built a free tool for breaking down tasks into manageable subtasks"

ed_db — Mon, 02 Sep 2024 21:46:16 +0000

Hi Ananth,

This looks very promising however every attempt at a demo ended with a server 500 error in the console. I also was put off by the warning from google that the site has permission to permanently delete all of my google calendars when signing up just to try the site. https://imgur.com/a/uoR0frO

New comment by ed_db in "Show HN: Safe Routes. real time turbulence data, ML predictions with an iPad"

ed_db — Sat, 29 Jun 2024 11:48:58 +0000

How do you eliminate false positives from pilot usage of the device or knocking into it? I wonder how long it will be before flight insurers start using this data for hedging following the Singapore Airlines flight SQ321 turbulence incident.

New comment by ed_db in "Show HN: I'm a doctor and built a responsive breathing app for anxiety and sleep"

ed_db — Sun, 02 Jun 2024 23:26:08 +0000

I'll be awaiting the android version too, best of luck and congratulations on the IOS launch.

New comment by ed_db in "Show HN: Exploring HN by mapping and analyzing 40M posts and comments for fun"

ed_db — Thu, 09 May 2024 13:46:06 +0000

This is amazing, the amount of skill and knowledge involved is very impressive.

New comment by ed_db in "Tell HN: I think there are major issues with Google –> Squarespace domains"

ed_db — Sun, 28 Apr 2024 14:42:40 +0000

I also had one migrated and the left on GD, safe to say the transfer from GD to Cloudflare for all of the non migrated domains was very quick. The one on Squarespace is taking days to move. It took several hours to get the transfer authorisation code and now I've been waiting days for the actual transfer to happen. I was very happy with Google Domains, however I'm not surprised in the least that they killed off the product as they seem to do for everything.

New comment by ed_db in "Ask HN: Free alternative to Teamviewer?"

ed_db — Thu, 11 Apr 2024 14:45:49 +0000

I ran into this problem recently too, i found https://www.helpwire.app as an alternative, it was very useful as it clearly showed me what step the client was on to start the connection. However it doesn't allow unattended access, I will likely use a combination of this and Rustdesk

New comment by ed_db in "Launch HN: Univerbal (YC W23) – Language learning with a conversational AI tutor"

ed_db — Wed, 31 Jan 2024 11:45:10 +0000

Hey, just so you know, it seems like it's possible to get stuck during the onboarding journey (No option but to refresh the page)

I tried the app using the 'no account' option. At the end of the exercise, it asked me to sign up to see my results. Clicking on 'sign up', I filled in my details only to find out that the email apparently already is in use (clearly, I've forgotten signing up). It recommends I should try logging in instead. However, there is no way for the user to log in at this point without losing the test task and totally restarting the journey.

https://imgur.com/a/zrzhMU6

Please consider adding a way out, with either a close dialogue option or a path to login/forgotten password flow

New comment by ed_db in "Sharing Your Netflix Account"

ed_db — Tue, 31 Jan 2023 16:30:25 +0000

Looks like they've now retracted it from the site: Here is a screenshot before it was removed https://i.imgur.com/EpyIkux.jpeg

New comment by ed_db in "I Spent 3 Years Alone Building a Log Cabin"

ed_db — Mon, 09 Jan 2023 11:28:45 +0000

The Youtube Description states the inspiration was this: "After seeing the documentary "Alone in the wilderness" by Dick Proenneke, I became completely obsessed with the idea...."

"I know my journey and I hope to inspire others the same way Dick Proenneke inspired me."

New comment by ed_db in "Show HN: I built my own PM tool after trying Trello, Asana, ClickUp, etc."

ed_db — Sun, 13 Nov 2022 13:57:28 +0000

Agreed

New comment by ed_db in "Queen Elizabeth II has died"

ed_db — Thu, 08 Sep 2022 18:19:00 +0000

Very sad news

New comment by ed_db in "Made $100k in 12 months on the side"

ed_db — Tue, 30 Aug 2022 08:53:28 +0000

Comment section here is pretty sus, instantly detracts from what ever the article is trying to say.