Hacker News: electrotype

New comment by electrotype in "FreeDNS"

electrotype — Sat, 24 Oct 2026 16:38:49 +0000

I use one of their "dynamic domain" as a stable address to point to my home computer : example.mooo.com instead of using the IP. They provide an endpoint for a cron to update this IP each X time.

New comment by electrotype in "60% Fable cost cut by converting code to images and having the model OCR it"

electrotype — Fri, 03 Jul 2026 21:29:30 +0000

I see. I was thinking that it might be different if the document wasn't provided by you directly, but instead if the LLM fetched it itself online.

New comment by electrotype in "60% Fable cost cut by converting code to images and having the model OCR it"

electrotype — Fri, 03 Jul 2026 19:27:35 +0000

What about: "Read this document online : [URL]" and you add your text/context to an online document?

Would that reduce the number of tokens used too?

New comment by electrotype in "Global review confirms mRNA vaccines are safe, effective and full of promise "

electrotype — Thu, 02 Jul 2026 09:31:04 +0000

The definition of the word "vaccine" was literally changed during the pandemic so the mRNA injections could fit in : https://www.merriam-webster.com/wordplay/word-of-the-year-20...

Some people don't agree they should be called "vaccine", in the traditional sense.

New comment by electrotype in "Never Give Them Your Face"

electrotype — Mon, 22 Jun 2026 17:04:57 +0000

I'm quitting Claude AI because of https://support.claude.com/en/articles/14328960-identity-ver... .

New comment by electrotype in "Show HN: I built a tool that watches webpages and exposes changes as RSS"

electrotype — Thu, 12 Mar 2026 09:55:09 +0000

Will this work on websites that may have Cloudflare captchas popping from time to time?

New comment by electrotype in "Discord/Twitch/Snapchat age verification bypass"

electrotype — Thu, 12 Feb 2026 00:15:35 +0000

I'm against workarounds. I'm pro "leaving them and only come back when Digital ID is not required anymore".

New comment by electrotype in "Shai-Hulud malware attack: Tinycolor and over 40 NPM packages compromised"

electrotype — Wed, 17 Sep 2025 16:05:20 +0000

Why, though?

New comment by electrotype in "The nastiest checkmate ever in chess history happened yesterday (Aman Hambleton) [video]"

electrotype — Sun, 06 Oct 2024 20:59:52 +0000

Aman premoves everything in the end, he is very low on time. Most platforms allow you to make moves in advance, and those are automatically executed after your opponent moves, as long as they are legal.

Here is a video explaining the whole game: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wPa0EhzvhaA

The nastiest checkmate ever in chess history happened yesterday (Aman Hambleton) [video]

electrotype — Sun, 06 Oct 2024 20:10:42 +0000

Article URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XAlcDWQ6iTM

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41759882

Points: 5

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New comment by electrotype in "The Oracle Java Platform Extension for Visual Studio Code"

electrotype — Wed, 18 Oct 2023 16:25:27 +0000

Any comparision with the Redhat one + "Extension pack for Java" that was the main way to go for Java in VSCode?

New comment by electrotype in "Site claims to sell upvotes on Hacker News"

electrotype — Fri, 30 Jun 2023 14:25:39 +0000

(Why the downvotes? The humour was not obvious and on target? Oh well...)

New comment by electrotype in "Site claims to sell upvotes on Hacker News"

electrotype — Fri, 30 Jun 2023 14:16:04 +0000

Very cool article! Very interesting. Much recommended. A+.

New comment by electrotype in "GandiMail will cease being “free” on November 30 even for domains paid for years"

electrotype — Thu, 15 Jun 2023 22:48:39 +0000

So I did transfer one domain to dynadot, to try.

There IS a free mailbox, but "For remote access please upgrade to Pro plan". So no POP3/IMAP.

New comment by electrotype in "GandiMail will cease being “free” on November 30 even for domains paid for years"

electrotype — Wed, 14 Jun 2023 20:36:28 +0000

I'm looking at this: https://www.dynadot.com/hosting/email.html#plan-slection-scr...

> Every Dynadot domain purchase comes with a free email address

I may transfert my domains there.

New comment by electrotype in "Gandi.net – Pricing Update"

electrotype — Wed, 14 Jun 2023 14:28:39 +0000

I guess I have my answer here (link suggested by another user here): https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35080777

New comment by electrotype in "Gandi.net – Pricing Update"

electrotype — Wed, 14 Jun 2023 14:16:34 +0000

It may be obvious for some, but I'd like to be sure: It's the free "2 mailboxes" included with each domain registration that are soon removed?

I would have to pay for those 2 mail addresses associated with my domain if I stay with Gandi, is that correct?

(I do not use there web interfaces, I access my accounts via POP3/IMAP)

New comment by electrotype in "Ask Wirecutter: Can you recommend a not-smart TV for me?"

electrotype — Sun, 09 Apr 2023 14:14:50 +0000

How do those compare to a Rii?

https://www.amazon.ca/Rii-Wireless-Keyboard-Compatible-Raspb...

Of course it's not a real keyboard and mouse but it works fine.

I do use an universal remote most of the time though (Harmony 700), but I use the Rii when I exit Kodi and I'm back to my HTPC's Linux environment. The Rii is then enough to open a browser and YouTube, for example.

New comment by electrotype in "Show HN: I “wrote” a kid's book with ChatGPT and Midjourney"

electrotype — Wed, 25 Jan 2023 13:32:55 +0000

When will there be a similar tool that allows you to even add a generated video interview with the "author" of the book?

New comment by electrotype in "Human Chess is a chess variant where playing the top engine move is forbidden"

electrotype — Thu, 01 Dec 2022 15:53:04 +0000

You can actually checkmate if there are two ways to do it and one is uglier.