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New comment by formula1 in "Show HN: Gaming Couch – a local multiplayer party game platform for 8 players"

formula1 — Fri, 26 Dec 2025 20:32:22 +0000

Reminds me of happy fun times https://github.com/greggman/HappyFunTimes

New comment by formula1 in "Programmers and software developers lost the plot on naming their tools"

formula1 — Thu, 11 Dec 2025 18:51:44 +0000

One issue with package naming is competition. One of the great things about OSS or software in general is people can take inspiration from other projects that do the same thing. Personally I've ran into deciding which casting library to use

- runtypes - https://github.com/runtypes/runtypes

- zod - https://zod.dev/

- ajv - https://ajv.js.org/

AJV and runtypes use the naming convention that the article suggestions. It's named is derived from how it's used. Zod on the other hand seems to come from left field.

Personally, I built a simple caster called "ShallowCaster" before choosing to move to a library as things got move complex but I think a problem is that as competition increases the "generic" naming becomes more difficult to find.

I suppose an option is to include the author name for each package such as "json casting from google" or "@google/json-casting" this way all packages can use the descriptive naming while not conflicting

New comment by formula1 in "Show HN: MTXT – Music Text Format"

formula1 — Thu, 04 Dec 2025 19:23:26 +0000

This is pretty neat

I'm wondering if it can be used alongside strudal https://strudel.cc/ Either mtxt => strudal or strudal => mtxt

Heres strudal in action https://www.youtube.com/shorts/YFQm8Hk73ug

New comment by formula1 in "Langjam Gamejam: Build a programming language then make a game with it"

formula1 — Sun, 30 Nov 2025 18:33:34 +0000

I think magic the gathering set a pretty good standard.

New comment by formula1 in "SpaceX disables 2,500 Starlink terminals allegedly used by Asian scam centers"

formula1 — Thu, 23 Oct 2025 18:22:43 +0000

Do you have a link/information supporting this? This sounds on the crazy side but considering Dubai and China are reported doing similar things I could believe it.

New comment by formula1 in "HTML-in-Canvas"

formula1 — Sun, 03 Aug 2025 17:40:51 +0000

A native version would be nice but this seems interesting https://html2canvas.hertzen.com/

New comment by formula1 in "My son (9 yrs old) used plain JavaScript to make a game, and wants your feedback"

formula1 — Wed, 04 Dec 2024 04:13:51 +0000

I really liked the math problems, Little bit of edutainment

New comment by formula1 in "Ask HN: Can whitelisting executables replace anti-virus software?"

formula1 — Fri, 19 Jul 2024 19:01:24 +0000

I think a major thing with viruses is access to filesystem.

If programs asked for permission to access folders or we gave the program their own volume to work within then they couldn't access, run or modify sensitive/important files.

New comment by formula1 in "I'm funding Ladybird because I can't fund Firefox"

formula1 — Sun, 07 Jul 2024 22:20:07 +0000

Why is Ladybird getting so much attention. Has anyone herd of servo? They're trying to offload css rendering to the gpu. That could be a big deal in the long run.

https://servo.org/

New comment by formula1 in "Replacing WebRTC: real-time latency with WebTransport and WebCodecs"

formula1 — Tue, 31 Oct 2023 01:54:12 +0000

Personally, im interested in seeing flyweb developed. Devices easily locally connected sounds good to me

https://flyweb.github.io/

New comment by formula1 in "Show HN: Nostalgist.js – Run emulators of retro consoles, within web browsers"

formula1 — Thu, 12 Oct 2023 20:32:47 +0000

It would be nice if it allowed custom inputs. This could allow on screen controls or other customized inputs.

New comment by formula1 in "Was Async Fn a Mistake?"

formula1 — Fri, 06 Oct 2023 21:04:03 +0000

Personally, I figure everything "await"ed by default seems to make more sense. Then add a keyword like "delay"ed to a function call to make the function return a promise that can be "await"ed later.

This way beginners don't have to understand things like the event loop or difference between a function that returns a promise and one that doesn't while more advanced users can still manually handle promises

New comment by formula1 in "The AI Boom Runs on Chips, but It Can't Get Enough"

formula1 — Wed, 31 May 2023 01:36:55 +0000

Can someone explain to me why AI (which is boosting Nvidias stock) is picking up so much? Why didn't Alexa/Siri and googles original AI cause the same thing? I doubt that openai is buying all these GPUs, who is?

New comment by formula1 in "Twitter switches to a paid service model next month, neutering unpaid accounts"

formula1 — Wed, 29 Mar 2023 02:20:51 +0000

I deleted my account when they removed my 2 factor auth. Ive been hacked before on Twitter and don't really use twitter anyway.

Maybe this is good for business. I'm not coming up with better ways to make money out of it besides increasing the amount ads.

New comment by formula1 in "We Need Legos for Code"

formula1 — Tue, 14 Mar 2023 22:45:15 +0000

Starcraft 1 and Warcraft 3 had a nice GUI for programming, starcraft 2 was a bit harder for me to deal with. Arguably something like magic the gathering that is written in a programming language instead of english would be helpful for programming literacy.

New comment by formula1 in "Can zoos be redesigned for a more ethical generation?"

formula1 — Mon, 27 Aug 2018 01:25:14 +0000

Sickness, risk reward regarding prey, accidents and poachers will probably not be taken care of by vets

Granted, peta and humane society have exposed some zoos mistreat many animals which may swing the statistics in favor of the wild. Nonetheless, we have laws and those laws are meant to protect the animals even if they dont succeed 100% atm

New comment by formula1 in "Can zoos be redesigned for a more ethical generation?"

formula1 — Sun, 26 Aug 2018 13:59:25 +0000

Important to keep in mind, while tigers may have statistics showing a better life than in the wild, reproduction in the zoo has been a problem. There is still more thay can be done but I agree that there is valid arguments for zoos

New comment by formula1 in "Railway-Oriented Programming (2015)"

formula1 — Mon, 18 Jun 2018 15:22:13 +0000

Java is fine

New comment by formula1 in "How Futures Trading Changed Bitcoin Prices"

formula1 — Wed, 30 May 2018 18:20:22 +0000

- The ability to short (bet on loss)

- Unregulated system for whales

- already being considered a dirty currency by multiple Govs

A whale can short, influence laws and create fud. The futures market made it so people can have interest in it falling not just hope for more rising. Theres a very legitimate reason why futures market changed the dynamic

New comment by formula1 in "Lisp, Jazz, Aikido"

formula1 — Fri, 04 May 2018 16:29:46 +0000

Jeet kune do teaches speed and improvision. If you can react to your opponent, your at an advantage. If your opponent cannot react to you, you are at an advantage. Simple and true.

While knockout/stamina/appearence of futility/tap out may be a path to a win condition, there is nuance to when you have multiple opponents, are in grab/hold positions, when you want to be in a location and/or keep your opponent(s) in a location.

Aikido offers a way to use momentum and joints against your opponents allowing you to have more control over space and situation you normally would. This is also helpful for transitioning into submissions or broken limbs more elligently than punch, tackle and look for an opportunity.

My experience is that aikido is often taught with a delicateness and with less importance on competition/hunger. While I certainly enjoy adrenaline, winning i believe favors the adaptable which aikido seems to provide