Hacker News: garycomtois

Please Use AI

garycomtois — Fri, 29 May 2026 13:50:25 +0000

Article URL: https://shawnsmucker.substack.com/p/please-use-ai

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48323101

Points: 791

# Comments: 397

New comment by garycomtois in "Listers: A Glimpse into Extreme Birdwatching"

garycomtois — Mon, 06 Oct 2025 14:21:39 +0000

For mature audiences, for nature audiences

Listers: A Glimpse into Extreme Birdwatching

garycomtois — Mon, 06 Oct 2025 14:21:39 +0000

Article URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zl-wAqplQAo

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45491759

Points: 2

# Comments: 1

PC icon Myst feels complete thanks to a big new update

garycomtois — Sun, 30 Mar 2025 19:20:30 +0000

Article URL: https://www.pcgamesn.com/myst/age-of-rime-update

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43526747

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

The Case Against Travel

garycomtois — Tue, 11 Feb 2025 11:05:56 +0000

Article URL: https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-weekend-essay/the-case-against-travel

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43011435

Points: 5

# Comments: 1

The New Zuckerberg

garycomtois — Mon, 27 Jan 2025 15:30:15 +0000

Article URL: https://www.searchengine.show/listen/search-engine-1/the-new-zuckerberg

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42842126

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

A cross-section illustration reveals the happenings of Kowloon Walled City

garycomtois — Fri, 13 Dec 2024 18:37:29 +0000

Article URL: https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2024/07/kowlooon-walled-city-illustration/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42411094

Points: 20

# Comments: 5

Why sailors love a filthy, unwashed coffee mug (2021)

garycomtois — Fri, 25 Oct 2024 15:55:35 +0000

Article URL: https://www.militarytimes.com/off-duty/military-culture/2021/06/07/why-sailors-love-a-filthy-unwashed-coffee-mug/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41946482

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

New comment by garycomtois in "How do you make an addictive video game?"

garycomtois — Fri, 08 Mar 2024 14:56:27 +0000

"This episode will change how you look at games. We talk to Ben Brode, the designer behind Hearthstone and Marvel Snap, about how a creative person learns to make the things they love, and about the secret ideas hiding in games as simple as rock-papers-scissors."

How do you make an addictive video game?

garycomtois — Fri, 08 Mar 2024 14:08:23 +0000

Article URL: https://pjvogt.substack.com/p/how-do-you-make-an-addictive-video

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39641167

Points: 15

# Comments: 16

Gordon Moore (1929–2023)

garycomtois — Sat, 17 Jun 2023 16:48:33 +0000

Article URL: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-01978-y

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36371914

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

Exercise May Help Counteract the Toll of Poor Sleep

garycomtois — Tue, 18 Apr 2023 10:33:47 +0000

Article URL: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/29/well/move/exercise-benefits-sleep.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35612169

Points: 5

# Comments: 0

Build your custom travel itinerary, powered by ChatGPT

garycomtois — Fri, 24 Mar 2023 15:42:11 +0000

Article URL: https://www.roamaround.io/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35290578

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

365

garycomtois — Fri, 10 Mar 2023 15:25:09 +0000

Article URL: https://notes.art/one-year-later/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35095495

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

Happiness Is a Warm Coffee

garycomtois — Sun, 05 Mar 2023 00:58:12 +0000

Article URL: https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2023/02/coffee-caffeine-happiness-health-benefits/673158/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35026084

Points: 27

# Comments: 10

40k Recipes for Murder

garycomtois — Sat, 10 Sep 2022 15:57:35 +0000

Article URL: https://radiolab.org/episodes/40000-recipes-murder

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32791769

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

Just like life riding my bike doesn't always make sense but that's why I love it

garycomtois — Thu, 21 Jul 2022 10:50:24 +0000

Article URL: https://www.npr.org/2022/07/18/1089654169/bill-chappell-cycling

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32177810

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

New comment by garycomtois in "Ask HN: Is my landing page improved?"

garycomtois — Wed, 06 Apr 2022 14:37:28 +0000

Getting an error: "The e-mail could not be sent."

New comment by garycomtois in "I want visually distinct colors!"

garycomtois — Wed, 30 Mar 2022 18:41:38 +0000

Funny, I had just made a 20-color palette using mokole.com. Also notice you can choose to include black or white, so you might get something similar to the result by Sasha Trubetskoy.

I want visually distinct colors!

garycomtois — Wed, 30 Mar 2022 17:55:40 +0000

Article URL: https://mokole.com/palette.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30858555

Points: 2

# Comments: 2