Hacker News: gazook89

New comment by gazook89 in "Show HN: I built a Markdown and raw HTML blog platform scoring 99 on PageSpeed"

gazook89 — Thu, 22 Oct 2026 02:18:13 +0000

The email I got for the confirmation step was entirely in Korean, just fyi.

I shared bloffy with a few people I volunteer with, since we contribute to a side-by-side markdown/css editor with a live preview as well (though not for blogging).

I think you should make clear that the "Translation" option, to create additional pages for translations, doesn't actually do the translation for you. It just creates a subpage for a translation.

One annoying thing I'm finding is that iOS/MacOS autocorrects `bloffy` into `bloody` at every chance it gets.

New comment by gazook89 in "8 in 10 Americans oppose live-streaming execution"

gazook89 — Mon, 19 Oct 2026 13:20:51 +0000

I agree. I don’t want to watch it, I’d rather have no death penalty, but if the government for and by the people is okay with killing citizens then perhaps we should be facing that, not turning our backs.

Perhaps we could then rally behind getting rid of death penalty. Or at the very least, ensure we aren’t botching every other one.

New comment by gazook89 in "Character.ai has initiated voluntary Chapter 11 bankruptcy"

gazook89 — Tue, 13 Oct 2026 13:38:04 +0000

> Google’s purchase doesn’t include personal data and privileged materials like Spirit’s 97.5 million passenger profiles or an estimated 50.2 million records related to the Free Spirit loyalty program data, according to court records.

New comment by gazook89 in "Montreal adopts bylaw banning insults against police, municipal employees"

gazook89 — Wed, 23 Sep 2026 15:36:49 +0000

It is possible to read a story and relate it to your own circumstances.

New comment by gazook89 in "The American Religion of Self-Storage Facilities"

gazook89 — Fri, 18 Sep 2026 00:59:52 +0000

I thought the article was predominantly about supply side. There are more quotes from providers than consumers. The article mentions every point you’ve made. You’ve summarized the article bang on.

New comment by gazook89 in "Tooltips need a delay, and then they need to skip it"

gazook89 — Wed, 26 Aug 2026 13:58:18 +0000

Two things:

First, it’s funny how browsers finally get to the point where good html tooltips can be done with just HTML/CSS via Anchor Positioning and Popover APIs, eliminating the need for JS for tooltips. But then there is a “one more thing” that pulls JS right back into it.

Second, I think the tooltip context could be applied to “tooltip groups”, so it’s not a check to see if the whole page is “warm”, but whether a group is warm.

New comment by gazook89 in "Book Corners: Community map of neighborhood book exchange spots"

gazook89 — Sat, 25 Jul 2026 12:43:04 +0000

Just toss them. Make a real assessment on their quality or worth and if you think it’s very unlikely someone in your immediate community would not only pick it up but actually read it, toss them.

New comment by gazook89 in "Slow Breathing Can Rewire Your Brain and Change the Choices You Make"

gazook89 — Mon, 29 Jun 2026 00:12:55 +0000

Agreed. It’s ridiculous to think that holding your breath long enough to affect your cognitive thinking is what game designers have in mind.

New comment by gazook89 in "Macsurf, "modern" web browser for macOS 9"

gazook89 — Sat, 30 May 2026 20:38:53 +0000

Always surprising but fun to see a "MPLS" MN state flag graphic in some random github readme. Then I see the username "mplsllc" :) Hello neighbor!

New comment by gazook89 in "Toxic chemical leak at a manufacturing facility in Orange County"

gazook89 — Sat, 23 May 2026 23:01:41 +0000

I believe they are having issues with the valves, from what I’ve read.

But I’m just some guy.

New comment by gazook89 in "Qatar helium shutdown puts chip supply chain on a two-week clock"

gazook89 — Fri, 13 Mar 2026 22:23:51 +0000

I used Shadow PC for a long time. Never any issues over several years. Lots of reasons in preferred it over GeForce. I can expound on that later if needed

New comment by gazook89 in "Voxile: A ray-traced game made in its own engine and programming language"

gazook89 — Sun, 08 Mar 2026 16:01:51 +0000

Is it possible to fake a world curvature so that using a fog isn’t as necessary, as far items sink below the horizon?

New comment by gazook89 in "How Big Diaper absorbs billions of extra dollars from American parents"

gazook89 — Sun, 08 Mar 2026 15:21:03 +0000

It won’t ALWAYS be nice little rollers. And it depends on diet. Right now with 1 year old it’s a lot of smears but with a good shake they peel off and into the toilet, sometimes helped with the spray wand.

We also use a cheap synthetic fleece cloth liner, too. We just got a couple yards of it from fabric store and cut it into strips. The poop mostly hits that, and since it’s synthetic it slides off well.

New comment by gazook89 in "How Big Diaper absorbs billions of extra dollars from American parents"

gazook89 — Sun, 08 Mar 2026 14:14:37 +0000

My experience with two kids is that solids are easier. With good diet, the poop has a good chance of just being a “roll off” and into the toilet. Get a spray wand/ hand held bidet attachment for toilet to help rinse it off before it goes in wash.

New comment by gazook89 in "Show HN: Wildex – Pokémon Go for real wildlife"

gazook89 — Tue, 17 Feb 2026 10:52:54 +0000

Consider just doing dropping the global leader board. Who benefits from it? For most, it’s a passing curiosity. But for some, it’ll be an obsession which ends up endangering them, animals/plants, and others. These kinds of contents can encourage someone who may not tromp through a delicate bog normally to decide to step off the boardwalk and recklessly go get that picture for the app points. And for 99% of the world, it’s just an additional screen with no chance of being relevant.

Replace it with a leaderboard amongst phone contacts/friended users

New comment by gazook89 in "Show HN: Wildex – Pokémon Go for real wildlife"

gazook89 — Tue, 17 Feb 2026 10:51:25 +0000

New comment by gazook89 in "Kitchen optimizations"

gazook89 — Wed, 31 Dec 2025 20:03:28 +0000

I so desperately want this, I think about it about 5 times a week and probably mention it to my wife as often. But in my old small house I doubt I could ever get one set up. Much better than a touch less one.

New comment by gazook89 in "'Calvin and Hobbes' at 40"

gazook89 — Thu, 20 Nov 2025 13:33:10 +0000

Zach Weinersmith’s Beawolf graphic novel is basically an ode to Calvin. He has a new book coming out soon, too.

New comment by gazook89 in "Canva’s affinity strategy: Normies over power users"

gazook89 — Sat, 01 Nov 2025 03:35:04 +0000

My understanding is that you need an account and Internet for the download and license activation, but then works offline (they specifically say “for extended periods”) in the FAQ. That is pretty much the same as v2 right?

New comment by gazook89 in "Ground stop at JFK due to staffing"

gazook89 — Fri, 31 Oct 2025 03:19:43 +0000

The administration has posited that they don’t have to do backpay for many positions. Currently, there is no reason anyone could expect norms to hold.