Hacker News: hackernewdshttps://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=hackernewdsHacker News RSShttps://hnrss.org/hnrss v2.1.1Fri, 29 May 2026 23:12:34 +0000<![CDATA[New comment by hackernewds in "Show HN: Free, in-browser PDF editor"]]>I take that back it does contribute since I realize OP's is paid and yours is FOSS

]]>Sat, 28 Mar 2026 17:43:23 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47556768hackernewdshttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47556768https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47556768<![CDATA[New comment by hackernewds in "Show HN: Free, in-browser PDF editor"]]>Bit bummed to see many posts pitching their own products (often paid) rather than give OP feedback which is the spirit of a ShowHN. There should be a blanket policy of disallowing that.

]]>Sat, 28 Mar 2026 17:41:56 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47556754hackernewdshttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47556754https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47556754<![CDATA[New comment by hackernewds in "Show HN: Free, in-browser PDF editor"]]>you should pay because you did not build it. same as how you pay for a burger that digests in your intestines

]]>Sat, 28 Mar 2026 17:37:36 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47556710hackernewdshttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47556710https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47556710<![CDATA[New comment by hackernewds in "Show HN: Free, in-browser PDF editor"]]>This is not related. This is self-promotion and contributes little to OP's show. Poor form..

]]>Sat, 28 Mar 2026 17:36:39 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47556699hackernewdshttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47556699https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47556699<![CDATA[New comment by hackernewds in "Show HN: Now I Get It – Translate scientific papers into interactive webpages"]]>surely, but it is a considerable concern? deflecting constructive feedback is probably not the best encouragement for others for a show HN?

]]>Sat, 28 Feb 2026 19:29:44 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47199217hackernewdshttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47199217https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47199217<![CDATA[New comment by hackernewds in "Show HN: Now I Get It – Translate scientific papers into interactive webpages"]]>"daily limit reached" on first attempt :/

]]>Sat, 28 Feb 2026 19:27:33 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47199200hackernewdshttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47199200https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47199200<![CDATA[New comment by hackernewds in "Facebook is cooked"]]>Maybe you are too young to have noticed, but this is how Facebook used to be for every one. Until some a/b testing likely led to short term engagement boosts for news content and that's all you could see - especially during the 2016 news cycle with (allegedly Russian) political ads. Then people stopped posting, and others stopped posting, feedback loop and here we are.

]]>Sat, 21 Feb 2026 17:38:01 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47102862hackernewdshttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47102862https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47102862<![CDATA[New comment by hackernewds in "Show HN: Free alternative to Wispr Flow, Superwhisper, and Monologue"]]>the astroturfing here off topic of op post is unbearable

]]>Tue, 17 Feb 2026 11:30:22 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47046339hackernewdshttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47046339https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47046339<![CDATA[New comment by hackernewds in "Show HN: Free alternative to Wispr Flow, Superwhisper, and Monologue"]]>you shouldn't use autism as a generic insult as you have here

]]>Tue, 17 Feb 2026 11:29:07 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47046329hackernewdshttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47046329https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47046329<![CDATA[New comment by hackernewds in "Roomba maker goes bankrupt, Chinese owner emerges"]]>So the govt implements rules and a panopticon for penalties. this works for the FDA, why wouldn't it for the FCC

]]>Mon, 15 Dec 2025 14:01:45 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46274648hackernewdshttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46274648https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46274648<![CDATA[New comment by hackernewds in "Roomba maker goes bankrupt, Chinese owner emerges"]]>your anecdote doesn't have much to do with the reasons presented in the article?

]]>Mon, 15 Dec 2025 14:00:42 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46274636hackernewdshttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46274636https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46274636<![CDATA[New comment by hackernewds in "The highest quality codebase"]]>> Writing code is the default behavior from pre-training

what does this even mean? could you expand on it

]]>Thu, 11 Dec 2025 18:27:32 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46235033hackernewdshttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46235033https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46235033<![CDATA[New comment by hackernewds in "Has the cost of building software dropped 90%?"]]>You are discounting his experience with your own, while your example is not remotely relevant to his flask game example.

]]>Tue, 09 Dec 2025 16:44:57 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46207123hackernewdshttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46207123https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46207123<![CDATA[New comment by hackernewds in "Bag of words, have mercy on us"]]>Yeah at that point, just arguing semantics

]]>Mon, 08 Dec 2025 20:14:54 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46197044hackernewdshttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46197044https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46197044<![CDATA[New comment by hackernewds in "Google, Nvidia, and OpenAI"]]>they are not though

]]>Mon, 01 Dec 2025 17:08:27 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46109895hackernewdshttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46109895https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46109895<![CDATA[New comment by hackernewds in "A trillion dollars (potentially) wasted on gen-AI"]]>> expert in human language development and cognitive neuroscience, Gary is a futurist able to accurately predict the challenges and limitations of contemporary AI

I'm struggling to reconcile how these connect and he has been installed as Head of AI at Uber. Reeks of being a huckster

]]>Sat, 29 Nov 2025 12:17:22 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46086982hackernewdshttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46086982https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46086982<![CDATA[New comment by hackernewds in "Trillions spent and big software projects are still failing"]]>something left out there with government though is incentive misaligned and hence corruption, which is smaller in a private scale (exists nonetheless)

]]>Wed, 26 Nov 2025 06:09:52 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46054636hackernewdshttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46054636https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46054636<![CDATA[New comment by hackernewds in "California DMV approves map increase in Waymo driverless operations"]]>The bigger blocker isn't the technology or the fleet. It's commercial viability and Luddite and populist politicians.

]]>Sat, 22 Nov 2025 02:24:33 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46011497hackernewdshttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46011497https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46011497<![CDATA[New comment by hackernewds in "Red Alert 2 in web browser"]]>It's a joke

]]>Thu, 20 Nov 2025 19:59:48 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45996935hackernewdshttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45996935https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45996935<![CDATA[New comment by hackernewds in "Red Alert 2 in web browser"]]>Watch some Hera games. The level of play is next level.

And Aoe2 is consistently getting official updates, there's 3 Indian and 4 Chinese civs now.

]]>Thu, 20 Nov 2025 19:59:08 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45996928hackernewdshttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45996928https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45996928