Hacker News: hacky_engineer

New comment by hacky_engineer in "Ask HN: What are you working on? (June 2026)"

hacky_engineer — Sun, 14 Jun 2026 17:49:03 +0000

I made a book, Simple Machines Made Simple, and I got about 11k copies shipped to my house about two weeks ago. I'm now trying to fix all the books and get them shipped out. They are books with little mini demos in them, and about 80% of the books need some type of rework. So it's going to be a long few months.

I also made Computer Engineering for Babies which I've posted about on here a couple times before.

https://hackylabs.com

New comment by hacky_engineer in "Tell HN: Amazon has deactivated my seller account"

hacky_engineer — Wed, 21 Jan 2026 20:59:30 +0000

Sent. Thanks!!

New comment by hacky_engineer in "Tell HN: Amazon has deactivated my seller account"

hacky_engineer — Wed, 21 Jan 2026 20:58:13 +0000

Thanks! I'll look around and see if I can find anyone that specializes in this kind of thing.

New comment by hacky_engineer in "Tell HN: Amazon has deactivated my seller account"

hacky_engineer — Wed, 21 Jan 2026 20:41:22 +0000

Yeah, this would be safer, but is anyone going to find the product if it's listed as "MyBrand attachment sleeve for location sensor and TV remote control." instead of "Attachment sleeve for Airtag and Samsung Frame Remote Control?" I kind of doubt it..

New comment by hacky_engineer in "Tell HN: Amazon has deactivated my seller account"

hacky_engineer — Wed, 21 Jan 2026 20:34:52 +0000

Thanks! Yeah, I'll go through Brand registry. I'm guessing I need to get my account reinstated first somehow though.

New comment by hacky_engineer in "Tell HN: Amazon has deactivated my seller account"

hacky_engineer — Wed, 21 Jan 2026 20:32:52 +0000

I would love to hear all your thoughts. Send me an email?

Tell HN: Amazon has deactivated my seller account

hacky_engineer — Wed, 21 Jan 2026 18:20:19 +0000

I sell 3d printed sleeves to attach an Apple Airtag to a Samsung TV remote. But Amazon thinks I am selling a Samsung device and has deactivated me for IP violations. My listings are very clear that this is FOR a Samsung device, and not an actual Samsung device. But Amazon's automated system can't figure it out. I am following their IP guidelines for compatible products (section 6C - https://sellercentral.amazon.com/help/hub/reference/GZUQ6GBBXQVHQKF2):

You can see one of my listings here:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FHZVVL1H

Every time I listed a new product for a different TV remote, my item would be flagged, but then I would go in and make a small edit, and that seemed to trigger some sort of review, and everything would be great.

Until last week, out of nowhere, my account has been deactivated.

To reinstate my account, they asked me to submit an authorization letter from the manufacturer or brand owner authorizing me to sell their products. Well, I figured, I am the manufacturer, so I wrote an authorization letter for myself, and even got it notarized for good measure, that I am legally allowed to sell these devices. But to no avail.

I have an option to "Submit new information." But have no new information to submit, and fear if I try submitting anything else, I'll be permanently banned or something.

The funny part is that on most of the products I have listed, I am losing money, just because of the FBA costs and the advertising costs. I lost about $250 last month between two of the variants.

The sad part is that I sell a book, Computer Engineering for Babies, and do most all my sales through my website, but do get a few orders a week through amazon for the book, and am now afraid the Amazon door is closed forever.

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46709409

Points: 79

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Redacted Material in Some Epstein Files Is Easily Recovered

hacky_engineer — Wed, 24 Dec 2025 05:47:41 +0000

Article URL: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/us/politics/epstein-files-redactions-doj.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46372850

Points: 3

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Simple Machines Made Simple Book

hacky_engineer — Thu, 23 Oct 2025 20:56:27 +0000

Article URL: https://hackylabs.com/blogs/news/simple-machines-made-simple

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45687013

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

New comment by hacky_engineer in "World conker champion found with steel chestnut, cleared of cheating"

hacky_engineer — Thu, 17 Oct 2024 15:32:12 +0000

In the video they mention it was painted and looked like a genuine conker.

New comment by hacky_engineer in "Scott Galloway: How the US is destroying young people's future [video]"

hacky_engineer — Mon, 13 May 2024 19:29:49 +0000

But it's still the one we have...

New comment by hacky_engineer in "Game of Life, simulating itself, infinitely zoomable"

hacky_engineer — Sun, 24 Mar 2024 19:13:39 +0000

If you're in firefox, try disabling Enhanced Tracking Protection.

New comment by hacky_engineer in "Computer Engineering for Babies (2021)"

hacky_engineer — Thu, 18 Jan 2024 18:08:48 +0000

This makes me so happy. Thanks so much for sharing!

New comment by hacky_engineer in "Computer Engineering for Babies (2021)"

hacky_engineer — Thu, 18 Jan 2024 02:24:12 +0000

Yeah, this is a known issue with the light flickering on the cover page. Send me an email and I can get you a replacement.

New comment by hacky_engineer in "Computer Engineering for Babies (2021)"

hacky_engineer — Thu, 18 Jan 2024 02:23:15 +0000

Reach out to me again and I can get you a replacement.

New comment by hacky_engineer in "Computer Engineering for Babies (2021)"

hacky_engineer — Thu, 18 Jan 2024 02:20:19 +0000

Hey, this is my book! Thanks for sharing! I just posted an update today to all the backers about the the sequel for Big Babies book. I'm hoping to start shipping in the next couple weeks.

New comment by hacky_engineer in "[dead]"

hacky_engineer — Mon, 12 Jun 2023 18:42:05 +0000

This is sad.

New comment by hacky_engineer in "Show HN: Chat with your PDF (my first AI side project)"

hacky_engineer — Sun, 04 Jun 2023 00:40:54 +0000

Also, the signup flow is pretty painful. I have to upload a document, then pay, then go to my email and click on a link, that sends me another link to my email to sign in, then I complete the sign in, and it shows me the order information. And then no where does it let me chat with the robot about my doc...

New comment by hacky_engineer in "Show HN: Chat with your PDF (my first AI side project)"

hacky_engineer — Sun, 04 Jun 2023 00:36:36 +0000

Upload up to 10MB file size? How does that work if the context length is only 4097?

New comment by hacky_engineer in "Share Your Side or early-stage Project on https://prj.rocks"

hacky_engineer — Tue, 30 May 2023 03:19:12 +0000

This should be a ShowHN. Also, requiring a login with google is a turnoff for me.