Hacker News: hmhrex

New comment by hmhrex in "Alberta startup sells no-tech tractors for half price"

hmhrex — Thu, 23 Apr 2026 13:43:37 +0000

I helped build the e-commerce site for Tilmor[0] when they were starting up. They build easily repairable mechanical farming equipment for small to medium sized farms with an emphasis on organic farming. It's a really interesting niche that I think will continue to grow. I'm 6 years out from working for them and still think of their products fondly.

[0] https://www.tilmor.com/en-us/

New comment by hmhrex in "Show HN: 48 absurd web projects – one every month"

hmhrex — Thu, 16 Apr 2026 13:13:47 +0000

I love this. Great work. Huge fan of digital experimentation. It's an art form I feel isn't as popular these days. I've had an idea on the backburner for a bit now of doing a digital quarterly with contributions like this. Kind of a digital experiment punk zine. Maybe it's too niche, but I feel like it could be a good time.

New comment by hmhrex in "Vitamin D and Omega-3 have a larger effect on depression than antidepressants"

hmhrex — Thu, 29 Jan 2026 17:08:59 +0000

This is all in a book called The Depression Cure by Stephen S. Ilardi (https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-depression-cure-the-6-step-...)

I read this years ago and it's fascinating. Looks like it's been updated for a second edition last year.

New comment by hmhrex in "We can’t send mail farther than 500 miles (2002)"

hmhrex — Thu, 29 Jan 2026 16:37:29 +0000

My favorite bug story. I created a curated list of similar bugs at https://500mile.email

New comment by hmhrex in "Bug Stories"

hmhrex — Wed, 09 Jul 2025 13:09:43 +0000

I do sometimes find good stories on The Daily WTF, but their focus is a bit different from 500 Mile Email.

New comment by hmhrex in "Bug Stories"

hmhrex — Wed, 09 Jul 2025 12:43:26 +0000

Hey this is my site! Thanks for sharing!

It’s been a bit since I’ve added stories. I’ll need to add some more with this renewed interest.

Let me know if have a good story!

New comment by hmhrex in "Bug Stories"

hmhrex — Wed, 09 Jul 2025 12:36:40 +0000

I’ll take a look at these and add some I don’t have!

New comment by hmhrex in "Bug Stories"

hmhrex — Wed, 09 Jul 2025 12:35:27 +0000

Hey, creator here. I’ll look through these today to see what links are dead and try and grab archived ones. Will work on getting archives of the rest of them as well.

KidsTube – A YT Proxy for Families

hmhrex — Sat, 22 Mar 2025 19:02:21 +0000

Article URL: https://harley.hicks.house/introducing-kidstube/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43447807

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by hmhrex in "The greatest bug I never fixed (2010)"

hmhrex — Wed, 10 Apr 2024 20:27:22 +0000

Thanks for sharing this one! I've been trying to collect more video game ones for 500ME because I find them to be highly entertaining.

New comment by hmhrex in "The Wi-Fi only works when it's raining"

hmhrex — Tue, 02 Apr 2024 13:17:25 +0000

I will be adding this one to https://500mile.email ! What a great story.

New comment by hmhrex in "The Wi-Fi only works when it's raining"

hmhrex — Tue, 02 Apr 2024 13:15:16 +0000

Thanks for mentioning! I would love more submissions! I have a few stories in my backlog to read and vet, but not enough. I'll be going through this thread and adding more that haven't been added yet.

Instagram's Time Capsule Bug

hmhrex — Sun, 24 Sep 2023 17:34:40 +0000

Article URL: https://harley.hicks.house/instagrams-time-capsule-bug/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37635247

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

New comment by hmhrex in "Can’t send email more than 500 miles (2002)"

hmhrex — Wed, 20 Sep 2023 10:49:31 +0000

This is a great story. Thanks for sharing!

New comment by hmhrex in "Can’t send email more than 500 miles (2002)"

hmhrex — Wed, 20 Sep 2023 10:39:44 +0000

Oh wow. That’s a good one! Will add that one.

New comment by hmhrex in "Can’t send email more than 500 miles (2002)"

hmhrex — Wed, 20 Sep 2023 02:00:46 +0000

Thanks for the suggestion! Maybe I should add archive links from The Internet Archive for stories in case links die. In the case of tweets, I’d probably need to screenshot them or something.

New comment by hmhrex in "Can’t send email more than 500 miles (2002)"

hmhrex — Tue, 19 Sep 2023 23:46:37 +0000

Hey thanks for linking my site! I was wondering where the extra traffic was coming from :)

If anyone has any stories that I should add, please send them my way!

Also, I have been slacking a little with the newsletter because of life events. Since there have been several sign ups since this post, I'll be more active in getting the weekly newsletter out.

Thanks for looking!

New comment by hmhrex in "VCs love to talk about AI, but aren’t writing as many checks as you might think"

hmhrex — Mon, 15 May 2023 22:52:16 +0000

The crucial part of building tools with AI though is how quickly it becomes obsolete by new models. A little different than other tools.

VCs love to talk about AI, but aren’t writing as many checks as you might think

hmhrex — Mon, 15 May 2023 17:14:14 +0000

Article URL: https://techcrunch.com/2023/05/15/ai-weak-investments/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35951392

Points: 22

# Comments: 5

Collateral Damage – Mystery of the crashing label printer

hmhrex — Wed, 26 Apr 2023 00:11:27 +0000

Article URL: https://500mile.email/collateral-damage/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35708339

Points: 1

# Comments: 0