<rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Hacker News: idlewan</title><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=idlewan</link><description>Hacker News RSS</description><docs>https://hnrss.org/</docs><generator>hnrss v2.1.1</generator><lastBuildDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2026 02:53:30 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://hnrss.org/user?id=idlewan" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"></atom:link><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by idlewan in "Unfortunately, the ICEBlock app is activism theater"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>> ... versus what the rest of the 350 million people voted for<p>Are we talking about a different country than the USA?
There's ~174 million potential voters in the US, 77 million voted republican vs 75 million voted democrat at the last presidential election (<a href="https://www.statista.com/statistics/1139763/number-votes-cast-us-presidential-elections/" rel="nofollow">https://www.statista.com/statistics/1139763/number-votes-cas...</a>)<p>So there's an about even population split that is in theory in support of those policies, versus the same amount of people against. Surely it's not "one state against what the rest of the country voted for" like you're suggesting...</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 02 Sep 2025 12:58:39 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45102537</link><dc:creator>idlewan</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45102537</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45102537</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by idlewan in "USB-C hubs and my slow descent into madness (2021)"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I have a USB-C JBL speaker (Flip 5) which charges alright with a USB-C to USB-C cable (and USB-C charger), but only in one direction.<p>So sometimes I have to plug it, realize nothing is happening, unplug, flip the cable and plug it again for it to start charging.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2025 13:44:42 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44604580</link><dc:creator>idlewan</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44604580</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44604580</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We turned Duo's butt into a viral Super Bowl commercial]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Article URL: <a href="https://blog.duolingo.com/super-bowl-commercial-2024/">https://blog.duolingo.com/super-bowl-commercial-2024/</a></p>
<p>Comments URL: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39430990">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39430990</a></p>
<p>Points: 2</p>
<p># Comments: 0</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 19 Feb 2024 15:44:35 +0000</pubDate><link>https://blog.duolingo.com/super-bowl-commercial-2024/</link><dc:creator>idlewan</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39430990</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39430990</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by idlewan in "Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>That might be Firefox's Facebook container's fault. I don't like this behavior either, you lose the tab history and the ability to recover it, unfortunately.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 27 Sep 2023 20:32:52 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37680865</link><dc:creator>idlewan</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37680865</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37680865</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by idlewan in "Show HN: Lottielab – Create product animations in the browser easily"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>User names are useful in a team context: when you see who created a file or who is currently modifying the file with you. Also when receiving the email invite to a team / project.<p>Otherwise, you'd have to display the full email, which isn't as readable.<p>Using social logins would definitely help in making the sign-up simpler (but I guess you still need it in the form if using email login option though).</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 15 Aug 2023 22:40:54 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37140218</link><dc:creator>idlewan</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37140218</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37140218</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by idlewan in "Ask HN: Why did Frontend development explode in complexity?"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>The publish-subscribe/observer/mediator pattern is perfectly fine for state management, and doesn't need a framework. At most, a small-ish library, but you can also re-implement it yourself quite easily.<p>Reading your comment, I have the impression you took it as "there shouldn't be any state management necessary", instead of "state management doesn't need a framework" sense.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 02 Jan 2023 17:25:51 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34220664</link><dc:creator>idlewan</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34220664</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34220664</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by idlewan in "Best Font for Online Reading: No Single Answer"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Doing a visual comparison (tab flipping between <a href="https://fonts.google.com/noto/specimen/Noto+Sans" rel="nofollow">https://fonts.google.com/noto/specimen/Noto+Sans</a>  and  <a href="https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Open+Sans?query=open+sans&preview.text=Whereas%20recognition%20of%20the%20inherent%20dignity&preview.text_type=custom" rel="nofollow">https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Open+Sans?query=open+sans&...</a> , aligning the sample text exactly), I could notice some differences though:<p>- The 'g' character was changed, they are quite different<p>- For the regular (400) weight, Noto Sans is slightly bolder but also more compact<p>But you're definitely right, most character shapes look directly inherited from one to the other.<p>I wonder if the weight & letter spacing change can explain the reading speed differences, or if measurement error / random jitter is actually what explains the different average speed in the study between the two.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 26 Apr 2022 07:02:07 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31164803</link><dc:creator>idlewan</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31164803</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31164803</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by idlewan in "Mumble: Open-Source, Low Latency, High Quality Voice Chat"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>A feedback cancelling solution would probably increase latency however, so it would kill the 'low latency' claim if it was on by default.
Definitely something needed to be switched on for problematic setups though, since the disadvantages would be outweighed greatly (not having feedback \ echo is a necessary feature).</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 27 Jun 2021 08:02:00 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27649559</link><dc:creator>idlewan</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27649559</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27649559</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by idlewan in "US agencies call for pause in Johnson & Johnson vaccine"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>This one is about how they found out the link for the AstraZeneca vaccine: <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/society/2021/apr/13/how-uk-doctor-marie-scully-blood-clotting-link-astrazeneca-covid-jab-university-college-london-hospital" rel="nofollow">https://www.theguardian.com/society/2021/apr/13/how-uk-docto...</a></p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 14 Apr 2021 07:31:29 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26804071</link><dc:creator>idlewan</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26804071</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26804071</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by idlewan in "Sensors of largest digital camera snap first 3,200-megapixel images at SLAC"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>On one of their picture, it shows 7 moons wide, which is probably a good approximation (6 lines of those 7 moon images does seem close to filling the area of the sensor in their pictured representation, if you then shift some moons when the sensor lines get shorter at the top and bottom).<p>So using your calculation it could be, approximately: 7*0.5° = 3.5° in FOV.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 13 Sep 2020 08:26:40 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24459351</link><dc:creator>idlewan</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24459351</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24459351</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by idlewan in "Facebook trying to position itself as friendlier to small businesses than Apple"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I don't know if there exist any other commercial store for Quest/Go than the Oculus Store, but for experimentations/betas, SideQuest is an example of how to play things that don't come from the store (<a href="https://sidequestvr.com/" rel="nofollow">https://sidequestvr.com/</a>).</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2020 00:19:55 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24164779</link><dc:creator>idlewan</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24164779</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24164779</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by idlewan in "Why is the Fessenheim 2 nuclear power plant closing in France?"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I've never heard of a tsunami on that side of the Atlantic. At least none are listed there, regarding the french Atlantic coast:
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tsunamis_in_Europe" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tsunamis_in_Europe</a><p>Does it matter if the one french reactor at the shore of the Atlantic wasn't safe against tsunamis?</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2020 15:46:26 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23871771</link><dc:creator>idlewan</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23871771</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23871771</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by idlewan in "Yahoo Is Down"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>But also Aol, Huffington Post, Engadget, Techcrunch...
I'm hearing it's because their DNS is down, and I think all of Oath's online properties.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 05 Sep 2019 06:53:20 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20884448</link><dc:creator>idlewan</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20884448</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20884448</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by idlewan in "Oculus Rift S"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Moving furniture around because you don't have a 3m x 3m space free all the time is tiring and a major pain point for me (I own a vive, I don't re-setup everytime though I do change the boundaries & optimal furniture placement sometimes)</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 21 Mar 2019 00:05:03 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19448237</link><dc:creator>idlewan</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19448237</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19448237</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by idlewan in "Serious Chrome zero-day"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>FileReader is not related to an image tag loading its image, it's a javascript API: <a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/FileReader" rel="nofollow">https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/FileReader</a><p>So attacker would still need to have some javascript loaded somewhere for it to work. If electron app displays user-generated content, XSS can help run a javascript payload, however.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 07 Mar 2019 01:00:37 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19324683</link><dc:creator>idlewan</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19324683</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19324683</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by idlewan in "I almost lost my hearing from the lid on the tank of a toilet"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I use the happyears: <a href="http://www.happyears.co/" rel="nofollow">http://www.happyears.co/</a>
I recommend them, they're cheap, easy to clean and quite comfortable.
Sound quality is always harder to tell (and subjective, it's hard to own hardware to measure it), however they're fine if you ask me. I own pairs of ER-20 XS and pluggerz music, and the happyears are my favorite (pluggerz is quite good as well, happyears are slightly more difficult to fit in the right place. ER-20XS are just uncomfortable in my ears).</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 31 Mar 2018 21:33:51 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16725292</link><dc:creator>idlewan</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16725292</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16725292</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by idlewan in "Massgate – The central server for the game World in Conflict"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Do you know what's going to happen to the rest of World in Conflict's code ? Shelved forever on a couple hard drives, then forgotten and lost ? Or is there any hope of seeing more of it ?
I've got great memories of playing multiplayer with friends, and it would be really cool to dive into it again, but with more knowledge of the source and gameplay. I'd love to be able to mod it :)</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 22 Dec 2017 00:14:54 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15984134</link><dc:creator>idlewan</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15984134</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15984134</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by idlewan in "Joplin – A note-taking and to-do app with builds for desktop, mobile, terminal"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>How is a markdown editor not a note taking app?
Sometimes leaving search and sync to the system/other programs (grep, dropbox, syncthing) is a valid approach.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 30 Nov 2017 20:36:07 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15819279</link><dc:creator>idlewan</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15819279</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15819279</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by idlewan in "Extensions in Firefox 58"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p><p><pre><code>   .. works just fine ...
</code></pre>
Not really. You can't yank the url (yy) in Firefox, and the search is borked sometimes when there is no match on the page. After spending a few months with vimium, I found vim-vixen, which doesn't have these problems.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 21 Nov 2017 16:29:43 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15749024</link><dc:creator>idlewan</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15749024</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15749024</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by idlewan in "Extensions in Firefox 58"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>You can use Tab and Ctrl+Tab, but there has been a pull request adding Ctrl+n and Ctrl+p.</p>
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