Hacker News: ii550https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=ii550Hacker News RSShttps://hnrss.org/hnrss v2.1.1Mon, 13 Apr 2026 02:13:26 +0000<![CDATA[New comment by ii550 in "AI predicts pancreatic cancer 3 years before it happens"]]>Does it use either GPT or Transformers?

]]>Tue, 09 May 2023 18:04:42 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35878163ii550https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35878163https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35878163<![CDATA[New comment by ii550 in "How to control your smart home without yelling at a dumb voice assistant"]]>I use the android app "Buttons for Alexa" and achieved exactly this, but on my phone. I have an entire page in my Home Launcher dedicad to buttons to turn stuff on and off - switches :-)

]]>Thu, 02 Feb 2023 12:04:49 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34625422ii550https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34625422https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34625422<![CDATA[New comment by ii550 in "Chainalysis CTO said blockchain is easier to trace than paper money"]]>Bitcoin is going away? Good riddance.

]]>Mon, 17 Oct 2022 14:54:34 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33234334ii550https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33234334https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33234334<![CDATA[New comment by ii550 in "Google Tag Manager, the new anti-adblock weapon (2020)"]]>Naive question?

What would happen if we were to block googletagmanager.com at the DNS level AND use uBlock Origin to block all calls to "gtag (...)" functions?

Source: https://developers.google.com/analytics/devguides/collection...

]]>Mon, 21 Feb 2022 09:41:03 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30413712ii550https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30413712https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30413712<![CDATA[New comment by ii550 in "California's dry season is turning into a permanent state of being"]]>Geologically, that area has ALWAYS been desert, with the only exception being the past 150 years. Not surprised.

]]>Sun, 15 Aug 2021 16:00:10 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28189811ii550https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28189811https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28189811<![CDATA[New comment by ii550 in "On the Decline of Perl – external factors"]]>Larry Wall's homepage color might be another non-insignificant factor :D

www.wall.org/~larry

]]>Thu, 01 Apr 2021 11:51:18 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26659272ii550https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26659272https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26659272<![CDATA[New comment by ii550 in "Apple's Cooperation with Authoritarian Governments"]]>Am I the only one who thinks this story smells like smear campaign from facebook??

]]>Wed, 31 Mar 2021 11:41:57 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26645981ii550https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26645981https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26645981<![CDATA[New comment by ii550 in "FTC Sues Facebook for Illegal Monopolization"]]>What about treating them as a monopoly? And giving them the laws of a monopoly? Like suggested here: https://hbr.org/2019/05/dont-break-up-facebook-treat-it-like...

]]>Thu, 10 Dec 2020 09:39:08 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25371736ii550https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25371736https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25371736<![CDATA[New comment by ii550 in "How to Use Anki to Improve Your Memory"]]>quizlet is another excellent alternative -- all web-based no installers

]]>Fri, 20 Nov 2020 15:41:14 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25161469ii550https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25161469https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25161469