Hacker News: ioseph

New comment by ioseph in "Virtual violin produces realistic sounds"

ioseph — Wed, 06 May 2026 11:56:28 +0000

As an amateur violinist and synth enthusiast it sounds tinny and dry

New comment by ioseph in "Scoring Show HN submissions for AI design patterns"

ioseph — Wed, 22 Apr 2026 15:52:13 +0000

How do you feel arriving at someone's house and there's no railings on the stairs? Even if it doesn't affect you (yet) it's unprofessional. We can do better

New comment by ioseph in "Microsoft hasn't had a coherent GUI strategy since Petzold"

ioseph — Mon, 06 Apr 2026 10:53:34 +0000

It's not just mental, as you age you lose moisture in your skin and with that accuracy with touch devices.

New comment by ioseph in "Show HN: ProofShot – Give AI coding agents eyes to verify the UI they build"

ioseph — Tue, 24 Mar 2026 11:27:30 +0000

Likewise, and often the playwright skill will verify using DOM API instead of wasting tokens on screenshots

New comment by ioseph in "Ask HN: How can we solve the loneliness epidemic?"

ioseph — Fri, 16 Jan 2026 03:17:23 +0000

Affordable home ownership, shorter work weeks, fund community activities, create more spaces where people can hang out without spending money, subsidise childcare.

Every facet of capitalism is trying to push individualism and consumption

New comment by ioseph in "Floppy disks turn out to be the greatest TV remote for kids"

ioseph — Tue, 13 Jan 2026 14:05:48 +0000

What additional hardware? If you're torrenting you have a PC or laptop, plug said device into your TV and you're good to go

How Palantir is sanitizing war [video]

ioseph — Mon, 29 Sep 2025 03:23:51 +0000

Article URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0aSBk5bKG3U

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45410071

Points: 4

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New comment by ioseph in "React is winning by default and slowing innovation"

ioseph — Tue, 16 Sep 2025 03:22:50 +0000

This is an insane take, show me a responsive button with hover state and a tooltip implemented in the canvas that outperforms a button rendered with React.

New comment by ioseph in "Weathering Software Winter (2022)"

ioseph — Tue, 12 Aug 2025 06:45:06 +0000

I'm sorry but no this is fantasy, unless you plan on everything failing in under decade to actually look after your boat takes money. Even salvaging a boat that's sunk can be very expensive.

For example, a through-hull needs replacing. Sure you could find a secondhand one that fits, but you still need to have it hauled out to replace.

New comment by ioseph in "Ukraine destroys more than 40 military aircraft in drone attack deep in Russia"

ioseph — Mon, 02 Jun 2025 01:38:14 +0000

Who needs explosives? Spring loaded pointy rod to the skull or razor to the neck

New comment by ioseph in "Finland Bans Smartphones in Schools"

ioseph — Wed, 30 Apr 2025 11:19:55 +0000

I think a PC is a more apt comparison. Yes we learnt them in computer class but they weren't in the Math classroom. Hell learning software engineering I didn't use my laptop at all during lectures.

New comment by ioseph in "Ask HN: Share your AI prompt that stumps every model"

ioseph — Fri, 25 Apr 2025 05:12:00 +0000

Recommend me a design of small sailboat 12 to 15ft that can be easily rowed or fit an outboard which I can build at home out of plywood.

Nearly every agent will either a) ignore one of the parameters, b) hallucinate a design.

New comment by ioseph in "There are two types of dishwasher people"

ioseph — Fri, 18 Apr 2025 02:04:31 +0000

What do you mean by finish? I put all my knives in without issue but probably wouldn't do wooden handles

New comment by ioseph in "Show HN: I vibecoded a 35k LoC recipe app"

ioseph — Wed, 02 Apr 2025 06:56:09 +0000

I don't know about that, Roller Coaster Tycoon is fondly remembered and sits on a special place culturally because it was written in assembly by a single person.

New comment by ioseph in "Next generation LEDs are cheap and sustainable"

ioseph — Fri, 21 Mar 2025 01:24:26 +0000

I thought this was very common knowledge, we used the technique in our first year EE project.

New comment by ioseph in "Who killed the rave?"

ioseph — Wed, 08 Jan 2025 22:10:28 +0000

Cheaper being a big one. Here in Australia student allowance/minimum wage has hardly increased while everything else has gotten far more expensive, young people simply can't afford to drink out/attend events.

There was also a intensive effort to kill nightclubs with lockout laws

New comment by ioseph in "Touchscreens are out, and tactile controls are back"

ioseph — Sun, 03 Nov 2024 23:44:12 +0000

This is a big barrier for me replacing our gas stove with induction. I get why they use them (easy cleaning, flush profile) but I just find a knob 100x more pleasant to use.

New comment by ioseph in "Plausible Analytics: GDPR Compliance w/o Cookie Consent Banner"

ioseph — Tue, 09 Jul 2024 01:30:31 +0000

I don't see any reason why not: https://plausible.io/docs/events-api although you'd have to come up with your own user-agent

New comment by ioseph in "'Underwater bicycle' propels swimmers forward at superhuman speed"

ioseph — Wed, 08 May 2024 23:50:38 +0000

I've been looking at propulsion options for my sailing dinghy. Electric is heavy, expensive and I'd like to be able to capsize at will. Something like Hobie's mirage drive would be cool but it's another hole in the hull. I also saw a hand cranked propeller with a 3:1 ratio but that would make steering with the other hand awkward. I think I'll have to stick to oars for now

New comment by ioseph in "Ask HN: What Are You Learning?"

ioseph — Sun, 31 Mar 2024 13:53:45 +0000

How to sail a dinghy, synthesizer in a band and a leadership course