Hacker News: jmercouris

New comment by jmercouris in "Stealing Is a Skill"

jmercouris — Wed, 24 Jun 2026 15:19:45 +0000

Why did you do this?

New comment by jmercouris in "Show HN: Open Terminal – A Bloomberg Style App for Research"

jmercouris — Thu, 04 Jun 2026 16:59:23 +0000

Many features appear broken for me on Firefox. I was unable to change the dates, and it was unclear to me as to how one would remove instruments from their comparison after they were added. I clicked "X selected", and then nothing happened.

Building a custom mount for a telescoping webcam

jmercouris — Sat, 30 May 2026 22:54:13 +0000

Article URL: https://john.mercouris.online/webcam-mount.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48341377

Points: 12

# Comments: 6

New comment by jmercouris in "Software Engineering at the Tipping Point"

jmercouris — Sat, 23 May 2026 21:40:11 +0000

Sounds exactly like my experience.

New comment by jmercouris in "Why is this site named Antipope?"

jmercouris — Sat, 16 May 2026 19:50:03 +0000

What does AutoPope mean though? The author glosses over this implying it means to pontificate- however- I have not seen this definition anywhere.

New comment by jmercouris in "Heat pump sales rise across Europe"

jmercouris — Tue, 05 May 2026 02:11:34 +0000

It doesn’t even make sense though, shouldn’t it be DÖCH?

New comment by jmercouris in "BYD rolls out EV batteries with 5-minute 'flash charging.' But there's a catch"

jmercouris — Fri, 06 Mar 2026 20:29:23 +0000

It’s not clickbait, given enough power you can charge quickly.

BYD rolls out EV batteries with 5-minute 'flash charging.' But there's a catch

jmercouris — Thu, 05 Mar 2026 21:04:59 +0000

Article URL: https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/05/byd-rolls-out-ev-batteries-with-5-minute-flash-charging-but-theres-a-catch/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47267276

Points: 4

# Comments: 4

New comment by jmercouris in "FDA says companies can claim "no artificial colors" if they use natural dyes"

jmercouris — Wed, 11 Feb 2026 14:55:21 +0000

It makes sense, for example, if you use turmeric in a rice dish, would you say it is artificially colored? In a sense rice isn’t yellow, but it is a natural dye.

New comment by jmercouris in "Gen Z first generation since 1800's with lower cognitive performance"

jmercouris — Mon, 09 Feb 2026 17:37:57 +0000

The article makes some interesting points about the correlation between computer usage in schools and test scores. What I would be interested in is the unmetered computer usage outside of schools. Are students with restricted access to so-called "brain-rot" social media outperforming those with it?

New comment by jmercouris in "Ad blocking is alive and well, despite Chrome's attempts to make it harder"

jmercouris — Fri, 06 Feb 2026 18:40:58 +0000

MV3 has made it significantly harder. Good luck blocking YouTube ads, for example.

New comment by jmercouris in "Peerweb: Decentralized website hosting via WebTorrent"

jmercouris — Sat, 31 Jan 2026 01:34:32 +0000

Sure, in a sense, but “wiki” actually just means “quick”.

New comment by jmercouris in "Building a Toast Component"

jmercouris — Sun, 07 Dec 2025 17:12:10 +0000

The information that the user did something "right" should be responsive next to where the user initiated the action- not in a random corner.

New comment by jmercouris in "Building a Toast Component"

jmercouris — Sun, 07 Dec 2025 16:21:26 +0000

Toasts are a great way to lose information. They are a terrible design and should not be used. They distract the user, are not dense with information, and provide no value. If a message is important enough for the user to read, it should be a dialog box.

New comment by jmercouris in "I see a future in jj"

jmercouris — Wed, 22 Oct 2025 20:01:22 +0000

After reading the article, the technical merits of `jj` are completely unclear.

New comment by jmercouris in "I couldn't submit a PR, so I got hired and fixed it myself"

jmercouris — Fri, 01 Aug 2025 19:03:01 +0000

Good commit logs or comments may tell you why

New comment by jmercouris in "Show HN: I built a tool to solve window management once and for all"

jmercouris — Tue, 08 Jul 2025 14:07:54 +0000

Cool idea, what model does it use to predict my next window?

New comment by jmercouris in "EU to ban carry-on baggage fees"

jmercouris — Sun, 29 Jun 2025 21:37:10 +0000

Yes, in practice this increases price transparency. Imagine everything could be monetized. They could charge for access to the bathroom, or water. What is the minimum expectation of what is included in the price of a ticket?

New comment by jmercouris in "Silicon Valley wants to help me make a superbaby"

jmercouris — Mon, 02 Jun 2025 13:54:19 +0000

Destroying future children in favor of other future children? Any decision we make does this. Every child is an XOR.

New comment by jmercouris in "Reviving a modular cargo bike design from the 1930s"

jmercouris — Mon, 12 May 2025 18:39:31 +0000

I meant the whole design. The hub gear is no different than on any other bicycle and can be reliable.