Hacker News: kmstout

New comment by kmstout in "Category Theory Illustrated – Orders"

kmstout — Sat, 18 Apr 2026 22:47:15 +0000

I see parenthetical expressions overused all over the internet, especially in HN comments. (Don't worry, I do it sometimes, too.) A browser extension to collapse or strike through parenthetical text nested beyond a configurable level might be handy.

New comment by kmstout in "Tom7: No one can force me to have a secure website [video]"

kmstout — Tue, 14 Apr 2026 23:30:55 +0000

Be sure to check out http://tom7.org/account-balance

BUSA-TLS: Mac PSK Derivation for TLS 1.3 Using 2 Live Crew's "Banned in the USA"

kmstout — Thu, 02 Apr 2026 00:28:40 +0000

Article URL: https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc9949

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47608525

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

My Injection Molds Cost Less Than a Pizza [video]

kmstout — Sat, 21 Mar 2026 14:59:13 +0000

Article URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9LCIFetDKUA

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47467648

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

A twisted question about BASIC

kmstout — Wed, 18 Feb 2026 14:26:50 +0000

Article URL: http://forum.6502.org/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=6182

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47061265

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

What's All This Muntzing Stuff, Anyhow? (1992)

kmstout — Mon, 09 Feb 2026 22:02:25 +0000

Article URL: https://www.electronicdesign.com/technologies/industrial/boards/article/21771148/whats-all-this-muntzing-stuff-anyhow

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46952125

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by kmstout in "A list of fun destinations for telnet"

kmstout — Tue, 27 Jan 2026 16:06:48 +0000

"I Ping, Therefore I Am": https://www.ipingthereforeiam.com/bbs/

In Defense of the Spreadsheet, Reluctantly [video]

kmstout — Mon, 19 Jan 2026 13:54:40 +0000

Article URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-zQky0HGhg

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46679001

Points: 1

# Comments: 1

Why Prefer Textfiles? (2010)

kmstout — Thu, 01 Jan 2026 23:33:09 +0000

Article URL: http://textfiles.com/uploads/textfiles.txt

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46459425

Points: 39

# Comments: 49

Looking for Decent Conversation?

kmstout — Wed, 24 Dec 2025 19:28:18 +0000

If you have fond memories of misspending entirely too much of your youth on web-based message boards, or you would like to misspend more of your nights and weekends on them now, Google has you covered. Simply add

  inurl:viewtopic.php

to any query, and most, if not all, of your results will be discussion threads on boards running atop phpBB. Similarly, using

  inurl:"index.php?topic="

seems to get Simple Machines fora, and

  inurl:showthread.php

will unearth vBulletin fora. You can also combine them, like so:

  croissant AND (inurl:viewtopic.php OR inurl:showthread.php OR inurl:"index.php?topic=")

Happy holidays, and good hunting.

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46378431

Points: 103

# Comments: 17

New comment by kmstout in "Sick of smart TVs? Here are your best options"

kmstout — Sat, 13 Dec 2025 20:17:10 +0000

> In the same way, "power users" of coffee don't use a coffeemaker. They use things like French press.

As a perpetual intermediate, I find that a pour-over cone is a great balance of convenience and quality.

Walls of Text

kmstout — Thu, 11 Dec 2025 12:05:27 +0000

Article URL: https://reindeereffect.com/0002

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46230364

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by kmstout in "Monads are too powerful: The expressiveness spectrum"

kmstout — Wed, 15 Oct 2025 23:10:18 +0000

It's like an enchilada, right?

Publishing an E-Zine on the Net (1995)

kmstout — Wed, 08 Oct 2025 02:54:40 +0000

Article URL: http://web.textfiles.com/ezines/publish.txt

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45511558

Points: 4

# Comments: 0

New comment by kmstout in "The least amount of CSS for a decent looking site (2023)"

kmstout — Tue, 07 Oct 2025 02:45:15 +0000

> how much of that JS is functional

Lots of sites become more functional with JS disabled.

New comment by kmstout in "[dead]"

kmstout — Mon, 25 Aug 2025 18:40:46 +0000

Best article ever.

New comment by kmstout in "Emacs as your video-trimming tool"

kmstout — Wed, 20 Aug 2025 13:04:40 +0000

To go along with (2), "C-h k " and "M-x view-lossage" are excellent starting points for investigating what any key stroke means. From there, one can follow links in function and variable help all the way to the relevant elisp definitions.

If only that ease of hood-popping were more common.

Bulletin Board Systems in the Modern Era and Beyond [video]

kmstout — Tue, 12 Aug 2025 03:11:35 +0000

Article URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GxKF681vI9U

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44871947

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by kmstout in "Can Large Language Models Play Text Games Well? (2023)"

kmstout — Fri, 04 Jul 2025 17:00:56 +0000

Data point: A few weeks ago, I spent some time shuttling text between one of the Llama models (have to check which one) and Dunnet, the text adventure packaged with Emacs. Over several trials, the Llama never realized that it needed to dig where the ground "seems very soft." It never got the CPU card, then it became confused looking around the building for clues about how to start the VAX. At one point it lost track of the building layout and got stuck oscillating between the mail room and the computer room.

An Extensible Iteration Facility

kmstout — Mon, 23 Jun 2025 13:26:05 +0000

Article URL: https://reindeereffect.com/0003

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44355591

Points: 1

# Comments: 0