Hacker News: l3x

Nestflix

l3x — Mon, 31 Aug 2026 19:56:41 +0000

Article URL: https://nestflix.fun/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49514197

Points: 4

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The £5 coffee that tells a story of global economic turmoil

l3x — Fri, 29 May 2026 06:01:41 +0000

Article URL: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cr5pp1m6z06o

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48319589

Points: 2

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New comment by l3x in "I displayed an open graph image and had to pay how much?"

l3x — Tue, 22 Jul 2025 16:03:18 +0000

I tried to submit a less click bait title but the content is less hyperbolic

> A media company demanded a license fee for an Open Graph image used on my twitter archive. I gave in and paid it, but what does that mean for open graph images and copyright?

(How) do computer maps make money?

l3x — Thu, 15 May 2025 11:54:08 +0000

Article URL: https://placing.technology/how-do-computer-maps-make-money

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43994054

Points: 1

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The 'freaky and unpleasant' world when video games leak into the physical realm

l3x — Sat, 19 Apr 2025 16:37:47 +0000

Article URL: https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20250409-game-transfer-phenomenon-the-people-who-see-video-games-in-the-physical-world

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43737503

Points: 29

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New comment by l3x in "Mario Vargas Llosa has died"

l3x — Mon, 14 Apr 2025 11:52:45 +0000

Recent article on him in the London Review of Books, exploring his rightward turn as he grew older:

https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v47/n05/tony-wood/why-did-he...

New comment by l3x in "What if your website had business hours? (2022)"

l3x — Fri, 11 Apr 2025 07:08:07 +0000

Relevant given a lot of the discussion here: Why some DVLA services don't work at night

https://dafyddvaughan.uk/blog/2025/why-some-dvla-digital-ser...

(they were frontends to old systems that were based on assumptions of when data would be submitted)

Wrist watch modelled on Apollo DSKY computer

l3x — Sat, 11 Jan 2025 13:22:07 +0000

Article URL: https://apollo-instruments.com/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42665681

Points: 21

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New comment by l3x in "Neuters: Lightweight front end to Reuters News"

l3x — Mon, 30 Dec 2024 08:06:47 +0000

Similar (official):

- lite.cnn.com

- text.npr.org

Unofficial:

- 68k.news

- skinnyguardian.xyz

... I'm sure there are plenty more!

A Syllabus for Generalists

l3x — Sat, 12 Oct 2024 15:34:21 +0000

Article URL: https://syllabusproject.org/a-syllabus-for-generalists/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41819840

Points: 2

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New comment by l3x in "Show HN: OpenFreeMap – Open-Source Map Hosting"

l3x — Tue, 24 Sep 2024 14:13:48 +0000

From the FAQs on GitHub [1]

> What about PMTiles?

> I would have loved to use PMTiles; they are a brilliant idea!

> Unfortunately, making range requests in 80 GB files just doesn't work in production. It is fine for files smaller than 500 MB, but it has terrible latency and caching issues for full planet datasets.

> If PMTiles implements splitting to <10 MB files, it can be a valid alternative to running servers.

[1] https://github.com/hyperknot/openfreemap

New comment by l3x in "Show HN: A user-friendly UI for viewing and editing Markdown files"

l3x — Thu, 14 Mar 2024 10:58:57 +0000

Not s important if it's markdown or wysiwyg in the interface (although an intelligent mix like the obsidian editor would be nice)

The main thing is to have markdown as the output format and if I copy text from the editor that it pastes in markdown

New comment by l3x in "Show HN: A user-friendly UI for viewing and editing Markdown files"

l3x — Wed, 13 Mar 2024 16:18:09 +0000

Anyone know of a collaborative markdown editor? Like a Google Doc but where everyone can write in markdown?

New comment by l3x in "Berlin TYPE: The official type for the city of Berlin (2020)"

l3x — Tue, 27 Feb 2024 11:42:25 +0000

Related - a previous HN thread about Sweden Sans [1] that links to:

  * Finlandica font for Finland [2]
  * Public Sans for USA public sector [3]
  * Mariane and Spectral for France [4]

... among others!

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36775398

[2] https://toolbox.finland.fi/brand-identity-and-guidelines/fin...

[3] https://public-sans.digital.gov/

[4] https://www.systeme-de-design.gouv.fr/elements-d-interface/f...

New comment by l3x in "The cruel Thames: the job of pulling bodies from a dark, dangerous river"

l3x — Sun, 18 Feb 2024 08:57:06 +0000

I expect this was too comply with guidance on reporting on suicide [1]

> Avoid reporting methods of suicide

> Don’t refer to a specific site or location as popular or known for suicides

[1] https://www.samaritans.org/about-samaritans/media-guidelines...

New comment by l3x in "The humble brilliance of Italy's moka coffee pot (2018)"

l3x — Tue, 23 Jan 2024 14:00:00 +0000

I love that the guy who invented it had his ashes put into one when he was cremated

https://qz.com/618734/italys-coffee-pot-king-was-buried-in-t...

New comment by l3x in "Heat pump users noticing cheaper bills and warmer homes – study"

l3x — Mon, 08 Jan 2024 13:10:34 +0000

I expect it's more to do with how poorly insulated most UK homes are

New comment by l3x in "Ask HN: Examples of Recursion in Literature or Cinema?"

l3x — Sat, 11 Nov 2023 15:15:08 +0000

David Mitchell's book Cloud Atlas might fit I think. There was a film made of it in 2012. The children's book Charlie Cook's Favourite Book has the same premise.

You might also find things in Jorge Luis Borges' short stories (although I can't think of any specifically off the top of my head).

The film Inception has a recursive theme to it.

And there is a popular sci-fi book called Recursion, but I've not read it so not sure how much it fits the actual idea of Recursion!

New comment by l3x in "John le Carré's 'The Spy Who Came in from the Cold' is the ultimate spy novel"

l3x — Mon, 04 Sep 2023 10:35:03 +0000

Graham Greene's The Quiet American has a similar feel. About an American spy in Vietnam.

Edit: Also, Mick Heron's Slow Horses series, based on a group of outcaste MI5 spies in London. (The first book was made into a TV series on Apple TV).

Scrolljacking 101

l3x — Mon, 07 Aug 2023 08:06:01 +0000

Article URL: https://www.nngroup.com/articles/scrolljacking-101/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37031659

Points: 2

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