Hacker News: longsangstan

New comment by longsangstan in "London Gatwick has launched a robotic airport parking service"

longsangstan — Sun, 26 Jul 2026 17:40:15 +0000

I am quite surprised by the amount of negative comments here. My immediate reaction after watching the video is that this is pretty cool and I want to try it, even though I expect issues given that it is the first service of this kind in London.

Show HN: A simple flashcard web app with a little bit of AI

longsangstan — Wed, 30 Apr 2025 22:53:56 +0000

Article URL: https://clsstudio.com/lexi-lumi

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43851608

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

New comment by longsangstan in "Show HN: I make $3K/mo from a browser extension"

longsangstan — Wed, 05 Jan 2022 09:24:19 +0000

How did u grow the twitter followers at the start?

Show HN: A map tool for planning NBA trips

longsangstan — Tue, 21 Dec 2021 04:20:13 +0000

Article URL: https://balltripapp.com/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29633818

Points: 1

# Comments: 1

New comment by longsangstan in "Ask HN: No formal software education – is there hope for me?"

longsangstan — Sun, 03 May 2020 20:40:02 +0000

My experience: just try to land a programmer job first, even if the company/job looks shitty.

I only had an Economics degree with no formal IT education and now I had a software dev job.

Like you, I was self-taught and only had built some personal projects, but it was enough to land me my first IT job in a shitty startup. And then you can have easier time finding other software dev roles.

New comment by longsangstan in "Ask HN: Is it worth it to move to London as a SWE?"

longsangstan — Wed, 08 Jan 2020 15:40:43 +0000

Haha I am a local Hong Konger. My father was born in Macau so I have a portugal passport.

New comment by longsangstan in "Ask HN: Is it worth it to move to London as a SWE?"

longsangstan — Wed, 08 Jan 2020 14:53:24 +0000

Basically I just want to go somewhere to start fresh... not really career prospect/salary motivated.

London looks a good option to me because its english-speaking, I have relatives living there, I can work there visa-free (now its complicated due to brexit), and I love english football haha.

New comment by longsangstan in "Ask HN: Is it worth it to move to London as a SWE?"

longsangstan — Wed, 08 Jan 2020 13:37:44 +0000

Hi guys, can I also ask in general is it hard to find a programming job in London now?

My Background: a javascript (node/react) dev with 2 yrs of exp, a EU(portugal) passport holder living in Hong Kong

Show HN: A tool for planning football/soccer trips in Europe

longsangstan — Tue, 07 Jan 2020 09:37:17 +0000

Article URL: https://balltrip.io/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21978411

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

New comment by longsangstan in "Cryptic, allusive messages from Hong Kong's wealthiest tycoon"

longsangstan — Thu, 22 Aug 2019 13:19:51 +0000

I have to admit it's not obvious to me at first. Especially for the second ad, you need to have good knowledge of Chinese literature to know the story behind the poem.

But once I read the explanation it became quite clear since there isn't really other ways to interpret it.

New comment by longsangstan in "Cryptic, allusive messages from Hong Kong's wealthiest tycoon"

longsangstan — Thu, 22 Aug 2019 13:08:43 +0000

Actually, HK independence is deliberately mentioned a lot in Weibo.

They want to paint the protesters as pro-HK independence but in fact this is not one of our five demands.

And of course they block all the stuffs that make the HK gov and police look bad.

New comment by longsangstan in "Cryptic, allusive messages from Hong Kong's wealthiest tycoon"

longsangstan — Thu, 22 Aug 2019 12:59:58 +0000

As a HKer, I think it is likely to be deliberate.

A lot of big corporations/wealthy people had ads on HK newspaper front page explicitly condemning the protesters. Li Ka Shing could have done the same but he didn't.

New comment by longsangstan in "Show HN: A little web app for playing around with colors"

longsangstan — Tue, 20 Aug 2019 07:50:48 +0000

It is indeed a problem. I am still thinking how to make these two pages work together.. maybe merge the first page into the color picker in second page.

Thanks for your feedback!

New comment by longsangstan in "Show HN: A little web app for playing around with colors"

longsangstan — Tue, 20 Aug 2019 07:16:54 +0000

Didn't think about that haha. Will add a MIT license later. Thanks!

New comment by longsangstan in "Show HN: A little web app for playing around with colors"

longsangstan — Tue, 20 Aug 2019 07:16:09 +0000

It's really a good point. The graphic now can't really reflects how well do the colors go together.

Apart from graphics, I am thinking maybe adding some sample UI/charts too...

Thanks for your feedback!

New comment by longsangstan in "Show HN: A little web app for playing around with colors"

longsangstan — Tue, 20 Aug 2019 07:09:42 +0000

Actually at the beginning I was thinking whether to make a webapp or a chrome extension...

A chrome extension is more suitable as a dev tool while a webapp is more easily sharable...

Thanks for your suggestion!

New comment by longsangstan in "Show HN: A little web app for playing around with colors"

longsangstan — Tue, 20 Aug 2019 06:18:07 +0000

Haha no. It just reflects that I am from HK. Anyway, please support HK:)

New comment by longsangstan in "Show HN: A little web app for playing around with colors"

longsangstan — Tue, 20 Aug 2019 06:12:17 +0000

Yes. I also used a react library called Pose: https://popmotion.io/pose/

Show HN: A little web app for playing around with colors

longsangstan — Mon, 19 Aug 2019 15:27:33 +0000

Article URL: https://color.clss.hk/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20738584

Points: 106

# Comments: 26

New comment by longsangstan in "Are We Living in a Computer Simulation? Let’s Not Find Out"

longsangstan — Sun, 11 Aug 2019 06:05:29 +0000

Do you have any argument against this "stupid thought"?