Hacker News: marcduckhttps://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=marcduckHacker News RSShttps://hnrss.org/hnrss v2.1.1Thu, 29 Oct 2026 21:48:01 +0000<![CDATA[New comment by marcduck in "DoorDash to acquire Instacart"]]>I just want to say that the colour contrast on this post is atrocious.

#999999 on a white background is a 2.84:1 contrast ratio, when the minimum requirement for body text is 4.5:1. So this page technically violates the ADA and other accessibility laws.

]]>Thu, 29 Oct 2026 15:01:02 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50290221marcduckhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50290221https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50290221<![CDATA[New comment by marcduck in "Show HN: Squishy 3D helpers powered by Three.js"]]>Maybe render them as an svg or a canvas element? I'm not too familiar with drawing stuff in 2d so I'm not sure, but the character creator could probably be converted to 2D somehow while still having the hairs and shading and stuff. 3D seems like overkill if they're always flat on the screen.

]]>Thu, 29 Oct 2026 14:19:34 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50289531marcduckhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50289531https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50289531<![CDATA[New comment by marcduck in "Show HN: Squishy 3D helpers powered by Three.js"]]>Looks nice! But I'm always concerned about the performance impact of threejs. Considering they're never really seen in 3d, couldn't this be a CSS perspective transform on a 2d graphic to make them look squishy?

]]>Wed, 28 Oct 2026 18:45:22 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50278915marcduckhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50278915https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50278915<![CDATA[New comment by marcduck in "Windows 11½"]]>What WM/DE do you use? As much as I find Windows annoying sometimes, I haven't found anything for linux that feels as polished.

]]>Mon, 28 Sep 2026 18:59:45 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49882800marcduckhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49882800https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49882800<![CDATA[New comment by marcduck in "ChatGPT Knows Who It'll Recommend Before It Searches"]]>The first sentence in the article immediately sounds AI written and also doesn't really make sense.

"I asked ChatGPT for the best AI note taking app. Seven words, no brand names." - The question was seven words? But later on the article says the prompt was "best AI note taking app 2026".

I don't know if there's a name for that AI writing pattern where it says something like "(Number) x, no y." but I see it all the time. It seems similar to https://tropes.fyi/tropes/negative-parallelism

]]>Mon, 10 Aug 2026 18:31:22 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49247745marcduckhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49247745https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49247745<![CDATA[New comment by marcduck in "How to Read a Painting"]]>The nonsensical headings and CTAs are so frustrating to read.

"Watch it work once". What what work once?

]]>Wed, 22 Jul 2026 15:00:18 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49007886marcduckhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49007886https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49007886