Hacker News: mastermedo

New comment by mastermedo in "You can no longer Google the word 'disregard'"

mastermedo — Fri, 22 May 2026 17:20:21 +0000

That's so funny.

> Understood. This prompt has been disregarded. Let me know if you need assistance with anything else!

The bigger problem is how much realestate the AI answer takes, you need a good 2-3 scrolls to get to the first result on a 14inch laptop.

New comment by mastermedo in "Ask HN: Any interesting niche hobbies?"

mastermedo — Wed, 08 Apr 2026 17:53:16 +0000

Rest assured, my mind is blown.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3lyDCUKsWZs

New comment by mastermedo in "Ask HN: Any interesting niche hobbies?"

mastermedo — Wed, 08 Apr 2026 17:20:12 +0000

Was the talk recorded? I'd love to see it. No pressure if it isn't public.

New comment by mastermedo in "The EU still wants to scan your private messages and photos"

mastermedo — Wed, 25 Mar 2026 21:29:20 +0000

What does this mean for a non-eu citizen communicating with an eu citizen? Is it as simple as using signal/matrix instead of whatsapp/messenger?

New comment by mastermedo in "Conway's Game of Life, in real life"

mastermedo — Thu, 19 Mar 2026 08:25:47 +0000

A thousand bucks for 17x17 touchscreen. Add a painting frame, hang it on the wall, and you made yourself amazing art for cheap.

New comment by mastermedo in "Zed new terms required to be 18 years old"

mastermedo — Thu, 05 Mar 2026 07:40:04 +0000

Knowledge of its existence is indicative enough.

New comment by mastermedo in "Nobody gets promoted for simplicity"

mastermedo — Wed, 04 Mar 2026 13:25:53 +0000

New comment by mastermedo in "Show HN: I made paperboat.website, a platform for friends and creativity"

mastermedo — Tue, 10 Feb 2026 18:59:06 +0000

What did I just watch... Alright, something for everyone, I guess.

New comment by mastermedo in "Five disciplines discovered the same math independently"

mastermedo — Sun, 08 Feb 2026 17:15:35 +0000

https://arxiv.org/pdf/2601.22389

New comment by mastermedo in "I miss thinking hard"

mastermedo — Wed, 04 Feb 2026 12:19:13 +0000

I relate to the post, but I'm not sure it's hitting the nail on the head _for me_.

I like being useful, and I'm not yet sure how much of what I'm creating with AI is _me_, and how much it is _it_. It's hard to derive as much purpose/meaning from it compared to the previous reality where it was _all me_.

If I compare it to a real world problem; e.g. when I unplug the charging cable from my laptop at my home desk, the charging cable slides off the table. I could order a solution online that fixes the problem and be done with it, but I could also think how _I_ can solve the problem with what I already have in my spare parts box. Trying out different solutions makes me think and I'm way more happy with the end result. Every time I unplug the cable now and it stays in place it reminds me of _my_ labour and creativity (and also the cable not sliding down the table -- but that's besides the point).

New comment by mastermedo in "A Crisis comes to Wordle: Reusing old words"

mastermedo — Sun, 01 Feb 2026 23:02:09 +0000

stackdown seems very hard. Took me over 10min for todays puzzle.

New comment by mastermedo in "List animals until failure"

mastermedo — Sun, 01 Feb 2026 19:36:09 +0000

Super fun, I'd love to get a little bit more time like in the OPs website for each animal that I guess right. Instead of 1 second, it should be something like 6 because I can speak much much faster than the speech recognition is able to separate out my guesses.

New comment by mastermedo in "Ask HN: Do you still use physical calculators?"

mastermedo — Sat, 31 Jan 2026 11:43:14 +0000

+1, every time we hike up a mountain and there's a help-yourself-fridge/shelf, we take 5-10 items and it's too much to add up in ones head. I use the phone calculator and pay by QR code.

New comment by mastermedo in "Instabridge has acquired Nova Launcher"

mastermedo — Tue, 20 Jan 2026 21:24:25 +0000

What a throwback. Nova launcher sounded familiar, but I wasn't sure where to place it in my head. When I saw the logo I was immediately transported to memories of using lineage OS and bricking my new Samsung Note 4. I was trying to customize every button combination to do something smart back then. The good old days when I had the time to fix the phone after every update. I've since moved to the apple ecosystem... Set and forget.

New comment by mastermedo in "The Overcomplexity of the Shadcn Radio Button"

mastermedo — Tue, 20 Jan 2026 08:16:49 +0000

The shadcn radio button in action: https://ui.shadcn.com/docs/components/radio-group

New comment by mastermedo in "Ask HN: What are your best purchases under $100?"

mastermedo — Thu, 15 Jan 2026 20:37:23 +0000

Merino wool shirts, undergarments, hats.

Leather gloves.

Bedtime story books.

TwelveSouth Airfly pro airplane bluetooth sound adapter.

Belkin wireless car charger.

Standalone coat racks for the office.

New comment by mastermedo in "Ask HN: What are your best purchases under $100?"

mastermedo — Thu, 15 Jan 2026 20:28:32 +0000

I think _good_ depends on your expectations. We have the eureka mignon hacked with a bigger dial and custom burs. Still not amazing consistency. Looking to upgrade in the next few years.

New comment by mastermedo in "Ask HN: Weird archive.today behavior?"

mastermedo — Thu, 15 Jan 2026 07:39:54 +0000

What my pattern-matching eyes immediately spotted is that the hn username that posted this is rabinovich. The linked article speaks about Masha Rabinovich. Maybe a coincidence.

> in a 2012 F-Secure forum post, a “masharabinovich” complains about “my website http://archive.is/” being blacklisted. They pop up on Wikipedia as well getting told off for adding too many links to archive.is, including a mention that they’re using the Czech ISP fiber.cz

New comment by mastermedo in "Show HN: Tiny FOSS Compass and Navigation App (<2MB)"

mastermedo — Wed, 14 Jan 2026 12:03:29 +0000

> The main priority is to remain fully functional offline-friendly and extremely lightweight (currently under 1.5 MB).

By offline-friendly you're referring to the compass part only, right?

Otherwise users would have to download the map in advance which would take more that 2MB. Am I reading this right?

New comment by mastermedo in "Date is out, Temporal is in"

mastermedo — Tue, 13 Jan 2026 09:09:16 +0000

I dislike the "Plain" prefix to the temporal objects, e.g. PlainDateTime. The prefix says nothing about the behavior of the class. Plain as opposed to what; ZonedDateTime. I would prefer "Local" over "Plain"; LocalDateTime.