Hacker News: megadata

New comment by megadata in "Show HN: I built a word game. My mom thinks it's great. What do you think?"

megadata — Sat, 05 Apr 2025 18:08:14 +0000

> and even then being US-centric will work.

The world has sadly changed a lot in recent months.

New comment by megadata in "Show HN: I built a word game. My mom thinks it's great. What do you think?"

megadata — Sat, 05 Apr 2025 18:06:17 +0000

Might want to have an international version too?

I don't know US sport teams.

New comment by megadata in "Learn electricity and electronics fundamentals without taking a formal course"

megadata — Sat, 05 Apr 2025 10:04:41 +0000

It helps a lot understanding diodes first. Like, really understand them. Then transistors are built on top of that knowledge.

New comment by megadata in "Learn electricity and electronics fundamentals without taking a formal course"

megadata — Sat, 05 Apr 2025 09:43:40 +0000

Sometimes it's a paid botnet.

New comment by megadata in "Learn electricity and electronics fundamentals without taking a formal course"

megadata — Sat, 05 Apr 2025 08:13:52 +0000

That's an awful recommendation for an entry level electronics.

New comment by megadata in "Microsoft will kill Remote Desktop soon, insists you'll love replacement"

megadata — Fri, 04 Apr 2025 11:33:58 +0000

Wait, Linux what? Gotta link?

New comment by megadata in "Doge staffer's YouTube nickname accidentally revealed his teen hacking activity"

megadata — Fri, 04 Apr 2025 11:21:38 +0000

Things are also being labelled left/right, where they really should be labelled humane/inhumane or normal/sociopathy, criminal/not.

New comment by megadata in "Photo calorie app Cal AI was built by two teenagers"

megadata — Fri, 04 Apr 2025 07:25:01 +0000

Exactly! The are so many alternatives, why do we have to place THE truth so highly?

New comment by megadata in "Overengineered Anchor Links"

megadata — Fri, 04 Apr 2025 00:47:52 +0000

> too far down to scroll

Yeah, when you can't easily scroll anymore because it's "too far" then something has gone very, very wrong.

New comment by megadata in "Was Houdini a Spy? (2021)"

megadata — Fri, 04 Apr 2025 00:40:36 +0000

Good 3 part podcast on Houdini: https://timharford.com/2025/03/cautionary-tales-houdini-magi...

New comment by megadata in "Tell HN: Announcing tomhow as a public moderator"

megadata — Thu, 03 Apr 2025 00:19:00 +0000

> because it's a complaint about votes

It's not a complaint. I'm just pointing them out. Without them I couldn't argue my case at all.

New comment by megadata in "Show HN: A Chrome extension to give you back control over short-form videos"

megadata — Wed, 02 Apr 2025 21:00:44 +0000

I haven't tried this out but if it works it's one the biggest bang for the buck I've seen on HN. Thanks!

New comment by megadata in "Show HN: A Chrome extension to give you back control over short-form videos"

megadata — Wed, 02 Apr 2025 20:59:34 +0000

And perhaps allow 3x playback speed. It's too fast for me to understand speech on most videos but not all. But some videos are so long winded that it can be tremendously helpful.

New comment by megadata in "Tell HN: Announcing tomhow as a public moderator"

megadata — Wed, 02 Apr 2025 19:04:18 +0000

I said nothing about that.

New comment by megadata in "Tell HN: Announcing tomhow as a public moderator"

megadata — Wed, 02 Apr 2025 19:03:02 +0000

And me pointing it out is also being downvoted.

New comment by megadata in "Tell HN: Announcing tomhow as a public moderator"

megadata — Wed, 02 Apr 2025 18:25:07 +0000

I think the fact that you're being downvoted for your comment proves your point.

New comment by megadata in "Show HN: I built a tool to add noise texture to your images"

megadata — Sun, 30 Mar 2025 20:03:15 +0000

I'm not a designer so pardon for asking. What's the purpose of adding noise to an image?

New comment by megadata in "XAN: A Modern CSV-Centric Data Manipulation Toolkit for the Terminal"

megadata — Sun, 30 Mar 2025 11:30:39 +0000

I appreciate tools for CSV to tame that ungodly mess. But I loathe attempts to glorify the cursed and putrid sack of shit that it really is.

New comment by megadata in "Why Apple's Severance gets edited over remote desktop software"

megadata — Sat, 29 Mar 2025 18:54:35 +0000

The Thin Client idea dates back to the 80s at least.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thin_client

New comment by megadata in "Preschoolers can reason better than we think, study suggests"

megadata — Fri, 28 Mar 2025 12:29:43 +0000

I think their biggest enemy is distorted valuation/importance. Like sweets and toys could easily "sway" reasoning.