Hacker News: meowster

New comment by meowster in "Show HN: I Made a Dumb Game"

meowster — Tue, 31 Dec 2024 03:19:43 +0000

Decent. It took a while until it got difficult (400, on a touch-enabled smart phone), I imagine it would be harder with a mouse.

Maybe smaller items for three points such as toppings like pepperoni, but with inverse scoring for the occasional anchovy (-3 if you click/tap it, 0 or +3 (or +1) if you let it hit the ground).

(560 is where I miss as many as I tap and my score balances out - the tapping area is too small / moves to quickly to tap accurately.)

New comment by meowster in "Trying to use Bluesky without getting burned again"

meowster — Mon, 30 Dec 2024 15:23:39 +0000

One of the emails had a phone number for the intended recipient, so I called. It was an old person who was definitely confused.

I can easily imagine there are a bunch of older people who do not have email addresses, yet just about everything requires an email address, even if it's not necessary for whatever service, so people have to either make up an address, or incorrectly remember what the address was that their children or grandchildren set up for them.

Either way, that doesn't excuse the companies that spam innocent people.

New comment by meowster in "Trying to use Bluesky without getting burned again"

meowster — Sun, 29 Dec 2024 23:22:12 +0000

At least 6 with my not-that-common (maybe somewhere in the middle) first and last name combination.

Maybe more, but at least six of the emails meant for others that I've received, implied they live at those six unique locations.

I know one of them likes to get the vegetarian meal option when traveling internationally by plane.

(Companies should really validate email address OWNERSHIP before spamming innocent people.)

New comment by meowster in "Installed an open source garage door opener, and I'm loving it"

meowster — Sun, 17 Nov 2024 13:01:43 +0000

Internet search keywords: Apple security impersonated police house

https://appleinsider.com/articles/11/09/02/sfpd_has_no_recor...

New comment by meowster in "Apple Smells Blood in the Water"

meowster — Sat, 16 Nov 2024 18:55:40 +0000

I don't know why the parent comment was flagged dead, but I was typing this reply when it happened:

I'm willing to pay, but I rarely use it, so the price I'm willing to pay has to reflect that, and Adobe is not going to come down that low.

So I will continue to keep an old Windows laptop around with the sole purpose to run Adobe CS6 the maybe 8 times a year when I need it.

New comment by meowster in "Casio has released a ring in the form of its iconic watch"

meowster — Sat, 16 Nov 2024 18:47:03 +0000

TIL I'm a grandma.

New comment by meowster in "Toronto crypto company CEO kidnapped, held for $1M ransom before being released"

meowster — Sat, 16 Nov 2024 17:34:54 +0000

> The address isn't tied to you, so how would anyone figure it out?

> there is a pretty small set of people who can access the information.

Which one is it?

New comment by meowster in "Casio has released a ring in the form of its iconic watch"

meowster — Sat, 16 Nov 2024 17:31:19 +0000

They most likely see displays like that on microwaves.

New comment by meowster in "Installed an open source garage door opener, and I'm loving it"

meowster — Sat, 16 Nov 2024 14:30:48 +0000

That has to be some kind of fallacy. Just because something grew large, doesn't mean that it always does good things.

Along the lines of your comment: Apple sent private security that impersonated the police into a personal man's home, but Apple is so large, that means that was okay, right?

New comment by meowster in "Show HN: Free mortgage analysis tool to avoid getting screwed by closing costs"

meowster — Sat, 16 Nov 2024 14:27:02 +0000

> industry-standard security measures

The industry-standard is to get hacked and have your info leaked online.

"Industry-standard" is like saying "military-grade"

New comment by meowster in "The letter ℘: name and origin? (2017)"

meowster — Fri, 15 Nov 2024 14:07:45 +0000

Very cool, but I tried a plus ("+"), and it didn't show up in the list, even when I clicked "show more" several times.

New comment by meowster in "Looking for a Job Is Tough"

meowster — Thu, 14 Nov 2024 15:42:47 +0000

I hope that person is continuing their job search, because from what I can tell, car dealerships aren't doing too hot right now.

New comment by meowster in "How we built the Black Friday Cyber Monday 2023 globe"

meowster — Thu, 14 Nov 2024 15:38:56 +0000

Stop making "disposable" stuff that should be durable and reusable.

Stop making appliances out of plastic that break in 5 years, or with cheap components that the average person doesn't know how or have the ability to fix necessitating a electronic board replacement that costs 90% of a brand new unit.

New comment by meowster in "YubiKey still selling old stock with vulnerable firmware"

meowster — Tue, 12 Nov 2024 11:36:17 +0000

You're right: a physical security key is a lesser convenience with more hassle than a personal password manager in my case.

New comment by meowster in "Visual Basic 6 rebuilt in C# – complete with form designer and IDE in browser"

meowster — Tue, 12 Nov 2024 03:52:06 +0000

I'm pretty sure I read a reddit comment a few years ago where someone said they were a customer in a resturant, and they saw resturant employees click on a mouse attached to the wall to make an announcements (I think notify that an order was ready). It sounds like a very unique setup, so it was probably this one!

New comment by meowster in "IMG_0416"

meowster — Sun, 10 Nov 2024 23:58:57 +0000

I don't understand your comment.

(By the way, presumably there are still about 9 months to go in that pregnancy before the child is born.)

New comment by meowster in "IMG_0416"

meowster — Sun, 10 Nov 2024 23:52:07 +0000

Presumably there are still about 9 months to go in that pregnancy before the child is born.

New comment by meowster in "NASA remains silent on why crew went to hospital after dragon splashdown"

meowster — Sun, 10 Nov 2024 12:41:45 +0000

Is your issue with the people themselves, or is your issue people getting justice when they otherwise could not afford it? If your issue is with the people themselves, is it your opinion that justice should only be reserved for people that you like?

New comment by meowster in "Stargate built 15 years ago in Ohio 50k pounds concrete family time"

meowster — Sun, 10 Nov 2024 05:16:02 +0000

Awesome, thank you.

In the picture section (in Google Maps on Android at least), there is a video of it being lit up.

New comment by meowster in "NASA remains silent on why crew went to hospital after dragon splashdown"

meowster — Sat, 09 Nov 2024 21:32:04 +0000

The denotation is correct, but the connotation is wrong. Most people go by connotations, so I disagree with your statement that "speakers would normally call..."