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New comment by merelysounds in "OpenScreen is an open-source alternative to Screen Studio"

merelysounds — Sun, 05 Apr 2026 09:55:46 +0000

Same, only praises; I used pixijs 10 years ago in a resource constrained mobile focused project and I keep using it today.

New comment by merelysounds in "Trying for 1 month but can't learn pixel art still"

merelysounds — Sun, 05 Apr 2026 05:30:17 +0000

Oh no, that one has proper pixel art. Mine just has pretty puzzles (nonograms that turn into pixel art images when solved) and an occasional pixel art level. I plan to add more levels like this later.

I also plan to update screenshots but some are here: https://apps.apple.com/app/nonoverse-nonogram-puzzles/id6748...

New comment by merelysounds in "Trying for 1 month but can't learn pixel art still"

merelysounds — Sat, 04 Apr 2026 15:30:32 +0000

It’s a completely opposite scenario for me, I accidentally shipped a pixel art game.

It’s actually a game about nonograms. My first attempts at pixel art were bad but it didn’t matter that much, the focus was elsewhere anyway. With time the art improved; far from perfect but it’s still one of the things I like most about that game.

So I guess: practice, room for failure, achievable goals and time.

New comment by merelysounds in "A school district tried to help train Waymos to stop for school buses"

merelysounds — Fri, 03 Apr 2026 23:23:19 +0000

Very interesting, thanks for sharing!

Sounds like the tickets should be at least more expensive than the cost of equivalent QA (and if not, self driving companies might offload QA to the police).

New comment by merelysounds in "A School District Tried to Help Train Waymos to Stop for School Buses"

merelysounds — Fri, 03 Apr 2026 19:38:20 +0000

> when a Waymo vehicle is driving itself, Waymo may be legally considered the operator, even if a human passenger sits inside

Source: https://www.vazirilaw.com/faqs/whos-liable-in-a-waymo-self-d...

New comment by merelysounds in "POSSE – Publish on your Own Site, Syndicate Elsewhere"

merelysounds — Mon, 23 Mar 2026 11:11:14 +0000

I do this, my site is in my profile description.

However, I skip permashortlinks - I try to keep my regular links relevant and short. Also, I like seeing full links, they can often indicate what content awaits there - vs short links, which are more opaque.

That's one more benefit of this workflow: it can be adjusted to fit one's personal preferences. I suppose others might prefer short links or maybe at some point I'll change my mind; with POSSE making these kind of changes is easy.

New comment by merelysounds in "2% of ICML papers desk rejected because the authors used LLM in their reviews"

merelysounds — Thu, 19 Mar 2026 11:19:01 +0000

Related discussion elsewhere and from a different point of view:

> ICML: every paper in my review batch contains prompt-injection text embedded in the PDF

source: https://old.reddit.com/r/MachineLearning/comments/1r3oekq/d_...

There are recent comments there as well:

> Desk Reject Comments: The paper is desk rejected, because the reciprocal reviewer nominated for this paper ([OpenReview ID redacted]) has violated the LLM reviewing policy. The reviewer was required to follow Policy A (no LLMs), but we have found a strong evidence that LLM was used in the preparation of at least one of their reviews. This is a breach of peer-review ethics and grounds for desk rejection. (...)

source: https://old.reddit.com/r/MachineLearning/comments/1r3oekq/d_...

New comment by merelysounds in "RAM kits are now sold with one fake RAM stick alongside a real one"

merelysounds — Sat, 14 Mar 2026 14:52:30 +0000

In other news, there are new cases in beige being produced, some with turbo buttons and mock 5.25 inch floppy drives.

https://www.silverstonetek.com/en/product/info/computer-chas...

New comment by merelysounds in "Wired headphone sales are exploding"

merelysounds — Sat, 14 Mar 2026 11:31:14 +0000

Anecdote, I like wired headphones for important online calls. I use earpods[1], I started using them back when they came with a phone, I'm happy that it's still possible to buy replacements. I like having a reliable wired connection that works and disconnects predictably.

I guess a lot of that is nostalgia. My laptop model no longer has a webcam cover or a physical network switch; connecting and disconnecting the trrs[2] cable reminds me of these.

But some of that is still practical needs. I have AirPods and Bose wireless headphones, both praised for reliable connections. Every now and then they take a bit longer to connect or the volume changes unpredictably, or they need to be charged, etc - when wired headphones just work.

[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_headphones#EarPods

[2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phone_connector_(audio)#TRRS_s...

New comment by merelysounds in "Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (March 2026)"

merelysounds — Mon, 09 Mar 2026 07:47:28 +0000

Nonograms! I built Nonodle[1], a daily nonogram puzzle game and I’m adding an option to access these puzzles from Nonoverse[2], my iOS nonogram app.

There is an API, and it’s a straightforward task, but one thing led to another and I’m also improving the app UI. The update will take some time but I hope it will only be better.

[1]: https://lab174.com/nonodle/

[2]: https://apps.apple.com/app/nonoverse-nonogram-puzzles/id6748...

New comment by merelysounds in "Monosketch"

merelysounds — Fri, 13 Feb 2026 13:44:51 +0000

> Based on the name

I think in this case the name alone is not enough to suspect a replacement; perhaps it’s just a similar product in the same domain (_mono_space visual editors).

New comment by merelysounds in "List animals until failure"

merelysounds — Mon, 02 Feb 2026 11:21:24 +0000

This is a very fun project, I like its UX a lot too.

I generally dislike timers, but I discovered that this one can be customized in the settings, this is a nice touch.

I also like how the sharing feature only prepares the text that the user can later copy to their platform of choice.

There may be downsides (e.g. people could cheat) but I still prefer prioritizing UX like this.

New comment by merelysounds in "Nonograms: a practical guide with interactive examples"

merelysounds — Sun, 01 Feb 2026 15:38:00 +0000

Thank you so much! I’m very happy to see this noticed, pleasant UX was a major goal here.

New comment by merelysounds in "Nonograms: a practical guide with interactive examples"

merelysounds — Sun, 01 Feb 2026 14:47:28 +0000

Yes, that’s exactly how it works.

Each number specifies the size of the corresponding group. E.g. numbers “5 4 7” would mean: “three groups of filled cells, first group will consist of 5 cells, second will consist of 4 cells, third group will consist of 7 cells”.

Have fun and I’m happy to hear that this is useful!

New comment by merelysounds in "Nonograms: a practical guide with interactive examples"

merelysounds — Sun, 01 Feb 2026 11:55:53 +0000

This is a free app. Always look at the native iOS in app popup and here it says the same thing. Double check your charge, it must be something unrelated. Don’t accuse people of scams without doing this check first.

New comment by merelysounds in "Nonograms: a practical guide with interactive examples"

merelysounds — Sun, 01 Feb 2026 10:04:44 +0000

Fixed link: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=name.boyle.chr...

Sorry, cannot edit the grandparent post. I copied that invalid link from safari's url bar, perhaps Google Play store did something unexpected with URLs.

New comment by merelysounds in "AI on Australian travel company website sent tourists to nonexistent hot springs"

merelysounds — Thu, 29 Jan 2026 14:49:26 +0000

In case anyone else is curious, I just entered the following in chatgpt: "Without searching the internet, do you know how to get to weldborough hot springs?"

> Yeah—roughly, from general local knowledge (no web searching, promise ). I’ll flag where my memory might be fuzzy.

> Weldborough Hot Springs are in northeast Tasmania, near Weldborough Pass on the Tasman Highway (A3) between Scottsdale and St Helens.

Screenshot with more: https://postimg.cc/14TqgfN4

New comment by merelysounds in "Nonograms: a practical guide with interactive examples"

merelysounds — Wed, 28 Jan 2026 08:20:33 +0000

I built this, the list started as a tutorial and then grew out of control. Especially when I started experimenting with mixing text and interactive elements. I think nonograms are underrated and relatively unknown, I hope this text changes it a little.

I link to my app[1] frequently, it's free right now, I hope this is fine. There's no Android version yet; for anyone who wants to try nonograms on an Android smartphone I recommend Simon Tatham's Puzzles[2] - like my app it is also free, has no ads, etc; nonograms there are called "pattern".

Feedback very welcome; thanks! If you use other nonogram solving techniques and want me to add them to the list please share too.

[1]: https://lab174.com/nonoverse/

[2]: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details

Nonograms: a practical guide with interactive examples

merelysounds — Wed, 28 Jan 2026 08:00:08 +0000

Article URL: https://lab174.com/blog/202601-nonograms/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46792347

Points: 119

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New comment by merelysounds in "Fedora Asahi Remix is now working on Apple M3"

merelysounds — Tue, 27 Jan 2026 02:41:15 +0000

Note, SW rendering. Still great to have that.

> Yes [SW rendering], should have clarified in the original post sorry! Hopefully GPU to come soon, still investigating that. I believed they changed the ISA so we have to modify our compiler, and I love compilers, so it should be fun! :)

source: https://bsky.app/profile/integralpilot.bsky.social/post/3mde...