Hacker News: mgcross

New comment by mgcross in "NFL tells New England Patriots to shut down Bluesky account"

mgcross — Fri, 24 Jan 2025 14:12:08 +0000

I'm sure it has absolutely nothing to do with the NFL/x partnership

New comment by mgcross in "Microsoft lays off 1,900 Activision Blizzard and Xbox employees"

mgcross — Thu, 25 Jan 2024 16:16:34 +0000

An artist (illustrator) friend sent me this link (NSFW) of another artist detailing his process of using img2img to stylize/enhance his illustrations: https://www.artstation.com/artwork/yDb1ax

Cheesecake content aside, I love seeing AI image generation used as an aid to an artist rather than replacing the artist.

New comment by mgcross in "Ask HN: Why doesn't Reddit just acquire 3rd party apps?"

mgcross — Tue, 13 Jun 2023 00:40:16 +0000

Me neither, it just worked in chrome on my pixel 6. And in Brave it doesn't work and does not ask for permission. Both still ask for permission for using geolocation API.

New comment by mgcross in "Show HN: Boring Report, a news app that uses AI to desensationalize the news"

mgcross — Thu, 11 May 2023 18:04:53 +0000

This is great, but I didn't realize that was a video at the top of the page; I think it needs the 'muted' attribute for it to autoplay.

New comment by mgcross in "The Evolution of Camera Phones, Visualized"

mgcross — Thu, 25 Aug 2022 13:37:55 +0000

Well, the Pixels are there (at the bottom) but really should have included the Nexus line too. Anyway, they are simulated photos, so they are of little value.

New comment by mgcross in "The importance of having a personal domain name"

mgcross — Tue, 01 Mar 2022 00:47:24 +0000

I initially set up my email on my domain as me@mydomain.com. I don't really remember why, but it was a really stupid idea as it's so hard to explain to people. "It's me at mydomainname.com. Well, no, not my first name, it's emmm eee at..."

New comment by mgcross in "Ask HN: What is the oldest, still supported OS?"

mgcross — Tue, 01 Mar 2022 00:41:54 +0000

I really, really wanted one of those 64-bit alphas to use for Lightwave 3D in the 90s!

New comment by mgcross in "Show HN: You.com, private search engine that summarizes the web – built for devs"

mgcross — Tue, 09 Nov 2021 22:47:04 +0000

Ok, after trying incognito, I do like it, but I'm not ready to switch my default from DDG yet. Maybe on the non-incognito chrome results page you could include a note that your search can be tested from incognito along with the prompt to install the extension?

New comment by mgcross in "An Omega-3 that’s poison for cancer tumors"

mgcross — Mon, 14 Jun 2021 12:06:29 +0000

I found this comment too late... Already ordered a "kids" supplement that has a 2:1 ratio of DHA:EPA.

New comment by mgcross in "Nitric oxide inhibits the replication cycle of SARS coronavirus (2004)"

mgcross — Sat, 11 Apr 2020 17:25:34 +0000

And avoid using mouthwash: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31709856

New comment by mgcross in "Atari Asteroids: Creating a Vector Arcade Classic"

mgcross — Fri, 26 Oct 2018 22:29:32 +0000

And Tempest too - just isn't the same without the dial/paddle!

New comment by mgcross in "How Fish and Chips Migrated to Great Britain"

mgcross — Sun, 21 Oct 2018 14:52:44 +0000

And the majority of sushi has been frozen, killing any parasites. If the fish has not been frozen, there is still a risk from parasites.

New comment by mgcross in "Google Chromecast and Google Home Causes Wi-Fi Drops"

mgcross — Mon, 15 Jan 2018 20:27:07 +0000

Well, I'm somewhat relieved to read that, in that I purchased one for the same reason but have been rebooting it at least once a day for a while now. I was initially relieved to see it may have been the Chromecast. Now I suppose it's both!

New comment by mgcross in "How To Go Viral By Using Fake Reddit Likes"

mgcross — Wed, 12 Jul 2017 02:08:50 +0000

Looks like it's archived: https://web.archive.org/web/20170710232311/http://www.hack-p...

New comment by mgcross in "How to shoot on iPhone 7"

mgcross — Fri, 12 May 2017 13:42:12 +0000

I've got a Pixel too, definitely a better camera than an iPhone 7, but not 7+.

New comment by mgcross in "How to shoot on iPhone 7"

mgcross — Fri, 12 May 2017 13:25:50 +0000

Thanks, didn't know I could do this on my Pixel. AE/AF lock is nice too.

New comment by mgcross in "Show HN: Kryptonite – a new home for your SSH private key"

mgcross — Tue, 02 May 2017 12:40:24 +0000

Cost is not the only factor leading users to Android. And cost certainly isn't driving users to Google's Pixel phones - they are priced similarly to iPhones.

New comment by mgcross in "Henry Rollins on defining success"

mgcross — Tue, 28 Mar 2017 14:03:31 +0000

May be only one facet, but "straight edge": https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Straight_edge

I mostly remember the militant (and distinctly not positive) NYHC variant trickling down to Birmingham and Atlanta scenes in the late 80s.

New comment by mgcross in "Club Penguin is shutting down"

mgcross — Tue, 31 Jan 2017 20:37:40 +0000

He's been playing for 5 years now, so he's a mod on a few servers. He started out building simple things, then progressed to wiremod within a couple of weeks. It wasn't long before I couldn't keep up with him when I tried to check out what he was building. He used to build cars/vehicles (mostly from scratch, not using car models) and add them to the workshop, think he has a couple dozen in there. Now he mostly camps on servers and chats with friends (online friends), warns and kicks players when he gets reports, that sort of thing.

New comment by mgcross in "Club Penguin is shutting down"

mgcross — Tue, 31 Jan 2017 20:29:00 +0000

Well, funny thing... I really didn't play it much online, so I didn't even realize he was playing on servers for a while. He was 10ish when he started (15 now). When I started looking over his shoulder, I was shocked at some of the other players behavior! I once intervened and took control of the keyboard to scold another player who kept holding him up and taking his cars, money, etc. Turns out it was a role playing server... the other player was his friend, playing a criminal. I kind of left him alone after that!