Hacker News: mingabunga

New comment by mingabunga in "Launch HN: Minicor (YC P26) – Windows desktop automations at scale"

mingabunga — Tue, 26 May 2026 15:20:25 +0000

Could you use this to test new releases of software for bugs? A bit like TDD but for GUI interactions

New comment by mingabunga in "Top VPNs with Split Tunneling Features"

mingabunga — Wed, 01 Apr 2026 19:08:46 +0000

Have a look at HideAway VPN for some advanced split tunnelling - lets you create custom rules to route apps, websites, ports and IP addresses to different locations simultaneously, or block/exclude. So you set your rules up once and don't need to turn off the VPN to change them - it's like running multiple VPNs at once. Instant connection and great speeds too.

New comment by mingabunga in "GPT Image 1.5"

mingabunga — Tue, 16 Dec 2025 21:49:52 +0000

Did an experiment to give a software product a dark theme. Gave Both (GPT and Gemini/Nano) a screenshot of the product and an example theme I found on Dribbble.

- Gemini/Nano did a pretty average job, only applying some grey to some of the panels. I tried a few different examples and got similar output.

- GPT did a great job and themed the whole app and made it look great. I think I'd still need a designer to finesse some things though.

New comment by mingabunga in "Nine things I learned in ninety years"

mingabunga — Tue, 23 Sep 2025 06:42:12 +0000

Well, your view (and others) will be skewed by your upbringing and experiences. I value kindness.

New comment by mingabunga in "Maintaining Weight Loss"

mingabunga — Wed, 30 Jul 2025 19:27:23 +0000

Nice one. Agree on all this. Once you lose the weight through proper eating/deficit, exercise will maintain it.

A rules based VPN for split tunnel routing

mingabunga — Sat, 12 Jul 2025 00:17:41 +0000

Article URL: https://firetrust.com/products/hideaway-secure-unlimited-vpn/split-tunnel-vpn

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44538131

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

Colossal Biosciences to de-extinct giant Moa bird

mingabunga — Tue, 08 Jul 2025 22:35:18 +0000

Article URL: https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360750914/we-will-de-extinct-moa-within-next-decade-says-us-bioscience-company

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44504659

Points: 4

# Comments: 0

New comment by mingabunga in "Robots that learn"

mingabunga — Fri, 27 Jun 2025 00:10:09 +0000

That was amazing.

New comment by mingabunga in "Ask HN: How do you handle VAT / Sales Tax accounting as B2C SaaS?"

mingabunga — Wed, 12 Mar 2025 02:06:34 +0000

Exactly! Nothing if you don't ship physical goods. I've been doing this for 24 years and only collecting sales tax for users in my home country. All other countries I just say on my invoice that any sales tax is included in the price. What are the going to do about me not charging sales tax in their country and remitting it? Come and get it?

New comment by mingabunga in "Outlook classic dropped from Microsoft 365"

mingabunga — Fri, 28 Feb 2025 00:09:24 +0000

I finally ditched Outlook last month - and settled on eM Client and it's really nice. It does a lot of stuff.

Outlook for years had these recurring issues:

- mail profile gets corrupted - requiring me to re-setup my mail accounts

- from time to time, emails would sit in the Outbox not going anywhere. Then I'd notice hours or a day later. Frustrating. Have to restart Windows to fix it.

Maybe the New Outlook is better, but when I first tried it, it was missing lots of stuff.

New comment by mingabunga in "OpenAI's bot crushed this seven-person company's web site 'like a DDoS attack'"

mingabunga — Fri, 10 Jan 2025 22:48:08 +0000

We've had to block a lot of these bots as they slowed our technical forum to a crawl, but new ones appear every now and again. Amazons was the worst

New comment by mingabunga in "Consumption of 100% Fruit Juice and Body Weight in Children and Adults"

mingabunga — Sat, 10 Feb 2024 01:27:15 +0000

Here, educate yourself https://open.spotify.com/episode/1MDqwjo3TfL1w7NJo1wldR?si=A...

New comment by mingabunga in "FedEx launches new e-commerce platform"

mingabunga — Mon, 15 Jan 2024 04:23:16 +0000

You're absolutely right. Their website is terrible to book anything on or do any admin with, probably got many different antiquated systems in the background

New comment by mingabunga in "Asus Zenbook Duo 2024"

mingabunga — Sun, 14 Jan 2024 02:44:52 +0000

Sure, they always have the latest bleeding edge stuff. I'd definitely get this in the future though. Good yours has lasted

New comment by mingabunga in "Asus Zenbook Duo 2024"

mingabunga — Sat, 13 Jan 2024 23:16:39 +0000

Amazing alright, I'd buy it but just bought a Surface and have had a couple of Asus laptops in the past and they don't seem to last the distance.

New comment by mingabunga in "The story of titanium"

mingabunga — Fri, 24 Nov 2023 12:30:18 +0000

Maybe you can educate us then..

New comment by mingabunga in "Wise is deactivating Business cards in the US on Oct. 31st"

mingabunga — Sat, 28 Oct 2023 04:18:47 +0000

Odd, I've always found their support good. But this last week I couldn't order a card and they said they had to escalate it as we're not sure why it was happening. Anyway, I guess they found out, might have been unintended

New comment by mingabunga in "Ask HN: Examples of desktop software with 20+ years of longevity?"

mingabunga — Thu, 25 May 2023 14:07:25 +0000

MailWasher anti-spam is 23 years old and still going strong. https://Firetrust.com

New comment by mingabunga in "The Next Chapter for Learning on YouTube"

mingabunga — Sat, 10 Sep 2022 06:02:45 +0000

Be nice if they made a UI like ispring.com with sections down the RHS, I think that would definitely help with learning

New comment by mingabunga in "A beginner's guide to intermittent fasting (2012)"

mingabunga — Thu, 10 Mar 2022 13:26:28 +0000

I'm exactly the same. Go away with friends and eat like they do and so I'm feeling full all the time, which feels oddly bad. Then I'm going to the toilet all the time. Have been IF for the past 12 years, aged 49 and still same weight as when I was 20.