Hacker News: mmclar

New comment by mmclar in "Layoff Thinking"

mmclar — Sat, 11 Apr 2026 22:01:27 +0000

"What do you do?" and "How do you earn a living?" are different questions and it's on you if you confuse them.

New comment by mmclar in "Attention Media ≠ Social Networks"

mmclar — Sun, 22 Feb 2026 15:54:05 +0000

Not email; social networking. Symmetrical just means the relationship is the same from both sides. Imagine a two-way "friendship" relationship (old-school Facebook) vs. a one-way "following" relationship (more recent Facebook, Insta, Twitter, etc.).

New comment by mmclar in "Attention Media ≠ Social Networks"

mmclar — Sun, 22 Feb 2026 15:48:39 +0000

I'm surprised there's not more discussion here and in general about symmetric- vs. asymmetric-relationship networks. Facebook worked in the beginning because relationships were symmetric and there was no concept of getting "follows" -- friendships are modeled after real life ones, where the friendship is between two people.

I can see why the big networks moved away from that: pushing "content" has a lot more friction when relationships are symmetrical. What I don't understand is why there is no upstart trying to bring that back.

New comment by mmclar in "Ask HN: What are you working on? (October 2024)"

mmclar — Tue, 29 Oct 2024 15:26:15 +0000

Not yet!

> I'm planning on open-sourcing both the web app and the POC Android app early next month.

I'll update here when I do.

New comment by mmclar in "Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (October 2024)"

mmclar — Mon, 28 Oct 2024 15:35:43 +0000

I'm working on a self-hostable replacement for Google Timeline, which is being discontinued. It includes a web app to view my timeline and an Android app to send tracking pings to the server. It also includes an import function for exports of your Google Timeline data so that your historical data from that can be integrated as well. I'm planning on open-sourcing both the web app and the POC Android app early next month.

New comment by mmclar in "Show HN: BandMatch – “Tinder” but for finding musicians to create bands/collab"

mmclar — Sat, 04 May 2024 00:52:58 +0000

What if I'm not in the location I care about? Musicians are famously people who are often on the road.

New comment by mmclar in "I realized chess pieces can be redesigned to be geometric attack directions"

mmclar — Fri, 26 Jan 2024 01:32:02 +0000

Knowing the rules and 'seeing' the ways that pieces can move are different things. I could see this being helpful to someone who has a working knowledge of the ways pieces can move, but hasn't yet built their skill of visualization thereof.

New comment by mmclar in "Google TV"

mmclar — Thu, 01 Oct 2020 00:16:09 +0000

I scrolled all the way through that and don't know what it does.

New comment by mmclar in "Ask HN: Is it normal for VC to take a fee on exit?"

mmclar — Tue, 06 Nov 2018 17:25:57 +0000

Why call it "name and shame" and not just "name"? Be honest about the behavior and let people judge for themselves whether the behavior is shameful. If an action is above-board, the actor should not mind being named.

New comment by mmclar in "Ask HN: How can I get my co-founder to stop coding?"

mmclar — Fri, 27 Oct 2017 16:50:40 +0000

Require that a person besides the author has to review code changes before they are allowed into a code base. Do it under the guise of 'transparency' or 'being on the same page'. Don't let him see your post.