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New comment by monocultured in "Banray.eu: Raising awareness of the terrible idea that is always-on AI glasses"

monocultured — Sun, 05 Apr 2026 19:02:37 +0000

Hi all,

Fun to see my small project end up on hn. I think the project page and the blog post outlines most of why I'm doing this, but I'm happy to answer any questions or such. Cheers.

New comment by monocultured in "Discord Alternatives, Ranked"

monocultured — Tue, 10 Feb 2026 07:40:04 +0000

I would love an updated KDX/Hotline server running an a RasPi or similar at home. This was a solved problem 20 years ago. The migration to online based platforms will always lead to network effects and enshittification, for very little gain.

New comment by monocultured in "A Lament for Aperture"

monocultured — Sun, 25 Jan 2026 16:47:30 +0000

I switched to Capture One a couple years ago and like it - used Lightroom Classic for many years before that, and think I've tried most DAMs over the years.

New comment by monocultured in "Classic 8×8-pixel B&W Mac patterns"

monocultured — Fri, 05 Sep 2025 13:30:53 +0000

Oh fantastic – great find. I actually started recreating these in Figma to use in some nostalgic designs, but now I don't have to – yay!

New comment by monocultured in "I've launched 37 products in 5 years and not doing that again"

monocultured — Wed, 23 Jul 2025 09:52:26 +0000

May I offer you an animated shovel NFT that will cement you as an early trailblazing thoughtleader in the earth-moving space?

New comment by monocultured in "The Perils of 'Design Thinking'"

monocultured — Sun, 29 Jun 2025 17:36:43 +0000

Any particular pavillion you were thinking of? I just got back from the expo and thought of them more like tourist board exhibits...

Mind you, the queues were atrocious and I saw much less than I'd like.

New comment by monocultured in "Hotline for modern Apple systems"

monocultured — Sun, 09 Feb 2025 19:53:01 +0000

This tickles my nostalgic bone.

I ran a Hotline server in parallell with KDX for many years. Came in handy when studying abroad and I wanted to access my files. KDX had screen control as well, which I used to freak my brother out by recording messages and having them play when he was asleep… Good times!

I enjoyed having a "home" online where I could invite friends and strangers – it was so much friendlier than irc.

New comment by monocultured in "Google’s AI thinks I left a Gatorade bottle on the moon"

monocultured — Mon, 07 Oct 2024 07:52:58 +0000

Did the same – added CV, blog & Linkedin – and their gushing review was even more supportive than my mom!

New comment by monocultured in "NASA Graphics Standards Manual (1975)"

monocultured — Fri, 26 Jul 2024 11:59:21 +0000

It's such an incredible flex to have a design system and brand guidelines for a calling card, side of van, oh and here's how to apply logo on a rocket btw.

Love these old design systems and how prescriptive they are.

New comment by monocultured in "Asynchronous Consensus Without Trusted Setup or Public-Key Cryptography"

monocultured — Sun, 23 Jun 2024 13:55:51 +0000

This sounds interesting but the description goes way over my head. Anyone care to explain in layman's terms the concept and the non-obvious benefits?

New comment by monocultured in "A Woman Who Left Society to Live with Bears Weighs in on "Man or Bear""

monocultured — Sat, 25 May 2024 12:09:43 +0000

Thanks for the link. That was a very well written and succinct description of some of the features of patriarchy - well worth the read.

New comment by monocultured in "Ontario family doctor says new AI notetaking saved her job"

monocultured — Fri, 03 May 2024 07:29:52 +0000

Just the other day there were news about how many mistakes the AI-assisted journaling caused – wrong names, wrong diagnoses, typos (buksmärta -> kuksmärta which is hilarious but serious).

Some of it is surely teething problems, but unless there is a robust check upon implementation it might just add another layer of inefficient new public management make-work to the system.

https://sverigesradio.se/artikel/ai-journaler-i-sjukvarden-k...

New comment by monocultured in "Bing: “I will not harm you unless you harm me first”"

monocultured — Thu, 16 Feb 2023 10:28:23 +0000

Reading some of the Bing screens reminds me of the 1970 movie Colossus – the forbin project. An AI develops sentience and starts probing the world network, after a while surmising that THERE IS ANOTHER and them it all goes to hell. Highly recommended movie!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colossus:_The_Forbin_Project

New comment by monocultured in "Staybl – A Stabilized Tabled Browser"

monocultured — Mon, 19 Dec 2022 12:31:33 +0000

An iOS browser which counteracts the tremors of e.g. parkinsons sufferers.

Staybl – A Stabilized Tabled Browser

monocultured — Mon, 19 Dec 2022 12:31:33 +0000

Article URL: https://www.staybl.app/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34051302

Points: 2

# Comments: 2

New comment by monocultured in "A history of poverty is a history of capitalism"

monocultured — Thu, 22 Sep 2022 11:14:27 +0000

From tfa: Data on real wages suggests that, historically, extreme poverty was uncommon and arose primarily during periods of severe social and economic dislocation, particularly under colonialism.

A history of poverty is a history of capitalism

monocultured — Thu, 22 Sep 2022 11:14:27 +0000

Article URL: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0305750X22002169

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32937322

Points: 2

# Comments: 1

New comment by monocultured in "Why is Canada euthanising the poor?"

monocultured — Wed, 21 Sep 2022 11:01:44 +0000

>The solution shouldn't be to force them to live a long life through government enforced misery, should it?

This misrepresents the original article, which argues that the legalizing euthanasia was predicted to cause people who couldn't afford proper care to kill themselves – be it by coercion or choice – a prediction which seemingly has been proven right here.

There are no pro/con "right to death" arguments being made in the article, only that these consequences are grim and indeed promotes behaviour of an "uncaring cost optimizer pushing death on the poor".

New comment by monocultured in "Discord is a black hole for information"

monocultured — Sat, 12 Feb 2022 17:40:37 +0000

Twenty or so years ago I was running Hotline and KDX servers, and loved having "my own place" where people could visit and hang out. Recently, I started a Discord channel to rediscover some of that same feeling, but it's mostly become a persistent chat for my friends (in lieu of Messanger, Telegram, etc). Some other channels I've joined are quite quirky and fun though.

The main difference being that you could only be logged in at one server at a time – unless you had multiple client installs – and there's something nice about that limit; you have to choose a hangout and tend to engage more because of it.

I agree with the OP though – I wouldn't rely on Discord as a knowledge repo…

New comment by monocultured in "My Many Girlfriends"

monocultured — Thu, 06 Jan 2022 12:20:04 +0000

Do you mean Babel-17?