Hacker News: mreome

New comment by mreome in "Thoughts on People and Blogs"

mreome — Fri, 22 May 2026 01:54:06 +0000

If you haven't tried it, I would take a look at Inoreader. Especially if you have YouTube channels that you want to follow (it directly integrates with YouTube subscriptions).

New comment by mreome in "Project Genie: Interactive worlds generated in real-time"

mreome — Thu, 29 Jan 2026 17:44:47 +0000

This is effectively a dupe of https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46812933

New comment by mreome in "Please stop asking me to provide feedback #8036"

mreome — Thu, 06 Nov 2025 21:59:35 +0000

There's a fundamental difference between just providing/using a mechanism for user feedback, and interrupting someone's workflow with frequent unsolicited nagging requests for feedback.

New comment by mreome in "A media company demanded a license fee for an Open Graph image I used"

mreome — Wed, 23 Jul 2025 21:47:46 +0000

Kelly v. Arriba Soft Corp. - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kelly_v._Arriba_Soft_Corp.

Fair Use - Internet Publication - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fair_use#Internet_publication

  > "... the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ... found the purpose of creating the thumbnail images as previews to be sufficiently transformative"

Not exactly the same since this involved a search engine, but would seem to agree that preview thumbnails would be considered fair use.

New comment by mreome in "Ask HN: What software subscriptions are worth paying for?"

mreome — Wed, 23 Jul 2025 21:19:53 +0000

I'm currently paying for...

Obsidian Sync (Notes)

pCloud (Cloud Backup and Sync)

Pandora (Music)

ChatGPT (Misc)

ProtonVPN (VPN)

NameCheap (Domains/Hosting)

DigitalOcean (Hosting)

Interesting... it took me longer to think through this list then I feel like it should have.

New comment by mreome in "Making $1M from my personal projects"

mreome — Mon, 02 Jun 2025 16:55:19 +0000

This comment lead to what I believe is my first laugh-out-loud reaction to maximizing a window.

New comment by mreome in "My dream thermostat (2024)"

mreome — Wed, 07 May 2025 02:19:21 +0000

They still make (mercury free) versions of these. The Heat/Cool version is CT87N1001 and the Heat-Only version is CT87K1004.

The last apartment I lived in installed new "smart" thermostats throughout the building. It always seemed to change the target temperature at random and I got so frustrated that I swapped it out with a dumb Honeywell one (and swapped it back when I moved out). I never found having to make the occasional manual adjustment to be an issue.

New comment by mreome in "March Windows Update Includes Major Improvements!"

mreome — Mon, 17 Mar 2025 21:33:18 +0000

March Windows Update Includes Major Improvements!

mreome — Mon, 17 Mar 2025 21:33:18 +0000

Article URL: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-march-windows-updates-mistakenly-uninstall-copilot/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43392932

Points: 4

# Comments: 2

New comment by mreome in "Brown Medicine professor and doctor deported to Lebanon despite valid visa"

mreome — Mon, 17 Mar 2025 21:12:53 +0000

Maybe "It doesn't get promoted by the algorithms" then?

I Have Lost Everything: The Toll of Cities' Homeless Sweeps

mreome — Thu, 09 Jan 2025 16:41:26 +0000

Article URL: https://projects.propublica.org/impact-of-homeless-sweeps-lost-belongings/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42647368

Points: 4

# Comments: 0

New comment by mreome in "My Entire Profession Is Being Automated Away by AI"

mreome — Tue, 19 Nov 2024 19:30:53 +0000

The account seems legitimate though, long post and comment history with a clear set of specific interests and personal views. Some of which appear to be related to working in video/graphics. If this is astroturfing, it's beyond expert level.

New comment by mreome in "Pursuits That Can't Scale"

mreome — Sat, 10 Aug 2024 18:28:48 +0000

Thompson's Rule for First-Time Telescope Makers: "It is faster to make a four-inch mirror then a six-inch mirror than to make a six-inch mirror."

New comment by mreome in "High resolution logo for any domain or stock ticker"

mreome — Thu, 06 Jun 2024 20:02:52 +0000

It doesn't appear to work for google subdomains. For keep.google.com gives a very blurry google logo with the edges clipped off. For mail.google.com the result is a broken image link.

Microsoft stifles third-party interface customization apps in Windows 11

mreome — Sun, 07 Apr 2024 14:34:10 +0000

Article URL: https://www.tomshardware.com/software/operating-systems/microsoft-stifles-third-party-interface-customization-apps-in-windows-11-version-24h2

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39961044

Points: 3

# Comments: 3

The Most Disrespected Document in Higher Education

mreome — Mon, 21 Aug 2023 21:35:52 +0000

Article URL: https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2023/08/college-syllabus-courseware/675069/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37215676

Points: 3

# Comments: 1

My Distaste for Your Solution Does Not Mean Disregard for the Problem

mreome — Sat, 12 Aug 2023 22:44:37 +0000

Article URL: https://www.techdirt.com/2023/08/08/my-distaste-for-your-solution-does-not-mean-disregard-for-the-problem/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37104906

Points: 20

# Comments: 2

Jim Larkin, Backpage exec, has died

mreome — Wed, 02 Aug 2023 23:36:50 +0000

Article URL: https://www.techdirt.com/2023/08/02/jim-larkin-backpage-exec-dies-by-suicide-a-week-before-his-trial/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36979389

Points: 102

# Comments: 78

New comment by mreome in "Scientists hit with massive bills after speaking at COVID-19 ‘webinars’"

mreome — Tue, 25 Jul 2023 03:39:14 +0000

It is not unheard of for a presenter to have to pay the same registration fees as a non-presenting attendee, but it is also common for invited speakers to attend for free and even have their travel and accommodation expenses covered. It is extremely abnormal (if not unheard of) for a legitimate conference to charge a speaker an additional fee for presenting.

New comment by mreome in "It’s Not What You Say, It’s How You Say It: Encrypted Messaging as a DOJ Weapon"

mreome — Thu, 09 Mar 2023 21:45:14 +0000

The concern in the example is that if the data is unencrypted then there are many untrusted middlemen that also have access to the plaintext and could use it to blackmail either/both of the trusted sender/receiver.