Hacker News: nabaraz

New comment by nabaraz in "Two new PebbleOS watches"

nabaraz — Tue, 18 Mar 2025 16:52:02 +0000

All i want is sleep and step tracking. Is this a good option?

New comment by nabaraz in "Samsung Q990D unresponsive after 1020 firmware update"

nabaraz — Fri, 14 Mar 2025 21:21:40 +0000

I got tired of constant updates/apps on home screen/lag and all on my Samsung TV and finally bought a Sony. Everything I do is through Apple TV and Xbox now, Sony is not connected to the internet.

Other than the slow boot (takes about 5 seconds to switch to Apple TV after pressing power button), I have no complaints.

New comment by nabaraz in "Wall Street sell-off turns 'ugly' as US recession fears grow"

nabaraz — Mon, 10 Mar 2025 18:29:29 +0000

S&P 500 is barely down (~9% as of this post) after returning 23% and 24% respectively in 2023 and 2024. I wouldn't call it ugly, as someone who lived through recession.

New comment by nabaraz in "Ask HN: Is anyone still using Dreamweaver?"

nabaraz — Sat, 22 Feb 2025 20:30:40 +0000

Not dreamweaver, But I use Flash (Macromedia) on Windows and Adobe on Mac frequently.

Call it muscle memory, I find it easier to cook a chart, shape and basic resize/crop on Flash.

New comment by nabaraz in "“A calculator app? Anyone could make that”"

nabaraz — Mon, 17 Feb 2025 00:35:41 +0000

Obviously it is 1.

But try it on iOS calculator, answer is 0.

Reason is when computing large numbers e.g. 100000........n + 1 - 100000........n, addition of 1 is pretty in-significant.

New comment by nabaraz in "“A calculator app? Anyone could make that”"

nabaraz — Sun, 16 Feb 2025 18:57:32 +0000

Re: (10^100)+1-(10^100)

i) Answer is 0 if you cancel out two expression (10^100)

ii) Answer is 1 if you compute 10^100 and then add 1 which is insignificant.

How do you even cater for these scenarios? This needs more than arithmetic.

New comment by nabaraz in "Basketball has evolved into a game of calculated decision-making"

nabaraz — Sat, 15 Feb 2025 20:19:56 +0000

This could affect the sales, as there will be less court-side seats.

New comment by nabaraz in "Basketball has evolved into a game of calculated decision-making"

nabaraz — Sat, 15 Feb 2025 18:49:20 +0000

I personally think the 3-point line needs to be uniform distance. It is 22 feet from the corner compared to ~24ish feet from the center.

New comment by nabaraz in "Show HN: HTML visualization of a PDF file's internal structure"

nabaraz — Mon, 10 Feb 2025 20:33:18 +0000

On a similar note, why haven't PDF been replaced? There are XPS, DjVu and XHTML (EPUB) but they all seem to be targeting different usecase (a packaged HTML file).

What I want is a simple document format that allows embedding other files and metadata without the Adobe's bloat. I should be able to hyperlink within pages, change font-size etc without text overflowing and being able to print in a consistent manner.

New comment by nabaraz in "Daily omega-3 fatty acids may help human organs stay young"

nabaraz — Sun, 09 Feb 2025 20:40:38 +0000

There are different variations of Omega 3 fatty acids. For instance, Avocados is rich in Omega 3 ALA which is considered not as effective as EPA and DHA.

Fish is the only source of EPA and DHA.

New comment by nabaraz in "AI Demos by Meta"

nabaraz — Sun, 09 Feb 2025 20:32:26 +0000

I expected a lot more.

New comment by nabaraz in "Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (February 2025)"

nabaraz — Mon, 03 Feb 2025 23:18:05 +0000

Location: Vancouver, BC, Canada

Remote: Remote, Hybrid, On-site

Willing to relocate: Not outside of Canada.

Technologies: Typescript, React, Node.js, Rabbitmq, cockroachdb, kafka etc.

Email: ntemail@protonmail.com

I am a full-stack engineer (first eight years in front-end and the last two years in full-stack). I've lived in Bay area for half of my life and have worked at startups as well as big tech.

New comment by nabaraz in "Everyone knows your location: tracking myself down through in-app ads"

nabaraz — Sun, 02 Feb 2025 20:23:52 +0000

Steve jobs embraced web apps as much as he could.[0]. But people weren't willing to give up desktop apps.

[0] https://web.archive.org/web/20070809174426/http://www.apple....

New comment by nabaraz in "Trump Launches Meme Coin"

nabaraz — Sat, 18 Jan 2025 20:07:55 +0000

Like any tradeable product, valuation = supply * current price. 1B supply * 25 current price = 25 billion.

Important to note - it doesn't mean there is 25B of value created.

New comment by nabaraz in "WordPress Is in Trouble"

nabaraz — Mon, 13 Jan 2025 20:03:11 +0000

I moved to Azure free static hosting. Push a commit and automatically triggers a deployment via Github Actions.

https://docs.github.com/en/actions/use-cases-and-examples/de...

New comment by nabaraz in "Ask HN: Spending Tracking Tools"

nabaraz — Sun, 05 Jan 2025 17:56:38 +0000

I have tried all - Mint and many others. They were either too complex or weren't privacy friendly to my likings.

In the end, i ended up creating a simple react app. All the data is stored in a single json file that I sync. I load web app/app and just upload this json file.

Uses react-spreadsheet so all fields are editable.

https://i.imgur.com/WUCAIGt.png

New comment by nabaraz in "Show HN: HN Update – Hourly news broadcast of top HN stories"

nabaraz — Mon, 21 Oct 2024 06:11:43 +0000

On a related note, what are some cheaper alternative to Open AI's text to speech? Last I checked it came out to ~$9/day for their text-to-speech.

New comment by nabaraz in "Apple Watch Series 10"

nabaraz — Mon, 09 Sep 2024 19:15:29 +0000

Give garmin a go. One week+ battery and it's outdoor activities tracking is just great.

New comment by nabaraz in "iPhone 16 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro Max"

nabaraz — Mon, 09 Sep 2024 18:55:47 +0000

What about any other things like Word, Operating System, Cars? Are they not all doing smaller improvements year after year.

New comment by nabaraz in "iPhone 16 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro Max"

nabaraz — Mon, 09 Sep 2024 18:54:08 +0000

I remember people lining up outside apple stores on the pre-order day. What has happened now? Have we seen the peak of smartphones until something new comes along and spur a new super-cycle?