Hacker News: nicgrev103

New comment by nicgrev103 in "Ask HN: What are you working on? (February 2026)"

nicgrev103 — Tue, 10 Feb 2026 11:00:09 +0000

Love it! M-Pesa is big in SA too right?

New comment by nicgrev103 in "How getting richer made teenagers less free"

nicgrev103 — Thu, 18 Dec 2025 10:38:40 +0000

It's 10pm; do you know where your kids are? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2LJeBbhPYBs

New comment by nicgrev103 in "What Americans die from vs. what the news reports on"

nicgrev103 — Tue, 14 Oct 2025 20:25:45 +0000

Just because I read about more murder than cancer, in the news, doesn't make me think that more people are murdered than die of cancer.

New comment by nicgrev103 in "Will Smith's concert crowds are real, but AI is blurring the lines"

nicgrev103 — Tue, 26 Aug 2025 07:45:27 +0000

If I were a marketing person I would also make genuine images look AI generated for the free publicity. Nothing gets attention like mistakes or fakes. The fact that they aren't actually fake means there is no downside for WS and team. I once spoke to a social media manager for a large brand and he said they intentionally put typos in posts on a semi regular basis and it always results in more post engagement (people correcting the typo).

Ask HN: Where Do Hacker News Readers Come From?

nicgrev103 — Tue, 15 Jul 2025 16:17:32 +0000

I took a look at similarwebs data on the geographic locations of Hacker News visitors. Thought some of you might find it interesting too. Here’s the breakdown of where readers came from, by country:

United States – 49.17%

China – 6.75%

United Kingdom – 5.96%

India – 5.29%

Canada – 3.97%

If anyone has more detailed information I'd love to see it. I wonder if posters are equally represented? I was surprise to see no EU countries, perhaps a language thing?

Also interested to see if anyone comments from somewhere really remote.

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44572750

Points: 3

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New comment by nicgrev103 in "Mechanical Watch: Exploded View"

nicgrev103 — Mon, 23 Jun 2025 10:46:30 +0000

On a similar line, I wonder if making it cylindrical would help reduce refraction when viewing at an angle?

New comment by nicgrev103 in "Ask HN: What are you working on? (April 2025)"

nicgrev103 — Tue, 29 Apr 2025 11:07:52 +0000

Awesome site. You've probably come across it, but just in case you haven't. In the UK we have trolley.co.uk (plus app) which is handy. The barcode scanner I use a lot when I want to check if the branded product is a good price in the shop i'm standing in or if i'm getting ripped off. They have all products (I assume because online grocery shopping is bigger here?). Personally, I'm looking to start online shopping (new dad so time poor), it'd be great if I could build a shopping list and a site tell me which online grocer to order from for the best value, with basket price breakdown for each.

New comment by nicgrev103 in "Show HN: Seven39, a social media app that is only open for 3 hours every evening"

nicgrev103 — Tue, 11 Mar 2025 16:06:37 +0000

I wish someone made a social media site that has no news feed or any feed, like the facebook of old. Only get notifications and updates from actual people who you have friended. I genuinely think this would be popular, it wouldn't drive the engagement that the feeds and algos do but it would be a more wholesome experience the one we all bought into at the dawn of the social network, only for our friends to be swapped out for a constant drip of 'engaging' content.

New comment by nicgrev103 in "Fast Cash vs. Slow Equity"

nicgrev103 — Mon, 24 Feb 2025 12:32:49 +0000

Do not read this as- If you have slow growth you have an equity business. It's more likely you just have a shitty business.

New comment by nicgrev103 in "Leaving and Waving"

nicgrev103 — Tue, 12 Nov 2024 15:12:15 +0000

A few years ago I went through digitising all my grandmothers old albums. The final picture was my grandfather on his deathbed, she stopped making any albums after even though she was only 60. She died 2 yrs later. This hit me hard.

New comment by nicgrev103 in "The irrational hungry judge effect revisited (2023)"

nicgrev103 — Sun, 28 Jul 2024 15:36:46 +0000

I have not been scheduling any meetings before lunch for years after I read the original study. oops

New comment by nicgrev103 in "The fascinating and complicated sex lives of white-throated sparrows"

nicgrev103 — Mon, 15 Jul 2024 12:08:16 +0000

Similar to Love Island ;)

How to Beat 'The Prisoners' Dilemma'

nicgrev103 — Wed, 22 May 2024 09:21:46 +0000

Article URL: https://mindyourdecisions.com/blog/2012/04/24/how-to-beat-the-prisoners-dilemma-in-the-tv-game-show-golden-balls/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40439009

Points: 2

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How two retirees hacked the lottery and made $26M

nicgrev103 — Wed, 22 May 2024 09:11:26 +0000

Article URL: https://highline.huffingtonpost.com/articles/en/lotto-winners/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40438954

Points: 1

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New comment by nicgrev103 in "I nearly died drowning"

nicgrev103 — Wed, 17 Apr 2024 09:45:36 +0000

Powerful read. My Dad was the sole survivor in a boating accident in the Med when I was about 3 yrs old. He doesn't really talk about it. This has helped me understand some of what he has gone through, esp the aftermath.

New comment by nicgrev103 in "The day I canceled my Spotify subscription"

nicgrev103 — Mon, 19 Feb 2024 16:58:46 +0000

I suspected this practice and ran a very rudimentary test which concluded they were not doing such things. I made a playlist with Taylor Swift, Beyonce, Justin Bieber and then an equal amount of songs from obscure artists with fewer than 1000 followers (this was back when followers was the main popularity metric, now it's monthly streams). I then played the playlist on shuffle, expecting for the 'popular'/ expensive artists to be played less. I tallied each song for a day of listening (that's as much as I could take!) and the popular songs were played equally as frequently and the non- popular. Like I said, very rudimentary but didn't yield the result I was expecting.

New comment by nicgrev103 in "Show HN: Aldi Price Map"

nicgrev103 — Thu, 15 Feb 2024 09:58:43 +0000

Or even Sainsbo's ;)

Ask HN: Email newsletters – what service do you use?

nicgrev103 — Tue, 09 Jan 2024 14:08:34 +0000

Mailchimp? Email Octopus? Sender? Beehiiv? I'm looking to start an email newsletter and I'm curious what experiences you've had with different providers. Is a custom domain important? Thanks!

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38926323

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New comment by nicgrev103 in "Where Have All the Websites Gone?"

nicgrev103 — Tue, 09 Jan 2024 10:13:25 +0000

I used to love a site called 'Stumble Upon' that would take you to random interesting websites. Those were the days.

New comment by nicgrev103 in "Designing, manufacturing, and selling an LED 'social battery' pin badge"

nicgrev103 — Mon, 08 Jan 2024 14:21:45 +0000

Awesome, best of luck. I could see this in gadget mags esp around xmas, they often look for lower cost items to contrast the £500 phones and £1k laptops ;)