Hacker News: nickhodgehttps://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=nickhodgeHacker News RSShttps://hnrss.org/hnrss v2.1.1Wed, 23 Sep 2026 13:47:08 +0000<![CDATA[New comment by nickhodge in "Embedding a bitmap font in your HyperCard stack"]]>It is just a resource! Hello ResEdit.

]]>Fri, 11 Sep 2026 00:42:04 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49652097nickhodgehttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49652097https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49652097<![CDATA[New comment by nickhodge in "Analyzing student votes across AI models for college essay help"]]>Did they assess if any wanted to use their own brain?

]]>Wed, 26 Aug 2026 06:19:46 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49444748nickhodgehttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49444748https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49444748<![CDATA[New comment by nickhodge in "Shinjuku Station in 3D"]]>NO WONDER I've become lost in Shinjuku Station on at least 3 occasions!

]]>Tue, 21 Jul 2026 03:02:23 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48987549nickhodgehttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48987549https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48987549<![CDATA[New comment by nickhodge in "Installing A/UX 1.1 like it's the 90s"]]>80Mb Drives were _expensive_

]]>Mon, 06 Jul 2026 04:33:56 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48800671nickhodgehttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48800671https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48800671<![CDATA[New comment by nickhodge in "Installing A/UX 1.1 like it's the 90s"]]>Installed via QIC tape to Rodime 120Mb drive. Had fun formatting the Rodime; but got it working.

Learnt TCP/IP with this setup. Good Times(tm)

]]>Mon, 06 Jul 2026 04:33:33 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48800669nickhodgehttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48800669https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48800669<![CDATA[New comment by nickhodge in "Underarm bowling incident of 1981"]]>I remember hearing this live while in a car on a hot summer’s days in the Adelaide hills.

Not a cricket fan now, but was subjected to it as a kid.

NZ are generationally enraged. Australians have wilfully forgotten.

]]>Sat, 27 Jun 2026 20:57:15 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48701683nickhodgehttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48701683https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48701683<![CDATA[New comment by nickhodge in "Statement on US government directive to suspend access to Fable 5 and Mythos 5"]]>Well, kids, it looks like we're back to closing those tickets the old fashioned way.

By thinking for ourselves and writing the code with the keyboard.

]]>Sat, 13 Jun 2026 01:40:56 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48511543nickhodgehttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48511543https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48511543<![CDATA[New comment by nickhodge in "Ask HN: What was your "oh shit" moment with GenAI?"]]>Asked AI to generate some code.

It looked absolutely unmaintainable and horrible.

"oh shit" there are serious developers using this crap? As an industry, we are so fsck'd

]]>Fri, 05 Jun 2026 23:00:01 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48419451nickhodgehttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48419451https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48419451<![CDATA[New comment by nickhodge in "The Kaiser and a "Mediocre Man" Theory of History"]]>Reflect on this in the context of the US right now. Makuthink.

]]>Sat, 30 May 2026 11:06:08 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48334935nickhodgehttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48334935https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48334935<![CDATA[New comment by nickhodge in "10% of Firefox crashes are caused by bitflips"]]>Rust would fix this. Oh wait.

]]>Fri, 06 Mar 2026 09:42:37 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47272912nickhodgehttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47272912https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47272912<![CDATA[New comment by nickhodge in "A battle over Canada’s mystery brain disease"]]>FND == neurologist gaslighting the patient. Formerly known as hysteria.

]]>Sun, 11 Jan 2026 09:45:48 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46574064nickhodgehttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46574064https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46574064<![CDATA[New comment by nickhodge in "Apple has locked my Apple ID, and I have no recourse. A plea for help"]]>When you are an Apple Developer, as the poster states - it goes deeper and more destructive.

]]>Sat, 13 Dec 2025 05:21:03 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46252232nickhodgehttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46252232https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46252232<![CDATA[New comment by nickhodge in "Claude was down"]]>hypothesis: claude pushed vibe coded api router to prod

]]>Fri, 03 Oct 2025 03:08:12 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45458513nickhodgehttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45458513https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45458513<![CDATA[New comment by nickhodge in "U.S. government takes 10% stake in Intel"]]>Here comes the nationalization phase of fascism. Well done, freedom lovers. You voted in exactly what you fear most.

]]>Fri, 22 Aug 2025 21:58:37 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44990363nickhodgehttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44990363https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44990363<![CDATA[New comment by nickhodge in "Ask HN: Do you still use search engines?"]]>Why disengage your brain and trust AI when searching?

]]>Tue, 08 Apr 2025 22:02:37 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43626913nickhodgehttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43626913https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43626913<![CDATA[New comment by nickhodge in "Undergraduate shows that searches within hash tables can be much faster"]]>I bet this guy would still fail a first round FAANG developer interview requiring a Hash Table solution to move on in the process.

"Yeah, sorry. You didn't use the right Hash Table"

]]>Mon, 10 Feb 2025 22:39:42 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43006208nickhodgehttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43006208https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43006208<![CDATA[New comment by nickhodge in "Science YouTuber physicsgirl (Dianna Cowern) stands for the first time in 2 yrs"]]>Severe ME/CFS. I am a carer for my wife who has this forgotten & hidden disease.

I am so glad Physics Girl is getting better with rest!

]]>Wed, 29 Jan 2025 07:22:34 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42862478nickhodgehttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42862478https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42862478<![CDATA[New comment by nickhodge in "NotebookLM's automatically generated podcasts are surprisingly effective"]]>what fresh hell are we creating?

]]>Mon, 30 Sep 2024 05:55:30 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41693978nickhodgehttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41693978https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41693978<![CDATA[New comment by nickhodge in "Open Source Farming Robot"]]>But why?

]]>Sun, 04 Aug 2024 02:39:22 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41150808nickhodgehttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41150808https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41150808<![CDATA[New comment by nickhodge in "Stuff that is backwards in Australia"]]>yeah nah

]]>Mon, 01 Apr 2024 06:51:41 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39891483nickhodgehttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39891483https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39891483