Hacker News: nickt

New comment by nickt in "Afterglow: Run classic After Dark screen savers on modern macOS"

nickt — Thu, 27 Aug 2026 22:04:27 +0000

In screen savers, scroll to the bottom - and click on the easy to miss "Show All" on the right side. You should see Afterglow in the expanded list.

Ads and tracking infiltrated TVs. Now they're coming for monitors

nickt — Tue, 25 Aug 2026 09:09:14 +0000

Article URL: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/08/ads-and-tracking-infiltrated-tvs-now-theyre-coming-for-monitors/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49430960

Points: 7

# Comments: 1

Paula's Floppy Controller, Part I

nickt — Wed, 19 Aug 2026 20:42:42 +0000

Article URL: https://www.techtravels.org/2026/08/inside-paulas-floppy-controller-part-i/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49366960

Points: 4

# Comments: 0

Amimcp – let Claude work on your Amiga

nickt — Sun, 09 Aug 2026 05:59:20 +0000

Article URL: https://github.com/thomas-luebker/amimcp

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49228811

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by nickt in "Workspaces – Explore the workspaces of modern creators"

nickt — Fri, 17 Jul 2026 21:02:20 +0000

The should give a one year window and pop round on some random afternoon. Bet they’d look a bit more like a space where work gets done then.

The only cauldron ever found in a river in the British Isles

nickt — Sun, 21 Jun 2026 01:44:38 +0000

Article URL: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/clyrn5e2k9no

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48614889

Points: 4

# Comments: 1

New comment by nickt in "Liverpool and Manchester Railway"

nickt — Wed, 27 May 2026 02:32:43 +0000

At the time, Liverpool and Manchester were proper cities, and while smaller towns, the railway that opened five years before this one that connected Stockton and Darlington clearly operated a similar model of moving goods and passengers.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stockton_and_Darlington_Railwa...

So I’d argue that they were moving first!

Modos Flow – A paper-like monitor for reading, writing, and focused work

nickt — Wed, 27 May 2026 02:25:19 +0000

Article URL: https://www.crowdsupply.com/modos-tech/modos-flow

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48288733

Points: 11

# Comments: 0

New comment by nickt in "Anyone on the Internet Can Ring Your Doorbell"

nickt — Tue, 19 May 2026 04:44:13 +0000

You should probably get a cheap IoT camera to keep an eye on that printer!

New comment by nickt in "Remind HN: Today is Mother's Day, call your moms"

nickt — Sun, 10 May 2026 17:50:43 +0000

In the UK (and a few other places) it’s “Mothering Sunday”, the day you honour the church where you were baptised, or your mother church.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mothering_Sunday

Britain Learned and Unlearned Nuclear

nickt — Sat, 09 May 2026 14:29:04 +0000

Article URL: https://worksinprogress.co/issue/how-the-uk-learned-and-unlearned-nuclear/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48075265

Points: 4

# Comments: 4

New comment by nickt in "Isaac Asimov: The Last Question (1956)"

nickt — Fri, 17 Apr 2026 14:14:36 +0000

I love this one. I thought it was old when I first read it, and today I realised that was 36 years ago!

Why I'll never give up my DVD collection

nickt — Tue, 17 Feb 2026 05:25:57 +0000

Article URL: https://www.whathifi.com/streaming-entertainment/why-ill-never-give-up-my-dvd-collection

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47044001

Points: 8

# Comments: 4

Electronicos Fantasticos

nickt — Tue, 03 Feb 2026 22:06:34 +0000

Article URL: https://www.electronicosfantasticos.com/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46878001

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by nickt in "We (As a Society) Peaked in the 90s"

nickt — Mon, 02 Feb 2026 01:00:49 +0000

I’m optimistic too, but I can’t help wonder if the post scarcity world, like the future, won’t be evenly distributed.

New comment by nickt in "We (As a Society) Peaked in the 90s"

nickt — Mon, 02 Feb 2026 00:54:37 +0000

I was around in the 80’s in the UK and this was a real thing:

https://newsthump.com/2026/01/28/uk-on-verge-of-return-to-he...

New comment by nickt in "Apple-1 Computer Prototype Board #0 sold for $2.75M"

nickt — Sun, 01 Feb 2026 05:05:18 +0000

The ZX81 had that too, at least the UK ones did.

The keyboard itself, er, takes some getting used to. But they are a little cheaper.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZX81#/media/File:Sinclair-ZX81...

The sub-zero lair of the most powerful computer

nickt — Thu, 08 Jan 2026 00:41:12 +0000

Article URL: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c62r6dvpl5ro

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46535455

Points: 4

# Comments: 1

Explosively pumped flux compression generator

nickt — Fri, 02 Jan 2026 17:48:33 +0000

Article URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Explosively_pumped_flux_compression_generator

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46467337

Points: 4

# Comments: 1

New comment by nickt in "Quality of drinking water varies significantly by airline"

nickt — Wed, 31 Dec 2025 05:35:40 +0000

Good job the Brits are asleep as they’d be cracking up at these comments.