Hacker News: nicosalm

New comment by nicosalm in "I made a million dollar product from my dorm room (2025)"

nicosalm — Fri, 29 May 2026 00:57:31 +0000

Great work! And hello from the UPL :)

As Bad Atime as Any: Every Read a Write

nicosalm — Wed, 04 Mar 2026 22:40:14 +0000

Article URL: https://ben.enterprises/as-bad-atime-as-any

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47254990

Points: 13

# Comments: 1

New comment by nicosalm in "A Better Judging Algorithm for the Largest Hackathon in Wisconsin"

nicosalm — Mon, 15 Dec 2025 22:56:46 +0000

If Gavel only has a 6% success rate in simulations, how can it be feasible for HackMIT to use? Surely there must be other factors that make it work better in practice..?

Precise geolocation via Wi-Fi Positioning System

nicosalm — Wed, 19 Nov 2025 21:58:47 +0000

Article URL: https://www.amoses.dev/blog/wifi-location/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45985867

Points: 256

# Comments: 114

New comment by nicosalm in "Overengineering a way to know if people are in my university's CS lab"

nicosalm — Tue, 22 Oct 2024 05:03:36 +0000

UPL!

New comment by nicosalm in "Overengineering a way to know if people are in my university's CS lab"

nicosalm — Mon, 21 Oct 2024 20:51:12 +0000

Thank you!

Overengineering a way to know if people are in my university's CS lab

nicosalm — Mon, 21 Oct 2024 19:12:13 +0000

Article URL: https://www.amoses.dev/blog/upl-people-counter/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41907360

Points: 189

# Comments: 85