Hacker News: nimajneb

New comment by nimajneb in "In the belly of the MrBeast"

nimajneb — Tue, 14 Jan 2025 15:13:48 +0000

I miss YouTube where you could just browse topics, like right around when Google bought it is when I liked it the most I think. I much preferred categories/topics based UI over this spoon fed algorithm. I think there's also a sweet spot in production value that I prefer. I like Technology Connection, Adrians Basement, Cathode Ray Tube Guy (name?), etc level of production much more than LTTs high production value.

New comment by nimajneb in "Xerox to acquire Lexmark"

nimajneb — Tue, 24 Dec 2024 16:10:11 +0000

I saw an ad for Packard Bell on Instagram yesterday. I looked it up quickly, apparently they've been selling computers this whole time, owned by different parent companies though.

New comment by nimajneb in "Only buy a magnetic keyboard for gaming"

nimajneb — Thu, 21 Nov 2024 18:22:11 +0000

I bought a keyboard without the numpad about ten years ago and rarely miss it (I do have the arrows and keys above them). I would miss it with my work keyboard, but I don't miss it on my personal use gaming PC.

New comment by nimajneb in "20 Years of Blogging on my own website"

nimajneb — Wed, 29 May 2024 16:47:32 +0000

Thanks for posting. It's fascinating you've kept up with it so long. Same with a couple other commenters in this post. I've had a website is some form for the same amount of time, but while I tinkered with blogs a few times it never made to my main site. Here's mine with it's unchanged design from like ~2005 (I'm not sure when) with just some simple additions of content over time. http://www.benjaminosborne.com

New comment by nimajneb in "38% of webpages that existed in 2013 are no longer accessible a decade later"

nimajneb — Sat, 18 May 2024 14:38:16 +0000

I've been thinking about this for a couple years. With our (recent) history becoming more and more digital we are losing more of our history. There's lot of creativity of all forms being digital and online only lasting only as long as the creator supports it. No longer are we viewing physical pieces art, but ephemeral pieces art. (I'm including websites made for personal use, by hobbyists, etc).

I know Archive.org archives a lot, but they can't archive everything, especially all the small personal websites.

New comment by nimajneb in "How to get 7th graders to smoke"

nimajneb — Wed, 15 May 2024 16:58:15 +0000

The first sentence is ignoring the affect alcohol has on the liver.

New comment by nimajneb in "Reddit is full of bots: thread reposted comment by comment, 10 months later"

nimajneb — Tue, 30 Apr 2024 15:19:17 +0000

I've started putting reddit, servethehome, etc to my searches. Otherwise the results are lackluster in google or bing.

New comment by nimajneb in "The 40-Year-Old Cable Modem (a NABU network modem teardown) [video]"

nimajneb — Tue, 23 Apr 2024 18:27:43 +0000

I'm not an expert, but I'm pretty sure you're correct. Interestingly though, I have an PC I got from a college that has Win 3.11 and has a network card in it and TCP/IP isn't enabled or on it. I was trying to figure out how to use the network card, but all I can find are a bunch of other communication standards.

New comment by nimajneb in "How meta built the infrastructure for Threads"

nimajneb — Mon, 08 Jan 2024 16:18:36 +0000

Another weird experience I had with this company is when I deactivated my FB account. A few months later a friend texted me and asked if I was going to an event. Apparently he had invited me to it on FB and FB didn't tell him my account is deactivated... So I never saw the invite and the system didn't tell him I didn't see it. I tested this with my wife, you still show up in invitable people and probably invite suggestions even when your account is deactivated. That makes no sense to me.

New comment by nimajneb in "How Lego builds a new Lego set"

nimajneb — Fri, 15 Dec 2023 16:40:13 +0000

Interesting read.

I guess I'm out $90 Jan 1st, lol. This set is amazing.

New comment by nimajneb in "Half-Life: 25th Anniversary Documentary [video]"

nimajneb — Tue, 28 Nov 2023 17:06:45 +0000

Some of them had experience in map making and modding though, correct? I don't know if Dario Casali had a CS degree at the time or if he does now, but he was making Doom maps and contributed to Final Doom prior to being hired at Valve. I think he had economics degree at the time. He recently did a play through of HL with him giving commentary and realy fascinated, definitely watch that. He talks about how a bunch of them didn't really know how to make a game and somehow they did it.

That doesn't take away from a bunch of inexperienced people making an awesome game though. That was hard to do I'm sure. I couldn't even dream of accomplishing that.

New comment by nimajneb in "A trip to see Chicagoland Sears houses"

nimajneb — Mon, 20 Nov 2023 15:34:24 +0000

Those houses are cool. There's two next to each other near where I grew up. I noticed them in High School I think. I never knew what they were until a couple years ago when I watched a video about them. They look quite unique with the smooth panel looking tiles for the exterior.

New comment by nimajneb in "The new Polaroid I-2 instant camera"

nimajneb — Sun, 10 Sep 2023 16:47:10 +0000

I saw the Pixii for the first time today actually. It's unfortunately way above my budget. The other commenter explained a high end bare bones camera. I've always a much lower tier camera without a screen on the back. Like just take less than $1000 and remove all that extra stuff. Just give me ISO, shutter, aperture (if not on lense), shutter button, and AF selector, on the body. And make it compact, maybe even like a point and shoot with a fixed focal length lens. That's my pipe dream for a digital camera.

New comment by nimajneb in "New images and video confirm Austin-made Tesla model Y has cracked front casting"

nimajneb — Mon, 28 Aug 2023 14:34:49 +0000

My bet is that becomes a scenerio where the party with the most money for lawyers wins. If it was me, I would have almost no money for lawyers.

New comment by nimajneb in "CNET is deleting old articles to try to improve its Google Search ranking"

nimajneb — Thu, 10 Aug 2023 13:52:09 +0000

I hate when you click a search result and it doesn't even have the keyword(s) you searched...

New comment by nimajneb in "YKK: Japan’s Zipper King [video]"

nimajneb — Tue, 01 Aug 2023 19:21:12 +0000

I watched this video the other day, it's really interesting.

New comment by nimajneb in "A fridge from 70 years ago has better features than the fridge I own now"

nimajneb — Mon, 31 Jul 2023 13:56:26 +0000

You could get a clear plastic shallow bin with relevant dimensions to fit on a shelf in your fridge. Then you can take it out and put it back as needed. I just use the vegetable drawer in my fridge though.

New comment by nimajneb in "Way ahead of its time: The Remote Lounge NYC (2013)"

nimajneb — Tue, 25 Jul 2023 20:13:06 +0000

This is fascinating, I would definitely frequent a bar with a theme like this. It's amazing.

New comment by nimajneb in "LEGO Building Instructions"

nimajneb — Thu, 06 Jul 2023 17:34:37 +0000

My daughter will be getting her own Lego and possibly a selection of mine. I organized mine for the first time in my life last year. Some of the sets I've had since the very late 80s and early 90s. Those aren't getting lost :P

She can play with them supervised, but she'll have her own. This is all assuming she's even interested, she's only 2 so who knows yet.

New comment by nimajneb in "Buying an iPad Pro for coding was a mistake"

nimajneb — Fri, 30 Jun 2023 15:52:12 +0000

I want an iPad for drawing to make sticker files to send to my Cricut. While it's apparently the best pen/device for drawing, the fact that they are priced $500+ is has been a blocking point for me so far. I'm not sure why people think they can export video from an editor, that doesn't sound like a pleasant experience.