Hacker News: oms1005

New comment by oms1005 in "Ask HN: What are you working on? (June 2026)"

oms1005 — Sun, 14 Jun 2026 23:38:30 +0000

I'm really interested in gamedev tooling and I'm working on a tool called PixelAid[0] right now. A lot of people are essentially discovering AI image gen as a way to make art for games, but AI is especially bad at pixel art right now. Color palettes, grid sizes, animation drift are some really big issues that basically make those things unusable. I wanted to take a non-AI approach to fix these things with some good ol' math and tools.

I'm trying to build more things around AI pixel art - honestly, I think it's crazy some people out there are charging money for things like this and seeing where I can help (and also just learn more about this stuff myself).

[0] https://oscarsanchez.com/tools/pixelaid/

New comment by oms1005 in "How No Man's Sky Is Like Reading"

oms1005 — Fri, 12 Aug 2016 17:50:37 +0000

There are, though. Some planets and moons are poisonous, at least. Overall, the game to me is a lot like starbound, or a less-fulfilling Terreria.

A farewell message from the Bop.fm founders

oms1005 — Thu, 29 Oct 2015 16:50:29 +0000

Article URL: http://blog.bop.fm/2015/10/the-music-never-stops-on-bop-until-now/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10472428

Points: 6

# Comments: 3

Watsi launches 5-day matching campaign to celebrate $5M for 5K patients

oms1005 — Fri, 25 Sep 2015 15:40:15 +0000

Article URL: http://venturebeat.com/2015/09/24/watsi-launches-5-day-donation-campaign-after-raising-5m-to-help-5k-patients/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10278749

Points: 4

# Comments: 0

New comment by oms1005 in "Ask HN: Who is hiring? (May 2015)"

oms1005 — Fri, 01 May 2015 16:56:22 +0000

Watsi, San Francisco

Watsi is a global crowdfunding platform that enables anyone to directly fund healthcare for people around the world.

    “How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives.”

We’re a team of developers, designers, doctors, and marketers working at Watsi because we believe that everyone, everywhere deserves access to healthcare. We move fast, take risks, and come to work every day excited about building an organization that matters more than we do.

We’re looking for a full-stack developer to join our six-person team in San Francisco. The ideal candidate is an experienced, product-focused generalist who wants to use their skills to bring healthcare to the world. Some of the technologies we use: Rails, Backbone.js, SCSS, Postgres, Redis, Sidekiq, Heroku, RSpec, and Jasmine.

If you’re interested in learning more, please send whatever info you have (linkedin, github, personal site) to jobs@watsi.org.

New comment by oms1005 in "Ask HN: Who is hiring? (April 2015)"

oms1005 — Wed, 01 Apr 2015 16:39:44 +0000

Watsi - San Francisco, CA https://watsi.org

Watsi is a global crowdfunding platform that enables anyone to directly fund healthcare for people around the world.

“How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives.”

If you’re interested in learning more, please send whatever info you have (linkedin, github, personal site) to jobs@watsi.org.

Managing Your Microservices on Heroku with Netflix's Eureka

oms1005 — Tue, 03 Mar 2015 23:42:51 +0000

Article URL: https://blog.heroku.com/archives/2015/3/3/managing_your_microservices_on_heroku_with_netflix_s_eureka

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9141598

Points: 12

# Comments: 0

New comment by oms1005 in "Authy is joining Twilio"

oms1005 — Tue, 24 Feb 2015 14:02:31 +0000

Interesting acquisition, glad to see authy as a service living in Twilio instead of just using it. Can't wait to see it in the portal. Make sure you read Jeff's post as well.

5 Email Marketing Lessons from Louis C.K

oms1005 — Wed, 18 Feb 2015 19:09:58 +0000

Article URL: http://customer.io/blog/louis-ck-email-marketing.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9070333

Points: 5

# Comments: 0

New comment by oms1005 in "Long Live Grim Fandango"

oms1005 — Fri, 30 Jan 2015 01:04:19 +0000

I got it for my PS4 and I think it controls great.

The only problem I do have is that because it lacks a manual, there is no tutorial for anything. It doesn't take many button guesses to figure out what they do, but it just throws you into the game. Took me about half an hour to realize you can run if you hold R1. But this is not a fault of the game's controls, just a lack of button layout by me.

New comment by oms1005 in "Segment is giving away free Watsi gift cards"

oms1005 — Tue, 09 Dec 2014 22:08:11 +0000

Gift cards expire after 90 days, at which point the money on a gift card goes to our general fund for patients, so worst-case scenario, someone claims one of these and doesn't use it, the money will still go to patients' healthcare.

New comment by oms1005 in "Rubinius 3.0 – Part 1: The Rubinius Team"

oms1005 — Tue, 11 Nov 2014 02:09:45 +0000

Awesome work, Jesse! Huge fan of rubinius, keep it up.

New comment by oms1005 in "Ask HN: Who is hiring? (November 2014)"

oms1005 — Sat, 01 Nov 2014 16:23:53 +0000

Watsi (YC W13, San Francisco, https://watsi.org) is a non-profit that enables anyone to directly fund life-changing healthcare for people around the world. We’re a team of developers, designers, doctors, and marketers who believe that everyone, everywhere deserves access to healthcare. We move fast, take risks, and come to work every day excited about building an organization that matters more than we do.

The engineering team is small, but with big responsibilities, as we’re building a platform that connects donors directly with patients around the world. We’re all full-stack engineers who believe in end-to-end ownership of products, as we manage anything from rows in databases to pixels on the screen. We believe in testing everything from code to design and aspire to create the best experience for all of Watsi’s users. Our stack is Rails, Backbone.js, SCSS, Postgres, Redis, Sidekiq, Heroku, RSpec, and Jasmine.

About the job

This is an internship for summer 2015 You will be working in fast-paced environment building the future of healthcare We’re a small group, so you’ll be interacting with everyone, not just engineers This is an opportunity to work on interesting challenges and solve problems pertaining to tons of medical data

About you

+ You’re a product-focused generalist who wants to use your skills to bring healthcare to the world + You’re able to work on a small team and own projects throughout the summer + You take feedback well and put the product and the users first + You provide good feedback on ongoing projects + You can work on developing beautiful applications

Requirements + Experience with Ruby and Ruby on Rails, Javascript, relational databases, and front-end tools such as templating languages and SCSS + Be located, or willing to move to the Bay Area during summer 2015

If interested, please send whatever you have (resume, linkedin, github, website, etc.) to:

jobs+internships@watsi.org

Thanks! -Oscar (oscar@watsi.org)

New comment by oms1005 in "Sony’s PlayStation 4 Will Launch “This Holiday Season” For $399"

oms1005 — Tue, 11 Jun 2013 03:29:12 +0000

I was very surprised at the price, but with the ability to play online multiplayer now being a part of Playstation Plus, they can afford this. I was impressed by both conferences, but assuming Holiday season is November, I think the PS4 is looking really good.

Also, Kingdom Hearts 3. That alone kind of made my day.

New comment by oms1005 in "Xbox One forces gamers to pay for games borrowed from friends"

oms1005 — Wed, 22 May 2013 16:17:50 +0000

To me, this is a much bigger issue than the possibility of always online. I can sign into my friends Xbox and we can play together, but I couldn't just let him borrow the game. And the fee can be up to full MSRP, meaning that you can't ever really sell your game because it will, by definition, cost someone else MORE than a new copy. I understand that PCs do something similar, but I don't buy PC games with the idea of sharing them with my friends, but I do with my console games. GameStop, gamefly, and others are in a real interesting position as to what they will do with the new Xbox One.

New comment by oms1005 in "Repository redirects are here"

oms1005 — Mon, 20 May 2013 04:44:36 +0000

Would this affect a new repo I make if it's named after one I renamed before?

New comment by oms1005 in "Show HN: My seven minute workout timer evening project"

oms1005 — Thu, 16 May 2013 21:02:02 +0000

No! No, no, not 6! I said 7. Nobody's comin' up with 6. Who works out in 6 minutes? You won't even get your heart goin, not even a mouse on a wheel.

New comment by oms1005 in "Algorithms: it's got what hopeless romantics crave"

oms1005 — Wed, 15 May 2013 03:41:16 +0000

I think the use of these heuristics doesn't necessarily contribute to the success of these matches. Essentially, you get people who don't really believe they can be "matched," and instead use these sites as a way to meet new people. Then you have the people who desperately want to believe they work and work to make that "match" work out. Adding words like "algorithms" and "science" behind this process is nice as a virtual ice breaker (i.e. "Hey, you like Game of Thrones too? That's awesome.") but essentially, the people who end up in a relationship are the ones who can already see themselves being with whoever they're matched up with.

That isn't to say that any of this is bad. And these sites do a pretty great job at that ice breaker, but I think it's the anonymity that is really key here. Starting off with a small bit of information, and eventually learning more and more about a potential match. Let the social identity act as a means of verifying real people, I guess, but don't expose that. Let users do that for you. And in turn, it might make people find more interesting matches - people they like talking to before maybe even seeing them. Just some thoughts off the top of my head.

Intel Iris: Integrated Graphics Are Finally Awesome

oms1005 — Thu, 02 May 2013 03:53:58 +0000

Article URL: http://gizmodo.com/intel-iris-integrated-graphics-are-finally-awesome-486483980?utm_campaign=socialflow_gizmodo_facebook&utm_source=gizmodo_facebook&utm_medium=socialflow

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5642412

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by oms1005 in "Kickstarter accepts anti-gravity device campaign"

oms1005 — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 20:53:45 +0000

There is a goal of $15000, but only 400 slots of $25 available, which means best case scenario, he will be $5000 short...