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New comment by onefiftymike in "Show HN: 18 Words"

onefiftymike — Thu, 09 Jul 2026 20:56:19 +0000

I like the timed version, but would like to be able to just miss the word and get moved to the next one with a final score out of 18.

I also like some of the comments about the non-timed version to just chill and play without stress. Having a back catalog of timer-less puzzles would be a fun way to use my brain and kill some time.

New comment by onefiftymike in "What Is a Nomogram and Why Would It Interest Me?"

onefiftymike — Sat, 27 Jun 2026 16:00:12 +0000

Somehow I looked at the article and completely missed that it was the introduction to Pynomo. My wife would back you up that I am not good at finding things...

New comment by onefiftymike in "What Is a Nomogram and Why Would It Interest Me?"

onefiftymike — Sat, 27 Jun 2026 00:52:21 +0000

Here’s an old python program to make pdf nomograms from almost any formula. The example of payment for a loan is one of my favorites.

https://github.com/lefakkomies/pynomo

New comment by onefiftymike in "Oxide computer 3D rack guided tour"

onefiftymike — Thu, 25 Jun 2026 19:57:00 +0000

completely locked my machine up with Firefox on Linux. Gave up after that.

New comment by onefiftymike in "Claude for Small Business"

onefiftymike — Thu, 14 May 2026 16:03:23 +0000

I use GnuCash for my small business. I am not a programmer, but know enough to be dangerous. My use for AI was to have it write a small python script that will take my bank csv and set accounts properly based on how I have categorized them in GnuCash in the past, it spits out a clean csv to import into GnuCash. Now I can see exactly what the matches are, and the whole thing runs on my local computer. No worries about hallucination of new account names.

The python script is basic enough that even I can figure out what it is doing, and I still have to review the import to GnuCash and reconcile with my bank.

It is saving me about an hour of work every week right now.

I think this is my biggest use of AI - making small tools to do the work locally rather than sending things to the cloud to be stolen and messed with.

New comment by onefiftymike in "Let's Buy Spirit Air"

onefiftymike — Mon, 04 May 2026 17:39:06 +0000

I used to work for a company with about 1200 gas station/convenience stores. They tracked "Light product break even". Basically the profit to earn on fuel to make the store break even. It was like 2 cents per gallon most of the time. So they could be super competitive on fuel and still be profitable. It was pretty crazy to see that.

And it was Swifty - definitely a no frills experiences!

New comment by onefiftymike in "LaGuardia pilots raised safety alarms months before deadly runway crash"

onefiftymike — Tue, 24 Mar 2026 17:51:53 +0000

Admiral Cloudberg has a great writeup about this. I instantly thought of LA when I saw the headlines about the LaGuardia collision.

https://admiralcloudberg.medium.com/cleared-to-collide-the-c...

New comment by onefiftymike in "Ask HN: How do you handle release notes for multiple audiences?"

onefiftymike — Sat, 13 Dec 2025 22:58:31 +0000

My daily use software updates almost daily (web based app) They post almost no release notes. Update breaks your daily work flow, too bad. update completely changes the customer experience? Maybe a blog post at the end of the month. Release a new feature that nobody asked for: public change log entry with fanfare!

I would love every professional software to have a full release note for each update, as well as options to not have your web app update until you are ready for the changes to your flow.