Hacker News: parallax_errorhttps://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=parallax_errorHacker News RSShttps://hnrss.org/hnrss v2.1.1Sun, 12 Jul 2026 00:59:57 +0000<![CDATA[New comment by parallax_error in "A Compiler Writing Journey"]]>Very cool! I can’t imagine writing everything in C, I’m currently learning this in OCaml which seems nicer for a project like this.

]]>Wed, 25 Mar 2026 03:21:43 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47512852parallax_errorhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47512852https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47512852<![CDATA[New comment by parallax_error in "The Operator That Dethroned a King: Python's Walrus Operator Story"]]>Interesting story but the AI makes it irritating to read

]]>Thu, 19 Mar 2026 13:43:04 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47439313parallax_errorhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47439313https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47439313<![CDATA[New comment by parallax_error in "Ryugu asteroid samples contain all DNA and RNA building blocks"]]>First time I’ve seen my university mentioned online and it’s the wrong country!

]]>Wed, 18 Mar 2026 06:09:35 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47422081parallax_errorhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47422081https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47422081<![CDATA[New comment by parallax_error in "Ki Editor - an editor that operates on the AST"]]>This has got to be my favourite feature of IntelliJ, along with the dumb context actions menu

]]>Sat, 07 Mar 2026 13:31:54 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47287483parallax_errorhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47287483https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47287483<![CDATA[New comment by parallax_error in "Golf game built last night with Claude Code, Svelte and ThreeJS"]]>I sunk the ball, but the game didn’t end so I happily hit it back out of the hole!! Pretty fun though

]]>Sat, 14 Feb 2026 14:55:51 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47014977parallax_errorhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47014977https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47014977<![CDATA[New comment by parallax_error in "Show HN: I built an AI conversation partner to practice speaking languages"]]>I haven’t tried this app yet, but my attempts at speaking to ChatGPT in Spanish were pretty dull. Almost every sentence the model replied with “Claro!” and tended to repeat itself often

]]>Sat, 31 Jan 2026 03:00:11 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46832933parallax_errorhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46832933https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46832933<![CDATA[New comment by parallax_error in "During Helene, I just wanted a plain text website"]]>Reading this on airline wifi right now makes me realise just how unusable some stuff becomes with choppy internet. E.g. I can’t change settings on the LinkedIn app because the request to load the settings page fails :/.

]]>Mon, 05 Jan 2026 04:00:58 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46495222parallax_errorhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46495222https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46495222<![CDATA[New comment by parallax_error in "Jony Ive's OpenAI Device Barred From Using 'io' Name"]]>I remember someone saying it looks like a pregnancy announcement, and that’s what I think of every time I see it

]]>Sat, 06 Dec 2025 05:50:00 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46171055parallax_errorhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46171055https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46171055<![CDATA[New comment by parallax_error in "CornHub"]]>Opening this on the class laptop at school was always fun

]]>Thu, 20 Nov 2025 09:19:17 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45990686parallax_errorhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45990686https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45990686<![CDATA[New comment by parallax_error in "How to Get a North Korea / Antarctica VPS"]]>> Now test your VPS’s IPv4 geolocation using Cloudflare’s /cdn-cgi/trace endpoint (available on any site behind CF)

Interesting, this really does seem to work on any site behind CF. Are there any other endpoints like this?

]]>Fri, 14 Nov 2025 04:49:34 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45923959parallax_errorhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45923959https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45923959<![CDATA[New comment by parallax_error in "Show HN: 18yo first iOS app: blocks distracting apps and unlocks with QR/barcode"]]>Reminds me of Foqos, which is definitely one of my favourite apps

]]>Sun, 19 Oct 2025 23:23:26 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45638916parallax_errorhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45638916https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45638916<![CDATA[New comment by parallax_error in "Rating 26 years of Java changes"]]>I can’t believe lambdas got a 4/10! I’m a student so maybe my opinion will change when I work on “real” code but I really like their conciseness

]]>Sat, 11 Oct 2025 23:05:04 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45553476parallax_errorhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45553476https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45553476<![CDATA[New comment by parallax_error in "iPhone dumbphone"]]>Can’t you click the “ignore limit” button when trying to open a restricted app though?

]]>Mon, 08 Sep 2025 21:43:56 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45174422parallax_errorhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45174422https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45174422<![CDATA[New comment by parallax_error in "Java is still worth learning"]]>I agree, I’ve definitely had a lot of “ahh, that’s why it does that/works that way in Java” when learning C

]]>Wed, 23 Jul 2025 07:56:18 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44656770parallax_errorhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44656770https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44656770<![CDATA[New comment by parallax_error in "Java is still worth learning"]]>I’ve in university and the classes have been almost exclusively taught in Java. Learning C/C++ definitely felt like a step backwards, as there’s more you have to implement yourself instead of using the standard library. With that said, I think I learnt a lot more about how systems work under the hood by learning C, so perhaps it’s not as good for learning programming concepts IMO

]]>Wed, 23 Jul 2025 07:30:03 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44656630parallax_errorhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44656630https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44656630<![CDATA[New comment by parallax_error in "Show HN: Porting Terraria and Celeste to WebAssembly"]]>Safari on ios really hates this, all 3 demos crash upon loading lol

]]>Thu, 29 May 2025 10:47:07 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44124728parallax_errorhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44124728https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44124728<![CDATA[New comment by parallax_error in "Message stuck in Kafka queue for months delivered, writes bestselling novel"]]>Great stuff lol

]]>Sat, 05 Apr 2025 22:08:48 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43597218parallax_errorhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43597218https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43597218<![CDATA[New comment by parallax_error in "Experts Call for an Immediate Ban on Magic Sponges for Household Cleaning"]]>I used these frequently during an old job, it was always concerning how the sponge slowly disappeared as you scrubbed with it

]]>Sun, 09 Feb 2025 09:54:37 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42989658parallax_errorhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42989658https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42989658<![CDATA[New comment by parallax_error in "Happy New Year HN"]]>Happy new years from a fellow kiwi! I hope everyone’s spent it in good company :)

]]>Tue, 31 Dec 2024 11:14:51 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42558010parallax_errorhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42558010https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42558010<![CDATA[New comment by parallax_error in "Ask HN: What were the best books you read this year?"]]>I found “Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!" - Autobiography about Richard Feynman very interesting

]]>Thu, 28 Nov 2024 22:38:45 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42269065parallax_errorhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42269065https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42269065