Hacker News: philco

Show HN: Orange Cheeto Browser extension that replaces Trump with nicknames

philco — Tue, 17 Feb 2026 19:05:39 +0000

I built a browser extension that does text replacement across all websites -- specifically replacing "Trump" with rotating humorous nicknames.

The interesting technical bits:

- TreeWalker for DOM traversal (skips scripts, inputs, contenteditable, iframes)

- MutationObserver with debouncing for SPAs and dynamically loaded content

- Fisher-Yates shuffle bag for even nickname distribution (no repeats until all are used)

- Case preservation via regex (TRUMP -> MANGO MUSSOLINI, Trump -> Mango Mussolini)

- CSS-only animations with prefers-reduced-motion support

- Zero dependencies, plain JS, Manifest V3

The architecture is generic enough to fork for any text replacement use case. All the replacement logic lives in a single file.

No external requests, no analytics, no data leaves the browser. Settings sync via Chrome Storage / browser.storage.

Available for Chrome, Firefox, and Safari. Free.

Feedback on the implementation welcome -- the code is straightforward and I'd rather someone tell me my MutationObserver setup is wrong than find out the hard way.

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47051584

Points: 4

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New comment by philco in "Google is dead. Where do we go now?"

philco — Mon, 29 Dec 2025 21:10:25 +0000

Skate to where the puck is going

New comment by philco in "Egg prices are soaring. Are backyard chickens the answer?"

philco — Thu, 20 Feb 2025 22:26:14 +0000

hahah totally!

New comment by philco in "Egg prices are soaring. Are backyard chickens the answer?"

philco — Thu, 20 Feb 2025 22:16:43 +0000

Unfortunately, you backyard flock is not protected. It's airborne, is suspected to be infectious up to 5km between farm sites, and also can be contracted via fomite transmission. I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but your birds will likely get infected at some point in the coming 18 months, or sooner, and can be a real attack vector for something nasty for you and your family. The latest mutation across herds in Nevada/Canada both in birds and cows has a real nasty adaptation (D1.1) which has a suspected mortality rate in humans around 50%. Several hospitalizations in humans related to this specific mutation, acquired by individuals dealing with backyard flocks. The logic that your backyard flock mesh is sufficient to protect the flock and you from this pretty nasty bug isn't supported by the evidence we're seeing pan out across the country/world.

Another worrisome attack vector is cats, but that's a whole other pandoras box we'll leave alone for now.

To get an idea of how transmissible/infectious this thing is, it has jumped from birds in Asia, to dolphins in florida, and has eradicated entire populations of seals in latin america, cows, cats, ferrets, rats globally, to almost all bird populations in Antarctica. There is no species / geographic radius that will likely to unaffected. The death rate in each species may vary considerably (cows in US as an example, don't seem to die in great numbers), but it is highly transmissible even between species.

I'm sorry these aren't the best sources, but I'm in a rush and wanted to help you get an idea of what we're dealign with here in the context of your backyard flock, specifically. If you keep digging in all of the themes above you'll find even better sources:

https://www.usnews.com/news/health-news/articles/2025-02-20/...

https://scar.org/library-data/avian-flu

https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2024/m1218-h5n1-flu.html

https://www.nature.com/articles/s42003-024-06173-x

https://www.vetmed.ucdavis.edu/news/catastrophic-mortality-e...

New comment by philco in "Egg prices are soaring. Are backyard chickens the answer?"

philco — Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:48:30 +0000

This feels like an insane proposition to me, I'll explain:

1. Soaring egg prices are due to culling + deaths related to the proliferation of H5N1 (Avian Flu).

2. The reason we have been proactively culling is to minimize spread AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, to minimize the number of exposures H5N1 could have to Humans.

3. The reason we want to minimize exposure between chickens and humans is because each exposure of an infected chicken to a human is an opportunity for the virus to jump host, and adapt to better transmit amongst humans. The mutation (mammalian adaptation of the virus) can happen in the chicken before it jumps to a passing by human, or in the human once infected with the virus.

We are only a few minor adaptations away from this thing being BOTH extremely deadly AND extremely transmissible between humans. Worst case scenario. The latest strands found in Canada and now Nevada are extremely deadly, and just need the Human to Human adaptation. With enough at bats, it will have it.

The idea of dramatically increasing the number of humans exposed to sick flocks by having people start their own backyard chicken coops feels suicidal, for humanity.

The latest hospitalized patient in Georgia was exposed through a backyard flock, by the way.

New comment by philco in "Ask HN: Tell me your stories of taking lower paid work to be happier"

philco — Tue, 18 Jun 2024 19:44:56 +0000

rapjr9 - I commend you for using your talents to help the world instead of hurting it. From one human to another, thank you.

New comment by philco in "MungerGPT: AI GPT Founded on Charlie Munger's Writings"

philco — Wed, 29 Nov 2023 00:17:08 +0000

Very interesting.

New comment by philco in "MungerGPT: AI GPT Founded on Charlie Munger's Writings"

philco — Tue, 28 Nov 2023 23:56:21 +0000

Charlie Munger just passed away. Created a ChatGPT founded on his writings over the years. He recently commented on AI saying "I think old-fashioned intelligence works pretty well." Well, Charlie, here's an AI that hopefully lets your brilliant traditional intelligence live on.

MungerGPT: AI GPT Founded on Charlie Munger's Writings

philco — Tue, 28 Nov 2023 23:56:21 +0000

Article URL: https://chat.openai.com/g/g-DWCTQr99u-charlie-munger-s-wisdom

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38453427

Points: 4

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New comment by philco in "Robinhood cuts losses after transaction revenue drops"

philco — Fri, 04 Nov 2022 15:39:52 +0000

I might be wrong, but most of these programs have partner banks, which take part of the revenue for themselves. I think it's more likely they make Fed Funds minus some take rate from the bank, so maybe Fed Funds - 0.50bps. Point still stands, but I don't think they're making 3.75-4%. Wealthfront is passing through 3.30%, so likely only making 0.25bps on that cash.

New comment by philco in "Controversy continues over whether hot water freezes faster than cold"

philco — Thu, 30 Jun 2022 04:42:13 +0000

Whaaaattt, whoa. Wouldn't that cause the temperature in the food in the freezer to heat cycle, causing very no bueno bacterial consequences?

New comment by philco in "U.S. Postal Service releases dog attack national rankings"

philco — Thu, 10 Jun 2021 19:47:12 +0000

If you work for the USPS in California, you have a 1.23% chance of being attacked by a dog. This doesn’t adjust for repeat dog incidents, nor whther You have a desk job or are in the field. Likely much higher for mail carriers in the field which is nuts

One third of Covid survivors suffer from mental or neurological disorders

philco — Wed, 07 Apr 2021 15:55:16 +0000

Article URL: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanpsy/article/PIIS2215-0366(21)00084-5/fulltext

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26726733

Points: 2

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New comment by philco in "Cloudflare, OKTA Hacked"

philco — Wed, 10 Mar 2021 03:00:16 +0000

This is going to continue blowing up the cyber insurance insurance market for startups.

New comment by philco in "Banned from Google Ads for Using Apple Card"

philco — Fri, 30 Aug 2019 20:03:07 +0000

Has nothing to do with the payment platform you chose is my best guess. Has to do with what you were paying to send ad traffic to, and possible misrepresentation of facts on that page. Were you testing landing pages for concepts where you didn't include terms of use, privacy policies or misrepresented the state of your product?

That would be my best guess.

New comment by philco in "Credit Karma glitch exposed users to other people’s accounts"

philco — Wed, 14 Aug 2019 21:55:42 +0000

hmm...just trying to build some self awareness in this community around how easy it is to hate on MBA's as a group. We're soooo allergic to that type of rhetoric when it's anyone else, but not at all when it comes to the "business" or "MBA" side of the house.

Imagine the phrase "Fuck Your Engineering Bullshit" was used instead - I'm pretty sure there'd be a lynching.

New comment by philco in "Credit Karma glitch exposed users to other people’s accounts"

philco — Wed, 14 Aug 2019 20:40:59 +0000

She's not an MBA...?

Replicating Anomalies

philco — Wed, 26 Dec 2018 12:48:37 +0000

Article URL: https://academic.oup.com/rfs/advance-article/doi/10.1093/rfs/hhy131/5236964?guestAccessKey=7fd97e02-18ad-4e38-aec9-44cac1b9f75a

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18761887

Points: 3

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YC S18 interview invites are out

philco — Wed, 18 Apr 2018 16:47:45 +0000

Congratulations to those who were accepted! To those who weren’t, keep fighting the good fight!

To everyone who applied:

What are you building, with whom, and why?

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16868839

Points: 2

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New comment by philco in "Tell HN: Today's the day that YC invites applicants to interviews"

philco — Wed, 18 Apr 2018 00:41:05 +0000

We use Anima at Novi! Great product :) Love the transitions beta.