Hacker News: philposting

New comment by philposting in "Apparently Google hates us now"

philposting — Wed, 20 May 2026 23:03:26 +0000

Agreed, especially as with images it does the opposite. It waits until the image is finalised, then tests it for suitability, and decides whether or not to show it. It would be interesting to see the intermediate steps, but they're not shown.

New comment by philposting in "Tiled Words 6 Month Update"

philposting — Tue, 28 Apr 2026 22:49:56 +0000

An excellent game, with a great UI. Thank-you.

New comment by philposting in "Rare concert recordings are landing on the Internet Archive"

philposting — Tue, 14 Apr 2026 21:28:18 +0000

Never heard of that usage (I'm also British).

New comment by philposting in "The anxiety driving AI's brutal work culture is a warning for all of us"

philposting — Wed, 18 Feb 2026 01:22:14 +0000

> Lokuhitige says he works seven days a week, 12 hours a day

The app he's making[1] is an AI-driven notebook for fiction writers. Not changing the world. I don't understand the dedication.

[1] https://www.mythril.io/

'It's absolutely f–-ed': Why Google's new £1B London office is in crisis

philposting — Mon, 16 Jun 2025 22:13:35 +0000

Article URL: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/art/architecture/thomas-heatherwick-google-headquarters/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44293880

Points: 7

# Comments: 1

New comment by philposting in "The HP-35: Consumer Electronics, an Origin Story"

philposting — Wed, 26 Feb 2025 00:31:49 +0000

Anyone know why it was called the HP-35 if it was the first?

New comment by philposting in "Fragile GPS is a vulnerability for the West – and Putin knows it"

philposting — Mon, 19 Aug 2024 13:20:05 +0000

But a new optical quantum clock may be the solution.

Fragile GPS is a vulnerability for the West – and Putin knows it

philposting — Mon, 19 Aug 2024 13:20:05 +0000

Article URL: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2024/08/19/gps-is-massive-vulnerability-for-west-putin-knows/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41290820

Points: 6

# Comments: 2

New comment by philposting in "Are We Transitioning from Capitalism to Silicon Serfdom?"

philposting — Sun, 18 Feb 2024 23:55:35 +0000

I'm not so sure that the internet has improved productivity — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Productivity_paradox

New comment by philposting in "Every default macOS wallpaper"

philposting — Sat, 17 Feb 2024 04:09:42 +0000

A lovely app -- downloaded!

New comment by philposting in "Every default macOS wallpaper"

philposting — Sat, 17 Feb 2024 04:03:29 +0000

It's nice to use software, or anything really, where effort has been made to make it beautiful as well as functional. Also it's good to support and highlight good photography.

New comment by philposting in "Millennium Bridge workers hang straw bales after ancient bylaw triggered"

philposting — Thu, 19 Oct 2023 22:40:12 +0000

I met him on this bridge once, he was polishing an old work. He told us that he had the blessing of the owners of the bridge. Other places where he worked, he didn’t have permission.

New comment by philposting in "LabelContactRelationYoungerCousinMothersSiblingsDaughterOrFathersSistersDaughter"

philposting — Thu, 21 Sep 2023 23:58:27 +0000

Yes! English isn't always a great language... I do like the meaning behind it though. You are a brother, even if not in biology, we'll embrace you. It just doesn't work well for genealogists.

New comment by philposting in "Why does email development have to suck? – Explaining all the 's and 's"

philposting — Sat, 19 Aug 2023 00:39:07 +0000

Agreed. If things look good then I enjoy looking at them more, and life is to be enjoyed. But more importantly, it's wrong that plain text is always the best way to communicate. A picture is worth a thousand words (often), and a good layout can make things easier to read.

New comment by philposting in "List of APIs that require declared reasons"

philposting — Sat, 29 Jul 2023 13:38:33 +0000

Speaking from a user point of view, I find arguments like this are often disingenuous (I'm not saying that yours is). "Tailoring for the user" normally actually means "tracking the user". Specifically, the passing of UTM parameters from my website session to my app session is something that normally has no benefit to me and I find it repugnant that developers feel entitled to do it.

New comment by philposting in "The ad-based internet is dying, and it's getting worse in the process [video]"

philposting — Wed, 12 Jul 2023 01:38:40 +0000

I've recently used Axate (www.axate.com) on a news website. You top up credit, and then pay per article.

New comment by philposting in "Alphabet selling Google Domains assets to Squarespace"

philposting — Thu, 15 Jun 2023 23:59:38 +0000

I'm in the UK and have used Krystal for years. Great service, great support. I have no affiliation with them.

New comment by philposting in "International Orange"

philposting — Sun, 02 Apr 2023 22:01:33 +0000

The back button also breaks for me on macOS Safari.

New comment by philposting in "Mamihlapinatapai, Most Succinct Word"

philposting — Wed, 29 Mar 2023 22:47:59 +0000

A good song about the word, by Ronny Cox who played the police chief in Robocop: https://ronnycox.bandcamp.com/track/mamihlapinatapei

New comment by philposting in "The dark defaults of Microsoft Edge"

philposting — Sat, 18 Mar 2023 14:12:59 +0000

It looks like it's getting currency exchange rates from the IMF, not phoning home.