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New comment by samcolson42 in "EA is shutting down BioWare"

samcolson42 — Wed, 21 Oct 2026 20:21:28 +0000

I think that the anti-AI stance from gamers online is really about art and art style, not about the code behind the game.

"What if you were told you couldn't hand-write code anymore?"

samcolson42 — Fri, 16 Oct 2026 12:49:01 +0000

Article URL: https://samcolson.substack.com/p/what-if-you-were-told-you-couldnt

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50117713

Points: 3

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New comment by samcolson42 in "X purges 13,000 accounts linked to suspected meddling ahead of US midterms"

samcolson42 — Thu, 15 Oct 2026 13:35:02 +0000

Can you provide some data about the scale of 'conservative voices... censored prior to 2022'? I have used the platform a long time, trying to take in a balanced set of news sources. I do not believe that conservatives ever had a problem getting their voice heard on the platform... All of Charlie Kirk's (vile) tweets are still up, for example.

Show HN: PodcastDelay – an open source RSS feed generator

samcolson42 — Fri, 09 Oct 2026 22:13:20 +0000

I'm a bit nostalgic. There are some podcasts I started listening to years ago (2017~), but not at the start (2008~). At a certain point, the podcast changes, maybe some stalwarts rotate out of the main line-up... I just want to go back, to the beginning.

I'm also someone that has no self-restraint. I'll mainline ten of the same podcast in a day, then forget all about listening to no.11. Podcasts apps do not help this: It's hard to get them to cooperate in a way which surfaces your next episode in the 'Latest episodes' list, because while it may be up next for you, it was actually released 15 years ago.

PodcastDelay solves that, by taking that original feed and 'delaying' it by however long you want. It's a solution for re-publishing a podcast's RSS feed as a new private feed. It can start releasing from any episode, at any cadence, including mirroring the original release cadence.

If a show has two feeds — the regular one and a premium/bonus one — you can merge them into a single delayed feed. Each bonus episode comes out the same distance after its free counterpart as it did originally: an hour stays an hour, a day stays a day, whatever cadence you're replaying the free feed at.

Audio isn't hosted/reposted, but there are plenty of solutions if you wanted to have 'local' media turned into an RSS feed, which PodcastDelay could then put out in the correct cadence.

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50027243

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by samcolson42 in "CarPlay Is Additive"

samcolson42 — Fri, 03 Jul 2026 13:58:48 +0000

This interaction works in Apple Music on the phone, but not in CarPlay.

New comment by samcolson42 in "Show HN: StartupWiki – A Free Alternative to Crunchbase"

samcolson42 — Sat, 20 Jun 2026 20:48:37 +0000

I’ve been trying to submit but hit an error about the string format not being correct. It doesn’t give any indication on which string is wrong.

New comment by samcolson42 in "Box of Secrets: Discreetly modding an apartment intercom to work with Apple Home"

samcolson42 — Tue, 24 Mar 2026 08:30:26 +0000

They're nice little speakers that also do well when controlling things through Apple Home, setting alarms, timers, reminders etc.

I'd love to know the % of Alexa Dots (whatever the small ones are called now) that are used for anything more than this.

New comment by samcolson42 in "Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (March 2026)"

samcolson42 — Mon, 09 Mar 2026 11:03:54 +0000

https://GigClub.live

Letterboxd for live events. Currently a waitlist system in place, and we're very UK-focussed.

The long-term plan is to build a really enthusiastic community and then become a primary ticket seller.