Hacker News: samtheDamned

New comment by samtheDamned in "Creepy Crawlies"

samtheDamned — Sun, 30 Aug 2026 21:19:47 +0000

Out of curiosity I tried to load this on my iPhone 12 and it took about 8 and a half minutes and once it finally passed it said my browser didn't allow cookies and to enable them before trying again. I would have to go through the whole proof again. I get what they're doing but there definitely needs to be some work done on getting those times down on iphones.

New comment by samtheDamned in "ReactOS 0.4.16"

samtheDamned — Sun, 30 Aug 2026 17:39:09 +0000

They mentioned their work on upgrading their fork of Wine from being based on Wine 2.x/3.x to Wine 10.0. I didn't realize just how old their wine components were, it doesn't seem like the upgrade fully made this release but I'm excited to see what doors that'll open when it's completed. Getting a Haiku release and a ReactOS release in such a short window is such a treat.

New comment by samtheDamned in "Haiku R1/Beta6 Released"

samtheDamned — Wed, 26 Aug 2026 22:44:25 +0000

This is super exciting! This is one of my favorite niche OSes to watch grow.

New comment by samtheDamned in "The new Framework 12 [video]"

samtheDamned — Fri, 21 Aug 2026 13:37:34 +0000

Same here. I'm definitely getting the fingerprint sensor this time. Additionally whenever an improved display is released I'm itching to get that as well. These are such exciting devices to own.

New comment by samtheDamned in "Where Human Sleep Went Wrong"

samtheDamned — Thu, 20 Aug 2026 03:29:48 +0000

My understanding is that REM isn't particularly deep. Quick web searches aren't actually defining it as more like light or deep sleep, but many of our systems are more active than other stages[1][2]. Still I don't think it's super surprising that we spend more time in REM since our brains are uniquely complex and we spend a lot of energy on perception and interpretation, which REM seems to help with [1][3]. And I would be willing to be safety and comfort also play a decent role in it as well!

1: https://www.healthline.com/health/how-much-deep-sleep-do-you... 2: https://www.health.harvard.edu/healthy-aging-and-longevity/r... 3: https://www.sleepfoundation.org/stages-of-sleep/rem-sleep

New comment by samtheDamned in "The Ploopy A+ Trackball Is Here"

samtheDamned — Sat, 15 Aug 2026 20:09:34 +0000

It stuck out to me because it's I recognized it as a word used in Diary of a Wimpy kid of all things. After a quick search though that seems like a coincidence.

New comment by samtheDamned in "Font looks perfectly normal to humans but wreaks havoc on AI"

samtheDamned — Mon, 10 Aug 2026 22:25:01 +0000

> The substitute words also show up in translation tools and screen readers, and when users copy and paste.

It affects them too

New comment by samtheDamned in "TIME Is Serving AI Bots a Different Website, with Ads Built In"

samtheDamned — Wed, 05 Aug 2026 20:45:51 +0000

iirc I can use Firefox's reader mode on websites that if I simply disabled js entirely would refuse to load anything at all. The viewer itself might have minimal or no js but it's not quite the same.

New comment by samtheDamned in "This Month in Ladybird – July 2026"

samtheDamned — Wed, 05 Aug 2026 14:22:42 +0000

The progress each month is so impressive to see, I'm always looking forward to the next blog post from them.

> The Gtk port is gone . We’re focusing our efforts on making the Qt port look solid everywhere instead (#10536).

I'm sad to see this, but I understand not duplicating efforts. Maybe someone will be interested in filling this niche once the alpha release comes around.

New comment by samtheDamned in "Flavor Graveyard"

samtheDamned — Wed, 01 Jul 2026 23:02:09 +0000

I think it's interesting that most of these were cancelled ages ago. The most recent cancellations seem to be in 2012.

New comment by samtheDamned in "Captcha proves you're human. HATCHA proves you're not"

samtheDamned — Fri, 26 Jun 2026 13:44:01 +0000

ah I thought it was a reference to "Irish need not apply" phrase from job postings that would discriminate against Irish applicants. This is a less off-putting reference.

New comment by samtheDamned in "Job application asked for my SAT scores"

samtheDamned — Mon, 22 Jun 2026 23:28:08 +0000

They're known for asking odd questions like "how did you perform in math in high school" and "please justify your performance in math in high school". It was actually my guess as well before I read the post.

'China's Instagram' Readies Hong Kong IPO That Could See It Valued over $70B

samtheDamned — Wed, 17 Jun 2026 19:05:05 +0000

Article URL: https://www.wsj.com/tech/chinas-instagram-readies-hong-kong-ipo-that-could-see-it-valued-at-over-70-billion-879222fa

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48575188

Points: 2

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New comment by samtheDamned in "Hacker News but for independent blogs"

samtheDamned — Wed, 17 Jun 2026 16:10:40 +0000

This would be really cool. With the process of allowing fediverse logins it would be nice to also be able to use lemmy accounts since right now those don't seem to work. (That might be related to the HN hug though I'm not sure).

New comment by samtheDamned in "Hacker News but for Independent Blogs"

samtheDamned — Wed, 17 Jun 2026 16:02:53 +0000

I can't speak to other fediverse software but I tried a few lemmy servers to no avail. My mastodon instance is under maintenance so I guess I'll have to wait until that's done to sign up.

New comment by samtheDamned in "Your ePub Is fine"

samtheDamned — Wed, 17 Jun 2026 12:31:54 +0000

This is similar to my experience doing a research project for a fellowship. I had a barebones LaTeX file but I pushed doing the proper formatting for when I was finished writing and then had a hell of a time trying to get it all working properly right before the submission date haha.

New comment by samtheDamned in "Banned Book Library in a Wi-Fi Smart Light Bulb"

samtheDamned — Tue, 16 Jun 2026 00:01:15 +0000

This project and especially one of the closing notes[1] reminds me of a more mature DIY project to make a mesh node using a simple solar lamp[2]. I love the creativity on display here and I especially appreciate all the links to the other blogs and sites that helped you along the way.

1: > I was talking with a friend about this idea and the storage limitation and he thought it would be cool to have these devices form a mesh network

2: https://meshtastic.org/docs/community/enclosures/rak/harbor-...

New comment by samtheDamned in "Show HN: I built 80 mini-games using Fable before it was shut down"

samtheDamned — Sun, 14 Jun 2026 19:04:59 +0000

If just using all the same pieces verbatim is a liability then "cobalt vault" would be at risk since after a quick playthrough I haven't run into anything but the original shapes.

Apple Announces Liquid Glass Improvements and Transparency Slider

samtheDamned — Mon, 08 Jun 2026 17:40:56 +0000

Article URL: https://www.macrumors.com/2026/06/08/apple-announces-liquid-glass-improvements/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48448487

Points: 2

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New comment by samtheDamned in "Changing how we develop Ladybird"

samtheDamned — Fri, 05 Jun 2026 16:46:58 +0000

My understanding is that the people working on ladybird are compensated for their full time positions, so I would also expect any future positions to be similar.