Hacker News: scottmcdot

New comment by scottmcdot in "Ask HN: What do you do while your agent works?"

scottmcdot — Wed, 27 May 2026 13:28:09 +0000

Stare at the wall and think about what I'm actually solving.

New comment by scottmcdot in "Cats Lock – keyboard lock for cat people"

scottmcdot — Tue, 19 May 2026 13:36:47 +0000

What's next, Dog Pause?

New comment by scottmcdot in "Using public GitHub code to find local talent (repo hunting)"

scottmcdot — Sun, 19 Apr 2026 03:56:36 +0000

That's unfortunate to hear. This has allowed me to connect with talent that has otherwise not been given the opportunity to showcase their skills. At the scale I'm doing it it's pretty harmless but can see how it can be easily exploited.

Using public GitHub code to find local talent (repo hunting)

scottmcdot — Sat, 18 Apr 2026 14:49:12 +0000

Article URL: https://www.horvathscott.com/2026/githunt/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47816365

Points: 2

# Comments: 3

New comment by scottmcdot in "Schedule tasks on the web"

scottmcdot — Fri, 27 Mar 2026 07:11:41 +0000

Me too. It doesn't have ability to alert only on true positive. I has to also alert on true negative. So dumb

New comment by scottmcdot in "LLMs predict my coffee"

scottmcdot — Mon, 23 Mar 2026 12:06:14 +0000

Slightly related, I was using an LLM to help me understand whether I should add milk to my coffee before walking to my table or when I get to my table (objective to maximise coffee temperature at the point drinking). Turns out it's best to add the milk immediately when the coffee is made because the rate of cooling is higher at higher temperatures.

New comment by scottmcdot in "LotusNotes"

scottmcdot — Thu, 19 Mar 2026 09:40:56 +0000

I see lots of em dash in this article.

Melbourne man sets up West Gate Bridge livestream from his driveway

scottmcdot — Wed, 18 Feb 2026 21:30:50 +0000

Article URL: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-18/west-gate-bridge-livestream-traffic-in-melbourne/106350094

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47066713

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

New comment by scottmcdot in "The New Collabora Office for Desktop"

scottmcdot — Thu, 05 Feb 2026 16:25:09 +0000

Working with data I need to be objective, and while thinking objectively I prefer brutal/minimal ist UIs

New comment by scottmcdot in "Ask HN: Share your personal website"

scottmcdot — Thu, 15 Jan 2026 09:43:18 +0000

https://www.horvathscott.com/

New comment by scottmcdot in "Postal Arbitrage"

scottmcdot — Mon, 12 Jan 2026 19:01:58 +0000

Is there a simple way to search for everything and order by price descending? I'm in Australia so those items aren't much use.

New comment by scottmcdot in "Linux is good now"

scottmcdot — Fri, 02 Jan 2026 04:47:05 +0000

Same! I made a comment earlier that it's now very easy to navigate bash with guidance from ChatGPT.

New comment by scottmcdot in "Linux is good now"

scottmcdot — Fri, 02 Jan 2026 04:45:09 +0000

With LLMs it's now much easier to navigate Linux and bash. Definitely happy with Linux Mint as a Windows alternative.

New comment by scottmcdot in "Ask HN: What skills do you want to develop or improve in 2026?"

scottmcdot — Fri, 26 Dec 2025 08:49:37 +0000

I've just started managing a team and would like to develop my EQ and think more before I speak.

New comment by scottmcdot in "Ask HN: What skills do you want to develop or improve in 2026?"

scottmcdot — Fri, 26 Dec 2025 08:45:51 +0000

I hired my wife one too. She's really enjoying it [1] [1] www.lacasitaspanishschool.com.au

New comment by scottmcdot in "Show HN: SQLite Online – 11 years of solo development, 11K daily users"

scottmcdot — Tue, 14 Oct 2025 02:06:13 +0000

Thanks for tool! I've been using this for conducting interviews.

New comment by scottmcdot in "Austria's armed forces switch to LibreOffice"

scottmcdot — Wed, 01 Oct 2025 13:48:45 +0000

No note [1] of programming a semi-automatic bullet feature.

[1] https://www.heise.de/imgs/18/4/9/4/0/6/0/0/Bundesheer_Libreo...

New comment by scottmcdot in "Show HN: Weather Watching"

scottmcdot — Tue, 24 Jun 2025 13:43:16 +0000

Yes please, would love this. Feel free to email me from profile. Thanks

New comment by scottmcdot in "Radio Garden"

scottmcdot — Mon, 23 Jun 2025 21:19:47 +0000

A feature I've requested (no response, paid membership) is to hide radio stations. This is because I like to trial each radio station in a region before I favourite it. It's difficult to keep track of which station I've trialled if there's no way to hide them or leave a note on them. Hiding them from the map would be most effective.

New comment by scottmcdot in "Ask HN: What are you currently trying to figure out?"

scottmcdot — Sun, 27 Apr 2025 00:53:59 +0000

How to build a segmentation model based on a sample of data that needs to be representative of the population.