Hacker News: shocks

New comment by shocks in "New statue in London, attributed to Banksy, of a suited man, blinded by a flag"

shocks — Sun, 03 May 2026 20:30:59 +0000

Any flag.

New comment by shocks in "All phones sold in the EU to have replaceable batteries from 2027"

shocks — Mon, 20 Apr 2026 16:39:19 +0000

You can pay Apple to replace it for you, and the cost is not that high. £90 or so.

If the battery swap fails, you’ll get a as-new replacement phone and you also won’t be charged.

In exchange for this monetary cost and the inconvenience of leaving your phone at an Apple Store for 1 hour; you get peace of mind and a highly rated water/dust proof phone.

(Seriously, I’ve seen people diving with iPhones - no case - recording videos.)

New comment by shocks in "Show HN: FluidCAD – Parametric CAD with JavaScript"

shocks — Fri, 10 Apr 2026 19:34:56 +0000

This looks awesome.

New comment by shocks in "Taking money off the table"

shocks — Thu, 30 Oct 2025 20:04:54 +0000

You’re reading too much into it.

New comment by shocks in "Roc Camera"

shocks — Fri, 24 Oct 2025 19:56:44 +0000

Just shoot film.

New comment by shocks in "OpenAI Needs $400B In The Next 12 Months"

shocks — Fri, 17 Oct 2025 18:50:11 +0000

Us British have a unique relationship with profanity as a way to communicate.

edit: Aussies and kiwis too!

New comment by shocks in "Ask HN: What's a good 3D Printer for sub $1000?"

shocks — Wed, 17 Sep 2025 18:50:47 +0000

They pushed a firmware update which blocked direct use of your printer without using their proprietary “Bambu Connect” application - because ‘security’.

New comment by shocks in "Ask HN: What's a good 3D Printer for sub $1000?"

shocks — Wed, 17 Sep 2025 18:01:48 +0000

> I am ok assembling the machine and learning how to dial it in.

Get a Prusa Core One kit, or build a Voron.

Bambulab should be off the table for their bait and switch behaviour. AMS is not particularly impressive and very wasteful. Get a Bondtech INDX down the road if you want true multi material printing.

GW250114

shocks — Tue, 16 Sep 2025 18:09:56 +0000

Article URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GW250114

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45265709

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

New comment by shocks in "Scammed out of $130K via fake Google call, spoofed Google email and auth sync"

shocks — Tue, 16 Sep 2025 18:00:03 +0000

Incorrect. Author may not have had the required savings to rebuy the position he wanted.

New comment by shocks in "De-Clouding: Music"

shocks — Fri, 12 Sep 2025 09:53:01 +0000

I can recommend the Finamp beta if you've not tried it already!

New comment by shocks in "De-Clouding: Music"

shocks — Fri, 12 Sep 2025 09:51:57 +0000

Nope, sorry. :(

New comment by shocks in "De-Clouding: Music"

shocks — Fri, 12 Sep 2025 08:49:23 +0000

Jellyfin (server), Finamp (iOS client) and Tauon (Linux client) for me.

Aliveness and Where to Find It

shocks — Sun, 07 Sep 2025 20:19:31 +0000

Article URL: https://benbyfax.substack.com/p/aliveness

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45161767

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

Virtual.private.network

shocks — Tue, 12 Aug 2025 17:48:47 +0000

Article URL: https://what3words.com/virtual.private.network

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44879625

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by shocks in "Svalboard: Datahand Lives"

shocks — Tue, 24 Jun 2025 18:20:55 +0000

My kit got shipped yesterday. Super excited!

New comment by shocks in "Why is the world losing color?"

shocks — Wed, 02 Apr 2025 18:57:05 +0000

I have a bright coloured car and it’s easy to find in the car park!

New comment by shocks in "Tattoo ink sold on Amazon has high levels of weird and rare bacteria"

shocks — Wed, 28 Aug 2024 07:47:21 +0000

> People are just looking for ways to get offended

Except I didn’t get offended.

Note that the parent hasn’t responded to the alternative perspective I offered; so I don’t really buy the “I’m here for discussion” spiel.

New comment by shocks in "Tattoo ink sold on Amazon has high levels of weird and rare bacteria"

shocks — Wed, 28 Aug 2024 00:11:07 +0000

Nobody here claimed to be better than you; you just got called out for your judgemental comment.

I’ve offered a perspective that you may not have seen before.

New comment by shocks in "Tattoo ink sold on Amazon has high levels of weird and rare bacteria"

shocks — Tue, 27 Aug 2024 23:59:12 +0000

My partner has a lot of tattoos.

She has vitiligo so has little control over how she looks. Tattoos make her confident and give her back control.

You should judge people less.