Hacker News: simondanerd

New comment by simondanerd in "Webradio server – broadcasts audio source to clients"

simondanerd — Sat, 27 Jun 2026 17:22:01 +0000

Of course, streammyaudio is by shollz, the same dude behind the croc file transfer tool. This guy is a legend.

New comment by simondanerd in "Show HN: ShotBrief – Daily photography briefings, should you shoot tomorrow?"

simondanerd — Fri, 26 Jun 2026 13:29:36 +0000

I'm not a photographer that would use this, but one thing that immediately popped in my head is sun angle at specific times, such as what appears on https://www.mountainproject.com/area/108334937/unlikely-wall

New comment by simondanerd in "Renting a sewing machine from the library"

simondanerd — Sun, 21 Jun 2026 18:13:05 +0000

Do we live in the same town? That's been my experience exactly, many experiences have required walking briskly before a simple question becomes more than a yes or no answer and explaining why I don't have $20 or a meal on me. The times I do try to buy them a meal I've been lead to the most expensive restaurant nearby (be threw away my meal I got him at Subway).

New comment by simondanerd in "Show HN: TownSquare, a tiny presence layer for websites"

simondanerd — Sun, 21 Jun 2026 02:53:02 +0000

Love the idea. Could use some filters and stale (sleeping) clients could get removed quicker.

Also, it seemed to be disconnecting quite often, maybe a hug of death thing.

New comment by simondanerd in "Google Flight Simulator"

simondanerd — Mon, 15 Jun 2026 13:54:53 +0000

Fun fact: you can fly through the entirety of the Great Wall of China!

Spent a long time as a kid doing so. I still use Google Earth "Pro" today, so much better than the webapp.

New comment by simondanerd in "Automatic U.S. military draft registration planned by December, filing shows"

simondanerd — Fri, 10 Apr 2026 00:13:42 +0000

What's the difference between that and what's in place now? I thought every male had to register within 30 days of their 18th birthday.

New comment by simondanerd in "Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (April 2026)"

simondanerd — Thu, 02 Apr 2026 15:24:34 +0000

Location: Bloomington, IN

Remote: No (not preferred)

Willing to relocate: No

Technologies: Linux (Debian, some RHEL) & Windows Sysadmin, TAK, Docker, RF, LAMP development

Résumé/CV: https://cv.lucasburlingham.me

Email: hn47601858@lucasburlingham.me

Looking for a Systems Engineer-adjacent position, focused on building from the ground up in innovative ways. Active clearance.

New comment by simondanerd in "Automatically generate all 3D print files for organizing a drawer"

simondanerd — Sat, 28 Mar 2026 02:52:57 +0000

Wait long enough and it popped up for me. (Android, also basically Linux but using Vivaldi)

Took about 10 secs.

New comment by simondanerd in "First 6 days of Iran war cost $11.3B"

simondanerd — Thu, 12 Mar 2026 16:33:14 +0000

Anything to keep ourselves comfortable. That's one of the reasons I see that we have representatives - so the population at large doesn't have to bear the burden of doing dirty work.

We then in the same breath complain about government but put forth no effort to fix it.

New comment by simondanerd in "Bell Kiosk makes websites by hand for humans"

simondanerd — Tue, 03 Mar 2026 13:53:28 +0000

I may not be in the business (and this is not an ad), but I could likely build the same site in about 30 minutes and charge a tenth of the price to recover the cost of Copilot in VS Code for a year.

Human-built has its place, but it's hard to justify when the price is so much higher for a relatively repetitive task that produces the same results.

New comment by simondanerd in "Show HN: A website that proves you are richer than everyone else"

simondanerd — Mon, 09 Feb 2026 11:51:56 +0000

In this economy? I'd better start my own!

Hope you enjoy the coffee money.

New comment by simondanerd in "Chromebook Tricks (with a small magnet)"

simondanerd — Thu, 13 Nov 2025 23:05:24 +0000

The link presented me with a request for access, would you mind opening it to the public so individuals don't have to request access?

New comment by simondanerd in "Ask HN: Advice for creating a USB device linking 2 computers"

simondanerd — Sat, 25 Oct 2025 20:04:08 +0000

It usually runs a Debian based image. And you would probably just have to reboot the script, or write a wrapper around the keyboard functions.

But yes, it's overkill for an overkill solution. Buying another keyboard may be easier.

New comment by simondanerd in "Ask HN: Advice for creating a USB device linking 2 computers"

simondanerd — Sat, 25 Oct 2025 19:21:11 +0000

Sounds like a cool project, but you may find that using SSH or RealVNC to be a bit easier and cheaper.

ChatGPT isn't wrong - this sounds like what you need: https://pypi.org/project/zero-hid/.

New comment by simondanerd in "Bitchat – A decentralized messaging app that works over Bluetooth mesh networks"

simondanerd — Mon, 07 Jul 2025 12:51:37 +0000

I'd like to point you towards Meshtastic [1]. It's off-grid, decentralized text messaging that allows for encryption, and is inexpensive to get into (a basic node is about $30 or less), and don't require a license to operate.

The firmware on these devices is open source (minus proprietary blobs for ESP32 WiFi, etc.) and the community is active. Check the Meshmap [2] to see some nodes that have made their location public in your area.

[1] https://meshtastic.org/ [2] https://meshmap.net/

New comment by simondanerd in "Best Buy is selling a $400 "digital Ethernet" cable for "cleaner, clearer sound""

simondanerd — Wed, 28 May 2025 16:12:40 +0000

Is this not the advantage of an optical sound cable? A 10 foot cable is $8 on Amazon.

1.25% silver doesn't qualify as "solid" in my mind either.

New comment by simondanerd in "Selling your old laptop or phone? You might be handing over your data too"

simondanerd — Tue, 08 Apr 2025 14:02:58 +0000

I second this, cheap SSDs are in the $35-40 range and won't contain your data, easy enough to swap out.

Whenever I buy pre built devices I usually swap out the drives for something more premium as the manufacturer probably was optimizing for cost.

New comment by simondanerd in "The April Fools joke that might have got me fired"

simondanerd — Tue, 01 Apr 2025 21:06:09 +0000

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New comment by simondanerd in "Cover Your Tracks"

simondanerd — Mon, 31 Mar 2025 11:58:24 +0000

The Librewolf browser (and I suppose most Mozilla based browsers could as well) does something like this - https://wiki.mozilla.org/Security/Fingerprinting.

New comment by simondanerd in "Yes, in the 1980s we downloaded games from the radio"

simondanerd — Mon, 31 Mar 2025 11:41:52 +0000

Also check out rtty and FT8/FT4 for those interested in other "digital over analog" modes.