Hacker News: sparrish

New comment by sparrish in "Show HN: See what's behind any website: DNS, hosting, security, tech stack"

sparrish — Mon, 24 Aug 2026 22:32:51 +0000

No, still showing hosting at cloudflare.

New comment by sparrish in "Show HN: See what's behind any website: DNS, hosting, security, tech stack"

sparrish — Thu, 20 Aug 2026 18:15:42 +0000

It incorrectly identified my website as using Cloudflare. It isn't.

New comment by sparrish in "The oldest bar in every state"

sparrish — Mon, 17 Aug 2026 21:32:22 +0000

During covid lockdowns, several of the local, non-chain restaurants switched to 'members only' clubs because the way Colorado's covid emergency proclamation was crafted, the 'clubs' could stay open and continue to server food and drink.

My wife and I joined one at a nearby Mexican place so we could keep our date nights when all other restaurants were doing takeout only. Membership was free, they gave us a paper card we flashed at the door to get in.

New comment by sparrish in "Show HN: Snipsy – turn photos into a dated stamp keepsake, sent the same day"

sparrish — Wed, 12 Aug 2026 16:58:08 +0000

That is some terrible contrast on that website in dark mode.

US Extreme Weather and Climate Change Dashboard

sparrish — Thu, 06 Aug 2026 18:25:00 +0000

Article URL: https://extremeweather.thehonestbroker.org/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49200427

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

New comment by sparrish in "Your open tabs are unfinished decisions, not bookmarks"

sparrish — Tue, 04 Aug 2026 17:54:52 +0000

Most of my opened tabs are waiting for a response or delivery; open support tickets, package tracking, etc. Those aren't unfinished decisions on my part but waiting on an action or response from others.

New comment by sparrish in "Show HN: Beakdown – a game inspired by Joust/Skirmish"

sparrish — Tue, 28 Jul 2026 21:11:04 +0000

The cardinals that just stay at the top are OP.

New comment by sparrish in "The deadly rise of giant trucks and SUVs"

sparrish — Tue, 23 Jun 2026 19:42:29 +0000

And I'm sure some of these stats are caused by pedestrians staring at their phones as well.

New comment by sparrish in "US Supreme Court drug users cannot be prohibited from firearms [pdf]"

sparrish — Thu, 18 Jun 2026 17:04:19 +0000

Keep reading...

"the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed"

You can't have a citizen's militia without an armed populace. If 'the people' don't have guns, you don't have a militia.

New comment by sparrish in "Show HN: Bye-wk – Hide World Cup news from your feed"

sparrish — Sat, 13 Jun 2026 23:36:27 +0000

Did you see that ridiculous display last night?

What was Wenger thinking sending Walcott on that early?!

The problem with Arsenal is they always try to walk it in.

New comment by sparrish in "Show HN: Button does nothing. $1 makes it 1 pixel bigger, forever"

sparrish — Fri, 12 Jun 2026 17:47:05 +0000

Ah, the internet. Always trying to recreate that one, red paperclip.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_red_paperclip

New comment by sparrish in "Last.fm is now independent"

sparrish — Wed, 27 May 2026 16:14:18 +0000

So CBS spun them back out as their own corp or did the employee's or someone else buy it from CBS?

Just declaring themselves independent without details doesn't provide much context. I feel like Michael Scott just declared bankruptcy.

New comment by sparrish in "Nearly half (44%) of every T-shirt goes to waste before you even buy it"

sparrish — Tue, 26 May 2026 15:31:31 +0000

The article says that 44% loss is in pre-production, specifically the manufacturing of the yarn. Long before the textile is woven, let alone cut.

New comment by sparrish in "Show HN: Countries where you can leave your MacBook at a random coffee shop"

sparrish — Sun, 10 May 2026 00:40:20 +0000

Which is it? A random coffee shop or a Starbucks.

In the USA, I could leave my laptop at a small town coffee shop without any trouble, but never a Starbucks, which are only in larger towns and cities.

New comment by sparrish in "American Dads Became the Parents Their Fathers Never Were"

sparrish — Thu, 30 Apr 2026 20:56:30 +0000

As a GenX dad and now grandfather, I couldn't be happier to read this.

Every dad wants his sons to be a better father than he was. Glad to see it happening.

Nothing strengthens the knees like the weight of responsibility.

New comment by sparrish in "Spain's parliament will act against massive IP blockages by LaLiga"

sparrish — Thu, 30 Apr 2026 16:26:08 +0000

Play stupid games... win stupid prizes.

The judicial, nation-wide blocks on CDN IPs is absurd and should have never been allowed.

New comment by sparrish in "I aggregated 28 US Government auction sites into one search"

sparrish — Thu, 30 Apr 2026 15:19:43 +0000

I chose 'Colorado' from the state dropdown and got a blank page. Does the site work at all?

New comment by sparrish in "What was the first life restoration of a sauropod?"

sparrish — Fri, 27 Feb 2026 18:28:30 +0000

I had to click and read to satisfy my curiosity of what "life restoration" was in this context.

I was expecting Jurassic Park action but found the old illustrations to be surprisingly delightful.

New comment by sparrish in "Richard Carrington's first portrait has been found"

sparrish — Mon, 16 Feb 2026 18:40:10 +0000

That reminds me... I need to get my Faraday cages prepped.

New comment by sparrish in "Spotlighting the World Factbook as We Bid a Fond Farewell"

sparrish — Wed, 04 Feb 2026 22:24:01 +0000

I remember doing research in the print version of the World Factbook back in college days. It was the most accurate and up-to-date info we could get on countries before the Interwebs. RIP.