Hacker News: spiffotronhttps://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=spiffotronHacker News RSShttps://hnrss.org/hnrss v2.1.1Mon, 13 Jul 2026 06:34:26 +0000<![CDATA[New comment by spiffotron in "Heat pump sales rise across Europe"]]>I have always wondered if a heat pump is even worth it if you don't have solar, all well and good the government giving massive discounts on heatpumps but not for a combined heatpump/solar install which would probably actually push most people towards it

]]>Tue, 05 May 2026 11:13:35 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48020858spiffotronhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48020858https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48020858<![CDATA[New comment by spiffotron in "The next generations of Bubble Tea, Lip Gloss, and Bubbles are available now"]]>bisexual lighting?!

]]>Fri, 06 Mar 2026 12:29:39 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47274173spiffotronhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47274173https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47274173<![CDATA[New comment by spiffotron in "Alan.app – Add a Border to macOS Active Window"]]>this actually looks amazing as well, feels very vaguely a bit like classic macos

]]>Fri, 28 Nov 2025 08:57:02 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46076895spiffotronhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46076895https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46076895<![CDATA[New comment by spiffotron in "Ask HN: Should I upgrade to tahoe (macOS 26) or not?"]]>no

]]>Sat, 20 Sep 2025 08:22:32 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45311495spiffotronhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45311495https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45311495<![CDATA[New comment by spiffotron in "Show HN: NextDNS Adds "Bypass Age Verification""]]>I've used nextDNS for years but the past few weeks its been breaking websites left, right and centre so I gave up on it entirely. Everything feels much snappier since I dropped them for a different option too

]]>Mon, 18 Aug 2025 11:47:33 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44939586spiffotronhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44939586https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44939586<![CDATA[New comment by spiffotron in "The hype is the product"]]>"have you ever done this indescribably niche thing, which I believe renders your argument null and void, but is in fact not relatable in the slightest?"

]]>Thu, 31 Jul 2025 11:21:24 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44744469spiffotronhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44744469https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44744469<![CDATA[New comment by spiffotron in "Linkwarden: FOSS self-hostable bookmarking with AI-tagging and page archival"]]>I used to use raindrop however found it a bit bloated with features I never use, I've switched to selfhosting linkding: https://linkding.link and enjoy the much more minimal experience

]]>Thu, 01 May 2025 19:53:21 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43862587spiffotronhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43862587https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43862587<![CDATA[New comment by spiffotron in "Mac app launches slowed by malware scan (2024)"]]>I'd legitimately love to know why this has worked wtf

]]>Thu, 01 May 2025 19:47:12 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43862505spiffotronhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43862505https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43862505<![CDATA[New comment by spiffotron in "Show HN: DeepSeek Your HN Profile"]]>“Claims to hate closed ecosystems but probably posted this from an iPhone”

Stop knowing me

]]>Tue, 28 Jan 2025 20:59:56 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42857923spiffotronhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42857923https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42857923<![CDATA[New comment by spiffotron in "Lessons in creating family photos that people want to keep (2018)"]]>This looks really nice

]]>Mon, 27 Jan 2025 07:52:48 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42838501spiffotronhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42838501https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42838501<![CDATA[New comment by spiffotron in "Lessons in creating family photos that people want to keep (2018)"]]>I even have a Synology NAS and for some reason have never thought to use it for this

]]>Mon, 27 Jan 2025 07:50:46 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42838482spiffotronhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42838482https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42838482<![CDATA[New comment by spiffotron in "Lessons in creating family photos that people want to keep (2018)"]]>Does anyone have any recommendations of a site or a self-hosted option for uploading photo collections? I’d love to share photos of our child with the grandparents but end up just sending the odd snap through WhatsApp, it would be nice to make an actual collection.

]]>Mon, 27 Jan 2025 07:36:01 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42838380spiffotronhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42838380https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42838380<![CDATA[New comment by spiffotron in "Itch.io Taken Down by Funko"]]>I use porkbun for all my domains, I’ve never had any issues and they don’t seem to gouge you on price for the smallest things.

]]>Mon, 09 Dec 2024 07:55:33 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42363904spiffotronhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42363904https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42363904<![CDATA[New comment by spiffotron in "Pakistani religious body declares using VPN is against Islamic law"]]>Religion being used to control people? Say it ain’t so!

]]>Sat, 16 Nov 2024 18:26:12 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42158076spiffotronhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42158076https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42158076<![CDATA[New comment by spiffotron in "Bluesky grew by 10% in just two days this week, passing 12M accounts in total"]]>I am one of these people who recently created an account to give it a look. My entire feed was dominated by anime drawings and people eulogising how good Bluesky is because ???. I could not find anything I was actually interested in. I have not been back.

]]>Mon, 21 Oct 2024 06:18:44 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41901164spiffotronhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41901164https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41901164<![CDATA[New comment by spiffotron in "Bop Spotter"]]>Someone did it - October 1st 12:36AM

]]>Tue, 01 Oct 2024 09:20:25 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41706245spiffotronhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41706245https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41706245<![CDATA[New comment by spiffotron in "Death of the Department Store"]]>I'd class Primark etc as fast fashion stores really - in my mind department stores are Harvey Nicks and Harrods etc

]]>Wed, 25 Sep 2024 10:03:21 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41645621spiffotronhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41645621https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41645621<![CDATA[New comment by spiffotron in "Death of the Department Store"]]>I think UK and US department stores are actually very very different. UK department stores generally only stock super high end designer gear, and sales / coupons are very very rare.

]]>Wed, 25 Sep 2024 06:18:58 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41644221spiffotronhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41644221https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41644221<![CDATA[New comment by spiffotron in "Show HN: I built an AI-powered app that helped me lose 30 lbs and gain muscle"]]>I have a feeling that 123 Healthy Street, Health City, USA is not actually a real place

]]>Thu, 12 Sep 2024 06:04:51 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41518004spiffotronhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41518004https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41518004<![CDATA[New comment by spiffotron in "Kagi Search – Paywalled articles indicator and improved weather widget"]]>It happened at both work and home - my region was always set to United Kingdom and it would still decide I want localised Australian results sometimes.

It may have been fixed since I last used it of course - I just didn't find the results provided by Kagi any better than DDG to keep paying.

]]>Fri, 08 Dec 2023 10:55:59 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38567543spiffotronhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38567543https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38567543