Hacker News: sprkwd

New comment by sprkwd in "We (As a Society) Peaked in the 90s"

sprkwd — Mon, 02 Feb 2026 00:15:01 +0000

90s are the new 60s

New comment by sprkwd in "Microsoft confirms Windows 11 is about to change"

sprkwd — Fri, 14 Nov 2025 10:52:26 +0000

https://reaper.fm has a Linux build.

New comment by sprkwd in "Affinity Studio now free"

sprkwd — Thu, 30 Oct 2025 23:27:12 +0000

Can I work in more than one app at the same time?

New comment by sprkwd in "ElementaryOS – Thoughtful, capable and ethical replacement for Windows/macOS"

sprkwd — Sun, 12 Oct 2025 09:44:55 +0000

This too is the blocker for me using it on the regular.

New comment by sprkwd in "Social media promised connection, but it has delivered exhaustion"

sprkwd — Sat, 13 Sep 2025 08:48:22 +0000

Now owned by Automattic.

New comment by sprkwd in "Internet Archive breached again through stolen access tokens"

sprkwd — Mon, 21 Oct 2024 09:57:49 +0000

We are currently in the middle of an information dark age and not many people have realised this yet.

New comment by sprkwd in "'They refused to let me go': Japanese turn to resignation agencies to quit jobs"

sprkwd — Sat, 19 Oct 2024 09:32:06 +0000

Sounds viral.

New comment by sprkwd in "Ask HN: What is happening in tech unrelated to AI?"

sprkwd — Mon, 07 Oct 2024 17:04:39 +0000

Version 8 of Ruby on Rails?

New comment by sprkwd in "What's New in Ruby on Rails 8"

sprkwd — Mon, 07 Oct 2024 16:10:37 +0000

It’s heartening to see Ruby and the Rails community go from strength to strength. When I was a developer I loved the Ruby language.

New comment by sprkwd in "Ask HN: What's the "best" book you've ever read?"

sprkwd — Mon, 07 Oct 2024 16:09:38 +0000

Masquerade, by Kit Williams.

He hid a rabbit made of gold and jewels somewhere in the UK and then wrote a book filled with clues and pictures on how to find it.

New comment by sprkwd in "What book had a big impact on you as a child or teenager?"

sprkwd — Mon, 07 Oct 2024 01:52:44 +0000

Masquerade, by Kit Williams. He hid a treasure in the UK and wrote a book with clues on how to find it.

Such a wonderful thing to discover as a child.

New comment by sprkwd in "How much can Duolingo teach us?"

sprkwd — Sun, 23 Apr 2023 10:04:00 +0000

Why should it be a website as opposed to an app?

New comment by sprkwd in "Inkscape is hiring: Accelerating the GTK4 migration"

sprkwd — Fri, 21 Apr 2023 12:26:47 +0000

Line trace. If only it had line trace.

New comment by sprkwd in "Record labels panic as A.I. generated song becomes ‘hit single’"

sprkwd — Thu, 20 Apr 2023 18:10:08 +0000

> You can't sue someone for mimicking someone else's voice well enough to be confused for the mimicked creator's voice.

Tom Waits might disagree: https://www.campaignlive.co.uk/article/singer-tom-waits-sues...

New comment by sprkwd in "Vivaldi 6.0 Web Browser Introduces Tab Workspaces and Custom Icons"

sprkwd — Wed, 19 Apr 2023 16:34:38 +0000

Agreed. I’ve been an Arc enjoyer for quite a while now.

New comment by sprkwd in "Gezellig – a word that encompasses the heart of Dutch Culture"

sprkwd — Wed, 19 Apr 2023 16:31:49 +0000

We have a new build housing estate not far away called Hygge Park or something similar. Really dates it to a moment in time.

New comment by sprkwd in "Draculas, Ranked"

sprkwd — Wed, 19 Apr 2023 06:03:42 +0000

I was waiting for Count Duckula.

New comment by sprkwd in "Ask HN: Is Software Getting Worse?"

sprkwd — Wed, 12 Apr 2023 11:57:35 +0000

The load speed on Sublime Text is worth the price alone.

New comment by sprkwd in "Rules for developers to design beautiful UIs without a designer"

sprkwd — Tue, 11 Apr 2023 22:35:06 +0000

Form follows function.

New comment by sprkwd in "Simple Sabotage Field Manual (1944)"

sprkwd — Thu, 06 Apr 2023 12:11:10 +0000

I believe there’s a film very loosely based on this currently being made.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5177120/