Hacker News: squid_ca

New comment by squid_ca in "CodingFont: A game to help you pick a coding font"

squid_ca — Tue, 31 Mar 2026 11:03:24 +0000

It’s better than the alternative :)

New comment by squid_ca in "Bombadil: Property-based testing for web UIs"

squid_ca — Tue, 24 Mar 2026 14:16:56 +0000

Thank you for replying, I appreciate it! I’ll reach out when I get in trouble ;)

New comment by squid_ca in "Bombadil: Property-based testing for web UIs"

squid_ca — Tue, 24 Mar 2026 10:08:01 +0000

I probably missed it in the documentation, but how do I automate the browser with Bombadil? How do I get it to login to my app so I can test authenticated pages?

Edit: as others have said, I am having trouble figuring out how to make this work and understanding how to use it, more practical examples of that would be helpful. Looking forward to using this. Thank you!

New comment by squid_ca in "How the Sriracha guys screwed over their supplier"

squid_ca — Mon, 09 Mar 2026 14:09:36 +0000

Yes, I agree, but the old one is unusable on mobile, and visiting old.reddit.com forces me to keep using it until I logout and login again, which is also awful

New comment by squid_ca in "How the Sriracha guys screwed over their supplier"

squid_ca — Mon, 09 Mar 2026 14:07:20 +0000

That doesn’t work, but that’s not your fault! I think it’s setting some cookie or something, which makes this annoying to deal with. Anyway, thanks for the reply

New comment by squid_ca in "How the Sriracha guys screwed over their supplier"

squid_ca — Mon, 09 Mar 2026 11:36:45 +0000

Off-topic: After visiting a Reddit link via Hacker News on my phone, my Reddit layout is unusable. How do I get out of old Reddit and back to something usable?

Related: why does HN always link to old.reddit?

3D Textiles

squid_ca — Wed, 12 Nov 2025 02:18:07 +0000

Article URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3D_textiles

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45895680

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by squid_ca in "Writing with LLM is not a shame"

squid_ca — Sun, 24 Aug 2025 10:54:08 +0000

You’re absolutely right!

New comment by squid_ca in "1910: The year the modern world lost its mind"

squid_ca — Mon, 11 Aug 2025 05:53:21 +0000

And power lines. I seem to recall reading that some of the health problems may have come from Agent Orange, which was used to clear the power corridor in the 50s

New comment by squid_ca in "Economists made a model of the U.S. economy. Our debt crashed the model"

squid_ca — Thu, 17 Jul 2025 11:27:45 +0000

Economics isn’t a science, it’s a social science

New comment by squid_ca in "Economists made a model of the U.S. economy. Our debt crashed the model"

squid_ca — Thu, 17 Jul 2025 11:26:15 +0000

Edit:replied to wrong post

New comment by squid_ca in "Apple's AI isn't a letdown. AI is the letdown"

squid_ca — Sat, 29 Mar 2025 22:49:38 +0000

Or, say, a number one search provider ;)

New comment by squid_ca in "It's called a dance floor"

squid_ca — Mon, 04 Nov 2024 23:32:34 +0000

That makes sense, given the description of how it works, but the article distinctly mentions getting this effect from gaming headphones so...

Anyway, I went and tried again with just my laptop (based on the person above effusing about it). Again, for me, I'm not hearing anything special, and nothing "3D" about the sounds, other than some left-right shifts. And I guess the music is in front of me, since that's where my laptop is ;)

New comment by squid_ca in "It's called a dance floor"

squid_ca — Mon, 04 Nov 2024 20:22:01 +0000

I agree. The article mentions bits going around their head, or in the front-right. I hear things on the left, and things on the right. And stuff that appears on the opposite side of where the article mentions them. I’m listening on Spotify, maybe all that stuff is stripped out?

New comment by squid_ca in "85% of Neuralink implant wires are already detached, says patient"

squid_ca — Wed, 22 May 2024 01:45:56 +0000

You mean “experimental submarine.”

New comment by squid_ca in "How to Exit Vim"

squid_ca — Sun, 19 May 2024 03:03:19 +0000

oh, I love vim! I still hit esc anywhere between 5 and 7 times before typing :wq to save my work.

New comment by squid_ca in "How to Exit Vim"

squid_ca — Sun, 19 May 2024 02:27:50 +0000

I feel like you're missing a few esc's and a colon in there...

New comment by squid_ca in "Ask HN: Does procrastination advice help you?"

squid_ca — Fri, 23 Feb 2024 13:41:53 +0000

Three books that have helped me:

- "Feeling Good" by David D. Burns

- "The Now Habit" by Neil Fiore

- "Getting Things Done" by David Allen

"Feeling Good" is about Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, and will teach you some practical ways to get yourself out of a bad mood (depression, anger, self-criticism, etc). Procrastination is a logical response to how you are feeling about some task, for example, you are feeling anxious about failing a test, so you play video games because it feels better to play video games than to feel anxious. This book will help you get past the anxiety, so you can focus on the studying. If you only read one of these books, I would recommend this one.

"The Now Habit" offers you some practical advice on how to beat procrastination and schedule your time so you don't feel like all you do is work, work, work.

"Getting Things Done" has a lot of practical advice about how to keep track of what you've got going on in your life so that you can get all your stuff done.

And yes, if you think you are depressed or have undiagnosed ADHD, go see a doctor and/or therapist.

Hope some of this helps.

edit: formatting

New comment by squid_ca in "How Facebook handles account deletions"

squid_ca — Fri, 23 Mar 2018 21:40:08 +0000

The point is - how does Instagram know you should be re-invited if you are deleted? If you are really deleted, they shouldn't know you were ever a member.

New comment by squid_ca in "Chipotle Taps Taco Bell CEO to Be Its New Head"

squid_ca — Wed, 14 Feb 2018 13:08:12 +0000

> At fat food joints

I don't know if that was intentional or not, but I like it! :)