Hacker News: stevage

New comment by stevage in "X is shutting down Communities because of low usage and lots of spam"

stevage — Fri, 24 Apr 2026 00:04:57 +0000

Huh, I'd never heard of them.

New comment by stevage in "Six Levels of Dark Mode"

stevage — Sun, 19 Apr 2026 23:18:15 +0000

It's 8 levels though?

New comment by stevage in "I built a 3D printing business and ran it for 8 months"

stevage — Sat, 18 Apr 2026 11:57:16 +0000

A one person business is still a business.

New comment by stevage in "Claude Design"

stevage — Fri, 17 Apr 2026 23:27:51 +0000

McDonald's is extremely different around the world. Different menu, different price.

New comment by stevage in "Cal.com is going closed source"

stevage — Thu, 16 Apr 2026 14:31:38 +0000

That's literally the message

New comment by stevage in "Bouncer: Block "crypto", "rage politics", and more from your X feed using AI"

stevage — Thu, 16 Apr 2026 03:27:41 +0000

The trouble is, where do you draw those hard lines? I have many friends for whom pretty much any discussion of trans issues is tantamount to discussing whether genocide is ok. There is one set of acceptable viewpoints and anything else is "transphobic".

New comment by stevage in "Android now stops you sharing your location in photos"

stevage — Tue, 14 Apr 2026 06:58:23 +0000

I have had more cases where I was very surprised that the local filename I used for something became part of its record when I uploaded it somewhere. (For instance, uploading an Mp3 using Discord on desktop web.)

New comment by stevage in "Bouncer: Block "crypto", "rage politics", and more from your X feed using AI"

stevage — Tue, 14 Apr 2026 03:57:23 +0000

I'm not saying I disagree with their politics, I just don't want to read it. But the same would apply even if I did disagree - you're just promoting further division.

New comment by stevage in "Bouncer: Block "crypto", "rage politics", and more from your X feed using AI"

stevage — Mon, 13 Apr 2026 05:06:57 +0000

That's a ton of effort. And often I do want to follow someone for their tech content, I just don't want their politics.

New comment by stevage in "Bouncer: Block "crypto", "rage politics", and more from your X feed using AI"

stevage — Mon, 13 Apr 2026 05:06:15 +0000

I have spent a long time maintaining mute word lists but it's never more than about 80% effective because obviously there's a lot more to content than mere keywords. Tons of false positives (trump as a verb) and negatives ("he's blocking the strait!!")

New comment by stevage in "Bouncer: Block "crypto", "rage politics", and more from your X feed using AI"

stevage — Mon, 13 Apr 2026 05:03:18 +0000

Yeah, if you could get cigarettes without the tar and nicotine I might even take it up.

New comment by stevage in "Most people can't juggle one ball"

stevage — Sun, 12 Apr 2026 23:41:24 +0000

Yeah I have wondered about that as a method. You can even just go two balls in one hand, then switch to the other side and back, and that's almost the 3 ball pattern.

New comment by stevage in "Most people can't juggle one ball"

stevage — Sun, 12 Apr 2026 23:38:57 +0000

Yeah I never really mastered a consistent throw - it's just not how my brain works. I got as a pretty shakey 4 ball shower and that was it.

New comment by stevage in "Most people can't juggle one ball"

stevage — Sun, 12 Apr 2026 23:37:47 +0000

I made a 2d game like this once for, of all things, Palm Pilot. You could tap for the apex of each ball throw.

New comment by stevage in "Every plane you see in the sky – you can now follow it from the cockpit in 3D"

stevage — Sun, 12 Apr 2026 11:06:31 +0000

Is anyone actually seeing a cockpit? All I'm seeing is a moving viewpoint (no plane, no cockpit...)

I mean, it's cool, it's just not quite what I expected from "cockpit mode".

New comment by stevage in "The Miller Principle (2007)"

stevage — Sun, 12 Apr 2026 10:50:53 +0000

> Any email longer than one line

it's in there

New comment by stevage in "Apple update looks like Czech mate for locked-out iPhone user"

stevage — Sun, 12 Apr 2026 10:49:27 +0000

Probably the better solution is to include some kind of special lock-screen keyboard that provides some fallback mechanism to input any character. Presumably there are similar edge cases where someone creates a password using one keyboard, then switches keyboard layout, and now can't re-enter it using the active layout...

New comment by stevage in "The Miller Principle (2007)"

stevage — Sun, 12 Apr 2026 10:45:59 +0000

Should probably be "The Miller Principle (2007)"

Lichess and Take Take Take Sign Cooperation Agreement

stevage — Thu, 09 Apr 2026 11:56:56 +0000

Article URL: https://lichess.org/@/Lichess/blog/lichess-and-take-take-take-sign-cooperation-agreement/DZS0S0Dy

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47702499

Points: 195

# Comments: 60

New comment by stevage in "Škoda DuoBell: A bicycle bell that penetrates noise-cancelling headphones"

stevage — Thu, 09 Apr 2026 11:53:07 +0000

>Just ringing a bell, or worse a horn, scares them and they need to turn round to figure out where you are and whether you're about to squash them. I don't feel I have the right to do that to someone just out enjoying a peaceful walk.

Yes, it's very context-dependent. I'm going to behave very differently in an area where there are hundreds of cyclists every hour compared to a place where there might be one or fewer.

The real trick with bell ringing is to try to get the distance right. Too far away and they won't hear. Too close and it might startle them, and they won't have enough time to react properly.