Hacker News: stkai

New comment by stkai in "Claude Opus 4.6"

stkai — Thu, 05 Feb 2026 18:56:40 +0000

Would love to find out they're overfitting for pelican drawings.

New comment by stkai in "Six months into tariffs, businesses have no idea how to price anything"

stkai — Sat, 30 Aug 2025 21:09:16 +0000

New comment by stkai in "Leaving Gmail for Mailbox.org"

stkai — Fri, 22 Aug 2025 18:02:12 +0000

One thing I'd recommend is getting your own domain for email (looks like mailbox.org allows custom domains with some plans). You never know what will happen to your email provider in the future, so having the freedom to move your domain to a different provider is valuable.

How I taught an AI to think like a painter

stkai — Sat, 03 May 2025 16:01:53 +0000

Article URL: https://www.ft.com/content/e35a96bd-8986-4b7b-9c37-0f102e00aab0

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43879936

Points: 5

# Comments: 1

New comment by stkai in "Microsoft’s original source code"

stkai — Thu, 03 Apr 2025 22:45:48 +0000

The source code is such a fun read (for the comments). I found some source code for GW-BASIC, and here are two of my favorites:

  ;WE COULD NOT FIT THE NUMBER INTO THE BUFFER DESPITE OUR VALIENT
  ;EFFORTS WE MUST POP ALL THE CHARACTERS BACK OFF THE STACK AND
  ;POP OFF THE BEGINNING BUFFER PRINT LOCATION AND INPUT A "%" SIGN THERE

  ;CONSTANTS FOR THE RANDOM NUMBER GENERATOR FOLLOW
  ;DO NOT CHANGE THESE WITHOUT CONSULTING KNUTH VOL 2
  ;CHAPTER 3 FIRST

Edit: GW-BASIC, not QBASIC (https://github.com/microsoft/GW-BASIC)

New comment by stkai in "Show HN: Term Typer – Learn a language by typing"

stkai — Tue, 16 Apr 2024 23:46:18 +0000

Thank you / obrigado! First time seeing something like this, and it underscores for me that people need different modes of learning a language.

New comment by stkai in "Paint.net"

stkai — Sat, 30 Mar 2024 03:27:18 +0000

I use a Mac now, but have a Windows VM running in Parallels. Paint.net is one of the first apps I installed on that VM. It's ridiculously easy and intuitive.

New comment by stkai in "The Infinite/Eternal Jukebox has been revived"

stkai — Tue, 02 Jan 2024 20:31:24 +0000

I tried a few songs that didn't quite feel right with the default settings, but Immigrant Song by Led Zeppelin completely slaps: https://jukebox.davi.gq/jukebox_go.html?id=78lgmZwycJ3nzsdgm...

New comment by stkai in "LED Industrial Piercing"

stkai — Sat, 23 Dec 2023 03:14:54 +0000

Beautiful. You're so humble, but this is really creative and inspiring.

New comment by stkai in "Tell HN: Microsoft.com added 192.168.1.1 to their DNS record"

stkai — Wed, 20 Dec 2023 00:25:13 +0000

I see them both. My TTL will run out at 16:39 PST, though.

New comment by stkai in "A Tribute to the Compucolor II (2013)"

stkai — Mon, 17 Jul 2023 23:48:30 +0000

I spent SO. MUCH. TIME. in computer stores (yes, they were a thing) as a kid in the 80's, and the Compucolor was a favorite. The keys with different colors! Everything was opinionated and geeky. And hardly any demos existed, so the computers were wide open to experiment with.

New comment by stkai in "Proof you can do hard things"

stkai — Wed, 12 Jul 2023 01:31:45 +0000

"My goal with our kids is to avoid lying to them as much as possible." ← Thank you. Why is that so difficult for parents to do?

New comment by stkai in "Show HN: A ChatGPT TUI with custom bots"

stkai — Sat, 08 Apr 2023 22:04:31 +0000

The TUI looks great! I would love if it could also work with the Azure OpenAI API.

New comment by stkai in "Hacking with Style: TrueType VT220 Font (2009)"

stkai — Thu, 02 Mar 2023 03:53:40 +0000

I installed this font, set my default foreground color to #FDDF7D, and am feeling like I've transported back to 1984.

New comment by stkai in "Portugal proposes to end Golden Visas, curtail Airbnb rentals"

stkai — Sun, 19 Feb 2023 04:29:08 +0000

If you want to get in soon, you probably still can. GCS is accepting applications until March 16.

https://www.globalcitizensolutions.com/portugal-golden-visa-...

New comment by stkai in "Minimalism and the art of photography"

stkai — Tue, 10 Jan 2023 22:21:22 +0000

I have a Fuji X-E3, and recently got the 35/1.4 lens. I now feel bad for my other lenses which are collecting dust, especially the zooms.

New comment by stkai in "Ask HN: How did you find joy in life?"

stkai — Sun, 30 Oct 2022 21:52:57 +0000

For me, service to others keeps me fulfilled: Volunteering, mentoring, and teaching. Doing those things also means I interact with people, and meet new people with interesting viewpoints.

New comment by stkai in "Why is standing more tiring than walking? [audio]"

stkai — Wed, 14 Jul 2021 00:54:23 +0000

I ended up getting Dutch clogs (some are specially made for nurses and other people who stand all day) after having plantar fasciitis for a year and trying lots of different remedies. YMMV, but they helped cure me.

New comment by stkai in "Factoring 2048 RSA integers in 177 days with 13436 qubits and a multimode memory"

stkai — Tue, 23 Mar 2021 18:39:07 +0000

Could anyone take a stab at the cost of such a computer, if it were possible to build today? Like, I know there are computers of <100 qubits, but how much does one cost?

New comment by stkai in "Microsoft Outlook is crashing worldwide with 0xc0000005 errors"

stkai — Wed, 15 Jul 2020 18:33:28 +0000

If you're on Office 365, the Outlook web client is great (https://outlook.office.com). In fact, I haven't used the full client since 2015, except for rare cases.

Or, you can enjoy the quiet while email is down :)