Hacker News: test1235

New comment by test1235 in "GitHub's Fake Star Economy"

test1235 — Mon, 20 Apr 2026 09:20:45 +0000

"When a measure becomes a target, it ceases to be a good measure"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goodhart%27s_law

New comment by test1235 in "Lazy-brush – smooth drawing with mouse or finger"

test1235 — Tue, 19 Aug 2025 08:03:45 +0000

OT, but I love the author's retro homepage. Just seeing that made me smile this morning

New comment by test1235 in "Where's Firefox going next?"

test1235 — Wed, 16 Jul 2025 06:37:03 +0000

if there's one surprising thing I've learnt from HN users, it's that there're loads of people out there who run browsers with zillions of tabs open all the time

New comment by test1235 in "The Rise of Whatever"

test1235 — Fri, 04 Jul 2025 07:25:03 +0000

is it to do with patten matching maybe? maybe autists can spot sociopaths 'cos they behave just ever so slightly differently ... and maybe you can recognize AI text 'cos you see a pattern in the content which non-autists do not?

New comment by test1235 in "What's the difference between named functions and arrow functions in JavaScript?"

test1235 — Thu, 03 Jul 2025 10:25:16 +0000

css hyphens?

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/hyphens

New comment by test1235 in "By default, Signal doesn't recall"

test1235 — Wed, 21 May 2025 20:34:22 +0000

This is a perspective I'd like to hear more often. Too often I hear all these supposed ideal solutions without mentioning the pitfalls of having to support a non-technical family.

Pi hole is a good example. Do all websites (and other services) still work perfectly but without ads, or am I going to have to endure sighing and eyerolling everytime someone asks me why their site isn't loading (again)?

New comment by test1235 in "Show HN: Aberdeen – An elegant approach to reactive UIs"

test1235 — Fri, 09 May 2025 16:15:49 +0000

There's also one in Hong Kong, surprisingly.

Fellow Aberdonian represent

New comment by test1235 in "I just want to code (2023)"

test1235 — Mon, 28 Apr 2025 10:34:05 +0000

> I didn't have a "shower clause" in my employment contract

what's a shower clause?

EDIT:

"That’s the clause that says your employer owns every idea that you come up with in the shower."

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24585399

New comment by test1235 in "A $20k American-made electric pickup with no paint, no stereo, no screen"

test1235 — Fri, 25 Apr 2025 15:20:41 +0000

I would love to have such a simple car, here in the uk.

Something tells me though, that if such a company got successful, it wouldn't be long before the features started creeping back in, to justify an increase in price.

New comment by test1235 in "Why 'Prince Rupert's Drop' Glass Is Strong Enough to Shatter a Bullet (2023)"

test1235 — Sat, 12 Apr 2025 08:13:15 +0000

video in lieu of the article's broken link:

Bullet vs Prince Rupert's Drop at 150,000 fps - Smarter Every Day 165: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=24q80ReMyq0

New comment by test1235 in "UK bans fake reviews and sneaky fees"

test1235 — Sun, 06 Apr 2025 09:10:59 +0000

I'm hearing this sentiment a lot, and I agree. I hope Argos are forward thinking and aware enough to capitalise on this opportunity to improve their services further.

New comment by test1235 in "John Cage recital set to last 639 years recently witnessed a chord change"

test1235 — Fri, 04 Apr 2025 06:52:04 +0000

>The anticipation was palpable, with at least six other tourists wandering the cold brick hall, there to hear the final hours of this loud and, after a time, torturous sound.

Just reading that line alone brightened up my morning. You can admire something and still find it a bit silly.

New comment by test1235 in "Show HN: LinkedIn sucks, so I built a better one"

test1235 — Mon, 24 Mar 2025 13:41:49 +0000

That was my first thought as well.

Supposing this project gets off the ground, maybe even somehow surpasses linkedin, some investor will come along, flash a big pile of cash at the owner and bam, through various monetization strategies to make back that money, you end up back at linkedin.

Linkedin isn't the way it is because they didn't know how to make good UI.

New comment by test1235 in "Ask HN: Where do you browse and chat outside of here?"

test1235 — Wed, 19 Mar 2025 08:10:06 +0000

even if it's the same stuff, it's interesting to see different comments

I think a lot of the time, I find more value in the comments and discussion than the actual article

New comment by test1235 in "How Flash games shaped the video game industry (2020)"

test1235 — Sun, 02 Mar 2025 15:03:29 +0000

>rendering a static website

2advanced was the epitome of flash design. I don't think I was ever really paying much attention to the content, but it was fun to interact with the UI.

https://www.webdesignmuseum.org/gallery/2advanced-studios-v1...

EDIT: They're still going!

All on canvas now, but same kinda feel. Makes me think of command and conquer.

https://www.2advanced.com/