Hacker News: thoughtpalette

New comment by thoughtpalette in "Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (November 2026)"

thoughtpalette — Mon, 02 Nov 2026 17:21:08 +0000

Location: Chicago, IL

Remote: Preferably

Willing to relocate: No

Technologies: UI Development in many environments and backends, Angular/React/Vue/Web Components/SPAs, IonicFramework, Unit Testing, E2E Testing, HTML5 Canvas, TypeScript, JavaScript, ES6 Features, CSS/LESS/SASS/STYLUS/js-in-css/styled-components/etc

Résumé/CV: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chris-marshall-78591710/

github: https://github.com/thoughtpalette

personal: thoughtpalette [dot] com

Email: chris [at] thoughtpalette [dot] com

New comment by thoughtpalette in "Amazon pushes up prices across the Internet"

thoughtpalette — Wed, 14 Oct 2026 18:22:37 +0000

That's really contextual. Many times I'll go to a manufacturers site and the price is $3-$10 more than just using that same manufacturers store front on Amazon. Especially factoring in the "free shipping" w/Prime.

New comment by thoughtpalette in "Apple has added persistent 'ads' to iOS, and it's driving users crazy"

thoughtpalette — Tue, 29 Sep 2026 15:25:12 +0000

Mostly for nostalgia, I loved my Kyocera flip phone growing up. And yea, I basically just added time management tools to IG and Reddit on the 13 and I've been fine.

New comment by thoughtpalette in "macOS Golden Gate Is a Buggy Mess"

thoughtpalette — Tue, 29 Sep 2026 15:15:43 +0000

iMessage (Messages) doesn't work for me after upgrading. Downgrading to macOS 26 looks to be a chore so I guess I'm just SOL until it gets patched.

New comment by thoughtpalette in "Apple has added persistent 'ads' to iOS, and it's driving users crazy"

thoughtpalette — Tue, 22 Sep 2026 15:29:20 +0000

I tried out dumb.co. Their flip phone supports maps, MFA, Uber, imessage/call forwarding.

I unfortunately didn't use it nearly as much as I thought I would have. It's also significantly bulkier in my pocket than my 13 mini. Loved the idea though.

New comment by thoughtpalette in "Apple Watch Series 12"

thoughtpalette — Thu, 10 Sep 2026 12:17:16 +0000

Been using Suunto Run for about a year. Would have switched back if it had dual-freq GPS. It makes a huge difference for more accurate pacing.

New comment by thoughtpalette in "Apple Watch Series 12"

thoughtpalette — Thu, 10 Sep 2026 12:12:11 +0000

I run daily with a 13 mini easily. My shorts have a pocket in the liner that makes it trivial.

I don't fully understand people that carry their phone in hand when running.

New comment by thoughtpalette in "Apple Watch Series 12"

thoughtpalette — Wed, 09 Sep 2026 19:03:14 +0000

Been using Suunto Run for a year and have been happy. The thing I mostly miss is Apple Pay and Runna compatibility. I usually have my phone with me for the former, and I'll be snagging the Race 3S when it supposedly launches in Oct.

New comment by thoughtpalette in "Apple Unveils iPhone Duo"

thoughtpalette — Wed, 09 Sep 2026 18:52:00 +0000

I'm not the market for it (I don't watch youtube, etc on phone), but I've seen some Samsung folds IRL and they are pretty amazing for video content.

This is a gorgeous design.

New comment by thoughtpalette in "Proton Global Outage"

thoughtpalette — Wed, 26 Aug 2026 22:33:57 +0000

Mobile app seems to work, browser app doesn't seem to work at all.

New comment by thoughtpalette in "US hires over 2k video gamers as air traffic controllers"

thoughtpalette — Wed, 12 Aug 2026 14:12:18 +0000

Seconding this. America's Army (AA) was very popular and well liked, especially because it was free IIRC. Medal of Honor:Allied Assault is another addition to the above list.

I miss Tribes

New comment by thoughtpalette in "A deadly fungus that can infect cats and people is spreading"

thoughtpalette — Thu, 25 Jun 2026 15:48:48 +0000

Ahh, YMMV then. My cats go nuts for them. We call them their "special meatball"

New comment by thoughtpalette in "A deadly fungus that can infect cats and people is spreading"

thoughtpalette — Wed, 24 Jun 2026 14:22:02 +0000

Pill pocket treats have been great for this exact purpose.

New comment by thoughtpalette in "Wolfenstein 3D for Gameboy Color on custom cartridge (2016)"

thoughtpalette — Wed, 06 May 2026 20:28:27 +0000

Fond memories. I remember going to the local YMCA (sub-2000) and going from DOS terminal to DOS terminal typing in (IIRC) `exec wolf3d.exe` and finding one of the few PC's that had it loaded to play it.

New comment by thoughtpalette in "Netflix Prices Went Up Again – I Bought a DVD Player Instead"

thoughtpalette — Fri, 10 Apr 2026 14:39:52 +0000

That's the thing. Prime video was ad free for years and then it was a $3 upcharge to remove ads all of a sudden.

Absolutely enshittification. I canceled my prime membership that day.

New comment by thoughtpalette in "Netflix Prices Went Up Again – I Bought a DVD Player Instead"

thoughtpalette — Fri, 10 Apr 2026 14:26:31 +0000

I followed this guide for setup and it was pretty straight forward: https://github.com/Pharkie/ultimate-arr-stack

New comment by thoughtpalette in "One item purchased, ten emails"

thoughtpalette — Wed, 08 Apr 2026 18:57:25 +0000

I've been using Proton Mail and iOS (through iCloud+) for this. Almost every purchase online goes through a proxy, and once the item is delivered, the email deleted.

This has a side benefit of being able to sign up to the popup modals for like, 10-20% off a first purchase.

Some sites do not parse the emails correctly though (if they contain periods, etc) and it's also hard to order track.

I find it's worth the trouble to have a relatively quiet inbox.

New comment by thoughtpalette in "Buying a retro game console"

thoughtpalette — Thu, 26 Mar 2026 14:18:40 +0000

RetroArch seemed pretty easy to set up? Unless you're doing custom key bindings, it was relatively easy to navigate through the emulators.

New comment by thoughtpalette in "Illinois Introducing Operating System Account Age Bill"

thoughtpalette — Tue, 17 Mar 2026 18:43:25 +0000

Growing up, I vividly remember user accounts being important for our families personas on Windows XP. There's definitely a place for them, but there should be an option to not use one.

Unless your specifically calling out accounts that require online registration for the OS. I'm vehemently against that requirement.

New comment by thoughtpalette in "AirPods Max 2"

thoughtpalette — Mon, 16 Mar 2026 21:06:56 +0000

FWIW we use the minis all over our place and love'em. But we pretty much only ask basic questions or use them for airplay. Sounds quality is impressive imo.