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Infidel goes wild

tobr — Sat, 03 Oct 2026 12:19:40 +0000

Article URL: https://blog.zarfhome.com/2026/10/infidel-goes-wild

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49943637

Points: 179

# Comments: 39

New comment by tobr in "PlayBook: A Programmable Paper Notebook [video]"

tobr — Thu, 01 Oct 2026 10:03:08 +0000

It’s a fascinating design approach. Taking a few basic primitives (paper, ink) and seeing how much mileage you can get out of them without interfering with their fundamental behaviors, but also without adding new primitives. Most interaction design would add a new primitive for every high-level user need instead. Which to be fair probably makes more sense for practical product design needs. But the ability to compose/decompose sophisticated behavior from/into smaller parts I think is a hallmark of software that really works as a predictable tool with a high ceiling for what kinds of problems you can tackle. I guess well-designed programming languages are a perfect example of that.

Thought as a Technology (2016)

tobr — Wed, 30 Sep 2026 15:40:24 +0000

Article URL: https://cognitivemedium.com/tat/index.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49910425

Points: 14

# Comments: 0

Commodified Intelligence

tobr — Tue, 29 Sep 2026 16:40:47 +0000

Article URL: https://herecomesthemoon.net/2026/09/commodified-intelligence/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49896182

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

Compositor – The Photoshop alternative for Mac

tobr — Tue, 22 Sep 2026 11:52:56 +0000

Article URL: https://robbietilton.com/compositor

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49799793

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

The Effect of CRTs on Pixel Art (2024)

tobr — Sat, 19 Sep 2026 17:14:51 +0000

Article URL: https://datagubbe.se/crt/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49768336

Points: 315

# Comments: 129

New comment by tobr in "Ask A Monk – A digital wilderness for thoughts with no immediate answer"

tobr — Fri, 18 Sep 2026 06:13:16 +0000

There was an app that did this, early in the pandemic I believe. I can’t remember the name. You would send anonymous letters into the void and someone else would respond anonymously. Very well-designed app, where I had several surprisingly meaningful and heartwarming exchanges. I think it shut down after a few weeks due to moderation difficulties though.

EDIT: Found it - https://gentle.app

Times Newer Roman (2018)

tobr — Thu, 10 Sep 2026 20:27:29 +0000

Article URL: https://timesnewerroman.com/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49649724

Points: 4

# Comments: 0

New comment by tobr in "Show HN: Art – draw one stroke, let symmetry complete it"

tobr — Thu, 10 Sep 2026 12:54:57 +0000

Same for me, while the actual clear button, ironically, does not work reliably.

Machine learning of artistic fingerprints in jazz

tobr — Tue, 08 Sep 2026 08:02:21 +0000

Article URL: https://www.nature.com/articles/s42256-026-01279-9

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49607071

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

The Chasm: The Shape of Unfinished AI Codebases

tobr — Tue, 08 Sep 2026 07:12:48 +0000

Article URL: https://jimmyhmiller.com/shape-of-unfinished-ai-codebases

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49606616

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

Ganon's Mysterious Origins (Revisited)

tobr — Sat, 05 Sep 2026 20:33:29 +0000

Article URL: https://www.thrillingtalesofoldvideogames.com/blog/ganon-name-origin-kamen-rider

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49580389

Points: 39

# Comments: 21

GWM Worlds 2

tobr — Thu, 03 Sep 2026 19:02:03 +0000

Article URL: https://runway.com/research/introducing-gwm-worlds-2

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49554998

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

It’s okay to forget

tobr — Tue, 01 Sep 2026 07:10:24 +0000

Article URL: https://ivy.boo/its-ok-to-forget/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49518941

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

New comment by tobr in "“I just chose words carefully”"

tobr — Mon, 31 Aug 2026 04:43:34 +0000

Hey, I looked into this too! And I came to the conclusion that it's completely true.

The movie she mentioned in the anecdote was I Want To Believe. Here is the actual scanned screenplay, rather than re-typed:

https://lvei.net/wp-content/uploads/script-de-prod/The-X-Fil...

Just scroll through and look. In almost every paragraph or dialogue block, the last line ends very close to the right margin. Pretty much the only places that doesn't happen is when there's a single short line of dialogue by itself, meaning it doesn't wrap to a second line.

Looking through scripts on Boggsfiles, it's much more inconsistent, but it does happen, and perhaps more frequently in the later seasons. Here's one, from season 9; take a look at page 10 (page 13 in the PDF) for example, but it really happens throughout.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1dlnc2prPVgPLN4CQSiMQMvD2VSl...

New comment by tobr in "Trade (and Tariffs)"

tobr — Thu, 27 Aug 2026 15:05:16 +0000

So since the math extrapolates linearly and there is apparently no cost, why would anyone settle for anything other than 1680 items per week?

New comment by tobr in "Nebula Sans"

tobr — Wed, 26 Aug 2026 16:51:48 +0000

The differences are even subtler if you compare it to Source Sans (which it is derived from) rather than Whitney (which it is replacing). I posted this comparison last time Nebula Sans were on the HN front page: https://imgur.com/JPwgYkj

4K Video Feedback Fractal Device

tobr — Sun, 23 Aug 2026 05:33:36 +0000

Article URL: https://www.thelightherder.com/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49406273

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

Ruminations on Notifications

tobr — Fri, 21 Aug 2026 14:51:33 +0000

Article URL: https://dbushell.com/2026/08/20/ruminations-on-notifications/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49389043

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

Introducing MicroLighter

tobr — Wed, 19 Aug 2026 18:28:48 +0000

Article URL: https://daverupert.com/2026/08/microlighter/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49365326

Points: 53

# Comments: 15