Hacker News: tomger

New comment by tomger in "My daughter (7 years old) used HTML to make a website"

tomger — Thu, 18 Jul 2024 19:17:02 +0000

Good webpage

New comment by tomger in "Drawing.garden"

tomger — Thu, 11 Jan 2024 02:10:51 +0000

Can you make it store my garden?

New comment by tomger in "Atari Video Music"

tomger — Wed, 01 Nov 2023 02:50:39 +0000

The demo video’s length is 4:20

New comment by tomger in "The Political Risks of Mandating EVs for Everyone"

tomger — Sun, 29 Oct 2023 12:51:33 +0000

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RealClearPolitics

New comment by tomger in "RabbitOS"

tomger — Fri, 20 Oct 2023 13:14:12 +0000

I think they misspelled API

New comment by tomger in "The pneumatic tube mail system in New York City"

tomger — Wed, 18 Oct 2023 01:00:47 +0000

Roosevelt Island NY has a pneumatic trash system https://untappedcities.com/2020/04/09/inside-roosevelt-islan...

New comment by tomger in "Privacy Nightmare on Wheels’: Every Car Brand Reviewed by Mozilla"

tomger — Sat, 09 Sep 2023 12:21:09 +0000

I’m privacy conscious, and on the side of Mozilla here. But I wish the article showed examples of how the data is actually being shared rather than an analysis of the terms. What’s an example of my health data being used somewhere else. I know it’s hard to get proof of this but that is what would make the public more aware.

New comment by tomger in "We are oversharing on Venmo"

tomger — Thu, 10 Aug 2023 04:52:50 +0000

https://archive.is/IzwGj

We are oversharing on Venmo

tomger — Thu, 10 Aug 2023 04:51:19 +0000

Article URL: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/09/technology/personaltech/venmo-privacy-oversharing.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37072098

Points: 4

# Comments: 2

New comment by tomger in "If Web Components are so great, why am I not using them?"

tomger — Wed, 02 Aug 2023 23:08:16 +0000

Lit framework provides a bunch of sugar that brings the dev experience closer to JSX

https://lit.dev/

Worldcoin

tomger — Fri, 07 Jul 2023 09:49:47 +0000

Article URL: https://www.technologyreview.com/2022/04/06/1048981/worldcoin-cryptocurrency-biometrics-web3/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36629412

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by tomger in "Threads, an Instagram app"

tomger — Mon, 03 Jul 2023 23:50:10 +0000

You probably don’t want this as that would end in Embrace, extend, and extinguish.

New comment by tomger in "Evolution of the Scrollbar"

tomger — Thu, 15 Jun 2023 01:23:40 +0000

Nice project.

How ironic that on iOS it’s hard to try the scroll bars cause of the carousel’s drag gesture.

New comment by tomger in "Slide to Unlock"

tomger — Wed, 31 May 2023 17:55:38 +0000

Really great!

New comment by tomger in "AirPods as Hearing Aid"

tomger — Wed, 10 May 2023 21:21:37 +0000

can people with experience using AirPods as hearing aid give their opinion on how well it functions.

AirPods as Hearing Aid

tomger — Wed, 10 May 2023 21:20:18 +0000

Article URL: https://www.soundguys.com/how-to-set-up-your-apple-airpods-pro-as-hearing-aids-85802/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35893690

Points: 7

# Comments: 1

New comment by tomger in "NYPD urges citizens to buy AirTags to fight surge in car thefts"

tomger — Wed, 03 May 2023 02:59:20 +0000

> Adams was asked during the press conference if AirTags work with Android (they don't). >"Why would anyone have one [an Android phone]?" Adams responded.

Solid point

New comment by tomger in "Japan's population may drop by almost one-third by 2070"

tomger — Wed, 26 Apr 2023 12:57:09 +0000

Are there different solutions to pension planning other than controlling the birth rate or reducing pension sizes?

New comment by tomger in "Meta's Head of AI Has Some Interesting Beliefs About Dominance and Submission"

tomger — Sat, 22 Apr 2023 15:04:52 +0000

Click bait sadly. Humans can have an innate need for hierarchy without there having to be a natural hierarchy among humans.

Why can’t iOS safari block websites more easily. Like right from the browser easy.

New comment by tomger in "Something Pretty Right: The History and Legacy of Visual Basic"

tomger — Fri, 17 Mar 2023 09:36:59 +0000

Who else here followed the path of QBASIC > Visual Basic > ASP.NET > general web development as a kid?