Hacker News: tumidpandora

New comment by tumidpandora in "Super Intelligence and/or Artificial Intelligence"

tumidpandora — Fri, 09 Oct 2026 17:59:01 +0000

AI to build, SI to sell

New comment by tumidpandora in "An Alien Mind"

tumidpandora — Sun, 06 Sep 2026 19:43:58 +0000

every lab may agree safety matters, but no one wants to be the one that slows down first

New comment by tumidpandora in "Stop Killing Games: It's time to sue Sony, join us"

tumidpandora — Mon, 10 Aug 2026 22:20:28 +0000

Going digital was inevitable, i'd rather focus on making digital ownership better than fight to restore discs or game codes to 3rd parties

New comment by tumidpandora in "Ask HN: What are you working on? (August 2026)"

tumidpandora — Mon, 10 Aug 2026 02:26:35 +0000

I’m working on two small products right now.

Bravoboard: https://bravoboard.xyz

It’s a collaborative online card for birthdays, farewells, appreciation, etc. People add messages, photos, GIFs and voice notes, then the recipient gets everything together in one board.

The surprisingly interesting part has been figuring out how to make something digital still feel personal, while also making the organizer’s job of chasing 20 people for messages a little less painful :)

Presbot: https://presbot.com

It’s a small assistant for businesses and website owners. The idea is pretty simple. Visitors usually have a question they want answered, not necessarily a desire to "chat"

It answers what it can and when it can’t or when someone wants to speak with a human it collects a short predefined inquiry instead

I started building an earlier version before ChatGPT existed, and recently rebuilt it while trying to keep the original idea intact - answer the question, then get out of the way.

Both are live and very much being worked on, would appreciate any feedback.

New comment by tumidpandora in "LinkedIn Feed Blocker"

tumidpandora — Sat, 08 Aug 2026 18:01:57 +0000

this was much needed, thank you.. the feed is a massive distraction

New comment by tumidpandora in "ChatGPT Remote Connection Failure"

tumidpandora — Wed, 15 Jul 2026 00:12:24 +0000

Need my agent to do that.. Ah wait... it's down. Bummer. :)

ChatGPT Remote Connection Failure

tumidpandora — Wed, 15 Jul 2026 00:05:27 +0000

Humanity briefly regains critical thinking skills

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48914572

Points: 3

# Comments: 2

New comment by tumidpandora in "Do Metaprojects"

tumidpandora — Fri, 13 Feb 2026 23:39:23 +0000

well written piece, enjoyed the authors style.. keep writing!

New comment by tumidpandora in "An Illustrated Guide to Hippo Castration (2014)"

tumidpandora — Thu, 29 Jan 2026 06:11:04 +0000

> hippos' stunning wound-healing abilities—perhaps related to the antibacterial properties of the creepy "red sweat" that coats their skin

sounds interesting and definitely something worth looking into as well

New comment by tumidpandora in "Tell HN: Happy Thanksgiving"

tumidpandora — Thu, 27 Nov 2025 21:46:48 +0000

Happy Thanksgiving to all! love HN!

New comment by tumidpandora in "Valve is about to win the console generation"

tumidpandora — Thu, 13 Nov 2025 03:48:40 +0000

"At par with PS5.." comparing hardware specs with a console loved by millions and into year 6 of it's lifecycle. I'd rather play my PS5 titles on a PS5 or a portal than on the steam machine. Steam deck is dated, went with the portal and love it.

New comment by tumidpandora in "Pikaday: A friendly guide to front-end date pickers"

tumidpandora — Tue, 11 Nov 2025 20:37:49 +0000

Great writeup, I think it'd be really helpful if this could be expanded to include handling timezones as well.

New comment by tumidpandora in "Skype Retired on May 2025"

tumidpandora — Fri, 17 Oct 2025 13:40:29 +0000

Appreciate it!

Skype Retired on May 2025

tumidpandora — Fri, 17 Oct 2025 04:38:33 +0000

Article URL: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/skype/skype-is-retiring-in-may-2025-what-you-need-to-know-2a7d2501-427f-485e-8be0-2068a9f90472

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45613357

Points: 2

# Comments: 2

What people write in Boss's Day cards

tumidpandora — Wed, 15 Oct 2025 21:19:32 +0000

Tomorrow (Oct 16) is Boss’s Day. While looking through a few hundred digital cards on Bravoboard, we noticed pattern in how people talk about their bosses.

Most messages weren’t about authority or achievement. Instead, they focused on patience, support, humor, and calm leadership. A few examples:

"Thanks for leading us through these difficult times and driving a culture of cost-effective decisions."

"Happy Boss’s Day Momma Bear, no one deserves it more than you."

"Your guidance and support create a positive atmosphere that inspires us all."

We shared a short post with more examples here: https://www.bravoboard.xyz/ideas/bosss-day-greetings/

Just thought it was an interesting snapshot of workplace culture right now.

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45598497

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

New comment by tumidpandora in "Show HN: A store that generates products from anything you type in search"

tumidpandora — Sat, 13 Sep 2025 15:43:45 +0000

Very cool project. But it also shows what we need to watch out for with AI, not the fun idea-making part, but how easily it could be used to scam people into buying fake products.

National Book Lovers Day, Aug 9th

tumidpandora — Mon, 04 Aug 2025 03:42:38 +0000

Article URL: https://twitter.com/TeamBravoboard/status/1952208178307125434

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44781952

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by tumidpandora in "Intel CEO Letter to Employees"

tumidpandora — Thu, 24 Jul 2025 21:32:25 +0000

what does "50% streamlining of management layers" mean?

New comment by tumidpandora in "Building AI tools backwards"

tumidpandora — Wed, 23 Jul 2025 21:00:23 +0000

I wholeheartedly agree with OP, the article is very timely and illustrates the mis-direction of AI tooling clearly. I often find myself and my kids asking LLMs "don't tell me the answer, work with me to resolve it" that is a much richer experience than seeing a fully baked out response to my question. I hope we see grater adoption of OPs EDGE framework in AI interactions.

New comment by tumidpandora in "Ask HN: What cool skill or project interests you, but feels out of reach?"

tumidpandora — Thu, 12 Jun 2025 22:28:06 +0000

I'm starting out as well. If you prefer coding in python, raspberry pi or anything adafruit is a good place to start. If you're cool with c/c++ Arduino ecosystem is quite mature . I decided to stick to the former so it's a less steeper learning curve for me and my little one. Get a BBC Micro:bit v2 and/or a CircuitPlayground Express. Both have a ton of sensors on board (temp, tilt, light, humidity etc) and some leds/neo-pixels to play around. Once you play with some of that, and want to get your hands dirty with breadboarding and soldering, get a basic kit (e.g. raspberry pi pico etc) and use MakeCode to try out some simple circuits with your microbit or circuitplayground express as the signal provider, play with servos, hobby motors, do some basic projects. Once you feel you're a bit proficient, might one to check out LeRobot for an open source robotic arm that you could train with reinfocement learning.. this is not exhaustive or the only path, there's many others, this is just my 2cents. Hope this helps!