Hacker News: vucetica

New comment by vucetica in "Incident with Actions and Pages"

vucetica — Tue, 26 May 2026 13:07:16 +0000

So, what do you use?

New comment by vucetica in "Search engines alternatives now that Google isn't Google anymore"

vucetica — Mon, 25 May 2026 13:14:06 +0000

I liked Kagi a lot, but gave up on it as I couldn’t configure it as a default search engine on iOS. Ended up with Duckduck go.

New comment by vucetica in "Honda conducts successful launch and landing of experimental reusable rocket"

vucetica — Wed, 18 Jun 2025 03:39:23 +0000

I understand that your comment is related to publicity that this event got, but I chuckled when I read that Honda is an unexpected source of serious engineering :)

New comment by vucetica in "Samsung is paying $350M for audio brands B&W, Denon, Marantz and Polk"

vucetica — Thu, 08 May 2025 01:18:52 +0000

A few months ago I tried a new JBL receiver. It was trash (the worst I have tried and I tried 5 or 6 different ones for my room). I also saw their soundbar and their vintage speakers. I wouldn’t agree that JBL makes quality products, but that is just my experience.

Ask HN: Service that provides updates about subjects of interest

vucetica — Mon, 03 Jun 2024 16:55:40 +0000

I had a situation recently that a business partner I was interacting with on several projects ended up indicted (nothing related to our projects, some other shady stuff that he was doing). I found out about that accidentally, but then searching the Internet a bit, I easily found that I could know that something is happening months or even years ago.

This event made me wonder if there is a service where I can put in a few company names, or personal names (business leaders), and get updated if something new pops up in news. Similarly to how news aggregators work: "I'm interested in pop culture", but way more granular, for example: "I'm interested in a band Superorganism".

Anyone know some service that solves this problem?

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40564586

Points: 1

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New comment by vucetica in "Ask HN: How do you organize your life?"

vucetica — Fri, 13 Oct 2023 13:17:29 +0000

Email. All my notes, plans, todos, reminders (via snooze/send later) are in the email. I also use calendar to keep the family in sync. My current "life database" (i.e. inbox) is on the iCloud (like everything else, so it is good for Legacy Contact, when I pass away), though it was in google workspaces before and it can be on anything else in the future (including self-hosted server).

Ask HN: What are the advantages of tools like GitHub Copilot over ChatGPT/Bard?

vucetica — Wed, 13 Sep 2023 17:34:20 +0000

I was wondering what are the advantages of having a GitHub Copilot vs having a ChatGPT window pinned in your browser (or on the second screen), besides that CoPilot is there in your IDE. Is it more likely to produce a working or better code, that is in line with what you already have in the solution? Is there any research that proves that?

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37499281

Points: 1

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Ask HN: Any platform similar to pingdom.com that runs Playwright scripts?

vucetica — Tue, 25 Jul 2023 15:28:41 +0000

I was looking for a platform that runs Playwright test scripts in an automated way to check if the web application is working as expected (similar to Pingdom checks), but also to be able to run a load test (similar to flood.io, which actually does use Playwright under it's Element scripting engine). Anyone aware of such tool?

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36863744

Points: 1

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New comment by vucetica in "Amazon.com Announces First Quarter Results"

vucetica — Thu, 27 Apr 2023 21:46:38 +0000

INTC up 5% after hours.

New comment by vucetica in "Ask HN: What's your residential Internet speed and cost?"

vucetica — Sun, 16 Apr 2023 14:52:48 +0000

Richmond, VA (USA) - Verizon FIOS, 300/300Mbps - $29.99/month

New comment by vucetica in "Apple’s iPhone Passcode Problem WSJ"

vucetica — Thu, 02 Mar 2023 02:05:53 +0000

Someone on a different thread suggested to use the screentime (with a different passcode) and disable icloud settings. Works like a charm.

New comment by vucetica in "A Basic iPhone Feature Helps Criminals Steal Your Entire Digital Life"

vucetica — Sat, 25 Feb 2023 14:13:18 +0000

Wow! Used it only for kids so far, didn't figure out that it is actually a hidden security jewel :) Thank you!

New comment by vucetica in "A Basic iPhone Feature Helps Criminals Steal Your Entire Digital Life"

vucetica — Sat, 25 Feb 2023 13:01:14 +0000

What do you mean by this: "use Screen Time to disable making changes to your account"?

New comment by vucetica in "macOS scanning and following downloaded QR codes has been retracted"

vucetica — Wed, 05 Oct 2022 20:50:31 +0000

This community is funny at times.

A lot of people had their opinions on those two threads, didn't they?

Kudos to the ones who questioned the origin of the phenomenon instead of declaring immediately that the world is falling.

New comment by vucetica in "iCloud+ custom email domains should be better"

vucetica — Mon, 28 Feb 2022 01:23:49 +0000

Another problem that I have is iCloud+ storage limit of 4TB. My family will very soon get very close to this limit with all our photos, videos and other stuff. Is anyone aware of any plans for an increase in near future?

New comment by vucetica in "Dennis Ritchie Home Page (2006)"

vucetica — Sun, 30 Jan 2022 14:52:48 +0000

I was in 6th grade when I found "The C Programming Language" on the floor in my friend's house. I picked it up, took it home, and read it cover to cover. I didn't have a computer then, but I was absolutely sure about what I wanted to do in my life.

Thank you, Mr. Ritchie and Mr. Kernighan for opening the world of computer science for me.

New comment by vucetica in "Ask HN: What tech stack would you use to build a new web app today?"

vucetica — Mon, 20 Dec 2021 16:30:45 +0000

Ditto.

New comment by vucetica in "Ask HN: Can't focus when writing code in dark mode"

vucetica — Sun, 31 May 2020 02:09:08 +0000

I do have astigmatism, which (reading comments now), might turn out to be important thing in light vs dark mode discussion.

New comment by vucetica in "Ask HN: Can't focus when writing code in dark mode"

vucetica — Sun, 31 May 2020 01:55:22 +0000

Exactly the feeling that I have (claustrophobic).

Ask HN: Can't focus when writing code in dark mode

vucetica — Sat, 30 May 2020 17:20:43 +0000

Seeing fellow programmers left and right switching to dark mode and everyone seems very happy. I gave it a try a few times but it just doesn't work. I can't focus.

It is not the time that I need to get used to a different syntax highlighting scheme because I switch between editors all the time. I'm perfectly fine as long as the background is lighter than the foreground, so it has to do something with the dark mode itself.

Is it that I have to give it more time (so I can stop noticing that "something is wrong"), or simply it doesn't work for some people? And if so, what am I losing (reduced eye fatigue, better sleep...)?

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23362795

Points: 46

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