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New comment by waterproof in "Herdr is joining Y Combinator. The runtime stays open"

waterproof — Fri, 07 Aug 2026 01:12:27 +0000

This is true, unfortunately. I've have had to walk away from a client because their software-illiterate lawyer didn't want me to build with copyleft dependencies.

It wasn't the only red flag in this case, but frustrating nonetheless.

New comment by waterproof in "LLMs reward expertise"

waterproof — Tue, 04 Aug 2026 14:42:50 +0000

Rice stands for Race Inspired Cosmetic Enhancements.

Race-inspired to look cool, but not actually functional. Picture putting one of those giant fake air intakes on the hood of your car.

New comment by waterproof in "Are AI labs pelicanmaxxing?"

waterproof — Wed, 22 Jul 2026 21:27:15 +0000

I recently had the following conversation with Claude:

Me: how many P's are in the following text? [Pasted text]

Claude: There are 14 P's, all lowercase (no capital P's)

Me: how many in "strawberry"?

Claude: there are 3 R's in the word "strawberry".

New comment by waterproof in "China’s open-weights AI strategy is winning"

waterproof — Mon, 20 Jul 2026 21:26:02 +0000

You can also try asking Gemini to create art that is "as close as possible without infringing" - I've had success with that.

New comment by waterproof in "Japan develops a method to recover up to 90% of lithium from used EV batteries"

waterproof — Tue, 14 Jul 2026 03:37:00 +0000

according to https://x.com/Mith_/status/2041911606213537971

> The industry standard for the recovery of lithium (remember there is a difference between recovery and extraction) is 90%, with some platforms now achieving 95%+ like those that use carbonation.

New comment by waterproof in "Show HN: I made an emergency page for my family"

waterproof — Wed, 27 May 2026 19:21:30 +0000

The QR code that you use to transfer TOTP secrets to a new phone, is static. It never changes (unless you add a new service) and it requires no verification.

Do with that information what you will.

New comment by waterproof in "Hengefinder: Finding when the sun aligns with your street"

waterproof — Sun, 24 May 2026 05:26:30 +0000

This could also be a legitimate lifesaver in places like India where extreme heat is common but delivery and gig workers have to travel outdoors.

New comment by waterproof in "Open source Kanban desktop app that runs parallel agents on every card"

waterproof — Sat, 23 May 2026 05:40:03 +0000

If Jujutsu had become popular a couple of years earlier, it might have had a chance to catch on. I worry that it missed the most critical training window for AI and we may be locked in on Git forever.

New comment by waterproof in "iOS 27 is adding a 'Create a Pass' button to Apple Wallet"

waterproof — Tue, 05 May 2026 15:49:34 +0000

your current wallet lets you add labels or stickers to your cards.

classic Apple situation - look, this is super clean, intuitive software! but if you want a reasonable level of flexibility that you would expect elsewhere, you are SOL.

New comment by waterproof in "Dear friend, you have built a Kubernetes (2024)"

waterproof — Mon, 27 Apr 2026 02:52:13 +0000

In what cases do you need autoscaling on your home stuff?

New comment by waterproof in "Show HN: AI memory with biological decay (52% recall)"

waterproof — Mon, 27 Apr 2026 02:47:50 +0000

nice concept! Beads did not age all that well, and Claude doesn't really want to use it since the TodoList upgrade.

Do you have any tricks for getting Claude to use guardrails effectively alongside (or instead of) TodoList?

New comment by waterproof in "All phones sold in the EU to have replaceable batteries from 2027"

waterproof — Tue, 21 Apr 2026 09:18:51 +0000

Great, now do storage!

People shouldn't have to pay $$$ for a 128GB upgrade when a 1TB microSDXC card is under $200. It feels like a trick to sell cloud storage and new phones.

New comment by waterproof in "NIST scientists create 'any wavelength' lasers"

waterproof — Sun, 19 Apr 2026 04:50:11 +0000

Any day that I learn something new about color is a good day.

Here's my favorite color factoid: There is no such thing as monochromatic pink. You have to make it by combining the two ends of the visible spectrum: somethung reddish and something violet-ish. So that means there is no pink in a rainbow, strictly speaking.

New comment by waterproof in "Show HN: Free API and widget to look up US representatives"

waterproof — Fri, 17 Apr 2026 02:10:26 +0000

Data sources I'm using:

https://github.com/unitedstates/congress-legislators

https://github.com/OpenSourceActivismTech/us-zipcodes-congre...

https://geocoding.geo.census.gov/

From my tests so far the territories and DC are pretty well covered.

Show HN: Free API and widget to look up US representatives

waterproof — Fri, 17 Apr 2026 00:45:21 +0000

Article URL: https://repscontact.com/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47801309

Points: 3

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New comment by waterproof in "I wrote to Flock's privacy contact to opt out of their domestic spying program"

waterproof — Wed, 15 Apr 2026 06:13:15 +0000

Happy to contribute to your lawyer fund. I want to see how this plays out.

New comment by waterproof in "Goodbye to Sora"

waterproof — Wed, 25 Mar 2026 05:41:08 +0000

> the things he does.

The things he does is convince investors to give him billions of dollars to build what he wants. Where exactly does that leave us?

New comment by waterproof in "Conway's Game of Life, in real life"

waterproof — Thu, 19 Mar 2026 12:00:54 +0000

Should be doable to implement GoL on an ortholinear RGB keyboard using QMK

New comment by waterproof in "Conway's Game of Life, in real life"

waterproof — Thu, 19 Mar 2026 11:55:58 +0000

Check out the video - you can draw on the game by pressing the switches.

New comment by waterproof in "Show HN: DenchClaw – Local CRM on Top of OpenClaw"

waterproof — Tue, 10 Mar 2026 06:05:06 +0000

Lots of folks use the Claude Max 20x $200/mo. tier, I think. Gets you waaay farther than $200 of API credits.