Hacker News: whyleyc

New comment by whyleyc in "[dead]"

whyleyc — Tue, 10 Mar 2026 17:08:24 +0000

This is a really important article but just got flagged (why?) so I'm reposting it.

Original submission is at https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47325280

New comment by whyleyc in "Yann LeCun raises $1B to build AI that understands the physical world"

whyleyc — Tue, 10 Mar 2026 11:13:34 +0000

https://archive.is/TEwfi

New comment by whyleyc in "Lotus 1-2-3 on the PC with DOS"

whyleyc — Tue, 10 Mar 2026 07:19:01 +0000

When I worked at IBM in ‘98 Lotus Notes was the default email client for all employees - we referred to it internally as “Bloatus Goats” such was the disdain we had for it.

GitHub Feb 9th outage: Incident Report

whyleyc — Thu, 12 Feb 2026 17:04:14 +0000

Article URL: https://www.githubstatus.com/incidents/smf24rvl67v9

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46991409

Points: 5

# Comments: 1

New comment by whyleyc in "The New Collabora Office for Desktop"

whyleyc — Thu, 05 Feb 2026 16:01:04 +0000

Don't bother, I tried with a disposable email address and they make you subscribe to a mailing list before sending you the download link. When you do eventually get it, it's a 3 page puff marketing PDF.

I converted it to TXT and pulled out the only bit of interest here:

                  Collabora Office                              Collabora Office Classic
                  Fresh, modern UX                                Classic, established UX
  Javascript & CSS UI to match Collabora Online                    VCL-based classic UI
       Simpler settings / streamlined defaults           Very extensive options, menus & dialogs
                       No Java                       Java used for some features/wizards/DB drivers
                 No built-in Base app                                Includes Base UI
                     Runs macros                    Full macro editor & advanced BASIC/Python/UNO
      Modern web tech (Canvas, WebGL, CSS)                         Custom toolkit (VCL)
     Fast to iterate (edit JS, fewer recompiles)      Core/C++ changes typically require recompiles
   Initial release – Enterprise Support is coming            Long term Enterprise Supported
       Quick Start Guides and video tutorials                  Extensive manuals & books

New comment by whyleyc in "Level S4 solar radiation event"

whyleyc — Tue, 20 Jan 2026 00:08:50 +0000

It’s ok - The Winchester is within walking distance.

New comment by whyleyc in "2025 Letter"

whyleyc — Thu, 01 Jan 2026 23:47:06 +0000

I live in the UK now, have done for 40+ years and there are (still) automated car washes everywhere.

New comment by whyleyc in "Show HN: Wealthfolio 2.0- Open source investment tracker. Now Mobile and Docker"

whyleyc — Fri, 21 Nov 2025 22:23:34 +0000

Have you considered https://tiller.com/ ? They can pull feeds in and refresh automatically but have a big privacy play so that only you get to see your finances (and display and manage it in Excel or Google Sheets).

New comment by whyleyc in "Ask HN: The government of my country blocked VPN access. What should I use?"

whyleyc — Thu, 28 Aug 2025 17:41:55 +0000

I'd recommend using Outline - it's a one click setup that lets you provision your own VPN on a cloud provider (or your own hardware).

Since you get to pick where the hardware is located and it is just you (or you and a small group of friends & family) using the VPN, blocking is more difficult.

If you don't want the hassle of using your own hardware you can rent a Digital Ocean droplet for <$5 per month.

https://getoutline.org/

Google sued by Chegg over AI Overviews hurting traffic and revenue

whyleyc — Mon, 24 Feb 2025 23:58:14 +0000

Article URL: https://searchengineland.com/google-sued-by-chegg-over-ai-overviews-hurting-traffic-and-revenue-452518

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43166413

Points: 10

# Comments: 2

New comment by whyleyc in "Man trapped inside driverless Waymo car as it spins in circles"

whyleyc — Tue, 07 Jan 2025 23:55:41 +0000

The video is wild - Waymo support apparently struggles to remotely control the car.

Man trapped inside driverless Waymo car as it spins in circles

whyleyc — Tue, 07 Jan 2025 23:45:45 +0000

Article URL: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/c70e2g09ng9o

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42629120

Points: 67

# Comments: 87

New comment by whyleyc in "Employees Describe an Environment of Paranoia and Fear Inside Automattic"

whyleyc — Thu, 17 Oct 2024 22:59:31 +0000

https://archive.ph/AKASQ

British tech entrepreneur Mike Lynch among missing after yacht sinks off Sicily

whyleyc — Mon, 19 Aug 2024 14:17:56 +0000

Article URL: https://www.bbc.com/news/live/ce38n4egqwzt

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41291255

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

New comment by whyleyc in "You've got to hide your myopia away: John Lennon's contact lenses"

whyleyc — Wed, 14 Aug 2024 10:11:45 +0000

Actually multi-focal contact lenses are a thing.

I was surprised to hear this too, since I wondered how they could work in practice - there’s a handy explainer here if you are interested:

https://www.warbyparker.com/learn/how-do-multifocal-contacts...

Critical incident over London hospitals' cyber-attack

whyleyc — Tue, 04 Jun 2024 16:26:43 +0000

Article URL: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c288n8rkpvno

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40576214

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

New comment by whyleyc in "Novel attack against virtually all VPN apps neuters their entire purpose"

whyleyc — Tue, 07 May 2024 15:34:46 +0000

It's worse than that - an attacker on the same local network as the target machine can tie up the legitimate DHCP server by reserving all available addresses and then start advertising themselves as an alternate DHCP server (to inject the malicious routing to the target).

Woman found with £2B in Bitcoin convicted of money laundering

whyleyc — Wed, 20 Mar 2024 20:50:41 +0000

Article URL: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-68620253

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39771861

Points: 10

# Comments: 4

New comment by whyleyc in "Ask HN: Those making $500/month on side projects in 2024 – Show and tell"

whyleyc — Tue, 23 Jan 2024 22:21:56 +0000

Clicky:

2023 → https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34482433

2022 → https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29995152

2021 → https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29667095

2020 → https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24947167

New comment by whyleyc in "Before OpenAI, Sam Altman was fired from Y Combinator by his mentor"

whyleyc — Wed, 22 Nov 2023 13:21:28 +0000

https://web.archive.org/web/20231122121846/https://www.washi...