Hacker News: willmeyers

New comment by willmeyers in "1-Bit Pixel Art Emojis"

willmeyers — Thu, 02 Jul 2026 00:07:04 +0000

Sorry for taking so long to get back to you.

Basically I extracted the emojis from my Mac's system font. From there I downscaled them to 64x64 pixels and made them grayscale.

With this set of images I experimented with a few different algorithms. I ended up settling for just a regular ordered dithering (Bayer). But! It still didn't look that good. So what I ended up doing was normalizing the darks and lights for each emoji. This was because some emojis are lighter and darker than others. I wanted to create a uniform appearance for all of them.

So the process was (1) get emojis. (2) downscale + grayscale. (3) normalize tone. (4) dither. (5) then upscale

New comment by willmeyers in "1-Bit Pixel Art Emojis"

willmeyers — Wed, 01 Jul 2026 17:17:56 +0000

I was inspired by this site to run emojis through a dithering algorithm (https://dither-emojis.pages.dev/)! Nothing beats hand drawn though.

New comment by willmeyers in "An entire Herculaneum scroll has been read for the first time"

willmeyers — Thu, 25 Jun 2026 23:36:54 +0000

What an incredible test against human capability and optimism to preserve them for so long in hopes that we would one day have to tech to read them without destroying them. Stories like these give me a lot of hope for the future.

Show HN: Mouse.party

willmeyers — Thu, 25 Jun 2026 20:15:19 +0000

Article URL: https://mouse.party

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48678652

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

New comment by willmeyers in "Tell HN: I never bought anything from clicking on a paid ad"

willmeyers — Wed, 24 Jun 2026 00:48:29 +0000

People do all the time. On Instagram/TikTok/Facebook they've gotten pretty good at hiding whether something is an ad with videos plus very good content creation. Ads are not what they used to be 10 years ago. People not as adept to these shady tactics fall for it all the time.

New comment by willmeyers in "Street Traffic Regulation (1909)"

willmeyers — Sun, 21 Jun 2026 22:18:46 +0000

You can download the original text here: https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/16295/dot_16295_DS1.pdf

Street Traffic Regulation (1909)

willmeyers — Sun, 21 Jun 2026 22:18:46 +0000

Article URL: https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/16295

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48623174

Points: 3

# Comments: 1

New comment by willmeyers in "Claude Corps"

willmeyers — Mon, 15 Jun 2026 19:22:20 +0000

I guess this is no different than Google Summer of Code, Code for America, etc but with AI. If it actually helps these orgs and doesn't lock them into Anthropic pricing/models then sure, let it rip.

Dithered Emojis

willmeyers — Fri, 05 Jun 2026 12:51:52 +0000

Article URL: https://dithered-emojis.willmeye.rs/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48411734

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

List of defunct automobile manufacturers of the United States

willmeyers — Thu, 28 May 2026 21:59:03 +0000

Article URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_defunct_automobile_manufacturers_of_the_United_States

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48316095

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by willmeyers in "Cartoon Network Flash Games"

willmeyers — Fri, 08 May 2026 17:56:57 +0000

This is incredible. Thank you for sharing this. I played Orbit so much.

Cartoon Network Flash Games

willmeyers — Fri, 08 May 2026 16:29:52 +0000

Article URL: https://www.webdesignmuseum.org/flash-game-exhibitions/cartoon-network-flash-games

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48065360

Points: 419

# Comments: 131

New comment by willmeyers in "How OpenAI delivers low-latency voice AI at scale"

willmeyers — Tue, 05 May 2026 02:07:01 +0000

WebRTC is great and so is Pion, thanks for help making and maintaining it! I loved learning about WebRTC from WebRTC for the Curious!!!

New comment by willmeyers in "Opus 4.7 knows the real Kelsey"

willmeyers — Fri, 01 May 2026 01:46:55 +0000

I'd argue (and against something that I've believed for a long time) that online (I guess that includes AI now) anonymity is gone and probably something that never really existed. Maybe I'm naive to finally believe this...

We all exist in a physical space (like real communities and neighborhoods). We can wear masks, hats, fake glasses, try and hide your voice...whatever, but your neighbors are always going to know who you are. I'd say that's true for the virtual space now too.

The pseudonym you've used for x years or the VPN you've used doesn't suffice. It's just a costume at this point. Your ISP knows who you are. Your phone carrier knows who you are. Cloudflare and Google and Apple have a fingerprint specific enough to pick you out of a crowd of millions. Every potentially anonymous account is one subpoena or a data breach or one FOIL request away from unmasking it. You were never anonymous. Whatever is going on now is not built for your anonymity.

New comment by willmeyers in "Many African families spend fortunes burying their dead"

willmeyers — Thu, 09 Apr 2026 23:45:42 +0000

This is the most insightful comment in this thread. Unfortunately Oks decided to use a clickbait title that made people jump to conclusions.

Show HN: 41 years sea surface temperature anomalies

willmeyers — Thu, 09 Apr 2026 12:25:57 +0000

Article URL: https://ssta.willhelps.org

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47702791

Points: 147

# Comments: 73

New comment by willmeyers in "Hollywood Enters Oscars Weekend in Existential Crisis"

willmeyers — Sun, 15 Mar 2026 15:36:59 +0000

I mean when you have Larry Ellison and other goons pledging investments in these major studios, it's no wonder people who actually enjoy watching movies don't want to give their money+time to watch some dumbed down bottom of the barrel slime that AI has decided people will sit through.

Thankfully, filmmaking is becoming more and more independent. It's never been easier and cheaper to make a movie and share it to millions of people on YouTube or Vimeo. Why go through Hollywood, investors, or give money to festivals for a chance at success when you can just upload the thing and see what happens?

New comment by willmeyers in "I’m joining OpenAI"

willmeyers — Mon, 16 Feb 2026 01:55:41 +0000

Innocent people are going to get hurt. Not sure how yet, but, giving a company intimate details about your life never ends well.

Show HN: A creative coding library for making art with desktop windows

willmeyers — Mon, 19 Jan 2026 20:11:25 +0000

Article URL: https://github.com/willmeyers/window-art

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46683858

Points: 37

# Comments: 5

New comment by willmeyers in "ZjsComponent: A Pragmatic Approach to Reusable UI Fragments for Web Development"

willmeyers — Mon, 16 Jun 2025 16:44:40 +0000

For anyone curious, the source code: https://github.com/lelanthran/ZjsComponent/