<rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Hacker News: willtheperson</title><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=willtheperson</link><description>Hacker News RSS</description><docs>https://hnrss.org/</docs><generator>hnrss v2.1.1</generator><lastBuildDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2026 07:25:32 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://hnrss.org/user?id=willtheperson" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"></atom:link><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by willtheperson in "Apps SDK"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>If the connector is enabled by the prompt or via a UI interaction, it calls your MCP server. They have created some meta fields your tool can respond with, one of which is something about producing a widget along with a field for html.<p>In the current implementation, it makes an iframe (or webview on native) that loads a sandboxed environment which then gets another iframe with your html injected. Your html can include meta field whitelisted remote resources.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 06 Oct 2025 22:55:44 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45497231</link><dc:creator>willtheperson</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45497231</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45497231</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by willtheperson in "Woman with rectifier and electric car (1912)"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Fully charged show did an episode on this car (or maybe just this era.) either way, I found it interesting to see the similarities in design to todays evs considering how early so many of these concepts were.<p><a href="https://youtu.be/Xzk6acQO-KQ?si=zNIOA70iBS2_upWf" rel="nofollow">https://youtu.be/Xzk6acQO-KQ?si=zNIOA70iBS2_upWf</a></p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 2024 18:04:56 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38833786</link><dc:creator>willtheperson</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38833786</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38833786</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by willtheperson in "Real vs. fake AirPods with industrial CT"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I would like to see comparisons for things in the same price category too. Especially for something like usb-c cables where it's hard to know if you are just paying for a brand or actual quality.<p><i>Most</i> of the time when you buy Apple you are buying a better engineered product and maybe these scans are just proving that it's actually hard to match their quality for the price.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 07 Nov 2023 19:16:26 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38181432</link><dc:creator>willtheperson</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38181432</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38181432</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by willtheperson in "The midwit home"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Exact same thought here but with their Caseta lineup. It is one of the most easy to configure and reliable smart home things I have in the house.<p>I still use HA on a RPi4 for other things, typically via Zigbee, but the Casetas always work like you'd expect from a light switch while also enabling smart stuff like voice control or automations.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 12 Oct 2023 17:51:00 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37860472</link><dc:creator>willtheperson</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37860472</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37860472</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by willtheperson in "Show HN: I made CSS Pro, a re-imagined Devtools for web design"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Couldn't agree more. I have no problem paying for tools, especially when they will save me time.<p>That said, don't I need to know how to use devtools (chrome/ff/safari) to do my job in the first place? It feels like this product is trying to inject itself into a process that isn't super refined but works fine.<p>The real problem is the dependency it creates. If I only know how to do frontend work with handheld UI controls, then I have to use them and am locked into this product. It doesn't promote me learning the css rules or understanding how to actually fix things, so then I'm back to the devtools and why am I using this?</p>
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<p>A bit pessimistic though right? Carbon capture through both natural and engineered methods is a thing that could have more investment/incentive if that were the case which counters the idea that just because CO2 hangs around a long time doesn't mean there's nothing to be done about it.<p>Obviously, it'd be great to limit the production of more CO2 going forward but I don't believe that everyone will collectively just give up.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 22 May 2023 18:09:09 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36034653</link><dc:creator>willtheperson</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36034653</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36034653</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by willtheperson in "Chopper Commando Revisited"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Woah, someone else who played this game!<p>I spent many hours on my PC Jr trying to climb the ranks.<p>Thanks for making this!</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2020 05:56:14 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23841822</link><dc:creator>willtheperson</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23841822</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23841822</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by willtheperson in "Dropbox Professional"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>You're on Hacker News and your name is "digitalengineer." You're probably not their target customer :)<p>I have a bunch of friends in the creative space who use dropbox exclusively to share their work. It's a portfolio for them that's easier to update and control what the prospective client sees. Some of them also have a website portfolio (typically a squarespace setup) but they take so much time to build and maintain with fresh work that they end up sending both a link to the website and dropbox for the latest work.<p>I totally see why Dropbox is doing this, I just wonder if there are enough creatives who use it this way to make them any substantial gains or if the cool kids convinced them this was the most important thing to do.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 17 Oct 2017 18:42:15 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15493577</link><dc:creator>willtheperson</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15493577</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15493577</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by willtheperson in "React-map-gl – React components for Mapbox GL JS"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Somewhat related, anyone have a good list of drop-in React components organized in categories? I'm thinking of something like iOS Cookies for React Components.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 29 Aug 2017 18:52:09 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15126677</link><dc:creator>willtheperson</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15126677</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15126677</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by willtheperson in "Amazon engineer will let strangers manage his $50,000 stock portfolio 'forever'"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>This is probably it. I personally signed up for Robinhood based on this project. I'm already interested in stock trading though so it wasn't that big of a commitment from me but they do have a nice App and signup process compared to other financial trading outfits I've used.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 06 Jul 2017 22:35:24 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14714520</link><dc:creator>willtheperson</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14714520</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14714520</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by willtheperson in "Carbon monoxide poisoning from 3D laser printer may have killed Berkeley couple"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I think the question Steezy was getting at is, yes, those things are great. What kind of ventilation? Can I 3d print in the garage if the door is open? How much air is required to make it safe?<p>Is there a simple way to lookup a material and make sure you're using the right safety precautions? Most materials seems to carry the "will cause cancer, sometimes, maybe, always" label.<p>Is there a modern "maker" safety course, covering things like 3d printing, laser cutting, glues and paints, electronics, etc. that I can follow?</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 28 Jan 2017 23:14:54 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13510176</link><dc:creator>willtheperson</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13510176</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13510176</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by willtheperson in "Two-factor authentication for Apple ID"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Annnnnd I'm locked out of adding this because I couldn't answer my security questions that I definitely never set up (I know this because I never use real information but random words that I save in 1Password if I am forced to make these.) So now I can't add 2 factor to a device that is and has been signed into my iCloud account for months.<p>Neat.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 15 Apr 2016 23:18:43 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11508343</link><dc:creator>willtheperson</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11508343</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11508343</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by willtheperson in "Smartwatches and the three-second rule"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>If you are using iOS 8 on the iPhone 4, make sure you turn on "reduce motion" and turn on "reduce transparency" in settings > accessibility > increase contrast. That alone made my iPad 2 go from garbage unusable, to, ok.<p>Transparency and blur effects seem to be the culprit for most slowness on older devices.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 26 Mar 2016 00:07:00 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11363708</link><dc:creator>willtheperson</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11363708</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11363708</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by willtheperson in "Pandora to Buy Rdio Assets for $75M, Rdio Files Ch.11, Will Shutter Service"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>"I chose X so to validate my choice I will tell you why Z is the worst!"<p>It happens everywhere. Some get more caught up in it (Video Game console, iPhone / Galaxy, etc.).<p>Marketing tries to play into this a bit for free promotion. Make you feel intelligent for choosing them and you're part of a club so you'll spread their gospel.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2015 02:02:44 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10578734</link><dc:creator>willtheperson</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10578734</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10578734</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by willtheperson in "A freelance fashion designer took on a global footwear company, and both lost"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>It's kind of awesome that you can't lock down a style under legal means. It forces everyone to keep moving. It's probably also freeing to know that when you design something, you aren't going to be ripped apart because you were also inspired by some past design.<p>That said, it sucks for the designers who actually start the trend. What would be cool is if you, as a designer, could register your design just for the credit. That way, when the indie designer is looking for investment or a job, they can definitively say "I was the one who ... "<p>Dribbble/Linked in for fashion designers :)</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2015 17:59:37 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10440210</link><dc:creator>willtheperson</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10440210</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10440210</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by willtheperson in "Sentry 8 is here"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>How do you see yourself stacking up against Rollbar <a href="https://rollbar.com" rel="nofollow">https://rollbar.com</a> which has a free tier and unlimited users for paid plans? What makes your product more valuable?</p>
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<p>Is there such a device that you can put in your luggage that video records the contents and and towards where the person opening it would be standing?<p>Is it illegal to record someone going through your stuff? I mean, if they are just looking through it to ensure the safety of everyone, why can't I ensure the safety of my stuff?</p>
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<p>I think that's because they know the white collar criminal is going to have access to a good lawyer and they need a more solid case. If many of the charges end up being false, you are going to cast doubt on the whole case</p>
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<p>Doesn't reporting stats from this leak imply you have the data or access to it? I was under the impression that it was illegal to have this.</p>
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<p>I would enjoy seeing the same with Hacker News. It would be interesting to see how affiliation with Y Combinator influences the vote.</p>
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