Hacker News: wompawoo

New comment by wompawoo in "LEDs’ potential to save our night skies"

wompawoo — Mon, 20 Jul 2026 17:56:54 +0000

Check out southwestern Ontario as well. I've driven through there on my way to Michigan a couple times. It's purple at night. The sky is purple.

New comment by wompawoo in "Ratty – A terminal emulator with inline 3D graphics"

wompawoo — Mon, 11 May 2026 16:58:53 +0000

He'd probably be writing poison pill generators for AI, obfuscation tools (in the vein of public key crypto, but using entirely plaintext, in a style similar to Cockney rhyming slang) for social media posting. He was pretty anarchistic and antiestablishment. I'm sure we'd still see that coming through.

New comment by wompawoo in "Auraphone: A simple app to collect people's info at events"

wompawoo — Thu, 06 Nov 2025 20:48:28 +0000

business cards for phones lol It'd make more sense to include a QR code and an app to scan the QR codes and pull this info later on. That way you could quickly swap cards and keep your phones in your jacket, free from digital distractions.