Hacker News: wwilim

New comment by wwilim in "Show HN: Find matching acrylic paints for any HEX color"

wwilim — Sat, 08 Nov 2025 10:14:11 +0000

I am absolutely sure putting a ```

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Also, try IONIC paints, they are awesome

New comment by wwilim in "Universe expected to decay in 10⁷⁸ years, much sooner than previously thought"

wwilim — Mon, 12 May 2025 16:42:39 +0000

Better get around to painting those Warhammer minis soon

New comment by wwilim in "Why is English so weirdly different from other languages?"

wwilim — Thu, 01 May 2025 23:22:30 +0000

Let humanity claw at eachother's throats with a living new language

New comment by wwilim in "Why is English so weirdly different from other languages?"

wwilim — Thu, 01 May 2025 23:21:23 +0000

Polish language spelling bees are ubiquitous in primary school in Poland, although Polish spelling is an order of magnitude less messed up than English spelling.

New comment by wwilim in "Pope Francis has died"

wwilim — Mon, 21 Apr 2025 08:49:51 +0000

Given how changes of power tend to swing nowadays, I am afraid I guessed it right (pun not intentional)

New comment by wwilim in "How to Win an Argument with a Toddler"

wwilim — Tue, 15 Apr 2025 18:12:24 +0000

I'm 31 this year and it works on me, so...

New comment by wwilim in "Mountains, Cliffs, and Caves: A Guide to Using Perlin Noise for Procedural Gen"

wwilim — Sat, 08 Mar 2025 09:15:43 +0000

Most of the images don't seem to load for me

New comment by wwilim in "The year I didn't survive"

wwilim — Wed, 12 Feb 2025 08:32:29 +0000

I like to explain this state to people by saying that my circuit breakers popped.

New comment by wwilim in "The year I didn't survive"

wwilim — Wed, 12 Feb 2025 08:30:24 +0000

Grief and postpartum is a very dangerous combination. I know someone who landed in a mental facility for 5 weeks when her baby was barely 4 months old. Seek help, consult a psychiatrist, get therapy. Don't be afraid of medication, there are antidepressants that don't filter into your milk, and the doctor will know which ones they can safely give you, just tell them you're breastfeeding. You can manage going to therapy with a baby, many therapists allow you to bring your child. Don't let other people take control when they assume you're weak and failing, you're not. Take care.

New comment by wwilim in "Paper Apps"

wwilim — Thu, 06 Feb 2025 19:29:01 +0000

Don't think about the elephant

New comment by wwilim in "Living with Nausea: My Story in Six Charts"

wwilim — Sat, 01 Feb 2025 11:31:12 +0000

The author states they often can't leave the house and people are offering advice like diving and mountain climbing.

Only someone with a disability can understand what it's like to be weak. Not temporarily weak, just weak. Unfit for anything.

New comment by wwilim in "Living with Nausea: My Story in Six Charts"

wwilim — Sat, 01 Feb 2025 11:29:16 +0000

As plausible as this might sound, it's kind of "just man up and power through it" advice. They stated they often don't feel well enough to leave their house.

New comment by wwilim in "Taking a $15 Casio F91W 5km underwater"

wwilim — Fri, 31 Jan 2025 16:14:55 +0000

So did I!

New comment by wwilim in "My Takeaways From 12 Months Of Therapy"

wwilim — Sat, 04 Jan 2025 13:13:48 +0000

How do I know if my therapist is a good fit? There are good days but on bad days I don't know if it's him or if I'm just that emotionally constipated

New comment by wwilim in "Ask HN: What's the most creative 'useless' program you've ever written?"

wwilim — Wed, 23 Oct 2024 10:12:05 +0000

I wrote a Python script which could turn any Youtube video into the opening sequence of Netflix's Dark.

Highly recommended to watch btw

New comment by wwilim in "Crokinole"

wwilim — Fri, 18 Oct 2024 13:22:39 +0000

plama*

New comment by wwilim in "Crokinole"

wwilim — Fri, 18 Oct 2024 13:22:07 +0000

The opposite would be "plamiable"

New comment by wwilim in "Type 2 diabetes: New treatment eliminates insulin for 86% of patients"

wwilim — Thu, 17 Oct 2024 21:45:36 +0000

eh, I had a brief glimmer of hope

New comment by wwilim in "The Great Splunkbundling (2021)"

wwilim — Wed, 16 Oct 2024 21:48:58 +0000

I briefly worked for a place which used Splunk for what you'd normally use ELK for. I found it way more forgiving and in many ways easier to deal with than ELK, if only for the 100% certainty that you can run any query on anything, even if it sometimes takes ages. It was an old version, too.

New comment by wwilim in "All possible plots by major authors (2020)"

wwilim — Tue, 15 Oct 2024 20:17:03 +0000

Stephen King: you'll know better than to FAFO after I tell you what happened in Maine a few decades ago.