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Re:What Dolly, then it's remnants (AL97), taught my weather site about... on Sunday August 30, 2026 @12:21PM (#49500057)
Author here. Self-funded weather tracker for 18 Eastern Caribbean islands, one year old this month. TL;DR: our provider's "gust" estimate was inaccurate for our region, and on a squally morning it put 45 mph on islands whose airports had measured nothing close to that. Happy for suggestions or feedback.

Show HN: Poems from 20 years ago shared via interactive website

Posted by ashitlerferad on Monday August 24, 2026 @12:04PM
from the show-hn dept.

Author here. Firstly, this is all free, not selling a book or anything. Honestly, these are not good enough for that. But if you get to the end you'll see where all of it eventually led. So, in 2004 I had a folder with poems I typed mostly late at night, in my early 20's. Navigation buttons and GIFs for a website I was building to share them, and a mailing list of 86 addresses. I wonder how...

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Show HN: Built my 15-year-old game idea

Posted by ashitlerferad on Thursday August 20, 2026 @07:28AM
from the show-hn dept.

Especially need help testing the balance of immutable distros.Distro Fighter: WARS - is in closed beta, but HN users get their own key: https://distrofighter.com/wars?beta=hackernews-2026The arcade at https://distrofighter.com is open to everyone.Promotions happen at midnight tonight (weekly) and the seasons (migration) are quarterly. With a massive surprise at the end of each year.

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Re:Show HN: built my 15-year-old game idea on Sunday August 16, 2026 @04:16PM (#49323261)
Thanks for the feedback!! Sounds like you tried the one-off Arcade or vs. game modes. But what you described is the WARS beta mode. As you mentioned:

"each representing their own operating system." = yes, and also DE/WM. "Each OS can have its own power ups." = Yes, via Linux packages in the game along with distro specific perks.

Give the beta a try. Hope that's what you had in mind. <3

Re:Show HN: built my 15-year-old game idea on Sunday August 16, 2026 @03:17PM (#49322804)
Haha thanks. Especially for those older gamers it really should bring back memories. Did the beta key link work ok?

Show HN: built my 15-year-old game idea

Posted by ashitlerferad on Sunday August 16, 2026 @01:35PM
from the show-hn dept.

Distro Fighter: WARS is in closed beta, but HN gets its own door: https://distrofighter.com/wars?beta=hackernews-2026 - the arcade at https://distrofighter.com is open to everyone.Promotions happen at midnight tonight (weekly) and the seasons (migration) are quarterly. With a massive surprise at the end of each year.

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Re:Azure Linux Desktop on Saturday June 06, 2026 @10:15PM (#48431103)
AI slop

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