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Re:What is going on with ceiling fans on Monday October 05, 2026 @10:52AM (#49965658)
Which one did you end up with?
Re:Website that plays bangers from Indian barbershops on Saturday August 08, 2026 @05:31PM (#49226093)
Thanks, this hits a memory somewhere in my brain.

I like the minimalist UI and the spinning CD cover :-)

Is there an Apple Music playlist as well?

Re:Map of Metal on Wednesday May 20, 2026 @08:35AM (#48206682)
Very awesome. Thanks for sharing and for making this. Reminds me of the Metal Evolution documentary by BangerTV. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xmiqVYZHTIQ&list=PLgzW3ulw6T...
Re: on Wednesday March 25, 2026 @09:43AM (#47517264)
I'm still sitting here thinking for a few minutes to figure it out. Don't leave me hangin'!
Re:Show HN: Fanfa – Interactive and animated Mermaid diagrams on Tuesday December 09, 2025 @05:42AM (#46203448)
It looks nice at first sight, but which data moves to which point exactly? Every element has blobs with all colours of the rainbow just moving across a line.

Wouldn't it be better if a Red square emits a Red ball that moves to some place? Or at least highlight 'paths' to show how stuff actually moves around?

Re:AI can turn us into a society of p-zombies on Saturday October 25, 2025 @04:08PM (#45706591)
> it's that it kills mental model diversity

Thanks for this. I’ve been struggling for some time for a proper argument to tell others how I feel about AI. And this is pretty spot on for me (and my mental model)

Re:Show HN: I'm making a detective game built on Wikipedia on Tuesday October 21, 2025 @06:29AM (#45654286)
What a wonderful game. Great animations and simple interactions. Could you share something about how you've built this @jasonsmiles?

I'm guessing it scrapes Wikipedia for a topic and then digests it, converting it into informational cards.

Re:Why Local-First Apps Haven't Become Popular? on Monday September 22, 2025 @09:48AM (#45333434)
I always start with a local first application. And then find that I want to access List X, Design Y, Scribble Z on the road and on my phone. Resulting in a frenzied search for a mobile / desktop alternative that includes syncing. Then finding a solution that requires a subscription and then falling back into fiddling with Google Drive, or something in the Google workspace.

I guess I should bring my devices back to exactly 1 device. Or just take a subscription on one service.

You are right on that. I’ll edit my post to reflect that.

Edit: Apologies, I can’t edit it anymore.

Apparently it's a common business practice. Spotify (even though I can't find any proof) seems to have build their software and business on pirated music. There is some more in this Article [0].

https://torrentfreak.com/spotifys-beta-used-pirate-mp3-files...

Funky quote:

> Rumors that early versions of Spotify used ‘pirate’ MP3s have been floating around the Internet for years. People who had access to the service in the beginning later reported downloading tracks that contained ‘Scene’ labeling, tags, and formats, which are the tell-tale signs that content hadn’t been obtained officially.

Re:Mozilla to shut down Pocket on July 8 on Thursday May 22, 2025 @02:46PM (#44065334)
Yep, this got me hooked on pocket as well. I had/have so many articles on there that ar easy to read on a bus / train / plane or in bed before falling asleep.

And the reasons to shutdown are pretty lame. “ But the way people save and consume content on the web has evolved, so we’re channeling our resources into projects that better match browsing habits today.”

It worked for me? And probably at least hundreds or thousands others?

Re:The top 10% owns 87% of the stocks on Monday March 03, 2025 @03:45AM (#43239709)
In the Netherlands, a financial advisory board (NIBUD) advises people to save 10% of their income. The average yearly income being around € 45K comes to a € 4.5K yearly saving. Deduct unexpected costs + that you want to spend part of this on actual savings _and_ realizing that many people don't manage to save that much due to increasing prices + senseless spending (subscriptions, fast fashion, etc.) makes it much less surprising.

Also, Hotels and Airbnb's are incredibly expensive (even for me, working a decent job with a good income) for families. That's why i chose campings over hotels and bought a decent tent.

And what happens with you as an author building up a sizeable amount if experience while writing?

Yes it makes you produce a book faster, but I feel you lose a lot of knowledge buildup along the way.

It's a nice hobby project, but why not just use a browsers built-in reader mode? It has all the same features, and works on (almost) any website.
Re:Meta Censoring '#Democrat' on Instagram on Tuesday January 21, 2025 @04:55AM (#42778219)
Can you link to where you find more reports? Is that in the Mastodon thread?
Re:Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (October 2024) on Monday October 28, 2024 @06:26AM (#41969587)
Cool, hopefully it will be in your top downloads ;-)
Re:Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (October 2024) on Monday October 28, 2024 @04:27AM (#41968814)
Great stuff! I tend to generate some colouring pages on the fly but these look great.

Can you add dinosaurs?

Thank you for sharing this encounter and for re-foresting the land.
Re:1M Users on Monday September 02, 2024 @06:06PM (#41429169)
Currently (12:05AM Dutch time, 6:05 PM New York, US) there are 14 pages of online users. So that’s about 700-ish ‘online users’.
Re:1M Users on Monday September 02, 2024 @03:22AM (#41423306)
I did a quick check on the Online Users [0] via the Browse functionality and found there is a filter for online users. Currently it's 9:19 AM in the Netherlands. And there is about 7 pages filled with Online users. 45 users per page. About 7 pages filled with users [1].

So that's around 315 Online users in Europe during the day. My guess is that during US daytime numbers will be higher. Maybe someone in the US can do a check in a few hours? :)

[0] https://spacehey.com/browse?view=online [1] https://spacehey.com/browse?page=7&view=online

People who share their screen over a zoom call and have a desktop cluttered with documents with insightful names, open tabs in browsers, or messenger applications open when switching windows.

I’ve even seen this in screen recordings that are permanently published on Video platforms.

It’s a gold mine for social engineering attacks.

Re:Ask HN: Figma web/desktop app architecture on Wednesday July 31, 2024 @02:42AM (#41116893)
Did you read through some of their engineering blogs? [0] They might not give you direct answers, but could give some hints on how specifics work.

There is also a specific blog about their infrastructure [1], maybe this gives you a better idea? Next to that, you could simply try to get in touch with one of their engineers.

[0] https://www.figma.com/blog/engineering/ [1] https://www.figma.com/blog/under-the-hood-of-figmas-infrastr...

Re:Software galaxies on Friday June 28, 2024 @01:40AM (#40818054)
Interesting and very cool!

But since navigating around is not easy, would it be an idea to implement a game like controller that allows you to move around?

Current controls are not working so well.

Re:Quake 1 potential original font on Monday June 17, 2024 @03:19AM (#40703045)
Agreed, although when they simply used a font without attribution I doubt there'll be a response.
In the Netherlands we have a great online and free resource called Delpher that allows citizens to freely browse over 2 million newspapers from previous decades.

Its bizarre to see how important archival content like that is being monetized instead of commoditised by MyHeritage…

For example, Delpher allowed me to investigate the life of some of my family members from whom I knew close to nothing.

Re:You Are Not Late (2014) on Tuesday February 27, 2024 @09:25AM (#39524463)
I was thinking something similar. Yes, a lot has happened. But which metric can we use to determine whether this was a successful decade?
Re:Show HN: Shelly: Write Terminal Commands in English on Tuesday January 16, 2024 @08:38AM (#39013115)
That story is likely “The feeling of power”.

See: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Feeling_of_Power

And for the full story: https://archive.org/details/1958-02_IF/page/n4/mode/1up?view...

Re:Why is my LG Washing Machine using 3.6GB of data/day? on Thursday January 11, 2024 @03:26AM (#38949351)
Likely, during the development process of the product, an App was desired. And these ideas about remote preheating were included. But later removed when the conceptual process ended and the Regulatory Compliance phase was started.
Re:The Eight Golden Rules of Interface Design on Tuesday January 09, 2024 @04:06AM (#38923900)
This post also reminded me of Nielsens' Heuristics. I can still recall them by heart and never heard of Shneiderman.

I can't shake the feeling that Nielsen (& Norman) simply marketed and productized their principles way better.

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