mikelward
Re:Gemini 3.8 text-to-speech says hello
on Tuesday October 06, 2026 @01:44PM (#49981735)
After some experimentation I got Gemini 2.5 Flash doing a good en-GB and en-AU.
Re:Claude Code: Anatomy of a Misfeature
on Friday July 17, 2026 @05:42PM (#48952563)
Please stop it asking stale questions repeatedly on the Android app.
Re:Show HN: For 10 World Cups, my model's 2 favorites had the champion...
on Wednesday July 15, 2026 @08:21AM (#48919715)
> the model identifies Argentina (28.0%) and Spain (21.1%) as the leading championship candidates
Re:Global Warming at 3 °C by 2050? What's Behind the New German Climat...
on Wednesday July 15, 2026 @08:15AM (#48919641)
So China is #1. USA is #2 and more than India #3 and Russia #4 combined.
Australia and Canada also very high per capita.
Really needs a global solution with China and/or US leading.
Re:Swiss parliament lifts ban on new nuclear power plants
on Friday June 19, 2026 @01:44AM (#48595196)
I see what you did there.
Re:Ask HN: What are tools you have made for yourself since the advent ...
on Tuesday June 09, 2026 @08:04AM (#48459989)
- Mobile-friendly Hacker News client with pinning and offline support: https://newshacker.app/
- Android weather app that tells you what to wear: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=app.clothescas...
- Android launcher with fuzzy find: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=app.typelaunch...
- Webapp to view your ancestors on a world map: https://gedmap.com
- vcs wrapper around git, hg, and jj: https://github.com/mikelward/vcs
- Migrate my bash and zsh configs to fish and nushell: https://github.com/mikelward/conf
Re:From Supabase to Clerk to Better Auth
on Friday May 08, 2026 @11:55AM (#48064909)
Auth0 breaks password managers. Could you upvote https://community.auth0.com/t/request-addition-to-public-suf....
Re:Brave Origin
on Tuesday April 21, 2026 @07:30AM (#47847330)
Yep, that's a dealbreaker for me.
Re:Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview
on Thursday February 19, 2026 @02:59PM (#47078381)
I don't love the verbosity of any of the chatbots when I'm using my phone, but at least it put the answer/tl;dr in the first paragraph.
Re:How London cracked mobile phone coverage on the Underground
on Sunday January 18, 2026 @05:45AM (#46666682)
I don't think that's correct.
With the old WiFi networks (Virgin, Vodafone WiFi, etc.), yes.
With the new 4G+5G coverage, you can access that the same as you access above ground coverage.
Re:Green Card Interviews End in Handcuffs for Spouses of U.S. Citizens
on Thursday November 27, 2025 @05:06AM (#46067684)
The article says "temporary visas", not visa waivers. It also says "They had already been granted employment authorization". But I agree more details would be helpful.
Re:UK intends to scrap jury trials for majority of court cases
on Wednesday November 26, 2025 @03:10AM (#46055243)
In the US about 94% of cases don't go to a trial. Defendants are strongly incentivised to accept a plea deal even if they are not guilty, because the cost of a trial and the risk of a guilty verdict are too high.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plea_bargaining_in_the_United_...
Re:California DMV approves map increase in Waymo driverless operations
on Saturday November 22, 2025 @05:15AM (#46013615)
I always assumed it was because San Francisco is "North", and East Palo Alto is on the "East" side of highway 101.
Re:The Swift SDK for Android
on Saturday October 25, 2025 @04:13AM (#45702161)
The three buttons dialog (ContentView.swift Showcase) in particular looks like iOS rather than Android.
It still has the US government shutdown hasn't happened yet. It's really hard to call this news.
Looks great for general content. Love that it offers translation.
But the Sports section is bad. The game finished 10 hours ago and it's still showing a match preview.
Re:All British adults to require a digital ID 'Brit Card'
on Friday September 26, 2025 @03:15AM (#45383698)
Glory to Arstotzka.
Re:Rights groups urge UK PM Starmer to abandon plans for mandatory dig...
on Wednesday September 24, 2025 @11:54AM (#45362131)
I think it's probably this:
https://www.mitid.dk/en-gb/about-mitid/news/soon-you-can-no-...
They removed support for Android 9. Affected devices would not be getting security updates either.
Re:I have two Amazon Echos that I never use, but they apparently burn ...
on Saturday September 06, 2025 @03:59AM (#45147468)
I set up a Google Home to show family photos for my grandma.
Got a call soon after that it'd used her monthly home internet allowance.
I guess it didn't cache the wallpaper images.
Re:Continuous glucose monitors reveal variable glucose responses to th...
on Monday May 12, 2025 @12:28PM (#43964824)
*ISF (Insulin Sensitivity Factor)
Re:All four major web browsers are about to lose 80% of their funding
on Thursday May 01, 2025 @01:54AM (#43854133)
I think Apple also forced the world to move on from Flash. The iPhone didn't have Flash.
Re:Cake is watching you: I built a camera cake
on Saturday March 22, 2025 @11:38AM (#43446507)
The cake is a spy
Re:Apple pulls encryption feature from UK
on Friday February 21, 2025 @11:06AM (#43129118)
Re:More than 130 Lloyds, Halifax and Bank of Scotland branches to close
on Thursday January 30, 2025 @04:08AM (#42876205)
Having a Lloyds and a Halifax next door never made sense. Glad you'll now be able to go to either.
Too bad they're closing both in a lot of places, but at least their online services are the best of any traditional bank. [1]
It looks like they also had the most branches, followed by NatWest, Barclays, and Santander. [2]
1. https://www.ipsos.com/en-uk/en-uk/personal-banking-service-q...
2. https://www.statista.com/statistics/987092/leading-uk-britis...
Re:Live London Underground / bus maps taken down by TfL trademark comp...
on Monday January 13, 2025 @08:54AM (#42683415)
I would complain to TfL, but their complaints form is broken
> Sorry, something's gone wrong We have a technical problem right now. One of the following options might help you:
Re:I algorithmically donated $5000 to Open Source
on Saturday December 07, 2024 @12:58PM (#42351446)
Yeah, it's not much. But the publicity and the methodology and the possibility of others doing the same is more impactful than just the financial resources the author had.
Re:US weighs Google break-up in landmark antitrust case
on Thursday October 10, 2024 @02:49AM (#41796251)
TikTok, Vimeo, DailyMotion, various social networks.
Re:Studies suggest a drug-free nasal spray could ward off respiratory ...
on Saturday October 05, 2024 @08:43PM (#41753898)
You can get fluticasone much cheaper, it's also a nasal steroid.
It also gets higher ratings on https://www.drugs.com/compare/beclomethasone-vs-fluticasone for whatever that's worth.
Re:Studies suggest a drug-free nasal spray could ward off respiratory ...
on Saturday October 05, 2024 @08:40PM (#41753880)
From the studies I read, xylitol and saline was effective. One such product is called Xlear in the US.
It sounds like Becodefence also has a nasal steroid? If so, possibly combine with something like Flonase/fluticasone?