samcolson42

Re:EA is shutting down BioWare on Wednesday October 21, 2026 @04:21PM (#50187072)

I think that the anti-AI stance from gamers online is really about art and art style, not about the code behind the game.

"What if you were told you couldn't hand-write code anymore?"

Posted by samcolson42 on Friday October 16, 2026 @08:49AM
from the samcolson.substack.com dept.

https://samcolson.substack.com/p/what-if-you-were-told-you-couldnt

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Re:X purges 13,000 accounts linked to suspected meddling ahead of US m... on Thursday October 15, 2026 @09:35AM (#50103493)

Can you provide some data about the scale of 'conservative voices... censored prior to 2022'? I have used the platform a long time, trying to take in a balanced set of news sources. I do not believe that conservatives ever had a problem getting their voice heard on the platform... All of Charlie Kirk's (vile) tweets are still up, for example.

Show HN: PodcastDelay – an open source RSS feed generator

Posted by samcolson42 on Friday October 09, 2026 @06:13PM
from the show-hn dept.

https://github.com/samcolson4/PodcastDelay

I'm a bit nostalgic. There are some podcasts I started listening to years ago (2017~), but not at the start (2008~). At a certain point, the podcast changes, maybe some stalwarts rotate out of the main line-up... I just want to go back, to the beginning.I'm also someone that has no self-restraint. I'll mainline ten of the same podcast in a day, then forget all about listening to no.11. Podcasts...

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Re:CarPlay Is Additive on Friday July 03, 2026 @09:58AM (#48775138)

This interaction works in Apple Music on the phone, but not in CarPlay.

Re:Show HN: StartupWiki – A Free Alternative to Crunchbase on Saturday June 20, 2026 @04:48PM (#48612861)

I’ve been trying to submit but hit an error about the string format not being correct. It doesn’t give any indication on which string is wrong.

Re:Box of Secrets: Discreetly modding an apartment intercom to work wi... on Tuesday March 24, 2026 @04:30AM (#47499925)

They're nice little speakers that also do well when controlling things through Apple Home, setting alarms, timers, reminders etc.

I'd love to know the % of Alexa Dots (whatever the small ones are called now) that are used for anything more than this.

Re:Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (March 2026) on Monday March 09, 2026 @07:03AM (#47307461)

https://GigClub.live

Letterboxd for live events. Currently a waitlist system in place, and we're very UK-focussed.

The long-term plan is to build a really enthusiastic community and then become a primary ticket seller.