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by iansteyn 16d ago
There’s this: [All Online Data Lost After Internet Crash | The Onion]( https://youtu.be/lvpuT3aoypE?si=UI8wTzkNXdEKMO4x ) which is pretty funny but doesn’t contain the idea of moving the internet into the trash bin… I feel li
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by iansteyn 2mo ago
Interesting idea, but just a tip: add “Show HN:” to the fromt of your title or it will get buried.
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What else happened in 1776 [video](youtube.com)
2 points by iansteyn 2mo ago|0 comments
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by iansteyn 3mo ago
404s for all five takes
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by iansteyn 5mo ago
This is very neat! Been wondering what people would do with the Zork code now that it is open source [1]. [1]: https://opensource.microsoft.com/blog/2025/11/20/preserving-...
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They fixed a typo with a human leg [video](youtube.com)
2 points by iansteyn 8mo ago|1 comments
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by iansteyn 8mo ago
P.S. i’ve tried my best to follow titling guidelines by using almost the original title, but removing extra clickbaity words. Let me know if I’m off target.
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by iansteyn 9mo ago
Sonic Pi is missing imo. (Some have mentioned Strudel, it’s a similar live-coding music platform). Admittedly Ruby-based, but it seems some of the other ones on the list are libraries/forms of other langs too.
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by iansteyn 10mo ago
OP here: ^this is a better post, it goes straight to the actual artist’s website
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Windows 10 desktop background wasn't computer generated (2024)(pcgamer.com)
2 points by iansteyn 10mo ago|3 comments
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by iansteyn 10mo ago
Yeah fair enough. I don’t think of genAI either when I hear “procedural generation” (or CGI - “Computer Generated Imagery” - for that matter). But the word “generate” has taken on new significance for the broader public now and I’m not sure
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by iansteyn 10mo ago
This post makes me wonder - does anyone else think there is a need for a term to more strongly differentiate between procedural generation (like this knot-drawing program) and genAI? I feel it really diminishes the impact of the work of pro
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by iansteyn 10mo ago
I really like how the author walks us through the generation process step-by-step. It makes it seem possible for me to build stuff like this too!!
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Custom Asidenotes(meyerweb.com)
1 points by iansteyn 10mo ago|0 comments
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by iansteyn 10mo ago
Dupe: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45904025
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by iansteyn 10mo ago
Source? Or is this satire
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by iansteyn 10mo ago
Aha, yep this is it. I got an email about it but didn’t notice until just now.
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by iansteyn 10mo ago
Meta-HN question from a newbie: Can someone help me understand why my 9-day-old submission is suddenly on the front page and says it’s from 3 hours ago? Edit: Solved.
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by iansteyn 11mo ago
Would you mind elaborating?
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by iansteyn 11mo ago
Yeah I felt the contradictions here too. Doesn’t the feeling of “magic” directly proceed from abstraction and non-tractability (or at least, as you say, not needing to understand every part of the system)?
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by iansteyn 11mo ago
I tried some of these today, unfortunately it seems they’re not universal across programs.
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by iansteyn 11mo ago
Location: Kelowna, BC, Canada Remote: Open to it Willing to Relocate: To anywhere in Canada (w/ preference for BC), maaybe RSA, Netherlands, USA. Technologies: Python, Flask, Java, PHP (LAMP stack), SQL, JS/CSS/HTML, Git&#x2F
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by iansteyn 11mo ago
This is true. I actually originally started using em-dashes because a high school english teacher called out my overuse of regular dashes (where they technically should have been em-dashes, but he didn’t know that) in the place of other typ
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by iansteyn 11mo ago
It’s a real pity to me that em-dashes are becoming so disliked for their association with AI. I have long had a personal soft spot for them because I just like them aesthetically and functionally. I prided myself on searching for and correc
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Synesthesia helps me find four-leaf clovers (2023)(matthewjamestaylor.com)
71 points by iansteyn 11mo ago|55 comments