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178 points·by lanewinfield·4 months ago·82 comments

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lanewinfield
·24 days ago·discuss
Cost per kill ("CPK" in industry lingo) is a dark phrase that feels disturbingly within reach of some of these companies.
lanewinfield
·last month·discuss
https://50centadjustedforinflation.com/

50 Cent is up 1 cent to 113 Cent.
lanewinfield
·last month·discuss
Thank you for sharing your story! I wish you continued success and I also hope that one day someone will share with you about how YOUR story helped them do something similar, just like the article did for you.

Also, Preston Thorpe (who Gavin mentions as inspiration) has an interesting story as well: https://pthorpe92.dev/intro/my-story/
lanewinfield
·2 months ago·discuss
Not to go off topic, but there's some similarities between that and the way that Hacker News is run/moderated. But I believe they've found a pretty ideal balance. Even though they occasionally annoy me with with fun things taken down, I understand the need to have some consistency.

Perhaps they need to take a page out of dang (and team)'s book.
lanewinfield
·2 months ago·discuss
comment of the year award
lanewinfield
·2 months ago·discuss
Gemini 3.5 Flash's 2000 token clocks aren't bad. https://clocks.brianmoore.com/
lanewinfield
·2 months ago·discuss
Really putting the "fun" in "Neal.fun." Yet another amazing work by Neal Agarwal.
lanewinfield
·3 months ago·discuss
I've been attempting to buy a cross section of one of these cables for a very long time. Anybody got a lead on one?
lanewinfield
·3 months ago·discuss
A bunch of ridiculous experiments with QR.

https://brianmoore.com/qrapps
lanewinfield
·4 months ago·discuss
hi, creator of the site here.

A LONG time ago, I was shared on a document with a brand font and was surprised to see it was a custom one. With a bit of testing, I realized I could pull it into a new document and that new document would then become "infested" with that font and allow me to use it anywhere else within.

I recently realized there must be even more fonts that exist that I don't know of, so (transparently, with the help of Claude,) I ran through a list of potential clients (some listed on Google Workspace's site, some I just assumed) and tested across many. This is the list I came back with.
lanewinfield
·4 months ago·discuss
who wants to screenshot what's on the other side because I sure as hell am not paying to see it!
lanewinfield
·6 months ago·discuss
https://brianmoore.com
lanewinfield
·8 months ago·discuss
I love how the site reflects the darkness of the screen in the youtube video. nice touch!
lanewinfield
·8 months ago·discuss
^ this! there's a lot of clocks to generate so I've challenged it to stick to a small(er) amount of code
lanewinfield
·8 months ago·discuss
nice. I restrict to 2000 tokens for mine, how many was that?
lanewinfield
·8 months ago·discuss
hi, I made this. thank you for posting.

I love clocks and I love finding the edges of what any given technology is capable of.

I've watched this for many hours and Kimi frequently gets the most accurate clock but also the least variation and is most boring. Qwen is often times the most insane and makes me laugh. Which one is "better?"
lanewinfield
·9 months ago·discuss
that’s a good idea. in future versions, i might need to consider multiple renderings as different economists likely prefer alternative visualizations of 50’s monetary adjustments
lanewinfield
·9 months ago·discuss
you bet. I pull it straight from the BLS.
lanewinfield
·9 months ago·discuss
it's on a scheduled workflow with github actions that rebuilds the site on the 15th, 30 minutes after the data is released.

cron: '0 13 15 * *'
lanewinfield
·9 months ago·discuss
hi, i made this. thank you for posting.

unfortunately due to the government shutdown, the BLS inflation data for September 2025 is delayed from October 15 (as it normally is) until October 24[1], so please check back then to see if he is >109 Cent.

assuming future stability, the site will automatically update on the 15th of every month.

[1] https://www.bls.gov/bls/092025-cpi-reschedule-notice.htm