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mrroryflint

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About mrroryflint

Software engineer from London, England.

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    I read 150 books (mostly short and accessible) in a year a while back. It was one of the happiest times of my life after a very dark period. https://rory.codes/150-books-in-a-year/…

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    Comment #48395377

    Why did you re-submit this? Was it deleted before?

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    Comment #48381284

    I think first prompt to deploy was I have so many other projects that have taken days and in my eyes are way "better" but get zero attention.

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    Comment #48373944

    Cool idea, thanks

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    Comment #48372987

    Thank you!

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    Comment #48372339

    I built it and still suck, don’t feel so bad.

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    Comment #48371018

    Oh wow - that is very cool. Thanks for sharing.

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    Comment #48371005

    Very cool idea! Will try and add.

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    Comment #48370599

    Just wrapping up the beta for iOS! Will let you know asap.

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    Comment #48370164

    I'm* building an app currently! *my old pal Claude

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    Comment #48369912

    Cool idea - thanks! I'm building a mobile app as we speak so I'll add it for sure.

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    Comment #48369732

    Assuming you aren't from the UK, Peter Murrell is the husband of famous Scottish politician Nicola Sturgeon. He is currently on trial (having recently please guilty) for some very …

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    Show HN: Enigma – a walkthrough from Caesar ciphers to a working Enigma machine

    I recently went on a long walk (to get newborn twins to nap) and ended up having a long discussion with ChatGPT in voice mode; asking it to explain how the Enigma machine worked an…

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    Comment #48021757

    For years I've religiously read the Guardian's Blind Date column every Saturday morning. If you've not come across it: the paper sets up two strangers on a date at a nice restauran…

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    Comment #47831501

    There have been alternative (often mad) health proponents who have insisted upon only eating fruit in the morning for years - similar(ish) reasons. I think there is probably someth…

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    Comment #47741651

    We have a print on our wall that says "These are the good old days" - when I'm going through it with newborns, chaotic toddler tantrums and work stress...it's a good reminder that …

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    Comment #47598062

    Yup! I am, ironically, second guessing myself when doing edits now to ensure I don't sound like an LLM...thus altering my natural writing style in places.

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    Comment #47584210

    I recently added an AI Policy to my blog ( https://rory.codes/ai-policy ). The assumption now appears to be AI guilty unless proven innocent which I think is a travesty for readers…