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Show HN: Is It Greg?

65 points by antoineleclair 14d ago

My friend Greg often posts incredible things he just made, just for fun. Often, I don't realize that it's something HE made and then I see the URL, AND IT'S MY FRIEND, GREG! A few things he made that I think are amazing: - ikea complexity index: https://ikea.greg.technology/ https://ikea.greg.technology/ - Boing: https://boing.greg.technology/ https://boing.greg.technology/ I want to make sure I don't miss anything from him, so I created this Chrome extension that flags things posted by Greg, or linking to his website or a subdomain. I hope other people will install the extension and never miss anything Greg made.

gregsadetsky 14d ago
I’m obviously biased, but I’m also extremely grateful. Thank you!!!!
LoganDark 14d ago
This is awesome! The idea can be generalized too: - Highlight comments from a customizable set of particular authors - Highlight commenters that reply within their subthreads But of course, that loses some of the charm of working just for Greg :)
- hopelezz 14d ago
  Was literally going to say this.
fcjr 14d ago
I do love seeing my friend greg here
- gregsadetsky 14d ago
  I was just talking about you in another thread!! https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49690457 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49690457
jryio 14d ago
Hi Greg it's you!
lanewinfield 14d ago
i usually go to gcombinator for my greg updates
- gregsadetsky 14d ago
  obligatory link to our dear friend Guy's Guycombinator site!!! https://www.guycombinator.net/ https://www.guycombinator.net/
proteusvacuum 14d ago
I didn't know I needed this, thank you!!! Also, hi Antoine!
- antoineleclair 14d ago
  Hi! HN is such a small world.
tamimio 14d ago
Please don’t turn this into an e-celebrity twitter clone with all that circlejerking, it would be even better to remove the authors name, just whatever the content/comment is posted that matters, someone might like a post from an author but don’t like the other post, seeing the author might prevent proper criticism or add bias, an author-anonymous contents are the best.
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pokpokpok 14d ago
This is helpful but I'm worried about false negatives, are you working on more advanced greg detecting algorithms?
jmgrosen 14d ago
hope to get a greg collab on here sometime
mtlynch 14d ago
I haven't seen Greg's stuff before, but I discovered Disco through this, and it looks neat: https://disco.cloud/ https://disco.cloud/
jason_pon 14d ago
It's look interesting with his head icon
bkallus 14d ago
I lent Greg a Minivac 601 for a week or so last month. He returned it in a big zippered bag, which I stole because it was pouring rain and I needed to bring the Minivac back to my car. I was going to return it at the MIT swapfest in a week, but I think he can't make it anymore. Sorry Greg!
- gregsadetsky 14d ago
  Well I'm even more 1000%%%%%% coming to the swapfest now!!!! My precious bag, haha. Also, you are the most incredibly generous person for lending me that extraordinary piece of computing history!! I recorded its relay sounds and actual resistances. I truly cannot tell you how happy it made me. Yes, even more greg stuff here, what the heck: https://minivac.greg.technology/ https://minivac.greg.technology/
vladsiu 14d ago
haha, nice tool

gregsadetsky 14d ago

I’m obviously biased, but I’m also extremely grateful. Thank you!!!!

LoganDark 14d ago

This is awesome! The idea can be generalized too: - Highlight comments from a customizable set of particular authors - Highlight commenters that reply within their subthreads But of course, that loses some of the charm of working just for Greg :)

hopelezz 14d ago
Was literally going to say this.

fcjr 14d ago

I do love seeing my friend greg here

gregsadetsky 14d ago
I was just talking about you in another thread!! https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49690457 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49690457

jryio 14d ago

Hi Greg it's you!

lanewinfield 14d ago

i usually go to gcombinator for my greg updates

gregsadetsky 14d ago
obligatory link to our dear friend Guy's Guycombinator site!!! https://www.guycombinator.net/ https://www.guycombinator.net/

proteusvacuum 14d ago

I didn't know I needed this, thank you!!! Also, hi Antoine!

antoineleclair 14d ago
Hi! HN is such a small world.

tamimio 14d ago

Please don’t turn this into an e-celebrity twitter clone with all that circlejerking, it would be even better to remove the authors name, just whatever the content/comment is posted that matters, someone might like a post from an author but don’t like the other post, seeing the author might prevent proper criticism or add bias, an author-anonymous contents are the best.

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pokpokpok 14d ago

This is helpful but I'm worried about false negatives, are you working on more advanced greg detecting algorithms?

jmgrosen 14d ago

hope to get a greg collab on here sometime

mtlynch 14d ago

I haven't seen Greg's stuff before, but I discovered Disco through this, and it looks neat: https://disco.cloud/ https://disco.cloud/

jason_pon 14d ago

It's look interesting with his head icon

bkallus 14d ago

I lent Greg a Minivac 601 for a week or so last month. He returned it in a big zippered bag, which I stole because it was pouring rain and I needed to bring the Minivac back to my car. I was going to return it at the MIT swapfest in a week, but I think he can't make it anymore. Sorry Greg!

gregsadetsky 14d ago
Well I'm even more 1000%%%%%% coming to the swapfest now!!!! My precious bag, haha. Also, you are the most incredibly generous person for lending me that extraordinary piece of computing history!! I recorded its relay sounds and actual resistances. I truly cannot tell you how happy it made me. Yes, even more greg stuff here, what the heck: https://minivac.greg.technology/ https://minivac.greg.technology/

vladsiu 14d ago

haha, nice tool