panosfilianos's comments

On: I keep turning my Google Sheets into phone-friendl...

[panosfilianos]

woah!

didn't even know you can embed videos on HN!

[starquake → panosfilianos]

I think your browser is doing some embedding cause I don't see an embedded video...

On: Ask HN: Create an app that sends an email with som...

[panosfilianos]

Maybe someone is more knowledgable but I think the biggest issue here is deliverability.

You'll probably have to use a reputable provider's API (eg. GMail, Twilio etc.) because otherwise the recipients' provider are likely to flag you as spam and people never see your email.

On: Ask HN: Is there any place on the internet capable...

[panosfilianos]

A solution in-between can be Mastodon.

Rich feature set, ability to be ingested by other services (other M servers, Bluesky, etc.), can self-host.

I don't know too much about search engine indexing, but I guess in the day and age you'd have to find your audience by other means anyway.

On: ReMarkable Paper Pro

[panosfilianos]

I wonder why the folios put the display to sleep.

Afaik, e-ink screens don't use any energy to display, but only to refresh.

On: Ask HN: Who is hiring? (September 2024)

[panosfilianos]

the video was really funny, congrats! hope you find the talent you're looking for.

[purpleidea → panosfilianos]

I'm glad you enjoyed it, the person who made the video is amazing! I didn't ask for anything specific, she just did it on her own! <3

I am going through the applications... We got a good number, so if you're waiting for a reply, please forgive the delay...

What's slightly unfortunate is that a lot of people seem to have applied who clearly don't have anything remotely close to the basic requirements in the posting. This tells me they did not read it or they are bots.

But it does take time to go through those since I actually read everything and am not using any sort of ML stuff or automatic processing.

My advice to those people: Stop doing this! You're permanently burning your reputation since we now know that you're being lazy with our first impressions of you!

On: Ask HN: Who is hiring? (August 2024)

[panosfilianos]

There is some issue with your email address (probably your email server) and you can't receive emails.

On: Immunotherapy Is Changing Cancer Treatment Forever

[panosfilianos]

Right to try makes this a variation of the Trolley Problem, because the person to pull the lever is the same person that's tied to the tracks.

[klyrs → panosfilianos]

Except they don't know if either they or the cancer dies in either switch state.

[amarant → klyrs]

It's Schroedinger's trolley, basically.

Aka one hell of a tough call

On: Immunotherapy Is Changing Cancer Treatment Forever

[panosfilianos]

This community may be of interest to you: https://community.cancerpatientlab.org/

It is comprised of very knowledgeble patients (like you) that are very actively involved in their treatment. I have been researching a lot of these resources due to my mother's condition, so feel free to let me know if you'd like to do some knowledge sharing.

Wish you all the best on your journey. God bless.

[jsperx → panosfilianos]

Thank you for this, I have an extremely rare subtype of sarcoma and it’s been tough to a) find any research about it specifically and b) find high-quality resources about state of the art treatments and interventions that aren’t like, Facebook groups where people post wacky articles about homeopathic stuff or whatever.

Would love to hear about any more recommendations you or OP might have for good forums etc.

On: Twitter is now attention roulette and ultimately m...

[panosfilianos]

I have put some thought into this and my stack includes an assortment of Chrome extensions to observe the behavior I like.

- Hide Youtube Shorts

- Hide Youtube Watched

- uBlock Filter to remove Upcoming videos from the subscription page

- Unhook with most options turned on

I do the same for Twitter with the Just Arrived extension tweaked from gh.

[coldtrait → panosfilianos]

> Just Arrived extension tweaked

This one? https://github.com/tecoholic/Just-Arrived

What about mobile? I find myself scrolling on my phone a lot and I use a modded app because Android, thankfully. I feel like the best solution is to just delete the app, ultimately.

[panosfilianos → coldtrait]

Yes, this one. No solution for mobile.

[thaumasiotes → panosfilianos]

> Hide Youtube Shorts

Interestingly, this is a non-hidden feature of YouTube itself; you can just close the shorts section of the page. Except that the setting automatically expires after some period of time, maybe ~1 month.

> Hide Youtube Watched

This doesn't seem to make a lot of sense; would you hide "heard" songs on Spotify?

[panosfilianos → thaumasiotes]

> This doesn't seem to make a lot of sense; would you hide "heard" songs on Spotify?

The content I consume it's better one off (podcasts, informational videos etc.). If I need to keep anything on them, I store them elsewhere.

On: Gordon Bell has died

[panosfilianos]

replies like these are the only reason to be at HN