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realty_geek

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Founder at https://housepriceguess.com/. You can reach out to me at https://bsky.app/profile/homestocompare.bsky.social

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realty_geek··on In Ukraine, distributed renewables foil Russia's assaults
We need more positive stories like this
realty_geek··on Pi 1.0
Must be super frustrating for you to hear that.

Sounds to me like things people say just to have something to say. True, it is good to listen to feedback but feedback without evidence is only going to waste your time.

Thanks for all your hard work and keep going in the direction that makes sense to you!

realty_geek··on SpaceX's Starship launching to orbit for first time ever today
ooops - not giving up yet.
realty_geek··on Microsoft killed FoxPro in 2007. Anyway, here's FoxPro revived
Interesting.

Do you spot any opportunities for new solutions in the real estate space these days?

realty_geek··on iOS 27, iPadOS 27, and macOS 27
This should be the top comment!!!

It is so incredibly bad that for years I have assumed it must be me or my specific laptop. And then the years go by I just accept it.

Anytime Apple is mentioned "comically bad search" should be mentioned. It is the association I have in my mind.

realty_geek··on Ask HN: What are you working on? (September 2026)
I'm doing a house price guessing game for the UK:

https://housepriceguess.com/

It's just a fun game but can be useful for people wanting to get a better sense of what the real estate market is like at the moment.

I should really have added a bunch more games by now but I've been sidetrack. Mentioning it here has already given me a bit of motivation to do that now.

Any feedback will be much appreciated.

realty_geek··on Automattic's board forces CEO Matt Mullenweg into leave of absence
Why is this getting downvoted. Is it because of a general anti-cloudflare sentiment?
realty_geek··on iPhone Duo
Can you just use the 2 without a phone?
realty_geek··on [dead]
This is the most exciting direction for LLMs for me. I am already dreaming of the day when you boot to an LLM that proceeds to implement an OS on the fly. Wow - just the thought has me salivating.
realty_geek··on Hy4 preview
Has anyone tried CodeBuddy? Is it worth trying out?
realty_geek··on Iceland votes on whether to restart talks on joining EU
"marked using a pencil"

Why would you not want to mark paper ballots with pens / ink which will be harder to change?

realty_geek··on Outbid – A Million Dollar Homepage for 2026?
I jumped on the hype and paid $8 for a link on outbid.lol

Was I stupid? Probably...

But at this stage I am experimenting with reddit ads which charge more than $1 for a click so if I get more than 8 clicks I won't be doing too badly.

It's hard to know the value of such small ad spends but everyone has to start somewhere.

Advice from anyone who has figured out an amazing advertising solution will be much appreciated.

https://outbid.lol/product/singlepropertypages.com

realty_geek··on Children's stunted lungs show recovery in ultra low emission zone
There is a chap in London who does some great work with researching and spreading awareness of air pollution:

https://clara.southlondonscientific.com/

He also runs this repo:

https://github.com/southlondonscientific/aeolus

realty_geek··on The Amazon Tax
Would love a similar post breaking down the rightmove (UK equivalent of zillow) tax. Fortunately there is currently a court case against them that might help. I am also starting a #RightmoveHygiene campaign to encourage people to spend less time on there.
realty_geek··on A domain can now say it is for sale, in DNS
A bit tangential but I imagine some of the smart folks here might have interesting opinions on this. There are a few sites popping up that let you do something interesting with content at a given url by changing the domain name slightly.

The best example is changing the g in github.com to u.

That results in uithub.com making the data there LLM friendly. Is that considered infringement?

realty_geek··on Why Do Fewer Renters Expect to Move?
evidence?
realty_geek··on Let's all meet up in the Y2K
Why is the dentist chair hack not more of a thing?

I need it.

realty_geek··on Cloudflare OS: an open platform for agents, apps, and work
I wonder if some of the ideas in cloudflare OS will find their way into EmDash.

Currently I am quite bullish on EmDash.

realty_geek··on The session you cannot take with you
Fair point. The core issues will remain but I am hoping buzz will provide a small layer of persistence that will make it easier for me to keep track of many different interactions more easily.

I have only just started with it in the last few hours so I could be massively disappointed but I live in hope.

realty_geek··on The session you cannot take with you
Will https://buzz.xyz/ not help with this a bit?
realty_geek··on LinkedIn is a cesspool of scammers and identity theft
Sorry, I don't understand.

Somehow linkedin creates a new account (on linkedin? - so a brand new account?) without your agreement?

realty_geek··on Frieve Vinyl Explained – Microscopic stylus/groove physics simulation
how do I enable the sound??
realty_geek··on Show HN: 18 Words
Interesting to see how much more popular creating games has become as AI has become more powerful. Right now I am working on a house price guessing game and I know I would not have be able to get anywhere with it a couple of years ago. It has still taken me a few weeks to get it where I wanted but I have had to intervene a lot with things the AI just wasn't good at.
realty_geek··on GPT-5.6
Wow, the "Agents' Last Exam" graph looks unreal!
realty_geek··on Have you restarted your computer this week?
From the post I learnt about:

https://github.com/tw93/mole. (Clean, uninstall, analyze, optimize, and monitor your Mac from the terminal.)

How have I not heard of this before?

realty_geek··on HackerRank open sourced its ATS. My resume scored 90/100. Oh wait 74. No – 88
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realty_geek··on HackerRank open sourced its ATS. My resume scored 90/100. Oh wait 74. No – 88
Why doesn't something like this exist for real estate? A popular open source AVM (automated valuation model) that helps home sellers get an idea of what their home will sell for. Right now it seems AVMs are mainly seen as just a way to capture leads. Every estate agent will tell you they have some magic recipe that makes their valuation better than anyone else's. I have had a bunch of ideas on how to approach this, but I really could do with a collaborator or two.
realty_geek··on IP Crawl: Living atlas of open webcams discovered on the public internet
Seems a bit shifty to be honest...

What is the goal?

And they've created a reddit page specifically for this!

realty_geek··on Previewing GPT‑5.6 Sol: a next-generation model
Come on openAI - add @simonw to your privileged team before the plebs start a revolution!!!
realty_geek··on RubyLLM: A Ruby framework for all major AI providers
Well put!!!

You work your arse off for free and the guy who made the disparaging comment didn't even bother to research to see if he had the details right.

Hat's off to you Carmine for all your work. Many people really do appreciate it.

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