_chendo_

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by _chendo_ 2y ago
Hey! Creator of Shortcat here. Glad to hear that Shortcat helps mitigate the cursor lag. I wouldn’t have thought Shortcat would be used on an EInk display!
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by _chendo_ 3y ago
Issue appears to be specific to EU.
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T-code – A protocol for implementing UART serial communications to an adult toy(stpihkal.docs.buttplug.io)
80 points by _chendo_ 4y ago|74 comments
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by _chendo_ 4y ago
Glad to see I'm not the only one that wanted this workflow! I added this the first cut of this feature to iTerm2 about a decade ago because I often work in the terminal, but sometimes need to reference files elsewhere in my workflow. T
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by _chendo_ 4y ago
Will do
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by _chendo_ 4y ago
I'm thinking about doing something similar to highlight where Shortcat's about to click cause I do agree that it could be better in that aspect. The amount of elements Shortcat will be able to pick up will be far greater than an O
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by _chendo_ 4y ago
Homerow's creator used to be a Shortcat user! He went with a more-vim like interaction model which optimises for minimal keystrokes whereas Shortcat's design goal is to minimise cognitive overhead
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by _chendo_ 4y ago
Thanks! I don't have a way to take tips yet, but you can support by pushing for developers to improve their accessibility implementations when you run into issues! I see you found the setting for that. It was a deliberate default initi
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by _chendo_ 4y ago
I'm not sure if an app like Shortcat can be released on the App Store given it uses the Accessibility APIs (sandboxing etc), also the 15-30% cut they take is a bit ooooof, but I do have plans to support company/teams licensing!
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by _chendo_ 4y ago
No worries! Glad you love Shortcat :D
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by _chendo_ 4y ago
It won't be open source, but I will be adding an API so it can be integrated with other apps and scripted
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by _chendo_ 4y ago
Thanks :D
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by _chendo_ 4y ago
I'm working on a version that allows sending arrow keys with modifiers to the targeted application, so soon!
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by _chendo_ 4y ago
Working on that right now :)
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by _chendo_ 4y ago
Oooooh, Hunt and Peck indicates that it's possible to make a Shortcat for Windows! I would probably need to pay someone to build that particular version though cause the last time I built anything for Windows was like 15+ years ago
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by _chendo_ 4y ago
Haha, thanks :) I did charge for it a couple of years ago, however I rebuilt the whole thing from scratch after a long hiatus and hadn't had bothered to reimplement licensing because the existing options all kinda suck, and figured I&#
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by _chendo_ 4y ago
I have plans to use ML/OCR to augment results down the road but the AX APIs and ecosystem on most apps (that I encounter, at least) are generally decent. Also, OCR means it won’t understand buttons with just icons, whereas AX APIs can
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by _chendo_ 4y ago
I've built an app that has the same goals (not operate a mouse) but approach it completely different. Rather than try to simulate the moving the mouse itself, Shortcat [ https://shortcat.app/ ] indexes the user interface
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by _chendo_ 4y ago
If they're so worried about FOSTA, it seems bad for their Head of Sales to offer services to an escort directory, no?
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by _chendo_ 4y ago
Cloudflare knowingly fronts many sites that violate FOSTA. They only cared when Switter made the press. Cloudflare gave us no warning when they suspended our account. What makes even less sense is that Cloudflare's Head of Sales emaile
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by _chendo_ 4y ago
We never told you we were violating SESTA. We never waved it in your face. You could have given us some warning, but you didn't. Until you show evidence on your work to overturn/repeal SESTA, I'm going to call bullshit on tha
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by _chendo_ 4y ago
Cloudflare claimed they were going to fight FOSTA but I've seen absolutely nothing done about it.
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by _chendo_ 4y ago
Cloudflare still fronts many sites that are most definitely violating SESTA, but presumably Cloudflare chooses to look the other way when they're taking money, or the CEO doesn't have a problem with the site.
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by _chendo_ 4y ago
A reminder that Cloudflare kicked off Switter, a social network for sex workers with zero notice, and zero evidence of any harms. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16876040 https://www.theverge.com/2018&#
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by _chendo_ 5y ago
Cloudflare booted Switter off with no notice, and no apparent outside pressure. See: * https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16876040 * https://www.vice.com/en/article/8xk78x/switter-down-cloud
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by _chendo_ 5y ago
Great article, and as one of the engineers behind Tryst.link, it's great to hear that we're her personal favourite directory to list on!
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by _chendo_ 6y ago
Glad you loved the concept! Unfortunately I've been rather busy the last couple of years and haven't had the capacity to work on Shortcat, and coupled with not being amazing at Obj-C/Swift/Cocoa (my major contributions a
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by _chendo_ 6y ago
Hello! Glad to see more people making tools around the Accessibility API. I've been working on a similar app called Shortcat ( https://shortcatapp.com ) almost 8 years ago (wow) but haven't had the time to properly work
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by _chendo_ 7y ago
Oh hey! Still kicking about but haven't really done Mac dev for a couple of years. Hope you're doing well too and keep up the great work with iTerm2!
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by _chendo_ 7y ago
It should, I originally built it for rspec output but it should work with most common formats that put the line number attached to the path with a colon.

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