lightandlight

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by lightandlight 20d ago
> The web is a few dozen companies, each holding a filing cabinet, each with a receptionist posted out front. He'll read you one file at a time, but only files you can name, as fast as he cares to read, and as long as his boss allow
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by lightandlight 2mo ago
Yeah, I used to Google things until Google went to shit. Now I use Kagi, but it doesn't sound like a verb. I'll gladly add "search [it] up" to my lexicon :)
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by lightandlight 2mo ago
I learned about 0mq a few years back, found myself wondering why it had such an air of quality . Then I found Hitnjens' writing, only to learn that he had been gone for a while. I was surprised by my sense of loss.
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by lightandlight 2mo ago
> Good luck standing out universe filled with AI slop apps. This was written sarcastically, but I'm optimistic. The more crap that's out there, the more refereshing and noticeable it is when something is good .
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by lightandlight 3mo ago
I'm learning operating system fundamentals by writing baremetal code for my Raspberry Pi. My medium term goal is to draw a cursor and move it using a mouse. I recently got the USB host driver to the point where it could recognise port
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by lightandlight 6mo ago
> browser-based demo Wait, so is the browser running a JavaScript build of Qemu? /
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by lightandlight 6mo ago
> Reddit, HN Hacker News still has a feed (that's the only reason why I saw this thread). And Reddit gives you a feed for your subscribed subreddits.
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by lightandlight 6mo ago
> The commit activity might look unusual because I worked in very intense 12h/day sprints over 14 days. That's a weird way to put it. The commit activity looks unusual because it's a completed project whose files were indi
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by lightandlight 6mo ago
Good to see more hobby OS projects. I'm almost due to start another round of learning this stuff. What have been the most helpful reference materials so far? What's the most memorable challenge you overcame? What's the cooles
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by lightandlight 7mo ago
> Reading all the really, super old documentation that explains entire subsystems in amazingly technical depth Any links? > Maybe this is also why Smalltalk fiends are such fans. I started getting interested in Smalltalk after I tried
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by lightandlight 8mo ago
> do you think there's any appetite in people paying for this type of tool which lets you spin up infra on demand and gives you all the capabilities built so far? (I'm not the author) The easiest way to charge for this kind of
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by lightandlight 8mo ago
I often go one step futher by appending a short random identifier, `{service}.{id}@{domain}`, to make it harder to guess (in case someone learned of my email address policy). I created a little GTK program to help: https://github
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by lightandlight 9mo ago
I'm with you. Surprised by the negative reactions here. A possible piece of the puzzle: I originally read the article on mobile, no issues. Then I opened it on my desktop, and found the design quite jarring. The margins are much too la
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Show HN: Request sensitive user input from system services(github.com)
2 points by lightandlight 9mo ago|0 comments
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by lightandlight 9mo ago
This year I moved off LastPass, and started using [Syncthing]( https://syncthing.net/ ) to sync my [KeepassXC]( https://keepassxc.org/ ). It works pretty well, but doesn't have any automatic conflict resol
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by lightandlight 1y ago
Right, and [kjkjadksj says]( https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44445957 ) a similar thing: > If you have a feed reader system there is no need to subscribe [via YouTube] in the first place. You’ve obviated that system.
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Teaching feed readers about YouTube subscriptions(lectio.news)
17 points by lightandlight 1y ago|14 comments
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by lightandlight 1y ago
I wrote a program that exposes my YouTube subscriptions as a news feed. It's seriously a relief to finally have this stuff show up in [my feed reader]( https://www.newsblur.com ). It's not a "Show HN" because t
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by lightandlight 1y ago
I'm encouraged by what you've shared here. My impression of this topic is that it attracts a lot of cranks: "The secrets of the universe have been revealed, and you are all blind!" Sounds like you're open to feedbac
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by lightandlight 2y ago
I was pretty confused about why this even exists (it's weird to read a bunch of paragraphs that are semantically valid but don't seem to convey information), and then I read the [Privacy Notice]( https://www.mozilla.org&
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by lightandlight 2y ago
Here are some of my experiences: * Figuring out where to start when learning new things (see also < https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43087685 >) One way I treat LLMs is as a "semantic search engine".
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by lightandlight 2y ago
> I just asked ChatGPT what it knows about me, and apparently I am known for my work in the field of AI. [..] people taking this stuff at face value for anything important is terrifying. Yeah, I'd be more comfortable if it could say
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by lightandlight 2y ago
> > What I mean by this is, if you’re building in public there’s a 99% chance you’re going to end up building products for other indiehackers who are interested in following people who build in public. > There must be some named la
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by lightandlight 2y ago
The first tool like this I saw was [comby]( https://comby.dev/ ). I remember it being a bit annoying to use for small-to-medium refactors. Next time I'll try `grit` and see how it does.
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by lightandlight 2y ago
My childhood best friend died by suicide 2 years ago, after we had been out of contact for ~7 years. We were around 26 at the time. I had no idea what to about it, and it's something I still have to deal with as I get more in touch wit