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by projproj 7d ago
I always think the worst thing that can happen to a (mild) hoarder like myself is that one of the things I'm hoarding comes in handy. Using one hoarded thing justifies years' worth of more hoarding.
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by projproj 15d ago
I had an interesting experience after I stopped reading HN comments for two weeks. I think it had to do with not reading the doom and gloom on here, which I tend to agree with. But after two weeks of reading neither the hype nor the doom ab
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by projproj 20d ago
Such a funny coincidence. I opened HN in this new, 100%-rust browser[1] I'm working on to actually test some keyboard fixes I did last night. Every action was keyboard first and only got mouse access later. Browsing by keyboard is not
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by projproj 10mo ago
I admit it was a bit ridiculous. However, if Microsoft is going to brag about how much AI code they are using but not also brag about how good the code is, then we are left to speculate. The two outages in two weeks are _possible_ data poin
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by projproj 10mo ago
Obviously just speculation, but maybe don't let AI write your code... Microsoft CEO says up to 30% of the company’s code was written by AI https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/29/microsoft-ceo-says-up-to-3...
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Show HN: Friendlyfriends.community(friendlyfriends.community)
3 points by projproj 2y ago|0 comments
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by projproj 2y ago
I am trying out something along those lines with friendlyfriends.community (nod to Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep). Still pretty basic though, but feel free to give it a try. Edit: I'm exploring the idea that social media is not r
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by projproj 4y ago
https://flexbox.help/ I get a lot of people saying it was very useful.
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by projproj 4y ago
Here's an alternative I recently came across. In Firefox on the network tab of the dev console, right click on an XHR request. You'll have two relevant options: "Resend" and "Edit and Resend". Edit and Resend d
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by projproj 4y ago
I use these additional parameters: `&gsrlimit=25&prop=imageinfo|pageimages&iiprop=url|size`. I think it just changes how much and what type of data is returned, but maybe that could be the difference?
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by projproj 4y ago
https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/api.php?action=query&generat... search term here>&format=json (see https://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php?action=help&modules=query for reference) edit:
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by projproj 4y ago
I made canweimage.com. It can't replace all the features of Google, but it can fit the bill if you just need a basic search of Creative Commons.
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by projproj 5y ago
Depending on the time of year you go, make sure you get a reservation: https://www.nps.gov/arch/planyourvisit/permitsandreservation...
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by projproj 5y ago
Totally had no idea. Thanks for the tip. I guess tomdn.com is for non-ddg users only.
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by projproj 5y ago
Valid questions. I just think it's faster. One action on tomdn.com instead of 1. DDG "array.map mdn", 2. Find MDN result (usually first), 3. Click result, 4. See docs. Bangs are great, just shorter again to use tomdn.com: - `
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by projproj 5y ago
Check out tomdn.com. I created it to make it easier to get to MDN. E.g., instead of googling array.map, just type tomdn.com?array.map. It will take you straight to MDN docs on Array.prototype.map. Other things work as well, like tomdn.com?o
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by projproj 6y ago
One of the first things I do when looking at a new show to watch is try to find out if the show ends and was cancelled on a cliffhanger. Wikipedia is okay for this, but I've been wishing for a dedicated website with that info.
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by projproj 6y ago
I'm interested in the use case for people who use tools like this. Do you have a lot of bank accounts/credit cards so that logging into each bank site is a pain? I tried to get into finance tracking along these lines (YNAB), and i
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by projproj 6y ago
What are your favorite alternatives to Amazon? E.g., I go to monoprice for cables. Are there other niche options that you like for different products where you can expect quality?
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by projproj 6y ago
If you're looking for a decent replacement to images.google.com, I run https://canweimage.com . It gets results from Wikimedia Commons. There's also just https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
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by projproj 6y ago
>The trick is doing a manual entry for each transaction. I would second this for anyone whose goal is to spend less money. I think some people keep track of purchases just to see all spending and may not care about reducing spending. In
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by projproj 6y ago
The Crossing by Cormac McCarthy. Don't know how, but his words just made my brain buzz.
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by projproj 7y ago
Yes! This is awesome. Looking at all the budget software that uses monthly time frames, I was wondering why no one uses weekly. This quote is a great way to say it, "Even though most bills are paid monthly, discretionary spending is mo
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by projproj 7y ago
I felt the same way, and it's part of why I made spendweek.com (a privacy-first, easy-to-use competitor to Lunch Money, YNAB with a single focus on saving money instead of keeping track of all your accounts). I am sort of proud of my p
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by projproj 7y ago
Hello. I'd be very interested to hear your advice on this spend-tracking system. My goal was not to build something that keeps track of your assets and bank balances (YNAB) but to just spend less money. Thanks for taking a look!
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You Need a (Different) Budget(spendweek.com)
3 points by projproj 7y ago|1 comments
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by projproj 7y ago
Yes, I can look into that.
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by projproj 7y ago
That's a great suggestion. Thanks for chiming in.
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by projproj 7y ago
I hadn't looked into any other image sources. I'll check out Flickr too though.
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by projproj 7y ago
Oh, cool. They have a search API. I'll plan to add this as a source to canweimage.com.

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