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KarlTheCool

Ah, I tried to boot up my old account but it looks like it's been deleted from being in the free tier too long. I cancelled my subscription after they had a nearly week long downtime.
Re:Some mistakes I made as a new manager on Sunday April 23, 2023 @10:26PM (#35683018)
I feel this response. If voicing your opinion is a risk that needs calculating, it's not worth trying. It's sad to see a small team's chat be bullied into a stream of just :eyes: :raising_hands: :party_popper:
Re:[ASK HN] how to filter out MSM media from YouTube feed? on Saturday March 26, 2022 @03:36AM (#30810021)
As part of your recommendations blob? You can click the vertical ... on a video and click "Don't recommend channel"

The "Breaking News" sections that show up sometimes you could probably zap with uBlock Origin.

Microsoft has a serious issue with thinking it's ok to wake up from sleep mode. I added a script to the task scheduler to resleep if woken up by anything other than the power button[1]. In retrospect, the wake ups were either to perform updates or some kind of bug related to transitioning to hibernation which ends up with the pc idling on[2]. Both of which would result in the classic hot bag / dead battery situation.

[1] https://github.com/KarlTheCool/NeverWake

[2] https://old.reddit.com/r/gpdwin/comments/iqmdeo/windows_kept...

Here's a pic: https://twitter.com/KarlTheCool/status/1388185172189741064

It's the YMDK Split 64: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/4000074426801.html

I wanted a split for ergo while working and an easier time gaming since I play with my keyboard 90 degrees. Not many options in the split market, but hot swappable is a killer feature considering the price difference between switches and a new keyboard. The small right shift was a pain since it's the one I use the most but I got used to it. Other than that the firmware is programmable so you can do whatever you want.

I have it paired up Kailh speed copper switches. They feel like laptop switches where there's no travel before the bump. You're just immediately pressing the bump.

I think the bigger problem is the design pattern of "mobile-mode vs desktop-mode". The document isn't meant to escape hatch on size, individual elements are.
Re:People Keeping BlackBerry Alive on Tuesday February 02, 2021 @02:30PM (#26005426)
The Priv is still my all time favourite form factor for a smart phone. Typing benefits are self explanatory but having your thumb off the screen by swiping on the keyboard was super nice. It was a total step backwards switching to a fixed keyboards.
Phones home and groups users who have the same IP address together. https://github.com/RobinLinus/snapdrop/blob/master/server/in...
I've been using Tor with proxy disabled[1] ever since that fingerprint tester[2] was posted a while ago. I figure of all people forking and hardening a web browser, I trust the tor project the most. I'm no tracking expert, but it's the only way I've been able to score a non-unique fingerprint.

[1] https://github.com/KarlTheCool/tor-without-tor

[2] https://coveryourtracks.eff.org/

Re:Show HN: A simple way to make HTML websites on Sunday November 22, 2020 @04:24AM (#25176136)
It's worth noting when doing this it registers each anchor in the browser history. If you want to avoid this, checkbox hacking with the :checked selector is an option.
Re:Patreon Raises $90M Series E at $1.2B Valuation on Tuesday September 01, 2020 @10:42PM (#24349507)
The one I know of is Liberapay (https://liberapay.com/) The most true to concept part? They don't take a cut on transactions, but instead have their own page on the site (https://liberapay.com/Liberapay/)
Re:Just how fast is too fast when it comes to web requests? on Wednesday November 13, 2019 @03:19PM (#21529024)
Probably a skeleton screen would be better. Show an empty version of the usual ui but with blocky placeholders as stuff loads in.

https://uxdesign.cc/what-you-should-know-about-skeleton-scre...