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Thanks rektide - Having just awoken from my caffeine blighted sleep after a caffeine carried coding session, I am compelled to tidy it up further! But I am pleased to see that past me made at least some attempt at keeping it neat! (for such a short script).

I decided that I wanted to type 'npx something' into the terminal to get up a Pomodoro timer and could not find something to suit my needs (minimal friction). Once the mood sets in for a long grind I just want to be able to set the Pomodoro timer up immediately and as a javascript developer, I always have npm to hand.

Hopefully others find it useful :).

npx pompoms

(because pompom was taken!)

Hi Mtmail - perfect - that it exactly what I'm looking for. Appreciate the help.

I should say I am aware of free and generous third party providers online - however I am specifically looking to do it myself.

An example of my quest might be https://protomaps.com/downloads/osm which allows me to draw on the map and then download a .osm file based on that.

Unfortunately this is the kind of video YouTube ruined for me by removing the dislike count.. I just don't know if this is a viable solution and don't have the time to verify if the advice is good or not. Sure the ratio is not the whole story.. but it's a damn huge headstart.

Not a dig at the creator at all - I have no idea who he is and I'm sure the guy knows his stuff... but at the same time... I'm not sure.. and that's the problem.

But it's only one video? Yeah... what about the next one? Basically I either stay confined in my bubble of trust on YouTube (which is what they want probably so I don't get offended and leave) or I just get my information elsewhere.

Still, at least this has allowed me to just pick up more books!

Btw I know this is unrelated to the video itself.. but I've been in 2022 for over 12 hours and havent had my first rant yet so this is me boiling over.

Ahh thanks - their comment below the video 'explains' their pathetic decision:

""" This is optional for creators today! But we’ve seen that when creators choose to turn off likes/dislikes on their videos, they can be bullied and harassed for their decision. Ultimately, because it’s YouTube’s responsibility to protect its community and create an inclusive environment where creators (like yourself!) feel safe to express themselves, we’ve decided to make the dislike count private across all videos, so that creators aren’t pressured to make this decision themselves. """

^^ Loosley translated >> We can't let our paying advertisers get review bombed and we have to ensure we provide them with the most value possible. We also want to phase the use of dislikes out of our algorithm for reccomendations and turn to an exclusively paid promotion model in the future but can't do that surreptitiously without removing the dislike button in advance. #ifeveryreccomendationisanadvertweonlyhavetotellyouonceintheT&C's

So I made this super simple by design top HN feed using the graciously provided HN api hosted on firebase. I am one of those (except for this time I guess) 'consume only' people who don't generally leave comments or likes etc; this site gives me exactly what I'm looking for over breakfast. I was thinking about adding a favourites system using local storage (or an actual db since I user Firefox Focus a lot). Hopefully someone else finds it useful :) - would love to hear anyone's thoughts - good or bad!