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Re:Ask HN: How are most people converting HEIC to jpg? on Friday December 19, 2025 @12:26PM (#46328408)
heif-convert CLI https://github.com/NeverMendel/heif-convert

Use it to convert customer images sent from iphones.

Re:Show HN: Bash Screensavers on Tuesday October 28, 2025 @08:49AM (#45732161)
Even after updating still getting the same error

checked active bash version:

echo $BASH_VERSION

5.3.3(1)-release

Re:Show HN: Bash Screensavers on Tuesday October 28, 2025 @08:40AM (#45732065)
Seems to be a old version of bash installed and used by default on macos
Re:Show HN: Bash Screensavers on Tuesday October 28, 2025 @08:18AM (#45731837)
Bash Screensavers v0.0.27 (Mystic Shine)

./screensaver.sh: line 79: mapfile: command not found 1 .

(Press ^C to exit)

Choose your screensaver: 1 404 Screensaver Not Found:

Oh no! Screensaver had trouble! Error code: 1

Re:Show HN: Bash Screensavers on Tuesday October 28, 2025 @08:17AM (#45731825)
Same here
Re:Microsoft clamping down on Windows 11 local account setup on Tuesday October 07, 2025 @05:33PM (#45509165)
leave ethernet cable unplugged and dont join a wireless network?
Re:"Be Different" doesn't work for building products anymore on Monday October 06, 2025 @03:29PM (#45495286)
The first sentence in this article made it unreadable as it contained "red ocean"

tldr; typical corporate software development babblespeak slop

Re:Should paywalled links be minimised on HN? on Thursday August 21, 2025 @02:46PM (#44976519)
I have been using archive.is to bypass all the paywall trash.
Reformat Windows computers for $100 a pop, advertise with fliers at the supermarket or somewhere public where non-computer people usually go. Say something like - fix any computer problem guaranteed.
Re:100 Best Books of the 21st Century on Tuesday July 08, 2025 @01:58PM (#44502425)
Man, these paywalled posts without links to archived versions are killing me.
Re:Workout.cool – Open-source fitness coaching platform on Wednesday June 18, 2025 @10:25AM (#44310194)
Ah I see he mentions this
Re:Workout.cool – Open-source fitness coaching platform on Wednesday June 18, 2025 @10:24AM (#44310181)
Looks a lot like https://workout.lol/
Just put in a request for a cheat on WeMod :)
Re:6 Questions to Find Out How Your Employees Are Doing on Thursday December 19, 2024 @01:14PM (#42464207)
This is a table flipping set of questions.
Re:The Incredible Machine (1968) on Wednesday October 23, 2024 @10:47AM (#41925576)
They made it say NOICE
Re:The Triple Revolution on Sunday August 22, 2021 @01:21PM (#28267463)
Followed by an evening of Fallout 4.
Re:The Triple Revolution on Sunday August 22, 2021 @01:21PM (#28267456)
Reading this article has resulted in an afternoon of watching classics about Mutual Assured Destruction.
Re:How nasty was Nero, really? on Sunday June 13, 2021 @09:31AM (#27492411)
Gotta watch Quo Vadis later.
Re:Teach Yourself Demoscene in 14 Days on Sunday May 23, 2021 @10:20AM (#27255168)
Awesome! I "went" to Revision 2021! https://2021.revision-party.net/

Been watching the scene since 1992 this will be an interesting read.

Re:The Meme Machine (1999) on Sunday April 11, 2021 @12:42PM (#26771633)
The History of 4chan?
Re:Demoscene accepted as UNESCO cultural heritage in Germany on Saturday March 20, 2021 @09:04AM (#26522923)
Farbrausch!
Re:Phrack Magazine on Wednesday March 17, 2021 @05:20PM (#26496911)
Lifetime subscriber here
Re:Mischa's Cursed Webring on Friday March 05, 2021 @06:37PM (#26363693)
let's not forget about https://ytmnd.com/
Re:A new chapter – full-time working from a van in a forest on Sunday February 28, 2021 @10:49AM (#26294170)
Everything else (marriage, kids) are luxury items.
Re:A new chapter – full-time working from a van in a forest on Sunday February 28, 2021 @10:48AM (#26294162)
It all comes down to having a decent place to eat, use the restroom and sleep. After that the only necessity is electricity and internet.
Re:78rpm Records Digitized on Saturday February 13, 2021 @01:32PM (#26125513)
Ssshh!
You know you do it just to look L337...
Re:Logical Fallacies on Saturday January 30, 2021 @10:05AM (#25969623)
If you can directly identify any of these fallacies while arguing on the internet your stance on the subject instantly becomes correct and the opposing view wrong.
Re:Do we have negative prime numbers? on Saturday January 16, 2021 @10:22AM (#25802732)
The first response was good "looks like there are some directly below your question ;) " BURN

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