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Re:Feds suspect ransom negotiator ran ShinyHunters extortion site on Wednesday October 21, 2026 @12:25AM (#50176073)

And remember to switch doors if Monty offers it!

Re:Jellyfin 12.0 on Tuesday September 08, 2026 @01:20AM (#49605824)

Chaptarr is great! Just had their public release after a long alpha testing phase

Re:Craig Mod built his own Good Reads on Tuesday July 07, 2026 @01:46AM (#48814063)

https://thestorygraph.com is another alternative

Re:NYC Rat Sightings (Daily) – Interactive Chart on Friday April 12, 2024 @01:37AM (#40009681)

Domestication

Re:Cory Doctorow on Kagi Search on Saturday April 06, 2024 @01:17AM (#39950168)

Sure, that specific endpoint doesn't meet their criteria. But point being, they're getting results from Google, and almost certainly pay for them using my monthly fee

Re:Cory Doctorow on Kagi Search on Friday April 05, 2024 @02:07AM (#39939135)

Assuming they use some form of this Google API[^1], they're surely paying for the results. What bothers me is that, by paying for Kagi then, part of that monthly fee is going straight back to Google, right?

[^1]: https://developers.google.com/custom-search/v1/overview

Re:Google Books Is Indexing AI-Generated Garbage on Friday April 05, 2024 @01:35AM (#39938988)

"Habsburg AI" - https://x.com/jathansadowski/status/1625245803211272194

Re:Bugs I've Filed on Browsers on Monday March 04, 2024 @12:40AM (#39587346)

Unrelated to the post, but I tried out your Loopbox app you linked in the bug report. I couldn't quite figure out how to get it working, so I clicked the question mark icon for a tutorial. But the linked YouTube video is of someone's holiday photos! Just fyi

Show HN: Traverser, generate hypnotising graph/network animations

Posted by SkepticMystic on Sunday March 03, 2024 @05:41AM
from the show-hn dept.

https://traverser-sooty.vercel.app

A quick little project to generate deterministic graph animations based on modulo arithmetic.Rule: Given n nodes and a list of steps, start at node 0, move steps[0] nodes clockwise, then steps[1], and so on. After the last step, wrap around to the first step and continue. Stop once the last step in the list takes you to node 0 again.Features: - Randomise inputs - Save output as PNG - Different...

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Re:Leaving Everything Behind For Elixir [video] on Wednesday February 28, 2024 @10:21AM (#39539072)

Could you recommend any channels to diversify my watching?

Re:Show HN: I made an app to use local AI as daily driver on Wednesday February 28, 2024 @12:23AM (#39534323)

I've found great utility with `llm` https://llm.datasette.io, a CLI to interact with LLMs. It has plugins for remote and local models.

Re:Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (August 2023) on Wednesday August 02, 2023 @05:29AM (#36968762)

  Location: South Africa & Germany
  Remote: Preferable
  Willing to relocate: Within Baveria
  Technologies: SvelteKit, Typescript/Javascript, Tailwind & Daisyui, MongoDB & SQL, Data analysis
  Résumé/CV: https://pivotdev.co.za
  Email: [email protected]

Highly specialised in Svelte.

Re:Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (May 2023) on Thursday May 04, 2023 @02:43AM (#35812015)

SEEKING WORK | FREELANCE | REMOTE | Germany,Munich | I'm available immediately.

Skills: Typescript, Python, Tailwind, Mongo, SQL, Svelte(kit), Azure, AWS, Data analysis/visualisation, Graph Theory

Email: rossk29 at gmail

I'm a younger dev, with just under 4 years professional experience. I've freelanced since getting into programming, and while working full-time.

Top 2 specialisations

- Fullstack Sveltekit,

- Advanced statistical analysis.

Available anywhere remotely, and in-person around Munich.

Checkout my portfolio here, where you can also get in touch for a project :)

https://pivotdev.co.za