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Re:StackOverflow now gets fewer than 1000 questions a month on Thursday October 29, 2026 @06:26AM (#50286875)
MooTools. Also, I fondly remember YUI Library that Yahoo created.
Re:Show HN: TitleArt – Make text like it's 1997 on Monday October 26, 2026 @09:05AM (#50242945)
There is SVG. File > Export > SVG
Re:Show HN: TitleArt – Make text like it's 1997 on Monday October 26, 2026 @09:04AM (#50242936)
I hope you have a good animated 'under construction' gif
Re:Show HN: TitleArt – Make text like it's 1997 on Monday October 26, 2026 @09:02AM (#50242899)
I think there was something on Acorn computers that did that. Maybe it was in its word processor.
Re:Show HN: TitleArt – Make text like it's 1997 on Monday October 26, 2026 @09:01AM (#50242893)
This is so much more fun than AI. I love playing around with it
Very well, I'll install Graphene OS at step 4, or step 3 if I'm getting a new phone.
Enable developer mode now, then you'll be ready for this.
A scammer would stay on the phone for an hour so they don't talk to anyone else about it. A few screens would be ignored.

24 hours might not be enough, and there is a risk that a scammer gets a user to go into developer mode and then calls back a few days later to try and 'fix the issue' or something. At least in 24 hours the victim might talk to someone about it and then find they're being scammed.

Then you switch banks
Comaps also has offline wikipedia entries. So you can be on a hill, and read about the iron age fort that was once there.
Re:An ad-free Android TV on Tuesday October 20, 2026 @12:02PM (#50168410)
But now we have a lower price anchor so people won't pay that much for them
It lasted whilst it was still in living memory
Re:Tiny Little Office on Thursday October 15, 2026 @08:28AM (#50102681)
That's amazing, thank you. I love that you can export JSON, edit it in your favourite text editor and then import it back. Its exactly what I want.
Re:Amazon pushes up prices across the Internet on Wednesday October 14, 2026 @11:31AM (#50089231)
For the cheap stuff, I usually find the quality better and sometimes lower prices by going to a shop like Home Bargains or B&M. Thats UK specific but I'm guessing there must be these sort of shops in the US too.

Wikipedia describes them as variety stores and has a list here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Variety_store#North_America

Re:Amazon pushes up prices across the Internet on Wednesday October 14, 2026 @11:23AM (#50089054)
> Both have a pattern where they might list let’s say an MP3 player which costs $30 but the price on the listing will be $3 because one of the product variants is just the case.

eBay do that too. Really annoying. Some day I'll make a browser extension to highlight it.

Re:Amazon pushes up prices across the Internet on Wednesday October 14, 2026 @11:21AM (#50089025)
There's a scene from Back to the Future, where 1955 doc notices that one of the failed circuits says Made in Japan. Marty then points out that all the best stuff is made in Japan.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1QcjsjjtRc

Re:Amazon pushes up prices across the Internet on Wednesday October 14, 2026 @11:16AM (#50088951)
How did you find your sourcing agent?
Re:US Suspends Visa Program for Tech Firms Including Microsoft on Thursday October 08, 2026 @02:30PM (#50009927)
\bai\b
Re:The people holding up the internet on Thursday October 08, 2026 @04:26AM (#50003225)
If you use Reader View in your browser, its much easier to read.
Re:Tesla takes on $30B in credit as it approaches unprofitability on Wednesday September 30, 2026 @05:48AM (#49906592)
Coolant - at least in the Hyundai Kona ev
Re:PipePipe: NewPipe hard fork implementing SponsorBlock on Tuesday September 29, 2026 @05:01AM (#49890201)
I just accepted that in exchange for it working some of the time. Also, I found that it didn't break for everything, just some videos.

Most of my YouTube viewing is done with SmartTube on my TV. My phone is mostly used for watching a DIY video when I'm trying to fix something.

Re:PipePipe: NewPipe hard fork implementing SponsorBlock on Saturday September 26, 2026 @04:45PM (#49860378)
I've been using Tubular which was a NewPipe fork that implemented SponsorBlock. Works really well, and I was going to see what the differences are. Just noticed, now that Tubular is no longer maintained.

I'll move over to PipePipe now.

Re:F-Droid 2.0: A New Chapter for Android Freedom on Friday September 25, 2026 @05:02AM (#49841940)
Pretty bright. So long as you can wait at least 24 hours from making yourself a developer.
Re:F-Droid 2.0: A New Chapter for Android Freedom on Friday September 25, 2026 @04:50AM (#49841842)
I use the Google Play reviews, and yes they can be manipulated but that is even less likely on F-Droid where there is less money involved.
Just use reader view in your browser.
> I think they actively do trial sessions with public running groups?

Probably, they certainly do in the UK

Re:Why is Google still serving dodgy ads? on Monday September 14, 2026 @06:09AM (#49694450)
Yes. This is where most of Googles and Metas revenue comes from.
Re:Make your first edit to OpenStreetMap on Sunday September 13, 2026 @08:52AM (#49683435)
I've read through these comments, and one useful app that has not been mentioned is Vespucci: https://vespucci.io/

It's not got the best UX, but it does let me edit anything from my phone. This means that I can easily check and/or edit the tags for a path or a track. For example, recently I was on a track that had steps. These weren't on OSM, but I could modify the track on Vespucci to add them. Easier to do on my laptop, but I'd forget to do them by the time I got home.

The other OSM apps, I can recommend but have been mentioned are CoMaps (https://www.comaps.app/) for viewing and route finding and Street Complete for easily updating data. Street Complete (https://streetcomplete.app/) has got a bit more powerful recently as you can now add things like toilets, bins, and benches

Re:So you want to use OpenRouter? on Friday September 11, 2026 @09:28AM (#49658087)
Whats the tracker called? I'd like to try it.
Re:Jellyfin 12.0 on Tuesday September 08, 2026 @06:01AM (#49608131)
That 1.0.0, and 1.0.1 is in Beta. Is that ready to be moved into stable? Or am I looking at the wrong project? https://github.com/finamp-app/finamp/releases#release-1.0.1-...

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