carlinmack
Re:Ask HN: Most interesting tech you built for just yourself?
on Friday April 28, 2023 @04:13PM (#35746495)
You may already have a list of public domain movies, but I wrote a query to find the ones on Wikimedia Commons [1] :) WikiFlix [2] is a nicer interface for browsing them
[1] - https://w.wiki/6dxC
[2] - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Spinster/WikiFlix
Re:Weekly Top 10 lists of the most-watched TV and films
on Tuesday November 16, 2021 @06:36PM (#29247638)
It has 1 billion more total hours viewed in the first 28 days than the highest ever English TV show (Bridgerton)
Re:OpenMoji: Open-source emojis
on Friday September 03, 2021 @12:43PM (#28406476)
if you click on individual emoji's you can see the skin tone variants for it. You can filter for only emojis with skin tone variants using the "All Emoji <Filter Icon>" button :)
Re:OpenMoji: Open-source emojis
on Friday September 03, 2021 @09:42AM (#28404112)
The plan is to stay up to date with Unicode emoji releases, and add extra ones (unicode [1] and original [2]) as they are designed
[1] https://openmoji.org/library/#group=extras-unicode [2] https://openmoji.org/library/#group=extras-openmoji
Re:OpenMoji: Open-source emojis
on Friday September 03, 2021 @09:37AM (#28404036)
The creator of the project suggests that the license is for edits of the emojis, rather than the projects which use the emoji. [1] As someone involved with the project, I'm not sure how this should be communicated so that this is clear
Re:OpenMoji: Open-source emojis
on Friday September 03, 2021 @09:30AM (#28403939)
you can see them all a little easier at
https://hfg-gmuend.github.io/openmoji/
Re:The Rise of Mobile Wikipedia
on Wednesday August 25, 2021 @01:08PM (#28304065)
The app allows you to search within the article. Normally apps are a hard sell, but it's genuinely good
Re:The LaTeX Font Catalogue
on Thursday July 22, 2021 @11:32AM (#27920057)
Charter is decent
Re:Layoutit Grid – CSS Grids layouts made easy
on Sunday October 18, 2020 @01:31PM (#24819539)
easily solved with @media print {...}
Re:Reddit’s About page doesn't include Aaron Swartz as a founder
on Sunday October 04, 2020 @09:19AM (#24678830)
Shootings that the contemporary liberal media highlight. We can't recall mass violence that target Asian, Romani, or global south communities because our media doesn't think it's notable enough.
Re:The Social Dilemma
on Sunday September 20, 2020 @05:54PM (#24537751)
thoughts on nationalisation or decentralization as ways to solve this?
Re:WireHole: Set up Pihole, WireGuard, and Unbound instantly
on Wednesday September 09, 2020 @06:54PM (#24426850)
Weird to see the OP of a post being aggressive towards other commenters
Re:Degoogle: Cutting Google out of your life
on Saturday August 22, 2020 @04:12PM (#24246917)
if you don't already, contributing to OpenStreetMap from your phone is easy and feels very rewarding. I recommend StreetComplete for beginners and OSM Go! once you want to start editing features
Re:‘George Eliot’ joins 24 female authors making debuts under their re...
on Friday August 14, 2020 @08:25AM (#24156963)
your experience is not universal :)
Re:Spotify CEO: musicians can no longer release music only “once every...
on Friday July 31, 2020 @02:37PM (#24012091)
every generation has older people thinking the new generation of music is bad :)
Re:The University Is Like a CD in the Streaming Age
on Monday June 22, 2020 @10:51AM (#23600840)
maybe so, but there is a certain level of self-discipline and privilege needed to be able to study just from books. Lots of people on CS and other courses want friendly exposure to new ideas, not a recommendation of a list of text books
Re:Ask HN: What did you make during lockdown?
on Sunday June 21, 2020 @01:49PM (#23593743)
I've been creating a tool to make a database of Wikipedia edits Namespace Database [1] and since lockdown I've been making plots of the data! [2] Feel free to ask any questions!
Re:Microsoft won’t sell police its facial-recognition technology
on Thursday June 11, 2020 @03:33PM (#23492528)
you can find more information about the movement here 8toabolition.com
Re:Police attacks against journalists across the U.S. since May 28
on Tuesday June 02, 2020 @02:26PM (#23394275)
what laws are they breaking by doing their job
Re:Show HN: Chartss.css – accessible HTML/CSS charts with markdown sup...
on Friday May 22, 2020 @10:50AM (#23272711)
Please don't use ultra light font weights, they are not accessible
Re:Windows package manager does not permit opting out of telemetry
on Thursday May 21, 2020 @10:50AM (#23259035)
perhaps you're not a part of Microsoft's target audience
Re:Organ donation in England has moved to an opt-out system
on Wednesday May 20, 2020 @05:38PM (#23252124)
how is totalitarianism giving the option to opt-out?
Re:Introducing Facebook Shops
on Tuesday May 19, 2020 @03:28PM (#23239041)
Do you know about Facebook Watch, their streaming service with real original TV shows? Their switch from 'just' a social network was years and years ago
Re:New species of fungus identified via Twitter
on Saturday May 16, 2020 @09:37AM (#23203261)
iNaturalist, their license allows your pictures/data to be used in academic research
Re:WebWormHole: Send files quickly using WebRTC
on Wednesday April 29, 2020 @08:06PM (#23026095)
thoughts on send.firefox.com?
Re:Refilling an ink jet cartridge with highlighter ink
on Friday March 27, 2020 @10:06AM (#22702907)
If we gave people UBI we could have this "creative creation" happening all the time
Re:Upgraded Google Glass helps autistic kids “see” emotions
on Thursday March 26, 2020 @10:24PM (#22699993)
this robot can walk better than a disabled human in a wheelchair? something does not sit well.
Re:Smithsonian Releases 2.8M Images into Public Domain
on Saturday February 29, 2020 @10:48PM (#22454997)
there are bots that patrol Twitter, upload permissive content with the correct attribution and link back to the source. See more here: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Flickr2Commons
Re:The second largest version of Wikipedia is written mostly by one bot
on Monday February 24, 2020 @04:43PM (#22408759)
All of those languages and more are linked in the sidebar, what would you prefer to see?
Re:Show HN: Dating app focused on chatting and gamification
on Tuesday February 18, 2020 @09:04AM (#22356107)
This is a very heterosexual perspective. Gay bashing is still a thing in most of the world for much less than asking "are you single?"