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Whoa TIL. Jsfx feels way cooler now. Fwiw jsfx is easy fodder for llm’s if you need a quick utility. Mine was a midi channel filter
Re:The struggle of resizing windows on macOS Tahoe on Monday January 12, 2026 @01:46AM (#46584938)
the steermouse g502 combo is just incredible. been my staple for years
Re:Show HN: I made a Sonic runner game in JavaScript on Tuesday October 22, 2024 @04:36PM (#41918440)
If SEGA have a problem with it, I say you swap the sprites for steamboat willie.
Re:Show HN: I made a Sonic runner game in JavaScript on Tuesday October 22, 2024 @04:35PM (#41918436)
I dunno, the roll-jump-attack method is really fun! I like that it's a bit of a game of chicken. Not really true to sonic but ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Re:Is AWS S3 having an outage? on Monday October 07, 2024 @05:21PM (#41771202)
This is worth proposing. A tag where fallback text is provided within which can be overridden by the browser with a formatted date string would be excellent.
Re:Sparkle: A software update framework for macOS on Tuesday February 13, 2024 @10:23AM (#39358418)
as a user, I have always loved when apps use sparkle.
Re:There's More Proof That Return to Office Is Pointless on Wednesday January 31, 2024 @10:48AM (#39205190)
I’ll believe RTO is about collaboration when people starting giving up private offices to make more collaborative spaces.
Re:Sydney CBD is bringing back pedestrian “beg buttons” on Tuesday December 20, 2022 @02:16AM (#34062658)
I have a 30-minute walking commute to work, and changing back to non-automated buttons has added about 5 minutes to that if I'm not super lucky with timing. The worst is seeing the lights turn and knowing it would have lit up green for pedestrians only to have to wait a full cycle for the next opportunity.
Re:Ask HN: Who is hiring? (April 2016) on Friday April 01, 2016 @01:08PM (#11406507)
Westfield Labs | San Francisco | ONSITE | http://www.westfieldlabs.com

We're hiring across a range of engineering positions. But the coolest is definitely this one:

"Contribute to a next generation JavaScript library for indoor mapping, which utilizes WebGL, physics, indoor positioning, and wayfinding. The engineer will be responsible for adding new features and apply performance improvements to the existing code base. You will solve challenging problems like applying performant collision detection algorithms for UI elements, or creating a solution for turn-by-turn directions. We are changing the game for indoor mapping, positioning, and wayfinding, as well as some top-secret research ideas (Pst - there will be robots).

[email protected]

Some interesting panorama effects on that Heart Coffee photo.
Re:Tell HN: My Web App has 13 Users on Saturday March 16, 2013 @11:10PM (#5387924)
I've just finished reading The Lean Startup. There is so much in there that is relevant to this if you haven't already read it I highly recommend you check it out. Especially the sections on engines of growth and metrics.
Re:Tips for work-life balance on Sunday February 17, 2013 @06:02PM (#5237121)
Two things me sane: I get up an hour earlier than I need to in the morning to sit, think (high level/long term), plan and occasionally write. I set "Do not disturb" on my phone to automatically enable at 6pm daily.
Re:Ask HN: Best software tool to make an animated video? on Wednesday November 28, 2012 @08:18PM (#4845782)
After Effects, Flash if you're desperate.
Apple made the Google maps app.
Re:A 12pt font should look useful everywhere on Friday July 13, 2012 @05:15AM (#4238977)
My approach is to leave it to the device manufacturer/user and only use % based font sizing. CSS wise, for layout I then rely on % for horizontal spacing/positioning and em's for the verticals, which act as a kind of "em = line" system. Even though an em is rarely a line is a baseline sense, it makes cross-device design a lot more painless leaving the base unit to the device itself.
Re:A Primer on Hybrid Apps for iOS on Saturday July 07, 2012 @03:10PM (#4212420)
What you need to do is use a 'touchUpInside' event, there are a couple wwdc preso's that cover it. Basically you compare coords of a touchend event to the coords of the target. Touchend events fire instantly so you dont have to worry about the 300ms click delay. Dug this out of some old code, wont work out of the box but you get the gist. https://gist.github.com/3067704
Re:John Gruber takes 'The Talk Show' to Mule Radio on Friday May 18, 2012 @05:25PM (#3994103)
Hard to tell if I'm biased or if this new format is as boring as it seems. Will have to try again tomorrow. Got about 10 minutes in tonight.
Re:LESS Prefixer on Tuesday May 08, 2012 @09:35AM (#3943496)
Ahhh great! I've been rolling my own as I go, but this will save a lot of time and effort.
Re:RubyMotion - Ruby for iOS on Thursday May 03, 2012 @06:05PM (#3926047)
Should make for some good bridge FU on hypercritical this week...
Re:Learning VIM while playing a game on Monday April 23, 2012 @07:14AM (#3878197)
This is excellent! I really feel some of this sticking in my memory for once. Thanks.
Re:Mac OSX Lion's scroll breaks the web on Friday February 03, 2012 @10:54AM (#3547549)
Doesn't event.preventDefault() cater to this case?
Re:TextMate 2 (Public) Alpha on Tuesday December 13, 2011 @12:02PM (#3348151)
That's kind of what I was referring to, likewise with Eclipse. Textmate has always been the polar opposite of whatever that feeling is.
Re:TextMate 2 (Public) Alpha on Tuesday December 13, 2011 @11:52AM (#3348101)
I'm sure I'm not the only textmate user who finds Sublime Text hideous. I'd sooner bite the bullet on vim if I'm going the ugly route.