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Does anybody know if Let's Encrypt plans to support C2PA certificates?
wait, analog circuits? can you elaborate this?
Re:Donate to GrapheneOS on Tuesday July 28, 2026 @04:08PM (#49089228)
Paypal works for payment, at least in Germany
Re:Teaching Kids Forth on Monday July 27, 2026 @03:36AM (#49066237)
I thought it was made on purpose so people have something xtra to chat about. Clever.
Re:OverpAId – Fire your CEO. Hire the future on Wednesday July 22, 2026 @09:30AM (#49006505)
This, with politicians, please.
This reminds me a lot of using the 3d printer exclusively to improve the quality or speed of your 3d prints
Re:The Xteink X4 E-Ink Reader on Wednesday June 24, 2026 @01:59PM (#48663466)
I love this thing and I use it a lot more than my kindle and my kobo (with koreader). I really like the form factor and the fact that goes out of sleep almost instantly and goes to sleep equally as fast. It seeps battery. It is perfect the way it is.
Re:GrapheneOS has been ported to Android 17 on Wednesday June 17, 2026 @05:05AM (#48567716)
Paypay works as well (at least in Germany)
In Germany, Paypal uses NFC payments. It works on GrapheneOS
Re:I tried every todo app and ended up with a .txt file on Tuesday August 12, 2025 @10:01AM (#44876323)
Taskwarrior is perfect. Give it a try.

  > t stats | grep -E 'Oldest|Total' \n
  Total                      7675
  Oldest task                2014-07-24
Re:How large are large language models? (2025) on Wednesday July 02, 2025 @10:12AM (#44443976)
Back in the '90s, we joked about putting “the internet” on a floppy disk. It’s kind of possible now.
Re:MCP: An (Accidentally) Universal Plugin System on Sunday June 29, 2025 @02:34PM (#44415267)
If MCP gets used this way I see big trouble when people hardcode stuff and then the provider updates the endpoints. MCP does not have versions as the list-tools is a living document, you are supposed to fetch and read the current version. AI would be totally fine with it because it would be able to reason the change and adapt, but the hardcoded app is going to break badly.
Re:Ploopy Classic 2 open source trackball on Thursday April 03, 2025 @10:32AM (#43570252)
Indeed I have a ploopy 1 on the drawer because it gives me strong RSI on the thumb.
Re:Building a personal, private AI computer on a budget on Tuesday February 11, 2025 @07:30AM (#43012034)
Great breakdown!. The "own your own AI" at home is a terrific hobby if you like to tinker, but you are going to spend a ton of time and money on hardware that will be underutilized most of the time. If you want to go nuts check out Mitko Vasilev's dream machine. It makes no sense if you don't have a very clear use case that only requires small models or really slow token generation speeds.

If the goal however is not to tinker but to really build and learn AI, it is going to be financially better to rent those GPUs/TPUs as needs arise.

Re:How to Store and Dry Your 3D Filament: Full Guide on Wednesday February 05, 2025 @07:44AM (#42947726)
It all depends of your location and the filament. I had PLA from 2018 that printed flawlessly last year and I had new, sealed PLA and PTEG spools that were brittle or printed a stringy mess unless they spent a night on the drier. The problem comes because there are so much variety and no way to know for the consumer what the composition of each filament is. It does not seem to have much to do with price. This inconsistency across manufacturers, filament types, colors and batches is why people have favorite brands they stick with to minimize the risk.
Re:Reverse Engineering Bambu Connect on Monday January 20, 2025 @04:19AM (#42766635)
I have Bambu, Qidi and Creality printers. Qidi is a good compromise between open and 'print-quality-out-of-the-box'. My Q1 pro is easy to hack, but I have not done anything to it because it prints pretty much as well as Bambu.
Re:Why Don't Grocery Stores Stock Pawpaw Fruit? on Thursday January 04, 2024 @08:56AM (#38866985)
It seems to be an elusive fruit in America. It is however a very common fruit in Spain (Chirimoya) and you will find it in all supermarkets - it is not particularly expensive. Orchards are in southern Spain and canary islands.
Re:Debian Discusses Vendoring yet Again on Monday November 06, 2023 @06:43AM (#38161277)
My solution: Debian + Flatpak for the few applications you need at the latest version
Re:A Clutter-Free Life: Going Paperless with Paperless-Ngx on Saturday October 07, 2023 @08:48AM (#37801285)
My Paperless-ngx listening on a network share + brother ADS-2800W are key to stay sane. My only complain is that it is resource hungry. If I allocate less than 2G RAM to the paperless VM it does not work as it should.
Re:Hacking the LG Monitor's EDID on Wednesday August 30, 2023 @01:49PM (#37326016)
For my LG monitor also do an EDID-hack. If I use it with DP it works fine but with HDMI it gets super bright and high contrast. In windows it works fine.
Re:Guam: The America That Americans Forget on Friday July 14, 2023 @03:11AM (#36720465)
Somewhat related, the hilarious way the US navy conquered Guam from Spain https://halfarsedhistory.net/2022/02/06/episode-189-the-capt...
Re:Learning to Touch Type Again on Thursday July 13, 2023 @10:14AM (#36709486)
To learn in a non-tedious way I recommend the games "The typing of the dead overkill" (Linux Port) and also the more modern "Epistory"
Re:PhotoPrism: Browse Your Life in Pictures on Tuesday July 11, 2023 @09:38AM (#36680790)
For family photos shared on the LAN I use https://github.com/bpatrik/pigallery2 It is simple and FAST. I do the face recognition on Digikam.
Re:The Framework Laptop 16 on Friday March 24, 2023 @06:13AM (#35287132)
Years using the trackpoint gave me carpal tunnel. Try not to use it exclusively.
Re:Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (November 2022) on Tuesday November 01, 2022 @11:13AM (#33422340)
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Re:Taskwarrior on Monday May 16, 2022 @07:11AM (#31395569)
Taskwarrior on desktop / Termux+Taskwarrior on android keeps my life sane. At this point it is an almost perfect piece of software that needs just maintenance but no extra features.
Re:Ploopy: open hardware trackballs and mouse on Tuesday August 24, 2021 @04:55AM (#28286426)
I have one of the original right hand Ploopy trackballs.

- It comes in a kit and as you need to assemble it, you feel emotionally attached to it

- The designer (Colin) probably has big hands. I have a small hand and it doesn't fit right.

- The 3d printed texture is great.

- The ball doesn't 'flow'. It doesn't keep momentum. You apply a strong movement and it spins dead within the second.

- I absolutely love it is open source, but there is not much of a community around it, probably because the barriers of entry are quite high. I never found the time to hack it myself.

- It tracks the movement extremely well. Accuracy, precision are awesome. Better than any other trackball I have (and I have MANY). On par with the logitech mx master.

- The position of the thumb wheel is not good for my hand. After months of use it started giving me RSI. And now everytime I use it, I notice within the hour that something is not right.

My perfect trackball would be the ploopy:

- With a smaller body for small hands

- With momentum in the scroll wheel ALA logitech mice

- With a different position for the scroll wheel

Re:Flameshot – Superb Screenshot Tool on Friday February 12, 2021 @01:51PM (#26117052)
"> flameshot gui" is awesome, one of the most useful tools I use and a terrific replacement for shutter||xclip. I recommend "> peek" to capture gifs.

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