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Re:HackerTube: YouTube built from videos recommended by HN on Saturday October 31, 2026 @05:39PM (#50320506)
would be nice to be able to filter by hackernews upvotes on the recommending post

edit: and have the filter persist while navigating between topics

> They may have been specialists in certain things, but what was most impressive was their ability to draw upon and weave together seemingly disparate concepts from different disciplines and use that knowledge to solve problems.

That's a nice way to put it.

Re:Google cloud outage takes down banks on Tuesday October 20, 2026 @11:32AM (#50167937)
> the latter lesson cost IBM a lot of money due to system downtime for a financial institution that I brought back online

It sounds like that story could make a great blog post

Re:'The eels were climbing out of the water to die' on Thursday October 08, 2026 @12:58PM (#50008411)
This sounds good until you have to wait 10 minutes on the local return point to get 30 cent back.

You really need to not value your time at all to be willing to participate on those schemes.

This seems to be a situation where the stated problem (protect children) is different to the actual problem (surveillance).

Your proposal doesn't solve the actual problem.

Re:Ask HN: Are they trying to hack me? on Tuesday December 23, 2025 @01:31PM (#46367841)
Thanks a lot for investigating this further. I'll write a cleaner blog post to alert other potential victims. From the package downloads they're hacking around 200 people per week, just with `json-mappings`. I've definitely would have fallen myself if it wasn't for the few red flags they didn't even try to avoid.

Ask HN: Are they trying to hack me?

I'm in the middle of an interaction that has raised a few red flags, and at this point I'm confident this is part of hacking attempt. But I thought asking here could give me a better perspective from an outsider. Here is the sequence of events:Someone reaches out in Linkedin claiming to have full time and part time roles that match my profile. I say I could be interested in part time work and...

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Show HN: Recadio – The best way to handle audio devices on macOS

https://recadio.com

I was so annoyed with the bluetooth auto-switch in macOS causing awful audio quality, that I decided to make an app to fix it.I've been improving it with feedback from other users, and I've just released version 2.You can get it for free, which it's already the best way out there to manually change audio devices. You can also buy a license for $10 one time payment and the app automatically...

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Some time ago I was looking for a similar solution –offline first and easy sync– and was happy to find https://jazz.tools/. There are many things in common between these two projects. Just mentioning in case you want to check it out.
Re:Anthropic raises $13B Series F at $183B post-money valuation on Tuesday September 02, 2025 @04:51PM (#45108858)
How old was alphabet in 2024? And anthropic?

How much was google revenue in 2003? It was 1.5 billions (2.6 in today's USD)

Not saying the price is justified, but the comparison is not very fair.

We're definitely closer to the one-person billion dollar company than bug free vibe coded software.
Re:19% of California houses are owned by investors on Wednesday August 06, 2025 @04:56PM (#44817751)
I think the 81% group would also include unocuppied houses, right?
Re:Simulating Hand-Drawn Motion with SVG Filters on Monday July 21, 2025 @10:49AM (#44635775)
It's a shame that modern browsers don't optimize SVG to be processed in the GPU. It has plenty of potential, not only feTurbulence, but many other effects as well. And being able to use SVG masks on standard HTML elements would also open a bunch of creative opportunities.

Unfortunately, as you say, it's very easy to freeze a GPU if you start doing more complex SVGs.

My wife recently got her O1 visa approved and I'll be getting an O3 as dependent. I currently have an app that I'm actively developing that generates $50-$100 per month. I might be able to stop development, but at the very least would need to support the customers. I also have some product ideas I'd like to build and potentially monetize.

What are my options?

Re:Gumroad is now open source on Friday April 04, 2025 @10:25AM (#43582903)
> Gumroad is infamous for underpaying and using cheap labor where possible.

What? Where do you get this from? It's quite the opposite.

Re:The future of AI is Ruby on Rails on Saturday March 22, 2025 @08:13AM (#43445217)
So the only argument is that the token window is a disadvantage for languages that use more tokens for an equivalent program. But token windows are only getting bigger, and there's also no need to fit the entire codebase in a single prompt.

If anything, it sounds like ruby on rails should've been _the past_ of AI. But it clearly wasn't.

Re:Show HN: Ambiphone, no-nonsense ambient music and white noise on Wednesday January 03, 2024 @02:54PM (#38858949)
Was going to mention this site. One nice thing it has that could be useful for this app is to have the ability to save a preset and load it in the future. I found it quite useful in mynoise.net
Re:Why Is Bluetooth Sound Quality Bad on My Mac on Wednesday December 13, 2023 @05:42AM (#38625417)
From my research to write the post, it looks like: - the HFP standard was developed mainly for taking calls in a car. It seems like taking calls is still the main use case up to the latest version 1.9,

- macOS switches to HFP whenever the bluetooth headset is in use for both input and output. Interestingly, using the bluetooth mic and macbook speaker doesn't activate the HFP,

- bluetooth in general (not just HFP) seems to be designed to work under the constraint of tech from 20 years ago. Small bandwidths, small batteries, and small computational power,

- there are very nice codecs like Opus that are not used even though they've been working for over a decade.

From there I think the main problem is: - macOS should not assume you're in a call just because you're using the mic. There are a few scenarios where that's not the case and you might not care about low latency,

- better existing codecs should be used, but aren't for some reason,

- bluetooth specs should update the constraint they have to work under.

Re:Why Is Bluetooth Sound Quality Bad on My Mac on Tuesday December 12, 2023 @03:36PM (#38618095)
I'm always surprised with the very low standard for "nice" people have, so I'll vote for that one, even if both possibilities are correct
Re:Why Is Bluetooth Sound Quality Bad on My Mac on Tuesday December 12, 2023 @03:35PM (#38618075)
I have the pixel buds A-series, and using my pixel 7a I can feel the quality going down when on a call. It might be just the latest buds, or my pixel 7a not supporting the codec, or the HFP not being set to use it ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Re:Why Is Bluetooth Sound Quality Bad on My Mac on Tuesday December 12, 2023 @02:34PM (#38617189)
I actually didn't know about Opus, but having read a bit about it, how aren't we using that codec for all things audio? It's open source, has good platform support, quality seems to similar to AAC, it could be used for HPF. What's stopping the adoption of Opus in Bluetooth standards?
Re:Why Is Bluetooth Sound Quality Bad on My Mac on Tuesday December 12, 2023 @01:52PM (#38616571)
I tried this as well and didn't work for me. Maybe it works for other people?

When I connect my headphones and switch to the microphone, the same crappy sound comes up. I had tried before with the checkbox in the bluetooth explorer to disable HFP, but also didn't work.

Re:Why Is Bluetooth Sound Quality Bad on My Mac on Tuesday December 12, 2023 @01:17PM (#38616109)
I'm using mSBC, but the quality difference compared with AAC when not using the microphone is wild.
Re:Why Is Bluetooth Sound Quality Bad on My Mac on Tuesday December 12, 2023 @01:12PM (#38616006)
Nice! I didn't know about this. I'll update the post with ToothFairy. Thanks for sharing :)
Re:Why Is Bluetooth Sound Quality Bad on My Mac on Tuesday December 12, 2023 @12:44PM (#38615595)
Ouch. I'm sorry about this. I've had users on Sonoma report this. It seems they made it harder to make Gatekeeper happy. I'll reach out to your email directly to figure out how to fix it.

Again, sorry about that.

Re:Why Is Bluetooth Sound Quality Bad on My Mac on Tuesday December 12, 2023 @12:38PM (#38615505)
This made me think about the mic on my $300+ headphones. It's probably even a good mic. However, because they will only be used via bluetooth, it will most definitely be used under a HFP mode, which means that a probably decent audio signal from a probably decent mic gets completely destroyed. Nice.
Re:Why Is Bluetooth Sound Quality Bad on My Mac on Tuesday December 12, 2023 @12:32PM (#38615407)
Yep that's another one that has improved significantly over the years.

I charge my headphones once per month, maybe twice. I'd gladly charge them once per week if that means I get nice audio in and outside calls.

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