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Very nice. Thanks.

Any plans for rss?

I currently use https://hnrss.github.io/ (another great project), but the additional filters (once they are available as params) would be nice for rss.

As long as I am here, thanks to whoever is responsible for https://hckrnews.com, too.

Re:New Mac Mini with M4 on Wednesday October 30, 2024 @01:06AM (#41992085)
One more announcement this week. Almost certainly MacBook Pro.

M4 Air should be in the spring.

Re:Ask HN: Which uBlock filter have you applied on the browser? on Thursday October 10, 2024 @06:57AM (#41797574)

  * * 3p-script block
  * * 3p-frame block
...various other block lists, but that is the good one.

Spend a week or so unblocking various global CDNs and services.

Sometimes I have to hit my hotkey for `Relax blocking mode`.

It is more work, but it is beautiful.

===

Known as hard mode.

https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Blocking-mode:-hard-m...

Re:Ask HN: Who Went Mac –> Linux? on Saturday June 08, 2024 @05:20PM (#40620241)
I switched, maybe 2018? The _only_ reason it happened was because of the shitty MacBook keyboards. There wasn’t any good way to avoid them.

So I got a used Dell 9360.

Sway and wayland.

Changed the way I use the computer. Switched back to Mac with the ARM MacBook (and working keyboard).

I use both very similarly and am comfortable on both OSes. But for now, Apple Silicon is _very_ nice.

Also, just having all the devices and suspend work. I will take that as a side benefit.

Re:AeroSpace is an i3-like tiling window manager for macOS on Thursday June 06, 2024 @02:14PM (#40600596)
Right. Got it, love it.

But it won’t work with AeroSpace.

I mean, it will work, but it won’t work with all windows from _visible spaces_.

Because ever window from _every space_ will be in the current space (tucked in the lower right corner).

Re:AeroSpace is an i3-like tiling window manager for macOS on Thursday June 06, 2024 @12:09PM (#40599114)
Oh, I know. I use sway — and greatly miss alt-tab (windows-style alt-tab), when I do.

Not linux-primary right now.

I can remember my linux-style stacking commands in order to try it.

But I would want to fix my alt-tab at some point.

Note: my sway (or mac) usage is basically two vertical windows or stacks of panes on a laptop screen. So a pretty simple setup.

Re:AeroSpace is an i3-like tiling window manager for macOS on Thursday June 06, 2024 @11:58AM (#40598986)
It is, Yabai can do it. I am currently using autoraise. Both work great, barring UI weirdness of macOS.

Example. Mousing over another window on the way to the menubar.

https://github.com/sbmpost/AutoRaise

Re:AeroSpace is an i3-like tiling window manager for macOS on Thursday June 06, 2024 @10:55AM (#40598166)
Oh, I like the fake Spaces approach.

I have considered trying that by minimizing windows, but would never get around to it.

Tiling is doomed to sadness on macOS, because of lack of APIs. But this is probably the most performant approach.

Have used yabai, but only for moving windows and focus-follows-mouse. Not for tiling. Because flaky (not yabai’s fault).

Thanks nikitabobko.

Looking forward to trying it as soon as I figure out how to mod alt-tab to ignore all the windows (from every fake workspace) in the corner.

Also, linked in the docs, JankyBorders. Nice.

https://github.com/koekeishiya/yabai https://github.com/lwouis/alt-tab-macos https://github.com/FelixKratz/JankyBorders

Re:Hisense A9 Pro E-Ink Android Smartphone on Monday February 05, 2024 @06:01PM (#39268421)
How many hours of screen-on time do you get in those three days?
Re:HackSnack: AI-curated HN feed, delivered via Email or RSS on Tuesday November 28, 2023 @02:13PM (#38449936)
1. The feed looks fun and well done. I’m going to add one and see if I like it.

2. Feed validation gives a recommendation.

https://validator.w3.org/feed/check.cgi?url=https%3A%2F%2Fww...

Also, it gave some sort of redirect error for several minutes after feed creation. It disappeared on refresh, so I can’t give details.

3. Would be nice to have a (probably not ai, sorry) filter for only front page articles, or only articles over a certain number of votes or comments.

4. Your blog has no rss feed.

5. There is no `<link rel="alternate" ...` for the rss feed in the preview page.

Anyway, I like it. The scraper day-job looks neat, too.

Re:Min: A fast, minimal browser that protects your privacy on Wednesday December 14, 2022 @04:55PM (#33991162)
Can we have a link to your chromium build with unloading?

Or is it private?

Re: on Tuesday November 15, 2022 @02:33PM (#33613849)
I felt the same joy on reading the overview. Cleans up the git workflow so nicely.

...until I got to pull requests (Granted, that is github, not git). But it looks like you cannot generate a standard pull request with it.

https://sapling-scm.com/docs/git/intro#pull-requests

Haven’t tried it yet, looking forward to it.

Re: on Tuesday November 15, 2022 @01:15PM (#33612849)
Re:Ask HN: What are your “scratch own itch” projects? on Sunday November 13, 2022 @09:25AM (#33583352)
Itch?

A better interface to current search engines.

Itchy, so extremely itchy.

Implicit (or easier explicit) `AND`. Standarded option flags. Excellent (that’s the dream at least) option autocomplete.

Scratching away.

---

...also, using the existing excellent python tools to keep my iPod shuffles running with music and podcasts (auto delete and trim when played).

Re:Ask HN: Would you buy a modern Toshiba Libretto? on Saturday April 02, 2022 @05:41AM (#30886983)
At that battery life, absolutely interested.

Prefer 8gb+, but but I can deal with 4.

Also would prefer a wider form factor, but I ain't gonna build one myself to get it.

That battery life is the appeal.

If it has (close to) full size keys, I want.

Please.

Any idea of;

1. Weight?

2. Thickness?

Re:Piku: Git push deployments to your own servers on Thursday February 10, 2022 @02:30PM (#30291246)
Dokku uses docker.

Oh. Piku does _not_ use docker.

Neat.

I have seen it before and passed it over because presumed it did.

I will be taking a closer look.

Re:Customizing Web Search on Monday January 24, 2022 @09:49AM (#30058239)
Thank you.

I’ve been noodling with this sort of idea for years. Never got around to it.

Thanks for a simple starter. I will be modifying this for my needs at my leisure.

Pretty slick.

It extends the post[0] from a year-ish ago with read-only sqlite on a static server with a tiny backend that allows writes.

I am going to have to take a closer look at some point:

https://github.com/ansiwave/wavecore/search?q=sqlite

[0] https://phiresky.github.io/blog/2021/hosting-sqlite-database...

Such a well written article/history.

I applaud the trend. Love it. More smart-type CLIish interfaces, please.

Re:Orion is a new WebKit-based browser for Mac on Friday October 08, 2021 @09:50AM (#28799282)
Sign me up.

The performance charts & graphs look nice. And (from Safari) I am excited to see what WebKit can do with extensions and other power features.

And, iPhone version.

Also:

1. The search engine (https://kagi.com/) is super cute (don’t have a login to try it).

2. Apparently this is what happened to the kagi.com (shareware payment) domain. Nice.

Re:Litestream – Streaming S3 Replication for SQLite on Friday January 22, 2021 @12:58PM (#25874180)
Oh, I’ve been looking for this for a long time.

Ben Johnson (boltdb). Nice.

I’ve wanted to run SQLite in production. Lack of replication has scared me away.

Streaming backup for now. And live replication in the issues.

https://github.com/benbjohnson/litestream/issues/8

Re:Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (January 2021) on Monday January 04, 2021 @11:22AM (#25633376)

  Location: San Luis Obispo, CA
  Remote: Preferred
  Willing to relocate: Yes
  Technologies: Mostly Python, 20 years, dabbled in many others
  Résumé/CV: On request
  Email: feepish at gmail
  https://github.com/feep
Looking for automated testing/QA or tech writer position. Language/framework/toolkit not important. If the testing tools are fun, I am am happy. Contact me, I'll send a cover letter and resume.

thanks, rusty

Re:ACE: Apple Type-C Port Controller Secrets on Wednesday December 30, 2020 @07:18AM (#25581034)
Debugging hardware for the protocol described in the article:

https://github.com/AsahiLinux/vdmtool

Re:Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (October 2020) on Thursday October 01, 2020 @12:25PM (#24652822)

  Location: San Luis Obispo, CA
  Remote: Preferred
  Willing to relocate: Yes
  Technologies: Mostly Python, 20 years, dabbled in many others
  Résumé/CV: On request
  Email: feepish at gmail
  https://github.com/feep
Looking for automated testing/QA or tech writer position. Language/framework/toolkit not important. If the testing tools are fun, I am am happy. Contact me, I'll send a cover letter and resume.

thanks, rusty

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