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Re:iPhone Duo on Wednesday September 09, 2026 @04:41PM (#49633926)
The Pixel Fold 10 (and 11) is IP68 rated
Re:OpenStreetMap: Admin_level for All Countries on Thursday July 23, 2026 @03:22PM (#49026768)
A few days ago I was made aware of Street Complete here on HN. Same thing there - it makes it incredibly easy to submit additional data, such as opening hours and road types, to OSM.

https://f-droid.org/packages/de.westnordost.streetcomplete

Re:GrapheneOS has been ported to Android 17 on Wednesday June 17, 2026 @07:32AM (#48568853)
I run Strava on my Pixel 10 Pro Fold running GrapheneOS. IIRC you need to have Google Play Store installed (with zero permissions, preferably) to make Strava work.
What's your monthly usage, aprox.? Do you use Kagi for getting to pages you know of but doesn't want to type the whole URL for, eg. typing "Hacker news" in the URL bar instead of "news.ycombinator.com"?
This is pretty huge in Sweden. Slow TV at its finest :)
Re:Obsidian Sync now has a headless client on Sunday March 01, 2026 @04:00AM (#47204991)
I try to selfhost most of my stuff I rely on. Immich, Vaultwarden, etc. I gave up on trying to selfhost sync solutions for Obsidian - Obsidian Sync is just so damn frictionless compared to all other solutions. Also, it feels good supporting the development of Obsidian.
It works just fine, but every time you open the app you have to dismiss a dialog saying that the app doesn't work without Google Play Services installed.
Re:Loops is a federated, open-source TikTok on Monday February 23, 2026 @04:07AM (#47119866)
dansup, the guy behind this, is the same guy that runs Pixelfed (a federated Instagram alternative)
Re:FSF Announces Librephone Project on Wednesday October 15, 2025 @03:22AM (#45589109)
Could you elaborate on why? This type of comment doesn't add any value.
Even worse is that they are pushing their subscription service now, Connect Plus…
Re:Energy Dashboard (UK) on Wednesday September 03, 2025 @08:50AM (#45115098)
> Yes, the water wheel will generate electricity all year round. In winter, it produces between 120 and 170 kWh per 24-hour period, with peak generation reaching up to 11 kW per hour. In summer, it generates between 3 and 5 kW per hour.

Seems like a nice complement with solar, given that they peak at each others inverse.

Re:Anna's Archive: An Update from the Team on Monday August 18, 2025 @03:44PM (#44944513)
That’s exactly how I do it. I enjoy reading DRM-free epubs on my Kobo, and whenever I finished a book I enjoyed, I buy it from the local sci-fi bookshop. I buy about 90% of all books I read.
I'd appreciate that too. My dentist recommended me to use Duraphat, a 9 euro per 50 gram toothpaste.
Re:uBlock Origin Lite now available for Safari on Wednesday August 06, 2025 @05:26AM (#44809766)
How's Librem as a daily driver? Battery life, camera, reception/calls etc? I'm eager to get a proper Linux phone, but got burned by the awful performance of Pinephone.
Re:Typing 118 WPM Broke My Brain in the Right Ways on Monday June 02, 2025 @04:53PM (#44162930)
An honourable mention to https://typ.ing too. It’s the same kind of tool from the guys behind the moonlander keyboard, ZSA.
As a Wayland user with an oled screen I very much appreciate the coming wayland support. I haven’t found any good lock screen solution that doesn’t risk burn-in for wayland yet.
Re:Magnesium Self-Experiments on Sunday March 09, 2025 @04:50AM (#43307387)
As always with supplements, a deficiency might cause the issue (cramps in this case) and the supplement gets you back to normal levels, preventing cramps. If you’re experiencing cramps but don’t have a magnesium deficiency, taking magnesium supplements won’t make the cramps go away.
You literally just change an URL in a config file. The config file is available by just connecting your Kobo by USB to your computer. Super simple and quite surprising.
I put together a quick write-up on how I did my setup, for you :) If anything is unclear, feel free to reach out. https://medioker.utveckla.re/stuff/calibre-web-automated/?hn
It works - amazing - with Calibre actually. I set up Calibre-Web-Automated last week and setup my Kobo Libra 2 to sync with my Calibre server (swapping one url in a config file), and now my Kobo acts like my self hosted Calibre server is the actual Kobo Store, meaning I can browse and download all of my books. I think it syncs reading progress too.
Re:Obscure Islands I Find Interesting on Sunday February 09, 2025 @06:25AM (#42989987)
…and a logistical nightmare to start such an ambitious project.
Re:Open source alternative to Postman / Insomnia on Saturday February 01, 2025 @06:37AM (#42897637)
A big plus imo is that you can check in and version control the files alongside your application. Very convenient when working on micro services in a team.
Re:Bitwarden introduces mandatory 2FA for new devices on Tuesday January 28, 2025 @12:05PM (#42854768)
Omg, thanks!
Re:We're bringing Pebble back on Tuesday January 28, 2025 @04:11AM (#42850334)
I've been using Fenix 5 and then Fenix 7 for many years now and I don't recognize any of the points you're making. I might agree on the awful charging port, but that's fixed by getting one of the cheap charging "pads" from Amazon.
Re:Minecraft with Object Impermanence on Thursday January 23, 2025 @11:10AM (#42805268)
Reminds me of Weeping Angels from Dr. Who. Great concept!

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weeping_Angel

Re:What other communities do you use apart from HN? on Sunday January 12, 2025 @06:53AM (#42672912)
Got you an invite :)
Re:So You Want to Write Java in Neovim on Saturday December 28, 2024 @10:29AM (#42531715)
I tried to give it a shot this year. Autocomplete (and especially Co-pilot) works really well nowadays. What made me reconsider is actually how imports are sorted and organised - they differ from how IntelliJ does it, which all other developers in my team uses. It’s a tiny but nagging issue for which I haven’t found a solution. It doesn’t help that IntelliJ is spectacularly good out of the box hah…
Re:Grayjay Desktop App on Friday December 20, 2024 @02:27PM (#42474106)
My YouTube recommendations are like 80% RC planes
Re:Moon on Tuesday December 17, 2024 @06:48PM (#42446710)
Did you publish it? Can we see?

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