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I like using neocities for goofy sites like these

- Loading indicator that never finishes loading https://loading.neocities.org/

- Scrolling marquee tribute site https://marquee.neocities.org/

- DVD logo bounce via `<marquee>` https://dvdmarquee.neocities.org/

- A form that lies about detecting image alterations https://isthisreal.neocities.org

Re:Confluent Deletes/Hides Librdkafka on Wednesday July 10, 2024 @12:25PM (#40928591)
I haven't been able to find any forks of it either

edit - found an older one https://github.com/weeclemans/librdkafka

I wonder if you could have similar results from licking a 9v battery
Re:Ask HN: How do you organize software documentation at work? on Wednesday February 14, 2024 @10:00AM (#39370506)
we use Notion for anything that doesn't fit in one of the code repos, like process docs and platform architecture notes.
I’d be interested in that stat as well, and love imagining a person sitting in front of dozens of screens showing video of automated cars
Re:How Will ATSC 3.0 Transform TV Advertising? on Wednesday July 12, 2023 @03:55PM (#36700753)
I'd like to see open source solutions for blocking OTA TV ads
time for a calculator -> bluetooth keyboard project
Re:Ask HN: Year old CS student. Should I continue? on Tuesday March 21, 2023 @06:57PM (#35253926)
do what sounds the most fun to you. there's no clear pre-planned path with all of the answers, so enjoy what you can
+1 request for an import feature

An import from Pocket would be cool

Re:DVD Bouncing Logo on Wednesday September 14, 2022 @01:34PM (#32840491)
love it. I remember seeing this pulled off with 2 scrolling <marquee> HTML tags https://dvdmarquee.neocities.org/
+1, their documentation has improved so much in the last couple of years https://docs.godotengine.org/en/stable/index.html
you may find qbittorrent interesting https://github.com/qbittorrent/qBittorrent

they've been a popular p2p app for a few years

Re:Tony Hawk on his skateboarding legacy on Monday May 24, 2021 @05:03PM (#27269676)
I've been seeing some amazing skating on tiktok
Re:TikTok Remix Culture on Saturday May 15, 2021 @11:15AM (#27165940)
Been doing this in addition to blocking any users sharing cable news clips. Really enjoying my silly feed.
Re:TikTok and the network effects of creativity on Monday February 22, 2021 @10:24PM (#26233527)
they have an account @afvofficial
Re:Tinnitus Treatment from Neuromod on Friday October 16, 2020 @01:36PM (#24803064)
I wonder if I could lick a 9 volt battery and play back some high frequency tones through my headphones to get a similar effect?
Re:Arcosanti on Wednesday August 05, 2020 @07:47PM (#24066839)
pretty cool! we learned about this in a utopias class I took. one of the interesting books in that class was "Two Hundred Years of American Communes" by Yaacov Oved.
the only thing stopping me from uninstalling google maps is setting the map view to north-up during turn by turn navigation. I can't handle the map turning while I am for some reason.
" ORDER BY tweet.time DESC "

sign me up

Re:Aquameta: Web development platform built in PostgreSQL on Thursday October 17, 2019 @12:29PM (#21283696)
reminds me of couchdb apps where you'd use document attachments to store html/public files and serve them directly from couch.

https://docs.couchdb.org/en/2.0.0/couchapp/

give them a call
Re:JavaScript: The Modern Parts on Saturday August 24, 2019 @02:15PM (#20788729)
Sounds like Make
Re:Learning Synths on Tuesday June 25, 2019 @09:09AM (#20273788)
They have a reasonable trial on their site. I'd recommend taking it for a spin.
Re:Micro Frontends on Monday June 10, 2019 @02:43PM (#20149534)
I wonder if multiple focused software products would negate the need to have independent front end teams improve and maintain a single giant product?
Re:Show HN: Startup with no website - [email protected] on Wednesday February 06, 2019 @01:20PM (#19097963)
some sites prevent mailinator accounts on signup
Re:What I learned from reading a thousand emergency room bills on Wednesday December 19, 2018 @04:06PM (#18719618)
Elisabeth Rosenthal's "An American Sickness" is one of the best overviews of the many aspects and incentives for pricing in healthcare.

https://www.anamericansickness.com/

Re:Python in Visual Studio Code on Thursday September 06, 2018 @12:50PM (#17927586)
Any tips to share on debugging python in a docker container using vscode?

I've tried their instructions for ptvsd before and after this update but still haven't been able to use the debugger with docker.

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