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Re:Tell HN: Scribd Breached on Saturday October 31, 2026 @11:35AM (#50317134)
Indeed. :(
Re:So you want to use OpenRouter? on Friday September 11, 2026 @06:07AM (#49655954)
great post, I just put $100 in credits on open router to try different models, I think maybe using the "real" provider is the way forward once I've spent my credits and decided which one I want (for now).
Re:Why Vanilla JavaScript on Monday July 13, 2026 @04:17AM (#48889445)
There "demo here" url is broken, it's resolving as:

https://cdn.guseyn.com(/mp4/desktop.mp4)

Instead of

https://cdn.guseyn.com/mp4/desktop.mp4

Re:Ask HN: Anyone making a living from a paid API? on Saturday May 31, 2025 @01:14PM (#44145652)
Ridiculous that postcodes/uprns lookups are not open data (yet). hohum.
I'm working on AI voice agents here in the UK for real estate professionals, unfortunately I couldn't try your service.
Re:ZX Spectrum Raytracer on Wednesday January 24, 2024 @12:55PM (#39120407)
Amazing stuff, love coming back to speccy code.
Re:Hand-Tracking with Three.js on Friday February 03, 2023 @11:02AM (#34642897)
Jack, it's amazing. Very impressive stuff.
although I'm not a video editor I was served up a video on Youtube from one of their old brand ambassadors, I watched three of his video's. They've created a bit of a PR nightmare coming across as a big bully, even to the point of issuing DMCA take down notices.
Re:Jodorowsky's Tron on Saturday November 26, 2022 @10:30AM (#33753415)
Glad I came to the comments, it's amazing.
If you want a x-platform VB like RAD take a look at XOJO.
Re:USPS Service Standards Maps on Monday March 28, 2022 @06:33AM (#30829071)
It's now throwing a permissions error, guessing they don't want you to know their standards ;)

You do not have permission to access this page If you have found this page in error, please contact support Reference:1096925678761587964184320227559749541820034968299102359

Re:Show HN: PNG to PDF Conversion in the Browser on Thursday March 10, 2022 @05:07AM (#30625186)
Agreed, I think the PDF should be created at the same size of the original image. Or at least have an option to do so.
Re:See how DMARC, SPF, and DKIM work interactively on Monday January 10, 2022 @04:30AM (#29872338)
Great tool, thanks OP for sharing.
Re:I analyzed SaaS billing dark patterns on Friday November 19, 2021 @04:28AM (#29275355)
I run a SaaS service and noticed we did a couple of these 'dark patterns', but not intentionally!

I've now added to our short term roadmap changes that will resolve these problems.

1. Emailing account holders a couple of days before billing to give them an opportunity to cancel.

2. Emailing account holders whenever a change to their account occurs which would affect billing.

This wasn't us being 'dark' more 'lazy', but thanks for highlighting!

intunderflow - What process did you have to go through to get the OK to write and publish this article? I'm very impressed that you've published this.
Re:Ask HN: What do you think about the no-code movement? on Friday November 12, 2021 @05:42AM (#29197971)
Remember Omnis? That was fun to code in, hard to maintain.
Why fight the algorithm? Instead, grab a photo from here:

https://thispersondoesnotexist.com/

Then post it online and claim it as your own. That way nobody gets hurt and you can move on.

Should you have to do this? No of course not, but sometimes it's easier to win a small battle.

Good luck.

Re:The Machine Stops (1909) [pdf] on Thursday August 12, 2021 @09:26AM (#28156001)
This book started my love of Science Fiction. My English teacher gave it to me when I was about 13. I wasn't very focused in school, but I fell in love with this book. My teacher obviously knew me well, it was short, but very well written. Thank you teacher.
Re:Defender (1981) by Eugene Jarvis and Sam Dicker on Tuesday July 13, 2021 @09:10AM (#27820486)
I've got a cabinet built by Jim - it's amazing. Highly recommended.
Well done, but as others have said, change the name asap.
Re:ArchiveBox: Open-source self-hosted web archiving on Monday April 19, 2021 @04:50AM (#26860410)
write once read many
Re:ISO 8601: a better date format on Friday February 26, 2021 @03:08AM (#26272410)
I agree with this statement. We've started using it in our API calls.
Well done, seriously well executed.
Re:ZX81 Webserver on Tuesday January 05, 2021 @03:49AM (#25643527)
I was bought a ZX81 after I pestered my parents for months, unfortunately they were not particularly well off, so they couldn't afford a tape recorder, which meant I had to write my own games (copied from magazines at first of course).

I now own a couple of software companies and have had the good fortune of making my once hobby my career.

Lucky us!

Re:A modern port of Turbo Vision 2.0 on Saturday December 19, 2020 @04:35AM (#25476331)
What a blast from the past. I loved creating apps with TV and TP. Well done, not just nostalgia either!
Re:The Treachery of Image Files on Wednesday September 09, 2020 @03:35AM (#24418339)
Useful to know, shame I'll forget about it again in a few days time :)
Re:Space Jam's 1996 website is still alive on Thursday July 02, 2020 @06:32AM (#23711796)
Bit like testing for COVID-19, if you don't test for it how can you have it?
Re:Video Game Heritage and Preservation on Saturday May 23, 2020 @04:26AM (#23281123)
I've just been onto their web store and bought a few items as well as some tickets for entry, we're only an hours drive from there and I'm sure my two boys would love to see their exhibits and the tech I used to use as a kid, probably just so they can take the mickey out of how old I am. :)

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