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Re:Sloppy Copies on Sunday April 26, 2026 @02:53PM (#47912800)
So sad, thanks for sharing.
I used to have a TextExpander shortcut that allowed me to copy any URL, type the shortcut, and a bit.ly link would pop out. I used it all the time. Then their API changed, it broke, and I never got the script working again.

Years later, we have Claude.

I wanted that feature back tonight, so I built it in less than an hour. This one works great with TextExpander and iOS Shortcuts (aka any Share sheet).

Thanks Claude!

Why would anti-fascists jam EMS frequencies?
Re:GPT-5.2 on Friday December 12, 2025 @03:37AM (#46242093)
For the record, brains are also not free of hallucinations.
Re:Maintaining a Music Library, Ten Years On on Monday November 03, 2025 @07:10PM (#45806073)
I made this switch years ago and love it. I also strongly recommend Marvis Pro, a fantastic app for navigating your Apple Music collection on iOS.
The US is pretty clearly an imperialist aggressor? Latin America is littered with the bodies of those who didn't conform to US economic dictates.
Re:Apple Launches Apple Invites on Tuesday February 04, 2025 @04:32PM (#42939092)
Maybe you should get more invites
VC for now, offer ticketing with a fee later.
Re:Apple Launches Apple Invites on Tuesday February 04, 2025 @04:29PM (#42939040)
Literally they just need to add ticketing with a small fee. They are sitting on a huge revenue stream they just haven't need to roll out yet.
They'll say it's for national defense against other countries, but it's only a matter of time before these weapons and surveillance tools will be deployed on American citizens. Foucault's boomerang.
Re:Polyamory doesn't Liberate; Monogamy doesn't Protect on Thursday December 19, 2024 @06:20PM (#42466769)
Def agree that consensual non-monogamy (CNM) != polyamory, and there's a loottt of confusion out there around that distinction (and in this article and this HN thread, too).

I might be poly for the right people at the right time, but I'm not currently. However, I'm definitely CNM for life because all I want is to talk it out!

Well, that, and occasionally hook up with other people

Re:Polyamory doesn't Liberate; Monogamy doesn't Protect on Thursday December 19, 2024 @06:14PM (#42466721)
Doesn't really matter what they call it - that's non-monogamy (edit: or cheating)
Re:Polyamory doesn't Liberate; Monogamy doesn't Protect on Thursday December 19, 2024 @06:12PM (#42466710)
Good thing you figured out that non-monogamy simply doesn't work. Must feel good to finally get to the bottom of that! I'll make sure to inform the millions of Americans currently practicing it that you figured it out - simple arithmetic!
Re:Polyamory doesn't Liberate; Monogamy doesn't Protect on Thursday December 19, 2024 @04:08PM (#42465700)
Indeed a wild generalization, but I can agree from many anecdotes that monogamous couples "going poly" is super super hard - much easier to start a relationship in a poly dynamic than attempt to transform one.
Re:Ask HN: In 2024 what's the best way to manage contacts? on Monday October 21, 2024 @10:09PM (#41910492)
I use Fastmail which has CardDAV syncing, and generally it's worked great. One or twice I've noticed it stops syncing and I have to remove + re-add the sync profile, but generally speaking I've been pretty happy with the results.
Re:Launch HN: Silurian (YC S24) – Simulate the Earth on Monday September 16, 2024 @03:22PM (#41559542)
This is cool. What do you mean by "defense?"
I might suggest reading the text in question. Orwell's "Homage to Catalonia" will give a much more three dimensional view of "anarchism" than what we tend imagine from first principles. Even just the first few chapters are well worth the read: https://files.libcom.org/files/Homage%20to%20Catalonia%20-%2...
Re:Taking away iPhone made daughter a better person on Thursday June 13, 2024 @05:34PM (#40675063)
Soooo you just don't think that phones (with social media apps) are addictive and harmful for kids? The research on this is pretty clear.
Re:Taking away iPhone made daughter a better person on Thursday June 13, 2024 @05:20PM (#40674914)
Legislation is absolutely happening! Check it: https://www.compactmag.com/article/ending-big-techs-child-ex...
Re:The walls of Apple's garden are tumbling down on Sunday April 28, 2024 @03:21AM (#40186703)
For anyone who wants much more detailed coverage of these cases, and are willing to pay for it, I can't recommend Matt Stoller's Substack enough. Here's an older article, but he regularly covers developments in all the anti trust cases: https://open.substack.com/pub/mattstoller/p/monopoly-round-u...
No. The decision of any individual consumer will always be millions of times less impactful than the decisions of the leaders in these organizations. They should be held to account - not the individual buying what they need to get through life.
Re:The Quest for a Simple Smartwatch on Thursday June 29, 2023 @01:29AM (#36516666)
All I want is an analog watch that shades the face of the watch when I have calendar events coming up. That's it. No screen, no pings, no nothing. Just the ability to check my watch and see how long till my next appointment. Unfortunately, [this kickstarter watch](https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1540240985/calendar-wat...) is now dead.
Re:I wish GPT4 had never happened on Saturday April 08, 2023 @12:49PM (#35495135)
This is such a toxic response. You're commenting on someone's blog about how they are sad. Your response is to argue that they're wrong which means that their sadness is invalid.
Re:Everything advertised on social media is overpriced junk on Saturday April 08, 2023 @12:41PM (#35495043)
FTFY: "Everything advertised is overpriced"

When you buy a product that's been advertised, you also have to pay for the ad that was served to you. Ban ads!

I guess one implication of this will be the continuing rapid decrease in cost of software development. Everyone who previously could barely scrape together a functional app will now be able to launch advanced, beautiful, feature-rich apps. Quality of products could improve vastly (quantity will improve vastly).

What happens when GitHub can auto suggest entire PRs for open issues?

It seems only a matter of time before Github/Copilot/ChatGPT (all owned by Microsoft) will be able to take the text from any open issue on your repo and suggest a PR which might fix that bug or add that feature. Obviously, as a developer, this sounds like a WILD superpower."Upgrade entire front end from Bootstrap 4 to Bootstrap 5""Add integration tests for account creation and account...

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Re:Keep your AI claims in check on Monday February 27, 2023 @07:06PM (#34963919)
Lina Khan is running a new FTC and she's incredible
Re:An Introduction to Class Warfare for the Software Engineer on Tuesday February 07, 2023 @06:36PM (#34701589)
Sure, but the point is that you have to fight now. Personally, I think a union would be a GREAT move, and I'm surprised he didn't stress that more.

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