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Re:Proton's AI manifesto for software engineering on Monday November 02, 2026 @06:36AM (#50335537)
Ah yes, let yourself become a meat proxy, embrace it, love it, you will surely become better this way!
Re:Herdr has released native app on Friday October 30, 2026 @05:38AM (#50301622)
Can you use Zed with your regular Claude subscription?
We need to find ways to prevent the console from calling home, that way we can prevent situations where Nintendo can tell me if I'm allowed to use or not the hardware I paid for. Literally the greediest company out there, selling decade old games for 80 bucks.
Re:ReactOS reaches major milestone with NTFS install support on Friday October 23, 2026 @06:30AM (#50206835)
At this point, is it like a hobby project? Does anybody use this professionally?
>OpenShell collects anonymous telemetry, limited to operational categories and counts, to help improve the project.

>To disable it, set OPENSHELL_TELEMETRY_ENABLED=false on the gateway, or server.telemetryEnabled=false for Helm installs.

Re:apsw: Another Python SQLite Wrapper on Sunday October 11, 2026 @03:58PM (#50047190)
Why do you say it's bad?
Re:Ncdu: An Updated Fork on Monday October 05, 2026 @03:27AM (#49961720)
I don't get it, why don't people put a simple screenshot in the README? I don't have time to figure out what your repo does and how it works.
Re:Small Programming Tricks on Wednesday September 16, 2026 @12:28PM (#49729432)
If you want to level up your Zsh history experience, I built zhist[1] specifically for that. It uses fzf underneath, but provides considerably more context than simply using fzf. There's a demo video in the README.

[1] https://github.com/overflowy/zhist

Re:Firefox's AI Switch Is Off. Telemetry Isn't on Wednesday September 02, 2026 @04:54PM (#49542397)
That's literally just a configuration file. You can adapt it to your needs and create something even more tailored than the browser's default version.
Re:How to debloat your Xiaomi 15 Ultra without root access on Wednesday September 02, 2026 @04:21PM (#49541914)
Yes, you can use Canta[1]. When you select an app, it also provides you with some info (sometimes a bit vague) about what the app does. I used it to debloat my Oppo X9 Pro.

[1] https://github.com/samolego/Canta

Re:Firefox's AI Switch Is Off. Telemetry Isn't on Wednesday September 02, 2026 @04:12PM (#49541817)
I love Firefox but I don't understand why anybody would use it without a custom config like BetterFox[1].

[1] https://github.com/yokoffing/Betterfox

Re:Introducing Ad Blocker for Firefox on iOS on Tuesday September 01, 2026 @11:21AM (#49523170)
Nope. Only Browser that can on iOS is Brave.
Re:Introducing Ad Blocker for Firefox on iOS on Tuesday September 01, 2026 @11:21AM (#49523169)
FYI: Doesn't block YouTube ads.
Re:Gemini Omni 1.1 Flash on Saturday August 29, 2026 @06:23AM (#49488629)
Nobody says that AI code is holy, I'm pretty sure vibe coded crap by people that know nothing about writing code has the same effect.
Re:Gemini Omni 1.1 Flash on Thursday August 27, 2026 @04:28PM (#49470762)
If you're using any of these generated videos in any professional setting, I don't think I will be able to ever use your business.
OMG, you just made my day!
I would absolutely kill for them to open source their documentation system.
Re:Show HN: Smarter Shell History for Zsh on Thursday August 13, 2026 @06:39AM (#49284012)
Atuin is a venture‑backed product, while zhist is like 1k lines of Go code you could probably read in one sitting.

I tried Atuin before and liked it, but the idea of a background service sending my command history to servers I don't control never sat well with me. A small boring tool that runs locally doesn't care about revenue nor will have to sunset any feature hehe

Atuin works with several shells, zhist only supports zsh because that's what I use. Both Atuin and zhist record each command together with its working directory and exit status. They both offer global and per‑directory modes. If I remember correctly, Atuin did not provide a quick way to delete an entry, whereas zhist assigns Ctrl‑D for that purpose (or Ctrl+X if you want to remove all occurrences of that command). Atuin also records how long each command ran, zhist does not but it will in the next release. Under the hood, Atuin uses SQLite, runs a daemon, and uses a sync protocol. zhist is a single binary that writes to a flat JSON file, with no service and no sync feature. With zhist, if you want to sync your history to another machine, you'd have to rsync the JSON file.

Re:Show HN: Smarter Shell History for Zsh on Wednesday August 12, 2026 @12:49PM (#49275302)
It replaces the default Zsh history functionality. It adds fuzzy searching, tracks the command's exit code and the directory it was launched from. There's a short demo video in the README.
Re:Show HN: Smarter Shell History for Zsh on Wednesday August 12, 2026 @12:47PM (#49275263)
Thanks. I also thought of skipping fzf, but it's old, battle‑tested, and does one thing exceptionally well. I doubt I could implement something better myself. The current implementation can handle hundreds of thousands of commands relatively fast (under 50 ms on my machine).
Re:They Killed Old Reddit on Tuesday August 11, 2026 @07:17AM (#49256407)
It seems to work fine here. Just be aware that you need to go into the site settings and re‑enable Old Reddit (even if it’s already enabled, you have to toggle it again). They did that some time ago, and it doesn't "remember" your preference if you use a fresh browser session.
That's hilarious, since France, Germany, and UK combined barely make up 8.7% of China's total CO₂ emissions [1]. In other words, China emits about 11.4 times as much as France, Germany, and the UK put together.

[1] https://www.worldometers.info/co2-emissions/co2-emissions-by...

Auto mode works really well with Safehouse [1]. I usually call Claude like this:

    safe() {
        safehouse --env --add-dirs="/tmp:~/.claude" "$@"
    }

    safeclaude() {
        safe claude --enable-auto-mode --permission-mode auto
    }
This way I will never fear Claude `rm -rf`-ing my home directory.

[1] https://agent-safehouse.dev/

Depends how much they will raise the prices. They can 10x the price and it will still be affordable to run.
Re:Firedome on Friday July 31, 2026 @12:56PM (#49125710)
Why not simply hose the water directly? A water tank + a compressor would solve the pressure issue.

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