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Re: on Sunday October 12, 2025 @08:18PM (#45563383)
good idea
Re: on Sunday October 12, 2025 @11:57AM (#45559159)
i've gotta agree with you on this one </3
Re: on Sunday October 12, 2025 @11:53AM (#45559125)
there may be some parts that read like really, really broken English like the one you just said, but for the most part I feel like it's okayishly readable. and again, this was just an end-of-the-week side project that I made because a random person in school gave me the idea to do so, so it won't be too polished :P

Show HN: Git for Normies

Posted by sirbread on Tuesday July 08, 2025 @07:08PM
from the show-hn dept.

https://github.com/sirbread/be-kind-please-rewind

When I was younger, about 10, I remember constantly going into %AppData% in Windows and taking "snapshots" of my Minecraft worlds by copying them into a folder and putting a timestamp on them. Admittedly, it got pretty annoying. A couple days ago, I saw my brother doing the exact same thing, but instead of .mcworld files, he was "backing up" image files by making copies of them and chucking...

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Re:Show HN: Sink – Sync any directory with any device on your local ne... on Friday June 27, 2025 @12:00PM (#44397829)
thank you for the kind words :)
Re:Show HN: Sink – Sync any directory with any device on your local ne... on Friday June 27, 2025 @11:52AM (#44397770)
trust me, I've tried asking for other programs to be on the whitelist. if they didn't allow firefox, they definitely won't allow synching. and I don't wanna get in trouble either lol
Re:Show HN: Sink – Sync any directory with any device on your local ne... on Friday June 27, 2025 @03:53AM (#44394694)
we've all been there
Re:Show HN: Sink – Sync any directory with any device on your local ne... on Friday June 27, 2025 @03:35AM (#44394569)
i can't tell if this is satire or not </3
Re:Show HN: Sink – Sync any directory with any device on your local ne... on Friday June 27, 2025 @03:15AM (#44394449)
being fr, i never even knew about syncthing until now. it's (clearly) a lot better, but again, the reason I made this is because of my school's software whitelist. they only allow certain apps to run on my laptop, one of them being python due to out compsci class. since then, I've been using it to get around whitelists and make my own stuff. this allows me to sync up me and my friend's stuff (like projects, etc.) while we're in school and not have to worry about the whitelist :)
Re:Show HN: Sink – Sync any directory with any device on your local ne... on Friday June 27, 2025 @03:04AM (#44394379)
lol sure i "reinvented it" but the reason I made it in the first place is because my school's whitelist. they whitelisted certain apps (like Python 3.11, for our Comp Sci class) and i've been using that since to get around the whitelist :p
Re:Show HN: Sink – Sync any directory with any device on your local ne... on Friday June 27, 2025 @02:53AM (#44394317)
Totally understand your doubts. I mainly made this program to solve a tiny issue that got annoying and repetitive, so I asked myself, "Can I automate this?" 1. Since I mainly use Windows (for school software to run), I cannot simply do this, considering our school blocks any 3rd part app that isn't in their whitelist. 2. Sure, it doesn't _replace_ a USB drive, but it makes it a lot easier, which can _lessen_ the use of a USB drive. 3. Again, I really just made this for myself and a couple of friends at my high school so we can share projects without too much hassle. I just wanted to share it with the world because maybe someone else has the same dumb problem, which could help them too. It's not meant to be a business, just a tool. I'll call that a win if it saves one other person from emailing a file to themselves.

Show HN: Sink – Sync any directory with any device on your local network

Posted by sirbread on Friday June 27, 2025 @02:01AM
from the show-hn dept.

https://github.com/sirbread/sink

i made sink. it's a simple little tool that continuously syncs folders between 2 devices. no cloud, no email, flash drives, no bs.it just uses your local wifi. run it on your machines, tell them to trust each other, and you're set. and if you manage to edit the same file at once, it handles the conflict and saves both copies.for anyone who just wants to get files from point a to b without the...

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Show HN: Living room – a shared TV where anyone can change the channel

Posted by sirbread on Tuesday June 10, 2025 @07:53AM
from the show-hn dept.

https://livingroom.sirbread.dev/

Hey HN! I made a site called living room. It's basically a TV that's shared across everybody using it. Anyone who's on the site can switch the channel, and everyone else instantly sees the change. The "channels" are just random live Twitch streams, so you never really know what you'll get. Sometimes, it's an esports guy, and sometimes, it's a sleep stream. And everybody watches it.FYI, you can...

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Re: on Saturday May 31, 2025 @01:20AM (#44142012)
greed, the emotion, is now a simple game of psychology and numbers.

every round, pick an integer between 1 and 10. at the end of the round, points are calculated as: (number you picked) / (number of people who picked that number) if multiple people pick the same number, they split the points. for example, if 4 people choose 8, each gets 2 points (8 / 4). if only you pick 7, you get all 7 points. so, the more greedy people are, the less points they get.

it has a built-in chat so you can bluff about the numbers you chose, and a stat record (people vs points graphs). and a leaderboard...

open source at: https://github.com/sirbread/greed