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Re:Show HN: Emacs log-mode (cheap copy of Logseq) on Sunday June 28, 2026 @08:57PM (#48713506)
Org-mode exists?
Re:Time to Start De-Appling on Tuesday November 11, 2025 @07:44AM (#45886658)
Nextcloud has on-demand (if by that you mean a SaaS product)
Re:Signal Secure Backups on Tuesday September 09, 2025 @11:21AM (#45183210)
Memories.
Re:Ask HN: Clear, Open E-Reader? on Tuesday March 04, 2025 @04:06PM (#43259805)
Pocketbook is what you want.

For some reason not popular state-side, but it's absolutely the bees-knees.

Drag and drop install of Koreader. Built in RSS reader. Performant PDF reader (if you want to not use Koreader) Linux, so you can write your own stuff if you want.

I own the Era model, and it's been amazing.

Welcome to nightvale
Re:Ask HN: What's the "best" book you've ever read? on Tuesday October 08, 2024 @12:22PM (#41779043)
I know this is considered by some to be a religious text. However, I have read some bits of it and know that there are gems there. Still, could I ask you to expand on why you think so?
Re:Vanishing Culture: Preserving Cookbooks on Monday September 30, 2024 @12:06PM (#41698761)
As an Asian who definitely has no family cookbooks to fall back on, It definitely is a project to get things written. It's a tragedy that knowledge passed down for generations get lost because inbetween generations placed no value in cooking.
Re:If AI chatbots are the future, I hate it on Thursday July 11, 2024 @09:19AM (#40936474)
>Your desire to handle that all in-house by organic, corn-fed, English-as-their-first-language meat-bags is lovely but you'd be bankrupt in a week.

This sentiment is, in essence, the problem. It's perfectly logical for this trend of distancing customers from their , as you put it, "all in-house by organic, corn-fed, English-as-their-first-language-meat-bags" when you start with the core concept that the _only_ purpose of a company is to earn capital.

Re:Show HN: Brewer X, a native macOS client for Homebrew on Monday April 22, 2024 @01:31AM (#40111631)
I'm clearly not in the demographic for this. However, I'm immediately dubious about any "maintenance scripts claims". That sounds very opaque. Does your app have any rollback / contingencies in place in case your maintenance scripts break something?

• Automatic replacement of apps installed without Homebrew

Does that mean your app would look in the homebrew repo to find similar apps and links it?

Re:Ask HN: Where are all this years April fools jokes? on Tuesday April 02, 2024 @11:21AM (#39906781)
My pet theory is that they were a form of marketing for the folks who grew up with the wild-west-internet. The internet now is more corporate and "serious". You have an entire generation of workers who only ever knew the internet in its walled off / corporate form. And then you have folks want to "just get work done". So you'll continue to see fewer of these harmless chicanery.
Re:Apache Guacamole: a clientless remote desktop gateway on Friday March 29, 2024 @03:21PM (#39867953)
I chuckled. Thanks
Re:Inkjets are for more than just printing on Monday March 25, 2024 @11:14PM (#39823963)
> Just don't get HP.

The real pro-tips are always in the comments.

I think my reason for commenting was because the way you comment makes it seem like the product is out to try / "check out my product!" but the product doesn't even exist.

It feels dishonest? Like a bait and switch.

That being said, good luck.

Not a dig at you, but I see you plugging this on everything even remotely similar to your app. With the caveat that your product is not even out? Is the intention just to build hype?

Seems a bit disingenuous is all.

Re:Ask HN: How do you optimize your focus? on Tuesday March 12, 2024 @10:42AM (#39680133)
Wow, why didn't I think of that?
Re:Ask HN: How do you optimize your focus? on Tuesday March 12, 2024 @10:42AM (#39680132)
I cannot speak higher of https://mynoise.net/ It is so amazing for pink noise and all the other noises. I basically always have a tab with this up.
Re:Ask HN: What are you working on and why is it cool? on Tuesday February 27, 2024 @02:49PM (#39528829)
That's super cool! Will you share it when you're done?
Really wish I read this before I gave this a go
Re:How to Quit Your Smartphone on Monday February 05, 2024 @10:14AM (#39262040)
Watch out, you don't want to be too edgy.
Re:Kagi search reached 20k paying members on Monday January 29, 2024 @11:10AM (#39177942)
I mean, isn't the only way to go about that to be completely vanilla or do what the masses do, then? Because if you start blocking all these cookies, canvas, javascript, etc- won't your browser's fingerprint be even more unique since you'd be the only one who's traffic data would be incomplete?
Re:Show HN: Learning app using Educational YouTube videos on Sunday January 28, 2024 @01:34PM (#39168422)
> Duolingo creates dopamine hits under the facade of learning a language (which you never do).

If you're using duolingo as your only source for learning a language, yeah. It's a flashcard app when you get to brass tacks. You won't learn a language by only use flashcards.

As a supplemental tool, it's great.

Re:Kagi search reached 20k paying members on Thursday January 25, 2024 @12:57AM (#39126628)
Why does this matter?
Re:Ask HN: What browser are you using? on Monday December 18, 2023 @12:37PM (#38685604)
Could you tell me what feature kept you there? I've been trying it on the side, but it seems to be bulkier than basically anything else I've tried.
Re:Link's Awakening DX HD on Thursday December 14, 2023 @03:22PM (#38646732)
>They took gritty and energizing chip tune music and replaced it with breathy, gentle wind instruments. It fits the aesthetics of the game but it's so boring.

I felt the same but I didn't really know what was wrong with it until I read your comment. It is beautiful, but it's just... lacking something for me.

I'd previously described it as a "soul-less remake" but I think perhaps it's just taken in a direction that didn't sit true to the original. Whereas, if you look at the recent Super Mario RPG remake, it's got the same vibe and soul as the original game.

Re:Ask HN: 2023 New Year's resolutions check-up on Wednesday December 13, 2023 @01:51PM (#38632295)
And how's that going?

But also, I do not understand the intent behind a comment such as yours. I do not mean to single you out, you just happened to be the most recent commenter I have seen this from.

Comments such as yours do not address the question at all. Is the intent to just pat yourself on your back? Is the intent just to comment and say something (despite its relevance)?

Please help me understand.

Re:Why Blogging Platforms Suck on Monday December 11, 2023 @10:03AM (#38601236)
Is this really a competing standard though?
Re:IA Writer in Paper on Friday December 08, 2023 @02:17PM (#38572947)
Get yourself a buddha board :) you can basically do something like that.
Re:IA Writer in Paper on Friday December 08, 2023 @02:16PM (#38572940)
What ink do you use with this? I find a lot of "bright" inks to not be opaque enough.
Re:IA Writer in Paper on Friday December 08, 2023 @02:15PM (#38572927)
This looks like good paper. I hope it doesn't bleed or feather like most with fountainpen ink.

I like the idea.

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