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Re:A deep dive into the RSS feed reader landscape on Wednesday October 08, 2025 @11:51AM (#45517501)
Thunderbird handles youtube feeds just fine.
That twist was briefly mentioned in season 6, episodes 4 and 5.
Re:Show HN: Wampy, interface addon for Linux-based Walkmans on Thursday February 27, 2025 @04:48PM (#43198879)
AFAIK database rebuild is two steps; first is fsck_msdos, second is checking every file for changes. You can check the logs yourself by installing Wampy and enabling adb, maybe your filesystem is also having issues?
Re:Show HN: Wampy, interface addon for Linux-based Walkmans on Thursday February 27, 2025 @03:26PM (#43198090)
You are talking about Android devices, right? Linux ones have no wireless (and power issues).
Re:Show HN: Wampy, interface addon for Linux-based Walkmans on Thursday February 27, 2025 @02:48PM (#43197763)
Long rescan usually happens if there is a date mismatch between device date and pc. About porting rockbox - you'll have to integrate with almost all system services to keep Sony sound enhancements.

Show HN: Wampy, interface addon for Linux-based Walkmans

https://github.com/unknown321/wampy

Wampy is an interface addon for modern Linux-based Walkmans, which allows you to switch between standard interface and custom one using hardware Hold switch.The project was born out of handful of standard UI nitpicks and "can I make a prettier UI?". There is no Rockbox port for my device (NW-A55), so I did a UI myself, unlocking and adding various features along the way, such as: - Winamp 2...

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Re:Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (February 2025) on Monday February 24, 2025 @01:41AM (#43156451)
Interface addon for Linux-based NW series Walkmans

https://github.com/unknown321/wampy

Re:Ask HN: Which RSS reader do you use? on Saturday January 18, 2025 @04:25AM (#42747027)
For me it's Thunderbird, "Blogs & News Feeds" section. After version 120-something it stopped resizing images on article load - this is the part I find unsatisfying. Otherwise it just works.