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Re:Demystifying StartupWMClass on Tuesday June 23, 2026 @08:33PM (#48653616)
As the maintainer of Plank Reloaded, the most common bug report I get is "this app has the wrong icon." It's almost never the dock - it's a broken StartupWMClass in the app's .desktop file. So I wrote up how to find the right value on X11, Wayland, and KDE, and why deleting the line often fixes it.
Re:I Verified My LinkedIn Identity. Here's What I Handed Over on Saturday February 21, 2026 @05:17PM (#47105418)
In your "WHAT YOU SHOULD DO" section, you missed the most important thing.

Stop using LinkedIn, and stop using these terrible services that rip away our privacy.

Re:William Gibson Reads Neuromancer (2004) on Tuesday September 16, 2025 @09:57PM (#45270670)
There is a much higher quality version of this posted on IPFS.

https://bafybeifvyimyhbmn4ml3ewleepiaahaultucbs6nnzu6qwswld6...

Re:Show HN: Chawan TUI web browser on Monday June 16, 2025 @11:31PM (#44295501)
This works great, been playing with it through s-search and it works way better than w3m. =)
Re:Show HN: I completed shipping my desktop app on Sunday January 05, 2025 @03:18PM (#42604672)
"This Deployment has been disabled."

This is why people shouldn't use Vercel. The last thing you want is a message like this when people come to your site.

Exactly what I was going to say. Who wants a LAN port that is slower than the WAN port?
Re:YAML is not a superset of JSON on Wednesday September 11, 2024 @03:41AM (#41509013)
However this wasn't really true till 1.2 if I am reading the spec correctly. Plus many parsers default to 1.1. =\
Re:YAML is not a superset of JSON on Wednesday September 11, 2024 @03:38AM (#41509000)
Thanks. Didn't realize anyone thought this. I checked the YAML docs when I saw this post, and it didn't seem like an official feature.

The SAP article definitely states it, that's the first time I have seen it described that way.

Re:YAML is not a superset of JSON on Wednesday September 11, 2024 @03:30AM (#41508946)
I am confused, when was YAML ever considered a superset of JSON?

These are completely different serialization formats.

Damn took me 13 tries. Fun game. =)
Re:Finding New Pastures: Big Nerd Ranch's Next Chapter on Sunday June 16, 2024 @09:16PM (#40701474)
I have extremely fond memories of the ranch. It was what got Throttled Pro off the ground and was by far the best Objective-C resource I could have possibly imagined.

Aaron will forever be a hero in my book. Best of luck in the future.

Re:Krita is now available on the macOS store on Friday October 27, 2023 @11:02PM (#38046686)
I was one of those devs long ago. The shareware model worked wonders.
Re:Krita is now available on the macOS store on Friday October 27, 2023 @10:07PM (#38046404)
This model should be done more. Develop the product in the open, offer a fully functional open source version, and then offer a paid version on commercial app stores.

This can bring in some extra revenue for the project, plus covers the app store dev work.

I bet a bunch of users would buy it just to support the dev team. Plus I would argue an app store purchase (one click) can be done faster/easier than any donation flow I have seen for an open-source project.

Just something to think about.

Re:Ask HN: Could you share your personal blog here? on Wednesday July 05, 2023 @06:47PM (#36608291)
This is where I share my thoughts about crypto, security, infrastructure, linux, food, health and spirit.

https://thoughts.greyh.at

Re:The Beginner's Guide to eBPF on Sunday May 07, 2023 @10:12PM (#35857371)
Actually pretty neat, but it would be substantially nicer with a lifetime account option, even if it was expensive.

Having to renew is inconvenient, and makes it possible to lose your name.

Re:Ask HN: How do you discover music? on Wednesday September 14, 2022 @07:32AM (#32835717)
Primarily I stream from Pandora, Spotify and Soundcloud through Sonos. Then I have Sonos scrobble everything to Last.fm.

I still find Pandora to be the best for finding new artists, I just create new stations and see what they recommend.

Re:When to use Bazel? on Wednesday September 14, 2022 @02:58AM (#32834082)
I second this. Bazel is more trouble than it's worth.
I love my framework laptop. Runs linux perfectly, and has upgradable components.

The arch guide is also excellent. https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Framework_Laptop

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