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I hope this is a good change for last.fm! I love the service but it's been trickier to use since I switched from Spotify to Apple Music. Does anyone have a setup they're happy with…

Aside from the article's content, I really like the inline exercise for the reader with the hidden/expandable answer section. It's fun and it successfully got me to read the procee…

+1 to the Voyager. I switched to it a few years ago from the Moonlander and have been really happy with it. I like the smaller footprint, and the fact that it has fewer keys. Havin…

> if that wide shelf will mean the phone doesn't wobble when placed on a table, that is a good usability improvement. That's what I had hoped too, but from the images I've seen it …

They're actually not videos! They're using asciinema: https://asciinema.org/ , which is rendering actual text in the webpage - try selecting some while the recording is playing.

I was surprised by this too! I actually did a search for that character in order to check before posting this: https://hn.algolia.com/?q=%E2%87%84 I was a bit concerned that HN's a…

That's cool! I suspected that someone must have done something like this before.

I suspect that the strategy I've described in my the post (forwarding a signed email with some modified headers) isn't actually new, and that it's just the first time I've looked c…

I hadn't thought to use the internet archive for this! From a quick check on a few of the unavailable videos on my list, it seems to work well. Thanks!

Stripe's Increment Magazine was pretty cool, but it seems like they stopped publishing new editions in 2021: https://store.increment.com/ On the slightly less technical side, I've …

Wow I had no idea that this was possible, thanks!

If you end up looking for a product that does this rather than building it yourself, I've had a good experience with the WiiM Mini: https://wiimhome.com/wiimmini/overview

> This works because function.toString() in modern runtimes gives you back fully parse-able input source. TIL - that is good to know. I'll probably leave the post as-is but I will …

Oh cool, I wasn't aware of the book but I'll check it out.

> Volume controls also shouldn't just be a flat wideband gain - they should respect how we actually perceive sound so the timbre doesn't change as the level changes (when you turn …

> Seems like the author moved from a “speakers + networked amp” setup, to a one where with active speakers where everything is built-in. Close! I moved from a "speakers + non-netwo…

They do require the Content-Type header