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Kite + Mountain froze it for me as well. Refreshing then wiped all progress.

There's already plenty of group think with certain films. More and more very recently released, popular films are shooting up to the highest rated within a few days. Letterboxd sho…

Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37248844

Why is IMAX running a software emulation of hardware from two decades ago? “The original Quick Turn Reel Units operated on Palm Pilots. In advance of the release of Oppenheimer, IM…

I've been using bat as a cat replacement for a while now. It includes paging, syntax highlighting, line numbers, and is generally very performant. https://github.com/sharkdp/bat

I doubt it's a technical issue. The current YouTube CEO, Neal Mohan, has made a big push for Shorts. This is almost certainly a business decision.

I recently saw a recommendation for Practical Vim by Drew Neil ( https://pragprog.com/titles/dnvim2/practical-vim-second-edit... ) in an other vim thread and decided to pick it up.…

I'm an avid user of Tridactyl for Firefox. It does have some issues with complex UIs, but for the most part is very functional. Using many common vim motions for navigation and int…

Original discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16603886

I'm a native English speaker and grew up mostly overseas in non-English speaking countries. Subtitles helped me understand American slang and conversational English that I wasn't u…

There was an official statement released by a EVGA employee on their company forum https://forums.evga.com/Official-Message-from-EVGA-Managemen... - EVGA will not carry the next ge…

Looks like you can still use https://discordmojis.com/ (at least for now) which was always mostly a mirror of Slackmoji.

You might not want to, but not everyone has the luxury of a nice home theater setup. Some people only have access to quality screens and audio at a local theater. One of my primary…

After successfully solving the daily puzzle, you're presented with a small popup that includes stats and a share button. The share button adds the sequence of emojis to your clipbo…

I have been laughed at by passengers in my car before for using my turn signals when no other cars were around. That really blew my mind the first time. Why anyone would try shamin…

Browsers support adjusting font size if that's an issue for you. They also tend to remember your font size of choice per site. I have no issue using Hacker News on mobile either. T…

Something that helped me was setting my mouse to a lower DPI and using my elbow and shoulder for movement. A very high DPI encourages tiny movements with the wrist. This is also a …

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To be fair, YNAB is rather explicit about how it connects to your accounts and also actively recommends against doing so in favor of manually entering your transactions. My experie…

Is it possible you have an extension blocking scripts or redirects? I'm able to use Doordash just fine on Firefox.

I don't often keep many tabs open, but still vastly prefer Tree Style Tabs. I primarily work on a widescreen monitor and would rather give up horizontal space rather than vertical.…