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Yeah, I used to Google things until Google went to shit. Now I use Kagi, but it doesn't sound like a verb. I'll gladly add "search [it] up" to my lexicon :)

I learned about 0mq a few years back, found myself wondering why it had such an air of quality . Then I found Hitnjens' writing, only to learn that he had been gone for a while. I …

> Good luck standing out universe filled with AI slop apps. This was written sarcastically, but I'm optimistic. The more crap that's out there, the more refereshing and noticeable …

I'm learning operating system fundamentals by writing baremetal code for my Raspberry Pi. My medium term goal is to draw a cursor and move it using a mouse. I recently got the USB …

> browser-based demo Wait, so is the browser running a JavaScript build of Qemu? /

> Reddit, HN Hacker News still has a feed (that's the only reason why I saw this thread). And Reddit gives you a feed for your subscribed subreddits.

> The commit activity might look unusual because I worked in very intense 12h/day sprints over 14 days. That's a weird way to put it. The commit activity looks unusual because it's…

Good to see more hobby OS projects. I'm almost due to start another round of learning this stuff. What have been the most helpful reference materials so far? What's the most memora…

> Reading all the really, super old documentation that explains entire subsystems in amazingly technical depth Any links? > Maybe this is also why Smalltalk fiends are such fans. I…

> do you think there's any appetite in people paying for this type of tool which lets you spin up infra on demand and gives you all the capabilities built so far? (I'm not the auth…

I often go one step futher by appending a short random identifier, `{service}.{id}@{domain}`, to make it harder to guess (in case someone learned of my email address policy). I cre…

I'm with you. Surprised by the negative reactions here. A possible piece of the puzzle: I originally read the article on mobile, no issues. Then I opened it on my desktop, and foun…

`asker` allows daemons to request user input. I run Syncthing to keep my KeepassXC in sync across devices. At the same time I have `syncthing-merge`[1] running to handle any confli…

This year I moved off LastPass, and started using [Syncthing]( https://syncthing.net/ ) to sync my [KeepassXC]( https://keepassxc.org/ ). It works pretty well, but doesn't have any…

Right, and [kjkjadksj says]( https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44445957 ) a similar thing: > If you have a feed reader system there is no need to subscribe [via YouTube] in the …

I wrote a program that exposes my YouTube subscriptions as a news feed. It's seriously a relief to finally have this stuff show up in [my feed reader]( https://www.newsblur.com ). …

I'm encouraged by what you've shared here. My impression of this topic is that it attracts a lot of cranks: "The secrets of the universe have been revealed, and you are all blind!"…

I was pretty confused about why this even exists (it's weird to read a bunch of paragraphs that are semantically valid but don't seem to convey information), and then I read the [P…

Here are some of my experiences: * Figuring out where to start when learning new things (see also https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43087685 >) One way I treat LLMs is as a "sem…

> I just asked ChatGPT what it knows about me, and apparently I am known for my work in the field of AI. [..] people taking this stuff at face value for anything important is terri…

> > What I mean by this is, if you’re building in public there’s a 99% chance you’re going to end up building products for other indiehackers who are interested in following people…

The first tool like this I saw was [comby]( https://comby.dev/ ). I remember it being a bit annoying to use for small-to-medium refactors. Next time I'll try `grit` and see how it …

My childhood best friend died by suicide 2 years ago, after we had been out of contact for ~7 years. We were around 26 at the time. I had no idea what to about it, and it's somethi…