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I just read somewhere on HN that "code is a liability, not an asset, the idea behind the code/final product is the actual asset." And, I can't agree more... > It is so embarrassing…

> LittleSnitch is great for MacOS; it is easily configured to alert you every time your machine makes ip/domain connections, which can then be accepted, denied, or rules made For a…

> Big sand will eat us all. Sand companies more like sandworms who are producing melange (Chips) and not hesitating to eat away its consumers (Users) on the way... (# Dune vibes)

> Took me a really long time to realize that I should scroll. Because why would I? There is absolutely no indication that there is anything to scroll to. > I clicked on the two ava…

UI Feedback - I was having trouble figuring out what to do with the website, possibly due to the lack of text. I was tapping everywhere just to find the interactive areas (invisibl…

> Anyone know the best way to get the SpaceX video from Twitter/X onto Apple TV? I don't have Apple TV but for videos on X, I download it temporarily to a intermediate server then …

> It is, but you have to reinstall it every week. I'd greatly appreciate it if you can share the relevant link/repo for it?

> If they were just honest from the get-go, it'd be fine, but some people aren't. If it were just individuals doing it, maybe it would've been somewhat digestible. But it's a pity …

Thank you FFmpeg developers and contributors! If there's anything that needs audio/video automation, I've always turned to FFmpeg, it's such a crucial and indispensible tool and so…

> Time in the video: 1:51 Thanks > It looks like Gaussian blur. Probably "deconvolution" can fix it. Random link from Google: https://www.ianmorison.com/deconvolution-sharpening/ A…

In 2025, what is the best approach to unblur a QR code? And, how others would approach it — any new tools or AI workflows specifically good at structured unblurring like below? I e…

> PWA's killer features are circumventing the app store and the app store tax and not maintaining two codebases for Android and iOS. Agreed, I wish we lived in world where PWAs had…

On one hand, SPAs took off and became massively popular. On the other, I’m still curious why PWAs—especially the kind with service-worker-powered offline access—never really did. I…

Cool idea and this was nostalgic as well... I created a similar application to communicate and send beacon signals over SMS (using Twilio) without Internet (as internet went down) …

This is so awesome. I hope I can expand my knowledge such that I can understand most of this project, right now it was way past my limited CS proficiency. Though my highlight (whic…

Well written article... nitpick - your article date [1] as of posting this comment is DEC 31 2024... > fullstack dev versus youtube - DEC 31 2024 [1] https://vincentsg.dev/blog/

> I'd be happy if they banned all vaping devices (circa 2019) Why has India banned e-cigarettes? https://www.thehindu.com/news/why-has-india-banned-e-cigaret... Worth sharing and t…

> We need a Firefox with good defaults and it seems like this browser is such a thing. If you're looking such option for Android, you can check out Mull [1] which is available on F…

Uneasy co-incidence, that recently an Indian Uber competitor (named Ola) also had a report of lobbying efforts... https://twitter.com/shrutisonal26/status/1544540603932758016 Edit:…

Anything (points/karma/coins) which is free & unlimited will find it's way to get exploited. "What if" there's a barter system for karma/points, you do a +1 and get a -1. Though I …

Well, here's the tweet from Bret Taylor (chair of the board at Twitter)... https://mobile.twitter.com/btaylor/status/154552608708969676... > "The Twitter Board is committed to clos…