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seam_carver

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About seam_carver

https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexu2/ https://github.com/axu2

Recent public activity

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    Comment #48632912

    Starts at $1049

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    Summary of recent buggy Kindle updates since Nov 2025: dictionary, fonts, manga

    Remember, Amazon can A/B test features, so bugs may only appear if a particular feature is being A/B tested on you. 09/17/2025 5.18.5 * No serious bugs as far as I remember. 11/05/…

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    Comment #48343604

    use the enhanced h264-ify to block the av1 stream, av1 takes a lot of cpu

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    Comment #48090919

    You know what they say, win32 is the most stable linux api.

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    Comment #48090871

    messenger.com won't allow new sessions on any browsers afaik. https://www.facebook.com/messages works fine

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    Comment #48085928

    I recently switched to Safari, I'm actually very impressed by how well it works.

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    Comment #48079316

    Honestly, I kind of support this lack of backward compatibility. So many apps I use from big companies are still Intel based and leaving tons of performance on the table. This will…

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    Comment #48077753

    Isn't code signing even harder/more expensive on Windows?

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    Comment #47975098

    "Note: We enabled the availability of iOS 18.7.7 for more devices on April 1, 2026, so users with Automatic Updates turned on can automatically receive important security protectio…

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    Comment #47907229

    "Note: We enabled the availability of iOS 18.7.7 for more devices on April 1, 2026, so users with Automatic Updates turned on can automatically receive important security protectio…

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    Comment #47841359

    This is highly unusual since iOS 26 compatible devices didn't get iOS 18.7.3-18.7.6

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    Comment #47841235

    Side tangent: I’m the developer of Kindle Comic Converter. Kindle updates 5.19.2+ have completely broken the sideloaded manga reader with bugs like huge margins, pages being on the…

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    Comment #47819312

    If anyone is interested, I made a video about my favorite application of the 2D discrete Fourier transform, where it's used to erase rainbows on manga screen tones on color eink Ka…

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    Comment #47789248

    My Mac Mini M2 sometimes blinks in November months. I've replaced my display cable recently with an HDMI to DVI cable with ferrite cores from monoprice, I'll see if it makes a diff…

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    Comment #47709213

    68 comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47678320 22 comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47690049

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    Comment #47705590

    Later discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47690049

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    Comment #47697591

    Side tangent: I’m the developer of Kindle Comic Converter. Kindle updates 5.19.2+ have completely broken the sideloaded manga reader with bugs like huge margins, pages being on the…

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    Comment #47679287

    This is good stuff, hopefully kindlegen becomes native in macOS 28

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    Comment #47678966

    Side tangent: I’m the developer of Kindle Comic Converter. Kindle updates 5.19.2+ have completely broken the sideloaded manga reader with bugs like huge margins, pages being on the…