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Post by rsync »

ghostly_s wrote: post #130
rsync wrote: post #84

"Oh By"[1] It's a "universal shortener" which means it doesn't just shorten URLs - it shortens anything and turns it into a short, recognizable code. Or, what would be a recognizable code if anyone used it :) Here's an example: https://0x.co/examples.html ... and for some reason I am still enamored with the " send a text to someone in the future " use-case. [1] https://0x.co

Every other url shortener has the massive advantage over yours of providing urls that can actually be used to retrieve the information, whereas your codes are meaningless unless someone is already aware of the service. Furthermore, I would argue they are not "recognizable" because the format you've chosen already has a well-known unrelated meaning for hex notation.

Just to clarify: if you use 0x.co as just a plain old URL shortener then it will work just like you expect it to.

The odd use-case - codes out in the real world - is a chicken-and-egg problem that will probably never resolve itself.

Re: Ask HN: What is your “I don't care if this succeeds” project?

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Post by agentultra »

https://github.com/agentultra/adventure-engine

It’s an interactive fiction game engine built in Haskell. It’s still in development which I’ve been doing on my stream [0] purely for fun and to show what it’s like working on a non-trivial Haskell project.

It has a UI built using a library called monomer and some basic interactivity. The plan is to build it up to a workable engine with decent authoring tools to make simple games with.

[0] https://twitch.tv/agentultra

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Post by maxwellito »

FriedPickles wrote: post #154
maxwellito wrote: post #147

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I was looking for it for ages. Please make a British version as well! This is neat!

Glad you like it! But I thought the UK duckhead already has a ground pin? https://www.apple.com/uk/shop/product/MKU63B/A/67w-usb-c-pow...

That's right, but the short version isn't connected to the ground. https://discussions.apple.com/thread/8594979

Re: Ask HN: What is your “I don't care if this succeeds” project?

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Post by FriedPickles »

egeek wrote: post #191
FriedPickles wrote: post #154

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Glad you like it! But I thought the UK duckhead already has a ground pin? https://www.apple.com/uk/shop/product/MKU63B/A/67w-usb-c-pow...

At least on my older mag safe charger, only 2 pins are connected. You can pull off the UK plug and plug in the US or EU one, or even just a regular figure 8 lead (not sure of the correct name for these!) Had a few times where I've had to disconnect the charger as I could feel an effect like static electricity on the metal case of the MacBook.

Oh wow! Sure enough, the UK adapter _has_ the ground pin, but it's not connected to anything .

https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/17575/how-to-prope...

Alright if I sell any of this North American grounded version, I'll make one for y'all across the pond!

Re: Ask HN: What is your “I don't care if this succeeds” project?

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Post by Myrmornis »

https://github.com/dandavison/xenops

Mathematical LaTeX editing in Emacs with automatic inline rendering of math, tables, and TiKZ diagrams.

It's hard to imagine this getting popular because (a) it's Emacs, (b) LaTeX is a pain and Overleaf is pretty nice, (c) I think it would require the Auctex team to want to adopt my implementation, and combine their expertise and code to parse LaTeX math delimiters as reliably as auctex does, (d) I only use and develop Xenops when I'm studying maths, which is not much now I have a real job again. But Xenops is nice to use.

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Post by FriedPickles »

maxwellito wrote: post #224
FriedPickles wrote: post #154

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Glad you like it! But I thought the UK duckhead already has a ground pin? https://www.apple.com/uk/shop/product/MKU63B/A/67w-usb-c-pow...

That's right, but the short version isn't connected to the ground. https://discussions.apple.com/thread/8594979

I just found this too. So strange to have a useless prong--maybe it's just for mechanical support? IMO if thats the case they should make the whole prong plastic to indicate its lack of electrical function.

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Post by imgabe »

No Nonsense Recipes - https://nononsense.recipes

I built it mainly to scratch my own itch out of frustration with recipe blogs and their endless stories and photo collages before they get to the point where they actually tell you how to make the recipe.

It seems a pretty common complaint, so I thought other people might be interested. I added a subscription because I don't like ads and tracking and everything that goes with that. A few people have signed up but, so far they all cancelled before the end of the free trial. I get a lot of use out of it though, so I'm pretty happy with that. It's cheap to run and gives me something to tinker with now and again.

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Post by sfilmeyer »

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Are you licensed? Maybe the first candidate just intends to take your financial advice and then sue you into the ground afterwards.
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