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   by Leftium 4y ago

   Note the Refined Hacker News browser extension does this automatically, and more: https://github.com/plibither8/refined-hacker-news#readme This bookmarklet might be a nice option on mobile. I prefer to view via my own
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   by Leftium 4y ago

   Very solid advice! Just to give some examples for points #3 & #4: - Gary Halbert insisted on replacing web site (credit card) forms with a toll-free 1-800 number where a real person took your order and credit card info. This was at a ti
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   by Leftium 4y ago

   First, I think there are two kinds of marketing: 1. "Brute-force" marketing: hit everyone in a wide area with your message, without much consideration for the target audience. The focus is on you and your product/service. 99%
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   by Leftium 4y ago

   This is the first time I've seen it in my HN Replies, but I have seen "* * *" before on https://news.ycombinator.com/ . I even saw another comment asking about this type of comment.
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   by Leftium 4y ago

   I don't think it's just an HN Replies email thing. I've seen "* * *" in actual HN comment threads, too. And I've seen it in 100% of your replies to me, when I've never seen it for other replies. So I wonde
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   by Leftium 4y ago

   Oh, interesting! According to HN Replies, that was the content of your comment ( https://imgur.com/t5316Rx ) (When I checked on HN, it was not "* * *") I've seen these ephemeral "* * *" comments befor
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   by Leftium 4y ago

   Slightly off topic, but I'm curious why some users start a comment with "* * *", then edit it later? Is this just a HN thing? (Parent comment happened to start as one of these "* * *" comments.)
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   by Leftium 4y ago

   Ternary minimizes both the length and number of different symbols used to express a range of numbers[1]. Heap trees were probably optimized for binary, since that's what we use. Perhaps there would be a ternary version of heap trees? O
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   by Leftium 4y ago

   Very nice site! I'm going to purchase a new laptop, and it lines up with my intuition to wait until Memorial Day. (Although Lenovo laptops are always "on sale." I think they just had some decent President's day discounts
10. 640.▲
    by Leftium 4y ago

    I'm seeing the same bug. Chrome on Windows 11 US-EN locale. Also iPhone 16 mobile Safari.
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    by Leftium 4y ago

    I use PageDown/Space + a bookmarklet that marks where the bottom of the page was after scrolling: [Scroll Better with the Space-Bar]. (I modified mine to darken the entire old area instead of just a red line.) [Scroll Better with the S
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    by Leftium 4y ago

    1. [Ternary computers]: Base-3 is the most efficient of all integer bases; numbers are stored most economically with trits. 2. Something like a [Lisp machine] that is optimized for functional-style programming with immutable data. [Ternary
13. 643.▲
    by Leftium 4y ago

    I used to use CoffeeScript because the syntax was more convenient. I could do the same thing with less code. Less code can mean less maintenance (although some people have said CoffeeScript can overdo this...) Now I use TypeScript to get th
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    by Leftium 4y ago

    One of the reasons for my app was to quickly switch between F/C. Clicking the large temperature (in landscape mode) toggles between F/C. I think precipitation is always in mm, except for the short text summaries. ...but yes, makin
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    by Leftium 4y ago

    I think Google Photos limits (original resolution) photos to your quota (9GB free). You could export to Google Photos, then export again to PC to free up your free quota. Repeat. But I think paying $1.99 one-time (then exporting your photos
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    by Leftium 4y ago

    - https://open-meteo.com/en/docs/geocoding-api - https://openweathermap.org/api/geocoding-api I'm using the openweathermap geocoding API for https://uw.leftium.com/ (IP
17. 647.▲
    by Leftium 4y ago

    I'm planning to rewrite https://uw.leftium.com/ . Any suggestions? I'm trying to figure out a good way to add 60-min forecast (precipitation in next hour.)
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    by Leftium 4y ago

    Google Photos will sync iPhone photos/videos via wifi/data (optionally at original resolution), then delete the photos from the device. Also I'd look for videos first. They tend to be the largest files and the free space from
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    by Leftium 4y ago

    Also happens (to a lesser degree) with mesh-backed chairs. So I always cover my mesh-backed chairs to protect my wool shirts.
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    by Leftium 4y ago

    Actually it reminds me more of MerrySky: - https://hw.leftium.com/#/item/34155191 I was surprised briefsky didn't use https://github.com/guillaume/merry-timeline , but briefsky's imp
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    by Leftium 4y ago

    I understand briefsky is not a service, but it reminds me of Weather Machine: - https://hw.leftium.com/#/item/34552890 - https://hw.leftium.com/#/item/34884231
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    by Leftium 4y ago

    Divide your project into independent modules: - So after you build a module, you only have to remember the interface to the module: what does it input? What does it output? You can forget about the implementation details. - If you need to l
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    by Leftium 4y ago

    I used to work on MS Windows/Office from Korea. It took 15+ hours to build. - The devs all had multiple (4+) computers so they could work on other stuff while waiting for builds. Everyone had a KVM to switch between computers. Later vi
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    by Leftium 4y ago

    I think OBS just captures the pixels on your display, not the logical windows themselves. So OBS doesn't know anything about your windows aside from maybe the first one to get the dimensions/position of the rectangle to capture. T
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    by Leftium 4y ago

    Here is a popular blog that uses Discourse for comments: https://blog.codinghorror.com/welcome-to-the-internet-of-com... HOWTO: https://meta.discourse.org/t/embed-discourse-comments-on-ano... Many year
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    by Leftium 4y ago

    I just tried the same tax question on Bing Chat and TaxGPT. Bing answers seemed to be a little better and more detailed. Bing provided references to sources, and also could answer follow-up questions.
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    by Leftium 4y ago

    "Create account" seems to be the the new "install" experience on the web. I've noticed almost every "Show HN" that requires creating a new account gets complaints. Might be a vocal minority... (It's n
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    by Leftium 4y ago

    "Railway Oriented Programming"[1] is a (functional) technique to achieve purity despite steps that could result in error states. The error states are hidden/pushed to the very edges/end of your code. So you can focus on
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    by Leftium 4y ago

    "Precision Marketing" is probably the most valuable, employable skill. Not the usual "brute force" marketing that blasts ads at everyone without much thought. "Precision marketing" deeply understands and target
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    by Leftium 4y ago

    Previous discussion: - https://hw.leftium.com/#/item/18043058 (127 comments) - https://hw.leftium.com/#/item/29613107 --- A FAQ is "Are there example of non trivial apps written in