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by barrowclift 7y ago
I tend to agree and solved this for myself by building a small, self-hosted service that auto-hides Hacker News stories by title keyword/regex, site, or user. That way you can have more control over auto-curating your Hacker News page,
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by barrowclift 7y ago
While I strongly advise avoiding traditional "antivirus" software like Symantec, EtreCheck[1] if a wonderful diagnostic tool for checking your Mac's general health. Included in that health check is a full disk sweep for any k
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by barrowclift 8y ago
I'm unable to get the domain name to resolve, Chrome's telling me the IP address for www.humanreadablemag.com can't be found. Is anyone else getting this?
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by barrowclift 8y ago
If self-promotion is allowed in this context, I'd like to suggest my own website as a good example: https://barrowclift.me
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by barrowclift 8y ago
Fun concept, but the cell text is blurry to the point of being a distraction for me, unfortunately. Is this a side effect of rendering to a canvas?
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by barrowclift 8y ago
If you use macOS, Safari since Mountain Lion has consistently hit all three of those checkboxes for me, you might want to consider giving it a shot.
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by barrowclift 8y ago
For those that are interested, I took a slightly different approach by making a “Hacker News Cleanser service that will periodically hide articles based on title keywords, site, and user. https://github.com/barrowclift/
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Show HN: Shelf – Beautifully display your record collection on the Internet(github.com)
2 points by barrowclift 8y ago|0 comments
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Show HN: The Hacker News Cleanser(github.com)
1 points by barrowclift 8y ago|0 comments
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Eulogy for a Good Icon(barrowclift.me)
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by barrowclift 8y ago
While neat technically speaking, I unfortunately can't say the result is acceptable for any kind of professional work, in my opinion. For example, take a close look at the iPhone X in the "Device Library" list, the device and
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by barrowclift 8y ago
I highly encourage mapping the Escape key to the Caps Lock key for a couple days and seeing how it feels. I gave it a spin last year out of curiosity and have since fallen in love with it. My poor pinky no longer has to frequently stretch o
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by barrowclift 8y ago
If you use Safari, this functionality is built in, no sketchy plugin required. You can save the CSS snippet from the provided link as a file somewhere on your disk, then select the style sheet in Safari > Preferences > Advanced. It&#x
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by barrowclift 8y ago
That makes sense. In a way, it's like they're mental "speed bumps" that disrupt reading the text. I can certainly see why those "bumps" would be aggravating, thanks for the insight!
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by barrowclift 8y ago
Genuinely curious, why do some developers prefer not having colors for ls, grep, etc.? no-color.org mentions that many users prefer having colors disabled, but didn't list any reasons why.
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by barrowclift 8y ago
I agree, it’s not fair to say it sucks. However, there is something to be said for having a Unix-based OS without having to sacrifice first-party apps. While Ubuntu and some other flavors have certainly gotten increased support from big pla
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by barrowclift 8y ago
This kind of comment isn't in line with the guidelines, please instead use constructive language and refrain from name calling.
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by barrowclift 8y ago
To offer another perspective, I prefer iTunes over the available alternatives on macOS simply because it's the only player out there that addresses my (admittedly niche) requirements: * A nice grid view for albums, which is the only vi
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by barrowclift 10y ago
Also the transition to OS X. http://lowendmac.com/2000/os-x-dooms-apple/