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by figbert 3y ago
I live in the terminal and recently found https://github.com/maaslalani/invoice , which looks really cool. Still will likely stick with my own solution (a little ruby and some tectonic latex [ https://tectonic
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by figbert 3y ago
The argument that passwords are acceptable as long as everyone practices good "hygiene" strikes me as having many parallels with the argument that C code is memory safe as long as it is written properly. I'd rather just have
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The Three Sides of Risk (2020)(collabfund.com)
3 points by figbert 4y ago|0 comments
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by figbert 4y ago
I would second the idea of custom storage backends, but also warn that Google Drive and Dropbox aren't really under your control either.
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by figbert 4y ago
If I'm understanding correctly, this basically just kicks the ball a little further down the road... You shouldn't use pip directly because you don't know which version is the one in your path. Ok: the same applies to the pyt
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by figbert 4y ago
It is! Highly recommend.
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by figbert 4y ago
Thank you! Unfortunately, we don't yet support v2. The upstream library we use (see: sibling comments) hasn't implemented support.
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by figbert 4y ago
The font isn't strictly required – Mabel functions just fine without it, you will just have one or two characters that don't render properly. I suppose we could make Nerd Fonts opt-in via the config, but I don't think it&#x27
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Show HN: Mabel – a fancy BitTorrent client for the terminal(github.com)
86 points by figbert 4y ago|54 comments
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by figbert 5y ago
> You know, like how it used to be with RSS. That, my friend, would be because it is RSS!
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by figbert 5y ago
You simply must try https://www.mysaffronapp.com It really successfully imports and de-clutters recipes from any and all recipe sites I've thrown at it. Ben Awad, the programmer behind Saffron, actually posted about their s
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Go'ing Insane Part Two: Partial Privacy(jesseduffield.com)
4 points by figbert 5y ago|1 comments
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by figbert 5y ago
https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1435439291715358721.html
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by figbert 5y ago
> unJewgled Chromium What the fuck?
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by figbert 5y ago
I had my first encounter with The Elm Architecture through the Go Bubble Tea library ( https://github.com/charmbracelet/bubbletea ). What a revelation. Such a drastically different way of thinking about UI.
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by figbert 5y ago
Here it is on Thread Reader: https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1426587396343099397.html
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Show HN: A Safari extension to redirect sites to privacy friendly alternatives(github.com)
2 points by figbert 5y ago|0 comments
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The Wrong Way to Switch Operating Systems on Your Server(figbert.com)
1 points by figbert 5y ago|0 comments
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by figbert 5y ago
Yes! You just have to get it set up properly in the config (I remember reading about it in the docs or mailing list somewhere).
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by figbert 5y ago
I use Hetzner, personally. Did a bit of a cost analysis here: https://figbert.com/posts/moving-to-hetzner-from-digitalocea...
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by figbert 5y ago
I try and use native clients or TUIs rather than webmail. I'm current using Mail.app and aerc and having a blast.
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by figbert 5y ago
I have literally never (to my knowledge) been rejected by one of the big boys (i.e. gmail or outlook). Was quite nervous about it in the beginning, but I haven't run into any issues. I have had a number of bumps: 1. In exchanging
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by figbert 5y ago
I've been using Maddy now for about a month for my email, and it's incredible. The dev says it's not caddy for email – but in my experience, it's certainly been that easy. I've got to write a longer article about th
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by figbert 5y ago
This is the most cyberpunk think I've read all week. Yes please.
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by figbert 5y ago
By default, Kindle is a closed box. I love it, but the ads and tracking ruin a beautiful product. KOReader gives me a great experience, sans the privacy violations, and with an incredible amount of additional control over the device. I love
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by figbert 5y ago
I use Calibre to manage my ebook library. I share it across devices (and with a couple friends) using Syncthing[1], and read the books using KOReader[2] on a Kindle. I get my books either from Z-Library or by ripping the DRM off of books pu
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by figbert 5y ago
> Alternatively, if you run an Internet Of Things company that locks and unlocks doors over an API, if that API goes down, people could be locked out of their houses during emergencies! Alternatively, don't develop an IoT door lock
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by figbert 5y ago
Neil Sardesai is a joy to follow – I highly recommend it. He probably knows more about internal macOS APIs than the devs.
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by figbert 6y ago
I'm looking into doing something like this. Seems calming.
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by figbert 6y ago
I just jailbroke my Kindle the other day – PaperWhite 4. Loving KOReader, and looking for more things to run. Awesome to see that there are still modders out there.

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