jansan

57 ms·

901.
by jansan 4y ago
This commenter was spot on with all his predictions: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29746942 I would like to know what he is predicting for 2023.
902.
by jansan 4y ago
If you are looking for an excellent ratchet that compliments the Knippex Pliers, take a look at Proxxon ratchet sets. They are a pleasure to work with and come in a nice metal case.
903.
by jansan 4y ago
JASC Paint Shop Pro 7.04 from 2001. Still by bitmap editor of choice. Unfortunately all versions after that were crap and the 7.04 lacks alpha channel support when copying to or pasting from the clipboard. But man, am I fast with that tool.
904.
by jansan 4y ago
I have been using IntelliJ IDEs since the early 2000s. Currently I am using WebStorm's (IntelliJ's small JS brother), and the local history feature in combination with the outstanding diff view are just one reason why I could not
905.
by jansan 4y ago
It should be noted that Atkinson dithering is just a variation of Floyd-Steinberg dithering. The concept is quite simple, you take the error at a pixel and distribute it to adjacent pixels (the sum of all error parts must be 1). You can act
906.
by jansan 4y ago
HN is minimalism with less than 65kB resources to download. This is a deliberate decision, it works very well and it is usually very fast (not right now though). Mastodon on the other hand downloads 2.6MB resources to display what exactly?
907.
by jansan 4y ago
Gave up after 20 seconds waiting for the website to load. Is that supposed to be some retro 90s experience?
908.
by jansan 4y ago
Following Paul Graham's link to his profile was my first visit to Mastodon. This was hugely underwhelming. It looks and feels just slow and sad, not sure how this should attract the average user.
909.
by jansan 4y ago
I like how Mastodon is becoming the new Outkube: https://www.theonion.com/new-decoy-website-launched-to-lure-...
910.
by jansan 4y ago
Ah, that's why they did not invest in mattermost.
911.
by jansan 4y ago
This is interesting. Being German, when I read the headline I had a "not another public IT project destined to fail" moment. But this actually makes sense. The government and military need a secure communication tool, it is not a
912.
by jansan 4y ago
Very impressive. I am quite confident that next years number one Christmas hit will start like "church bells to electronic beats".
913.
by jansan 4y ago
It's strange that the more Bill Gates donates, the richer he gets-
914.
by jansan 4y ago
There is also a video showing this game in action: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwFoerth1E0
915.
Digiloi: A full PETSCII graphics game for the C64 and Plus/4 (2020)(retro64.altervista.org)
2 points by jansan 4y ago|1 comments
916.
by jansan 4y ago
There are even converters for images and videos to PETSCII available. Here is the iconic "tears in the rain" screne from Blade Runner rendered in PETSCII: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHp-4QJy01o
917.
Petscii Editor – Online ASCII editor using the Commodore 64 character set(petscii.krissz.hu)
2 points by jansan 4y ago|1 comments
918.
by jansan 4y ago
I am using a seven year old ThinkPad T550 with 16MB and onboard graphics, because I know that if it runs fast on my machine, it runs fast almost everywhere else. IntelliJ is very usable with that configuration, except the terminal (as I wro
919.
by jansan 4y ago
What really irritates me about IntelliJ is the terminal (on Windows). It is slow as molasses (can be down to two characters per second), and sometimes typing occurs not at the prompt, but a few lines above. How can something like a terminal
920.
by jansan 4y ago
> You don’t even link to (or name) your own product GP actually put the link of his game into his comment. It is redactle-unlimited.com
921.
by jansan 4y ago
> I retired rich 30 years early. Sounds better than working as a product manager for 25 years.
922.
by jansan 4y ago
I like those McDonald's hacks where people exploit flaws in the price calculations to get burgers for free. IIRC in one case they noticed that you could order a hamburger without patty, and it had a slightly negative price. So they ord
923.
by jansan 4y ago
That sounds like the most elegant approach so far.
924.
by jansan 4y ago
The good thing is that if any country in the world would have the capabilities of lifting that ship it would be Norway. But then again, maybe that's why they found it in the first place.
925.
by jansan 4y ago
There is a rumor that the Venus de Mio has its own entry in the Hichhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. It used to consist of only one word: "Armless". But after 15 years of research by a contributor It was changed to "Mostly a
926.
by jansan 4y ago
I have to admit this is one of the funniest pranks I have seen in years.
927.
by jansan 4y ago
Not only frome the ads revenue, but also from being able to advertise their product to others. That is the original idea of ads. You have a products that you think is useful to others, and you need a way to let others know that this product
928.
by jansan 4y ago
Exactly. This bug (broken overflow:hidden for rounded corners) took 11 years to be fixed. But how long from will it take until we can assume that all iOS users will have a Safari version that does not require the dreaded isolate workaroun
929.
by jansan 4y ago
Right, imagine carrying that in the pcoket of your jeans. "Is that a boombox in your pocket or are you just happy to see me?"
930.
by jansan 4y ago
When I lived in Tokyo in 1997 I reveived a Sony Beans Walkman as a gift from my gym for introducing a new member. The case was made of phosphorescent material and the packaging said: Grow in the dark Here is one for sale on ebay, w

More ›