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by niutech 3y ago
Do you mean MP4? There are many cheap MP4 players or even RPi should be enough, no need for Mac Mini.
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by niutech 3y ago
LilyGo T5 is a very cheap e-paper and also based on ESP32.
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by niutech 3y ago
Installing Mac Mini just to play MP3 files? That's a gross waste of money. You can use a dirt-cheap portable MP3 player for $10! It's crazy how much money is wasted in the US, where other people are begging for food on the streets
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by niutech 3y ago
Why do we need full-blown RPi to run FrameOS? There are many cheap ESP32-based e-paper displays like LILYGO T5-4.7", so please add support for ESP32.
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by niutech 3y ago
This costs $35 and doesn't enlarge your iPhone: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/4000402875449.html or this is $7 and is easier to type than Clicks: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/400098223623
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by niutech 3y ago
Hubbub ( https://www.netsurf-browser.org/projects/hubbub/ )
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by niutech 3y ago
Check out yourself, the latest release was 2 weeks ago: https://www.palemoon.org/releasenotes.shtml
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by niutech 3y ago
This was Links, not Elinks: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Links_%28web_browser%29
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by niutech 3y ago
You can install Carbonyl in a VPS and use my Carbonyl Terminal ( https://github.com/niutech/carbonyl-terminal ) as a thin client for it.
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by niutech 3y ago
> But, for the end users, they will look at PWAs and think: "fuck, this has got slow, and its eating my battery" It's not PWA's fault as a set of Web APIs. This is due to abusing these Web APIs by lazy/ignorant w
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by niutech 3y ago
There are better and lightweight alternatives for Electron: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38687662
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by niutech 3y ago
Try Pale Moon, Basilisk or K-Meleon (on Goanna), which are more lightweight than Firefox. Other alternatives: Otter Browser (on Qt WebKit) or Ladybird (on LibWeb).
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by niutech 3y ago
You can still browse the web using Opera 12.18, which takes a little memory, but the HTML5 support will be poor. The web has evolved since then.
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by niutech 3y ago
Check out more lightweight web browsers: NetSurf, Pale Moon, K-Meleon on Goanna, Otter Browser, Ultralight, as well as terminal apps: Carbonyl, Browsh, Links (it has a graphical mode too).
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by niutech 3y ago
For a lightweight MS Teams experience, try: https://github.com/fossteams/teams-cli (terminal client), https://github.com/cacticouncil/lounge-lizard (both Slack & Teams) or https://g
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by niutech 3y ago
No, there are easier and more lightweight ways to create a cross-platform UI than to write HTML/CSS/JS: Tkinter, wxPython, PySide6, MiniGUI, Dear ImGui, Nuklear, React Native.
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by niutech 3y ago
There are two open competitive formats to PDF: - OpenXPS ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_XML_Paper_Specification ) - EPS ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Encapsulated_PostScript ).
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by niutech 3y ago
Have you tried FileOptimizer ( https://nikkhokkho.sourceforge.io/static.php?page=FileOptimi... ) for shrinking their size?
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by niutech 3y ago
Check out FileOptimizer ( https://nikkhokkho.sourceforge.io/static.php?page=FileOptimi... )
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by niutech 3y ago
Why Electron? Better go the lightweight way with Tauri, NodeGUI or DeskGap.
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by niutech 3y ago
As for self-hosted web apps, Tabula ( https://tabula.technology ) is a great tool to extract tables from PDF files.
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Opera Lucid Mode Demystified(old.reddit.com)
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by niutech 3y ago
This is an argument for alternative app stores or even PWAs. There shouldn't be a single guardian telling me what I can install on my phone.
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by niutech 3y ago
No. SMS, MMS, SIP, e-mail, even Jabber are universal standards.
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by niutech 3y ago
Then they should ask their tech-savvy friends how to do it using a simple tutorial. Tech illiteracy shouldn't be an excuse for stupidity by throwing away good hardware.
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by niutech 3y ago
How to search for the best HN stories with two different search terms in one search query, e.g. `webkit OR blink`?
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by niutech 3y ago
This is stupidity. Windows 11 can be easily installed on computers without TPM 2.0, Secure Boot or <8th generation Intel CPU: https://www.tomshardware.com/how-to/bypass-windows-11-tpm-re...
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by niutech 3y ago
You can easily bypass it: https://www.tomshardware.com/how-to/bypass-windows-11-tpm-re...
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by niutech 3y ago
This is false. Windows 11 can be easily installed on computers without TPM 2.0, Secure Boot or <8th generation Intel CPU: https://www.tomshardware.com/how-to/bypass-windows-11-tpm-re...
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by niutech 3y ago
You don't need to have Android/iOS. You can access webmail, bank accounts, Netflix using web browser on an open source platform like Ubuntu Touch or Sailfish OS. I am using both just fine and both support Android apps.

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