varun_ch

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by varun_ch 1y ago
I noticed the website looked quite similar to other websites for downloading videos, and then found the link to your personal website in the footer (which links to your other sites). How/why do you run so many similar websites? Surely
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by varun_ch 1y ago
I think you mean a tightly locked down CSP and “careful” coding (just escape practically everything you render), a tightly locked down CSP is also not reliable enough.
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by varun_ch 1y ago
That sounds great! I actually made something very similar to this (a middle man to set as my default browser), but for some reason it was incredibly slow to open specific Firefox profiles. I’ll take a look at how you implemented yours :)
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by varun_ch 1y ago
I think this is someone that would be really helpful to me. I use Firefox, which has fairly ‘meh’ browser profile support at the moment. If I click a link systemwide, it’ll usually open in the wrong profile (whatever Firefox considers the ‘
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by varun_ch 1y ago
There’s a (somewhat dramatic) TED talk about this oversight from a few years ago: https://youtu.be/5c6AADI7Pb4
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by varun_ch 1y ago
Related: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44094784
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by varun_ch 1y ago
I got into coding through Scratch, and I've been involved with Scratch for over a decade now (I'm 18). I think an often overlooked aspect of Scratch is that it's more than just a drag and drop coding editor; there's an e
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The Long Journey to `cgit`(oriole.systems)
3 points by varun_ch 1y ago|0 comments
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by varun_ch 1y ago
https://support.google.com/a/thread/121077097/my-account-doe... Tragic
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When SVG almost got network support for raw sockets(leonidasv.com)
2 points by varun_ch 1y ago|0 comments
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by varun_ch 1y ago
> Try to make less of them
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by varun_ch 1y ago
I wonder whether the UX of this will lead to less sales than Apple Pay.
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by varun_ch 1y ago
> {"error":"Too many requests, please try again later."} I guess it still works.
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Oklch Color Picker(oklch.com)
2 points by varun_ch 1y ago|0 comments
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by varun_ch 1y ago
such an unbelievably cool website.
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The OVHcloud fire still smolders (2024)(datacenterdynamics.com)
20 points by varun_ch 1y ago|15 comments
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by varun_ch 2y ago
same here with .ch! I trust Switzerland’s stability way more than I’d trust any business or country. I’m not actually sure if there’s any ccTLD more trustworthy. (yes I know that the TLD is ‘managed’ by a private company but still)
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How OpenBubbles Hosted Works(openbubbles.app)
1 points by varun_ch 2y ago|0 comments
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by varun_ch 2y ago
I think you’re reading too much into it! This seems like a cute design library for eg. a personal blog or a portfolio website. I really doubt the author thinks this is the best design style, it’s just got an aesthetic that it sticks with, w
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by varun_ch 2y ago
What's more impressive is the creator of this started with zero programming knowledge, and learnt C in three days to start this project, and seemingly months learning the systems-level stuff to make this work. Insane. https:/&#x2
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How to Hack the Breakthrough Prize (Ft. Session Confusion) (2024)(varun.ch)
1 points by varun_ch 2y ago|1 comments
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by varun_ch 2y ago
I love the 88x31 buttons to friends sites the most. From this blog post, I was able to follow ~10 links and end up on my own homepage. I think that’s beautiful.
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by varun_ch 2y ago
As someone currently in the first year university application process (and applying to Waterloo), this blog post is really insightful. It’s a little bit daunting and reassuring at the same time - I’m not sure how to feel about the challenge
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by varun_ch 2y ago
Apart from keeping your code tidy and succinct, there's also third party extensions like https://scratchaddons.com/addons/ which can make writing code much more enjoyable - notably the `middle-click-popup`, `folde
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by varun_ch 2y ago
quite a few! https://scratch.mit.edu/discuss/topic/792714/
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And a Dinosaur Apps(andadinosaur.com)
3 points by varun_ch 2y ago|0 comments
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by varun_ch 2y ago
I’m not sure if Porkbun still do it, but for a while they were also pushing those decentralized blockchain TLDs alongside the real ones, which feels a bit disingenuous.
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by varun_ch 2y ago
As a high school student I can’t recommend the NumWorks enough (but you will absolutely find it lacking if you need it for anything other than high school maths). It’s a really nice tool (although not an RPN calculator). It’s like if Apple
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by varun_ch 2y ago
The biggest shock for me when moving to macOS from Windows was discovering how much better Finder is compared to Explorer. It’s night and day in speed, usability, design, etc. And yet, I still see people complaining about macOS Finder… whic
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by varun_ch 2y ago
Me too! Making it do interactive things is actually quite trivial since we went for the socket.io web approach rather than using something specific to video streaming. I'm imagining two QR codes on either end, players join and play a w

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