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by yboris 2mo ago
Please put up this or another screenshot as the first thing you see in the README - please! I'm reluctant to clone a repository and spend time on it just to find out the project looks crap and I don't want to use it. A screensho
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by yboris 2mo ago
Pretty! Really enjoyed it!
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by yboris 2mo ago
Releasing 3.3.0 version of my Video Hub App - https://github.com/whyboris/Video-Hub-App/ & https://videohubapp.com - 8+ years of development! Working on 1.0.0 of Simple Image Browser - https:&
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by yboris 2mo ago
Plant(ing) related: I planted 100 trees in my tiny back yard, creating a pocket forest / Miyawaki forest - a technique encouraging fast growth through dense planting (3-5 trees / shrubs per square meter). Routed my gutters int
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by yboris 3mo ago
I'm a huge fan of Positive Psychology and have read dozens of books (by Ph.D researchers of the subject). My favorite academic summary is The Good Life: Unifying the Philosophy and Psychology of Well-Being by Michael A. Bishop. As
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by yboris 3mo ago
I love your posts! The Social Filesystem is amazing! https://overreacted.io/a-social-filesystem/
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by yboris 3mo ago
A classic paper worth a read: If money doesn't make you happy, then you probably aren't spending it right by Elizabeth Dunn, Daniel Gilbert, & Timothy D. Wilson https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti
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by yboris 3mo ago
Related: Movie Print - make screenshots from your movies (with numerous options including facial recognition) https://www.movieprint.org/
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by yboris 3mo ago
Meta: why are the scrollbars hidden / invisible? Awful UX :(
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by yboris 3mo ago
Video Hub App - 8th year update: browse, search, tag, rate, enjoy your large video collection! https://videohubapp.com/en/ & https://github.com/whyboris/Video-Hub-App/ Simplest File Re
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GameBoy Emulator on ESP32 and eInk [video](youtube.com)
4 points by yboris 3mo ago|0 comments
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by yboris 3mo ago
Please normalize 4DWW - Four Day Work Week. Whoever posts this monthly, please include the tag in your description. Employers need to know this is an in-demand feature we want. I for one will not be taking any non-4DWW jobs.
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by yboris 4mo ago
Super relevant: Vehicles and Crashes: Why is this Moral Issue Overlooked? by Douglas Husak One of my favorite philosophy papers. The author argues that because of the high crash incompatibility of SUVs, they are immoral - imposing needles
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by yboris 4mo ago
Why are people parroting this meme? For 8 years now, constantly updating to newest Electron, my Electron app has been using only about 150mb of RAM - (see Video Hub App)
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by yboris 4mo ago
JPEG XL aka .jxl is now supported by Firefox 152 and Chrome since 145 (behind a flag though on both). JXL is the best image format we have - supports lossy and lossless compression, HDR, and much more! https://jpegxl.info/
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by yboris 4mo ago
I have gone full "pocket forest" / Miyawaki Forest - planted 100 trees in my tiny back yard. Technique developed by the Japanese botanist Akira Miyawaki: planting seedlings close together makes them compete for sunlight, thus
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New malware campaign tricks AI scanners with fake nuclear weapon prompts(tomshardware.com)
4 points by yboris 4mo ago|0 comments
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by yboris 4mo ago
I heard in Germany when a vehicle is being inspected (yearly?) the headlights' angles are checked to not be beaming into oncoming traffic. Feels like useful regulation to include in every country. I have blue eyes, it hurts to drive at
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by yboris 4mo ago
Weird they don't name Jon Sneyers - a person pivotal in creation of JPEG XL Here's a blog post by him: https://cloudinary.com/blog/2026-the-year-of-jpeg-xl
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by yboris 4mo ago
Relevant write up about this: https://www.goodthoughts.blog/p/google-mosquitoes Google Mosquitoes - Debugging Florida
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by yboris 5mo ago
For piano, look at Pianoteq - 50MB of math code that simulates $100k+ pianos, letting you adjust and fine-tune numerous parameters (lid position, microphone placement, etc), no sound-banks used! https://www.modartt.com/
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by yboris 6mo ago
Please consider adding a screenshot directly into the README (rather than a separate link). Also maybe a single paragraph at the top describing the project rather than jumping into `install`.
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by yboris 6mo ago
I've wanted to code a VR game for juggling but never found time for it. Feels like it would be super-easy-to-code and probably would be lucrative. Implement "slow down time" so people can practice juggling in slow motion, add
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by yboris 6mo ago
My 8-year-old video browser software Video Hub App - shows thumbnails from video as you hover with your mouse. Working on adding minor improvements before I finally get to the (optional) facial recognition "search by face similarity&
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by yboris 6mo ago
Related: my favorite viewer is diff2html-cli which lets you see the diff in your browser: https://diff2html.xyz/
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by yboris 6mo ago
I ported my favorite pre-2000 game into LÖVE -- was easy and fun Gravity Wars - turn based artillery game in space (planets' gravity affect shot path) https://github.com/whyboris/gravity-wars
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by yboris 6mo ago
I had someone steal my MIT open source software (that I sell for $5) and they are selling it for $11 or more. My software is 8+ years old; they are lying to the customers that they have been developing theirs for years. Very frustrating. mi
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by yboris 7mo ago
JPEG XL is a superior replacement for JPEG. It is better in basically every way to JPEG.
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by yboris 7mo ago
TIL: JPEG XS - an image and video codec that offers both visually and mathematically lossless quality for low latency implementations. Additionally, JPEG XS compressed content is indistinguishable from the original uncompressed content.
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by yboris 7mo ago
Got delayed on my 8th anniversary release of Video Hub App - hoping to get it out in March / April. I have some bug fixes and new features in my app for browsing and organizing video files across local and network drives. https:&#x2

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