Hacker News Reader

BarryGuffon A 25-year-old video patent just expired, ending a legal headache for Linux

> I remember DivX fondly

Now THAT'S a name I haven't heard in a long time. Yes, DivX was the sh*t back in the day. So good!

BarryGuffon Alomware Toolbox: Windows tool prevents OLED screen burn-in

I had to use Google Translate to read it. An interesting concept to prevent taskbar burn-in on Windows.

BarryGuffon Meta’s AI smart glasses and data privacy concerns

How come Meta's glasses are still a thing when Google's glasses got shut down for privacy reasons? What's the difference?

BarryGuffon ASCII characters are not pixels: a deep dive into ASCII rendering

Great article!

BarryGuffon Dark Mode vs. Light Mode: Which Is Better?

Light mode for me. Dark is just weird, IMO. I don't get more eye strain from light like so many other people do. I also don't wear sunglasses when outside, ever. Maybe I've got strong eyes.

BarryGuffon UK considers scrapping jury trials for all but the most serious cases

This proposal is so wrong. One person (a judge) should not hold the power of a decision due to personal biases.

BarryGuffon Who first understood how eyes work?

I want to know how they understand how cats and dogs see. They say certain colors, but how do they know for sure?

BarryGuffon Stereo Images of Giant Galaxies

Wish the stereo images were cross-eyed mode. They're easier to see that way.

BarryGuffon Show HN: Racketmeter – Measure Badminton String Tension Using Sound Frequency

Proves that there's literally an app to do anything. I'm amazed. Good job!

BarryGuffon Hyper Typing

Here I was thinking this was about someone typing at superhuman speed. LOL!

BarryGuffon I built a native Windows Todo app in pure C (278 KB, no frameworks)

Sorry, just saw this. Yes, there's a setting in the app to use a larger font.

BarryGuffon Yahtzeeql – Yahtzee solver that's mostly SQL

Yahtzee is 100% random luck from dice rolls. You can't "solve" it.

BarryGuffon Espanso – Cross-Platform Text Expander Written in Rust

I still prefer AlomWare Toolbox, because it can autotype things from different triggers other than just hotkeys or hotstrings, such as the text in PC notifications when they appear.

BarryGuffon I built a native Windows Todo app in pure C (278 KB, no frameworks)

> There is something I like about win32 gui programming

Totally agree with you. I use an excellent PC app called AlomWare Toolbox, and it's the epitome of Win32 design (https://www.alomware.com/images/tab-automation.png), and despite it doing so much it's only about 3 MB in size because of it. No frameworks with it either, just a single executable file. I wish all software were still like this.

BarryGuffon PowerToys – Windows system utilities to maximize productivity

I prefer Alomware Toolbox over PowerToys. Does similar (and more) things and is portable.

BarryGuffon Psion Series 5 USB keyboard

Looks great! I had both a Psion 3c and Series 5mx, but both broke due to their folding design. It was the hinges on the 3c, and ribbon on the 5mx. A damn shame as they were great little computers. I still fire up the 5mx emulator on Windows to this day to revisit my old apps and play with it. :)

BarryGuffon PowerToys: Supercharge Your Windows Productivity with Essential Utilities

You've been able to do this with SharpKeys since forever.