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FlamingMoe··on How our vibe coded website looks like a designer made it
I have never heard this, but I like it a lot.
FlamingMoe··on Show HN: MultiMatte, a Promptable Image Background Removal Model
Perfect timing since canva is shutting down remove.bg ("moving it to the canva platform") -- this looks great!
FlamingMoe··on YC startups are abandoning .com
They will certainly buy the .com once they reach a certain level of stability.
FlamingMoe··on Taylor Farms Called White House to Try to Delay Cyclospora Recall
I can't stop thinking about this comment.
FlamingMoe··on Pope's official prayer app commits cardinal sin, leaks 700K+ users' info
Why does this read like something from The Onion? Awful writing style for a legitimate article.
FlamingMoe··on Show HN: RandoFont – A browser for Google Fonts
+1. Google used to have suggested pairings but removed them a while back.
FlamingMoe··on GPT‑Live
Cool, was this conversation through the chatgpt app?
FlamingMoe··on Sony Deletes 551 Movies PlayStation Owners Paid For
This is why I recently purchased a NAS and have started storing all my movies and TV shows on it. Especially classics that I will want to watch with my kids when they are older. It's a bit of a PITA to rip dvds, but my thought is that if a movie or show isn't worth the time it takes to rip and transferring to the NAS, then it's probably not worth a watch at all.
FlamingMoe··on SpaceX to buy Cursor for $60B
My experience exactly... minus c++
FlamingMoe··on Show HN: Open-source Workspace (mail,docs,spreadsheet,drive) web/iOS
Looks promising! The multi-org feature is interesting, and not something I see very often with these types of solutions. Is the use-case that I host and manage it, and onboard my clients as users in their own orgs?
FlamingMoe··on Sleep research led to a new sleep apnea drug
I might have to try this. Their bland website with last year’s copyright would never have sold me by itself, but a HN comment could
FlamingMoe··on Railway Blocked by Google Cloud
What do you mean by local small provider? A registrar on main street?
FlamingMoe··on Claude AI recovers an 11 yrs old BTC wallet holding 400k USD
Would be worth a lot more if he had done this sooner and put it in the market 5 or 6 years ago.
FlamingMoe··on Proton's password manager passes audit by top security firm – Proton
As a ProtonPass-using neurotic, this is good to hear! Proton Pass is my default for all 2FA. I love the browser extension, so easy and sleek.
FlamingMoe··on Cartoon Network Flash Games
Who remembers postopia? Great games there as well circa 2002
FlamingMoe··on Your website is not for you
“A website isn't art. It's a tool with one job: get the user to do the thing they came for.”

Eh, I don’t think this is accurate. A website does serve utility, but if you remove art from the discussion, then it becomes soulless, which is not the world we want to live in.

Take HN for example. The first time I visited, I thought it was a terrible, dated design. But over time I grew to appreciate it. I think it is, in fact, quite artistic; it has a style, it makes a statement.

If HN were “modern and user-first” maybe users would have an initial better impression, maybe they would even “convert” better initially. But long-term, it would start to lose its soul.

FlamingMoe··on GoDaddy gave a domain to a stranger without any documentation
He mentions these 3:

"- Every email address that exists out in the world is now wrong. - Every piece of marketing material is now incorrect. - All of the SEO is gone."

but it seems to miss even the biggest one, which is that you are effectively locked out of any online business accounts, your bank, your crm, anything that says "we noticed an unusual login, please enter the code we just sent to your email to verify the login."

FlamingMoe··on Aspartame is not that bad? (2022)
And water
FlamingMoe··on Cal.diy: open-source community edition of cal.com
From the docs, "It is strictly recommended for personal, non-production use."

Wow what a 180 from just a year ago when their blog said, "For companies that handle sensitive information, deploying open-source scheduling software on-premises can offer an extra layer of security. Unlike cloud services controlled by external vendors, on-prem installations let teams maintain full ownership of their infrastructure. " ¹

I just cannot trust a company that does a bait and switch like this.

¹ https://cal.com/blog/open-source-scheduling-empower-your-tea...

FlamingMoe··on Codex for almost everything
Claude Cowork is unusably slow on my M1 MacBook Pro. I wonder if Codex is any better; a quick search indicates that it is also an electron app
FlamingMoe··on EmDash – A spiritual successor to WordPress that solves plugin security
A WordPress spiritual successor backed by Cloudflare sounds great in theory, but the headline feature, plugin isolation via Dynamic Workers, only works on Cloudflare's runtime. On any other host it's just a TypeScript CMS without the security model that justifies its existence. Open source but architecturally locked in.
FlamingMoe··on Iran-linked hackers breach FBI director's personal email
Interesting comment: "if Iran ends up responsible for regime change in the US, i will be overjoyed as i die from irony"
FlamingMoe··on Beyond has dropped “meat” from its name and expanded its high-protein drink line
Same IARC group does not equal same risk. Group 1 just means the evidence is strong, not that the danger is equivalent. Smoking increases lung cancer risk by 2,000-3,000%. Daily processed meat increases colorectal cancer risk from around 4.5% to 5%. calling bacon "cigarettes in meat form" is wildly misleading.
FlamingMoe··on Hetzner Prices increase 30-40%
I am confused why the announcement page says CCX33 in USA "Old price" is €59.49 but their main pricing page shows €50.49 for CCX33 in USA

Announcement page: http://docs.hetzner.com/de/general/infrastructure-and-availa...

Pricing page: https://www.hetzner.com/cloud/

FlamingMoe··on Mark Zuckerberg Lied to Congress. We Can't Trust His Testimony
He needs to be in prison.
FlamingMoe··on Baffling purple honey found only in North Carolina
Fun fact about North Carolina: Venus Fly Traps only grow naturally within about a 75-mile radius around Wilmington, NC.
FlamingMoe··on Bruno Simon – 3D Portfolio
does not work on internet explorer
FlamingMoe··on Pebble Index 01 – External memory for your brain
I think I would use this. I am the kind of person who needs to write things down immediately when they come into my head or I will forget them. I picture wearing it on my ring finger, button down, and use my thumb to press the button, is that realistic or would it be uncomfortable that way?
FlamingMoe··on A series of vignettes from my childhood and early career
Have to say, love the typography on this site. Did some quick digging and the headings font is an Adobe font called Forevs, with a similar Google font being Fraunces.
FlamingMoe··on Ticker: Don't die of heart disease
I recently did a comprehensive panel of my own volition with Quest Labs and was pleasantly surprised by the entire process. It was super easy to schedule, affordable, and their online platform is surprisingly sleek.
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