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akent

1,415 karma · joined March 31, 2009

Software engineer, embedded C, Python, Android etc. Whatever needs doing.

Sydney, Australia.

@akent on twitter.

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akent··on A Clone of Deluxe Paint II Written in Python
Interesting. Looks like it's written as a register value for BLTCON0 (in BLITOPS.C) http://www.amigadev.elowar.com/read/ADCD_2.1/Hardware_Manual...
akent··on Why I will never buy another Samsung device
FWIW my Pixel 4 is still going strong, haven't even thought of getting a replacement. My partner is on the previous Pixel 3 (released October 2018) and no complaints there either.
akent··on Up for Grabs
Check out https://useful-forks.github.io/ if you haven't seen it, agree it'd be great to have this kind of thing a lot more visible particularly on repos with no commits for like 6+ months or something.
akent··on NymphCast – Open-source Chromecast Alternative
Will we? Seems like it's an entirely different protocol from Google Cast?
akent··on Show HN: Reclist.me – Share your favorite books, podcasts, newsletters
A lot of twitter permissions, perhaps worth explaining why you need all this and/or reduce them?

This application will be able to:

See Tweets from your timeline (including protected Tweets) as well as your Lists and collections. See your Twitter profile information and account settings. See accounts you follow, mute, and block. See your email address.

akent··on Tap your phone at Gold Coast bus stops to access my website
Funny how COVID-19 has changed all that.
akent··on A free-as-in-freedom re-implementation of Google’s Android user space
Not sure how you imagine push notifications to work, but literally Google provide a "service" for this so app developers don't have to. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firebase_Cloud_Messaging
akent··on Tell HN: Never search for domains on Godaddy.com
Buying a domain is not the same as hosting the DNS for that domain.
akent··on When you browse Instagram and find Tony Abbott's passport number
Looks like that was yet another joke.
akent··on When you browse Instagram and find Tony Abbott's passport number
Let us know when you do something even half as impressive.
akent··on When you browse Instagram and find Tony Abbott's passport number
He ate it with the skin on, too.
akent··on DuckDuckGo browser seemingly sends domains a user visits to DDG servers
Do they release the source of the webservice? Seemingly not. This is extremely shady.
akent··on How the Dat Protocol Works
How would a screen reader work with the ASCII art of RFCs? https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc793#section-3.1
akent··on Atlassian launches Stride, its Slack competitor
It's fine to have that way of editing as an option or an easter egg but, to have it as the only way of editing a message? No. Just no.
akent··on Show HN: Kryptonite – a new home for your SSH private key
No, it doesn't. Standard copyright applies if there is no licence.

GitHub user agreement allows other users to view and make copies of your content on github but not for "free use" in general.

https://help.github.com/articles/github-terms-of-service/#5-...

akent··on “Ghost in the Shell - Remake”
Tl;dr: both work. From the ssh_config man page:

  Configuration options may be separated by whitespace or
  optional whitespace and exactly one `='; the latter format 
  is useful to avoid the need to quote whitespace when
  specifying configuration options using the ssh, scp, and
  sftp -o option.
akent··on Future of Java 8 Language Feature Support on Android
When they say "into the current javac and dx set of tools" what are they meaning there? How will they do that exactly? I thought the whole rationale for Jack was it was a clean break from Sun / Oracle Java and entirely open source.
akent··on Twitter is down
Since about 2013 apparently https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2015/01/the-s...
akent··on Images of New MacBook Pro with Magic Toolbar Leaked in MacOS Sierra 10.12.1
I never want this. Why would I mess up my beautiful high resolution screen with fingerprints?
akent··on Turns websites into Markdown
Fuck knows.
akent··on 1999.io: Blogging like it's 1999
The front page tells me nothing. Go and read this blogpost about it instead. http://scripting.com/2016/06/08/1311.html
akent··on Introducing the Keybase filesystem
PSA to people asking for invites: make sure your email is in your HN profile.
akent··on Facebook is closing Parse
Firebase disagrees with you https://twitter.com/Firebase/status/692845862527995904
akent··on Issue 87 – google-compute-engine – UDP Packet Fragments cannot be reassembled
Do you have a reference or a link for this?
akent··on HangoverApp – Share pics without Internet, only visible if all devices present
Why would they have to? Just because there happens to be a movie called "The Hangover"?
akent··on An Explanation of Cricket (2009)
nitpicking: ... to effect a run out
akent··on Discovery of a new irregular pentagon that can cover the plane
Can I actually tile my bathroom with tiles like this? Do any tile manufacturers make them that shape?

EDIT: I found these, at least http://www.ballerhouse.com/2010/08/19/precision-concrete-til...

akent··on Say Hello to Nest Cam
For now yes it is indoor-only but we are working on plans for a weather-proof outdoor version.
akent··on Say Hello to Nest Cam
Check out Homeboy - https://www.homeboy.com

- completely cordless (battery powered, rechargeable, lasts up to 3 months on a charge)

- not continuously recording video but clip based, armed like a security alarm, video recordings are triggered by infrared motion sensor

- intelligent automatic arm/disarm based on smartphone geofences

- request a clip capture any time for peace of mind

Disclaimer: I work at Homeboy :) We've just made our second batch of cameras so they're ready for shipping very soon!

akent··on Reminder: Oh, Won't You Please Shut Up? (2011)
> "Sir, do you know how fast you were going?"

Do as politicians do; don't answer the question, change tack. "Here's my driver licence, officer."

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