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alekenon Show HN: Honker – Postgres NOTIFY/LISTEN Semantics for SQLite

I have used update_hooks to achieve similar behaviour in my projects. But perhaps this is intended as a higher level layer? It looks like the implementation is not using hooks?

https://sqlite.org/c3ref/update_hook.html

alekenon I bought Friendster for $30k – Here's what I'm doing with it

This is an awesome idea!

alekenon IP over Avian Carriers with Quality of Service (1999)

Bergen Linux User Group doing it: https://blug.linux.no/project/rfc1149/

alekenon An Antivenom Cocktail, Made by a Llama

A llama, not llama. Aha!

alekenon Quitter – Become a Quitter and drop bad habits

I made my own CLI habit tracker, but forgot about using it since I don't have notifications.

https://codeberg.org/Sixfold6451/thinglog

alekenon Quitter – Become a Quitter and drop bad habits

This looks great! I can't quit trying new apps! But joking aside, this is what a (bad) habit tracker should be like. Focused on the habits and not distract you with everything else. Let's see if I can quit social media. (Hope that does not include HN)

alekenon Slow social media

That's all I use now for REAL social media. My family is in one Signal chat, and my in-laws in a other one. All the social media I need. School groups are unfortunately on Facebook Messenger groups.

alekenon Easy Share: Files and Texts

Got my needs covered on all platforms with open source LocalSend.

alekenon Search My Site – open-source search engine for personal and independent websites

This is exactly what I have been looking for. Like the other commenter, I am a but surprised by having to drag along psql for this. I like the design of the site, though

alekenon The Dying Computer Museum

https://web.archive.org/web/20240819080509/http://ascii.text...

alekenon "Universal" BCI lets anyone play games with their minds

I play games in my mind all the time, without equipment

alekenon Show HN: QBasic 4.5 on Android

Awesome! A blast from the past!

Feature request: could you make SOUND and/or PLAY work? :-)

alekenon Concrete Diagramming, a Lightweight Alternative to C4

This has nothing to do with explosives. In case you wondered.

alekenon Time to redefine normal body temperature? (2020)

I applaud your accuracy when measuring your kids' temperature. My approach when figuring out if my kids are sick is if their temperature is "high" and their general appearance and conditition is out of the ordinary. The exact decimal of the temperature doesn't matter too much by itself.

alekenon Tell HN: Merry Christmas and Happy New Year

You misspelled Finland :)

alekenon North Paw

Agree with this guy. Never tried Lord Leicester hotel in Warwick though, but looks like it's too late. Shut down.

alekenon Ask HN: Why are bookmarks second class citizens in browsers?

After reading your comment, I went to the bookmark manager in Firefox. Looks like Firefox supports tagging bookmarks. But finding them again using tags seems a bit cumbersome. You have to go the the menu to search bookmarks and then enter the tag.

alekenon Ask HN: Why not add salt to lakes and swimming pools to reduce drownings?

Perhaps @chiefalchemist is thinking about how salty water is more floaty water.

alekenon Things you may not know about The Scream (2019)

https://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2003/12/10/1007062.h...

This is also an interesting claim about the painting’s inspiration

alekenon Dropbox Backup

Are you sure you’re not receiving those tracker cookies the second time around?

alekenon Show HN: Slow Social, a social network built for friends, not influencers

Isn’t one of the points about “slow” social that you don’t need to read 50 posts a day? I would be happy checking in once a week, the same day I am going to post my update.

alekenon Show HN: Slow Social, a social network built for friends, not influencers

This looks nice. If I were to use it, I would rely mostly on the mail-feature as none of my family/friends have signed up. That’s a nice feature!

But there’s one thing I reacted to, @citrusfruits. If I click the “start private conversation”-button, the email address of the user is revealed. That’s not bad in itself if the user is informed about it. But I didn’t see any information in the otherwise user friendly onboarding about revealing my email address.

alekenon The thing standing between procrastination and daily progress is ritual

Which one is it? I found a “Tiny Habit” and an outdated “Tiny Habits” on App Store.

alekenon Yggdrasil – Early-stage implementation of an end-to-end encrypted IPv6 network

Oh. Also. If I lose my VPS my network is still functioning to a degree. If you lose your wireguard server I believe you’re out of luck?

alekenon Yggdrasil – Early-stage implementation of an end-to-end encrypted IPv6 network

Good question. I could achieve the same with Tailscale or Innernet, both using Wireguard. So perhaps my answer has to be that Yggdrasil tickles my interest in mesh networking.

alekenon Yggdrasil – Early-stage implementation of an end-to-end encrypted IPv6 network

I have two devices split by VNET and not routed out to the internet. I connect those two and a VPS to create a small Yggdrasil network. This allows me to access all three devices from “anywhere”. Would use again.

alekenon How fighter jets lock on, and how the targets know (2014)

Annoyed me as well. I changed to reading mode (icon on right side of Firefox mobile address line). Think that got rid of them.

alekenon Teleguard: Swiss Made Safe Messaging

Let's throw this in the mix! https://www.secuwine.com/ Under Norwegian and European laws and regulations

alekenon We can do better than Signal

Omnii looks exciting. Signed up for the beta in Play store. But can’t find the app afterwards. Does it require specific hardware?