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b__d··on Show HN: iPhone app takes simultaneous images from 2 lenses, fuses into 1 photo
Project Indigo from Adobe does that too https://apps.apple.com/us/app/project-indigo/id6742591546
b__d··on PlayStation Is Deleting 551 Movies from Customers' Accounts
Where did you get a seedbox with 16 TB for just 50$/month?!
b__d··on Is my blue your blue? (2024)
Don't forget to turn True Tone off on macOS/iOS before testing this.
b__d··on I'm OK being left behind, thanks
One of the maxims I live my life by: You are more likely to benefit from not being the first to adopt something new than to be disadvantaged by being second.
b__d··on Nvidia DLSS 5 Delivers AI-Powered Breakthrough in Visual Fidelity for Games
It's a tech demo. Let us treat it as one. For faces, skin, and hair (so everything human) I personally dislike the direction. But for environment, props, and especially lighting, it's quite nice!
b__d··on Show HN: Ichinichi – One note per day, E2E encrypted, local-first
Nice. I do that in my (iCloud) calendar. Have been doing it for 8+ years now, can recommend :)
b__d··on Fix the iOS keyboard before the timer hits zero or I'm switching back to Android
I too struggled with the keyboard, especially since iOS 26. I then tried to DEACTIVATE ALL keyboard "features", so:

- NO auto-corr - NO predictive text - NO check spelling - NO char preview - NO feedback - NO sound - NO auto-cap - NO smart punctuation - NO slide to type - NO everything

And this ABSOLUTELY solved my problems with the iOS keyboard. Yes, I do mistype from time to time. But that is in no relation to how it was with all those features…

b__d··on NetNewsWire Turns 23
Me too. Unfortunately, it seems Silvio has abandoned further development. There are some truly annoying bugs (YouTube embeds do not work, swipe gestures stopped working, iOS images are slightly cut off,…) :( But I tried all alternatives and can't make the transition after idk, 8 years…
b__d··on Ask HN: Are you missing daily email alerts from HN?
Same here, https://www.hndigest.com/ seems to have problems.
b__d··on Kagi Hub Belgrade
If I ever would be allowed to work outside my country (no possible due to legal / insurance policies) I would definitely make use of this :)
b__d··on Kagi Hub Belgrade
It's great for motorcycling :)
b__d··on Cognitive and mental health correlates of short-form video use
uBock origin + some filters works fine.
b__d··on BatFi 2.0.0 Is Out
BatFi 2.0.0 is the most significant release to date and perhaps the most substantial one we will ever see. It fundamentally alters the app's core functionality, enhances the user interface, and introduces support for app shortcuts, global hotkeys, and more.

- The minimum charging limit is now lowered to 50% - Enhanced menu customizability - Adjustable "Low Battery" notification threshold - New hotkeys pane in settings - Enhanced reliability of the helper tool - Added elapsed time display in the menu - Added option to show time left when available - Sleep charging limits options are moved to the charging pane - Added the ability to inhibit charging and discharge the battery on demand with a command from the menu (or with a hotkey) - Added support for app intents (Siri Shortcuts) – with them, you can override the charging limit to any value, etc. - App will send crash reports (to Sentry) by default (it can be disabled in the app's settings) - Updated app icon - Refined the status bar icon - Added tip jar pane - Improved energy efficiency - Portuguese (Brazilian) and Dutch localization added - Accurate battery temperature display - The battery temperature limit has been increased to 40°C

b__d··on Kagi search reached 20k paying members
extremly happy customer, i just really hope they live up to their goals, but i have faith.

the only thing i personally struggle with is deleting "google" as a substitute for "search for it on the internet" from my vocabulary. haven't used google search since then, feels weird… maybe it's because in german "kacki" is a childish saying for "shit". so "lass mich das kagin" ("let me kagi that") feels weird too :D but hey, wix (="wank" on german) made the best out of it :D

b__d··on How to do OCR on a Mac using the CLI or just Python
The way I do this: It's built right into the macOS Screenshot app:

- Press CMD+SHIFT+4

- Draw square on screen where you want to extract the text from

- (Quickly) click on the preview image in the lower right corner

- Copy text from image

b__d··on Awesome Engineering Games
First person puzzle games are missing, especially Antichamber.
b__d··on Ask HN: What are you passionate about at the moment?
Home video creation (recording, editing,…)

This summer I finally bought a GoPro to capture our motorcycle tour with my girlfriend – have been thinking about getting one for years but never did. Well, since then we have been on three city trips and I enjoyed recording those. Since then I edited and finished one of them, and it is such a joy.

b__d··on Please don’t film me in 2023
At least here in Austria it is also legal to publish (without consent) if the people appear in a crowd (many individuals) or if the person (so even just one) acts as a prop in the image/video szene. Another exception is when the created image/szene is considered as "art". In all three cases you loose your rights on your own picture.
b__d··on Things I can’t do on macOS which I can do on Ubuntu (2020)
+1 for cursorsense
b__d··on How to Quiet Your Mind Chatter (2021)
Motorcycling is also my go to activity to disconnect my brain from almost all "chatter". It's just the road, the bike and you. As soon as you are an somewhat experienced driver and you can drive "fairly" safe in sailing/flow/cruise mode it's pretty incredible. It's just engaging enough that it feeds the brain with mental work, but does not leave any more room for unimportant "garbage". Took me around three years (around 30.000km) to get to this point.
b__d··on Apple's whitelist of the 250k auto-completable domains in iOS
I have the very strong feeling that this is is powered by https://register.apple.com/placesonmaps/ – at least as a hint. As soon as you have officially registered your Apple Maps entry (with an website URL) that website gets on the list.

e: This is reinforced since we updated our domain/URLs from a ccTLD to a gTLD not long ago, also claiming the Maps entry, and the list reflects the gTLD domain!

b__d··on USB-C hubs and my slow descent into madness (2021)
My Anker PowerExpand 8-in-1 worked fine for 1 1/2 years. Now I have random ethernet (disconnects) and wake from standby issues (freezes) :(
b__d··on 100k Stars Chrome visualization experiment
I watch this at least once a year :)
b__d··on Show HN: HN Avatars in 357 bytes
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b__d··on Let's Settle This
nutella with or without butter is missing (though the answer is pretty obvious, ofcourse without :D).
b__d··on Are cryptocurrencies to blame for high GPU prices?
Geizhals is an Austrian website, not German. The just tend to have a .de URL too for German shops. Source: Imprint https://unternehmen.geizhals.at/impressum/
b__d··on Ask HN: What did you make during lockdown?
I started playing Rocket League. Now I'm on gold ranks throughout every compatitive game modes, though on varying levels (1 to 3). It was equaly satisfying like learning a new language or instrument. The controlls fall into the typical "easy to learn, hard to master" category and the advanced techniques require an immense amount of time to nail consistantly (I'm far from that, btw). But it was fun and I alwayse played together with friends, so it had a huge social factor too :)
b__d··on Ask HN: Successful one-person online businesses?
consider moving to a .com domain and go with translating your content for new markets.
b__d··on List of open source applications for macOS
you can live/work without a clipboard manager :O ?!
b__d··on Psytrance Guide
If someone is looking for party dates, this is the go to address: https://www.goabase.net (at least for the EU) :)
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