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binarysneaker··on Movie Scene Map – 13,312 films, series, games, anime and manga
Perhaps a heatmap at higher altitudes, when zoomed converts into specific dots?
binarysneaker··on Android Developer Verification: Threat masquerading as protection
After many years of Android freedom and choice, this'll likely be the reason I switch back to iOS/Apple. If I'm forced into a walled garden, it may as well be the best one.
binarysneaker··on I built Timeframe, our family e-paper dashboard
Next time you decide to post something so snarky, maybe remember where you are. This is hackernews, people experiment and build things. Not always for the right reasons, and that's fine. If you don't like it, just move along. There's plenty of people, myself included, that are thankful for posts like this.
binarysneaker··on Simple trick to increase coverage: Lying to users about signal strength
Just tried the Android version and it was ok.
binarysneaker··on Free software scares normal people
Completely agree with the author. Would love most power tools to start off in "simple mode" so I could recommend them to friends/family, and have a toggle for advanced mode which shows everything to power users.
binarysneaker··on Firefox is the best mobile browser
And what will you do if Google decides to disable your account?

Bitwarden is free, has clients and browser extensions for every platform, and it's easy to export your passwords and import them. Plus it supports SSH keys.

binarysneaker··on Legal Contracts Built for AI Agents
Which way should we be going?
binarysneaker··on Is it possible to allow sideloading and keep users safe?
If you care about this, please sign the petition https://chng.it/cdrys9WDDk
binarysneaker··on AGENTS.md – Open format for guiding coding agents
Reminds me of https://xkcd.com/927/
binarysneaker··on Why F# could be the next mainstream programming language (2024)
Nope.
binarysneaker··on Writing in the Age of LLMs
Great post, thank you. You articulated my feeling with ChatGPT models, and one of the reasons I prefer Claude to ChatGPT. I find Claude tries to please less. Anyway, I turned your blog post in a Cursor rule, and told ChatGPT to follow it too, and so far the output is much improved IMO. If you want to try it, the rule is here: https://github.com/davenicoll/cursor-rules/blob/main/.cursor...
binarysneaker··on Ask HN: What are you working on? (May 2025)
This!
binarysneaker··on Mozilla to shut down Pocket and Fakespot
Ever since Microsoft announced Edge was going to use Chromium, I've been wondering why Firefox doesn't do the same. By adopting the same renderer as everyone else, consumers get a consistent rendering experience and Firefox devs can focus on the features that keep us using Firefox.
binarysneaker··on Ask HN: Share your AI prompt that stumps every model
This was gpt-4o ...

This is a twist on a classic riddle designed to expose unconscious gender bias.

The correct version usually goes:

A father and his son are in a car accident. The father dies at the scene, and the son is rushed to the hospital. The surgeon looks at the boy and says, “I can’t operate on him — he’s my son!”

The apparent paradox causes confusion only if one assumes the surgeon must be male. The resolution: the surgeon is the boy’s mother.

Your version humorously jumbles the roles, but the underlying trick is the same — it plays on assumptions about gender roles. Nice remix.

binarysneaker··on The Dark Side of the Moomins
Same. Here's the first season (in English) for anyone who's interested https://archive.org/details/moomin-season-1/%5BMoomin+Master...
binarysneaker··on Show HN: I built website for sharing Drum Patterns
Secure it all vs secure just the login...may as well do it all.
binarysneaker··on Leaking the email of any YouTube user for $10k
Same. Oddly worded title.
binarysneaker··on Dear Mr. Vice President, Please Take Off Your Apple Watch
Who cares about Biden? He's history.
binarysneaker··on Ask HN: Is anyone doing anything cool with tiny language models?
Maybe it could also send automated petitions to the EU to undo cookie consent legislation, and reverse some of the enshitification.
binarysneaker··on A feature-rich Hacker News client
After looking at the screenshots of this, I came here to say the same. It's gonna take a lot to persuade me to switch from Harmonic.
binarysneaker··on Orbit by Mozilla
Installing the extension enables a floating widget in the webpage. Horrible implementation. Couldn't it have been integrated into the browser better, like the Reader button?
binarysneaker··on How honeycrisp apples went from marvel to mediocre
I bought 6 varieties of apples from the store and taste tested them with my family. Cosmic crisp was the clear favourite.
binarysneaker··on Bananas: Cross-Platform screen sharing made simple
Team viewer is for remote administration. I think bananas is for collaborative remote working.
binarysneaker··on Bananas: Cross-Platform screen sharing made simple
When Covid began I needed something that could replicate sitting next to a coworker and debugging or pair programming. I discovered https://pop.com and I've been using it ever since. Lightweight multi-platform client, multi-cursor, annotations, and a web viewer too. How much? It's been free for years. No affiliation.
binarysneaker··on Show HN: Marmite – Zero-config static site generator
Nice tool. But marmite is a trademark, you may need to change it if Marmite claims infringement.
binarysneaker··on Why ghosts wear clothes or white sheets
Any qualified psychologists in the house?
binarysneaker··on Noise
Absolutely. I sooo wanted to tap a snare or drum with my thumb while playing the chord with my index finger.
binarysneaker··on Bop Spotter
Would be cool if this updated a playlist with everything heard, so we could follow along.
binarysneaker··on Mastering Osint: How to Find Information on Anyone
https://github.com/sherlock-project/sherlock
binarysneaker··on Machines might not take your job. But they could make it worse
https://archive.is/20240725142443/https://www.economist.com/...
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