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bluebirdfirewinon Its not just the f*cking sandbox

If the guy is missing his sister's wedding that really means they do not have a glimpse of what should be their priority.

bluebirdfirewinon Ask HN: What are you working on? (June 2026)

A folding python code plugin for neovim. It allows me to check faster what a file is doing by only looking at the function signatures and the first docstring line. Then open the docstring completely. I use tab and shift-tab to fold or unfold. https://codeberg.org/gixita/nvim_python_fold

bluebirdfirewinon Thru Axle M6-Connector (for bike trailer)

I've just discovered this bicycle axle for attaching a trailer. I have a mountain bike with a through axle and normally you can't attach a trailer. This axle is longer and can be used to attach the trailer hitch to sport bikes.

bluebirdfirewinon Solid, a spec that lets people store their data securely in decentralized Pods

Not very friendly reply. First the english sentencrs are not good enough to be an AI. Secondly, forecasting the combination of usage of 2 non mainstream tech is not yet an AI task. Feel free to argue that you think it is not a good idea

bluebirdfirewinon Solid, a spec that lets people store their data securely in decentralized Pods

With Self-Sovereign-Identities, you will most likely have a wallet storing your "cards" on your mobile phone. Which implies that you make a presentation of that "card (verifiable credential)" on demand. The requester of the card (the verifier) will know if the card is revoked but will not know if that card has been replaced by another one. In regards with that problem, the Solid pod could help because you would share a container of the pod where that type of card are stored (eg your energy contract), so the third party would know all the time what is your latest energy contract type with the price you pay (for example to optimize your grid injection/consumption).

bluebirdfirewinon Solid, a spec that lets people store their data securely in decentralized Pods

It could be also a very good way to let user hop from open source project to another by bringing their data with them (only open source project is capable of that kind of kindness :-) )

bluebirdfirewinon Solid, a spec that lets people store their data securely in decentralized Pods

Solid could be used to allow sharing of data in a more "easy" way. For example, if your pod would contain your energy time series, you could share them from a location that you "own". In that sense the energy company is not responsible if you share it with malicious actors. And then get these data in your Home Assistant or to a optimizer service.

bluebirdfirewinon Age verification providers say don’t worry about California design code

Maybe a better solution than using face recognition would be to make a derivative claim from your identity documents issued by an authority (the state). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zero-knowledge_proof

bluebirdfirewinon Speech Synthesis on Linux (2020)

I searched for a TTS service recently and found wellsaidlabs. It’s a saas product but the quality is astonishing. It’s also fast to render the audio, approximately 2 times the length of the audio file. Here is an article of the mit technology review magasine about it https://www.technologyreview.com/2021/07/09/1028140/ai-voice...

bluebirdfirewinon The Polar Bear – Open-Source, Multipurpose CNC Machine with a Rotary Axis

Today quality of text to speech is amazing. They could have used a better service. Take a look at these samples https://wellsaidlabs.com/

bluebirdfirewinon Ethereum community has solved a major problem of the Internet: Single Sign-On

Today when someone get a copy of your passport they become you. So I still prefer a private key.

bluebirdfirewinon Ethereum community has solved a major problem of the Internet: Single Sign-On

That would be a step in the good direction. But the DID should be preferred as it will enable much more features.

bluebirdfirewinon EU Commission proposes a trusted and secure Digital Identity for all Europeans

Because they will probably use Verifiable Credentials. That could lead to a lot of new use cases by reducing the KYC costs. Also embracing that tech for identity will open the door to any sort of proofs (like diploma, …). And eventually will kill the passwords.

bluebirdfirewinon My PGP key used to be here

Google would not give the keys to the users, so they would still technically be able to decrypt your emails. I don't think they would implement a security feature that is based on user password (in protonmail you loose your mails if you loose your password).