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dobladov

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dobladov··on Converting Books into Visual Novels
I'm currently reading The Secret garden, the book, and I have to say, looking at your version, it seems like a very enjoyable way to consume this content for people that needs the extra immersion, with some more polish, like background music, text animation, characters sounds like surprise, laugh, etc I can imagine many people consuming this content.

https://publicdomainpulp.com/vn/TheSecretGarden

dobladov··on Where to buy a non-Apple, non-Google smartphone
Looks like they opened the protocol, https://new.c.mi.com/global/post/1895204

Also, it's only for fast charging, you can use any other charger or wire without an issue.

dobladov··on Where to buy a non-Apple, non-Google smartphone
Which proprietary charger? I always had Xiaomi phones and they always use USB ports.
dobladov··on Caffeine, cocaine, and painkillers detected in sharks from The Bahamas
This classifies Cocaine Shark as a documentary https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cocaine_Shark
dobladov··on I Quit Editing Photos
There's also RapidRAW https://github.com/CyberTimon/RapidRAW
dobladov··on Mozilla to launch free built-in VPN in upcoming Firefox 149
This is how I feel about it, like Firefox Send, it ended up being abused, and a free VPN will go thought the same path, as much as I want Firefox to succeed is like they never learn a lesson.

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/what-happened-firefox-s...

dobladov··on OsmAnd’s Faster Offline Navigation (2025)
Same issue, OsmAnd is great, but unless geocoding services like Nominatim get as good as Google Maps's search, I cannot use it unless I know the precise location of where I'm going.
dobladov··on A Crisis comes to Wordle: Reusing old words
My favorite right now is https://tiledwords.com/, not affiliated to it in any way, I just enjoy it.
dobladov··on Firefox extension to redirect x.com to xcancel.com
I do something similar since I don't want to trust yet another extension, I made a small Tampermonkey script.

https://gist.github.com/dobladov/62c4be59d774347cb480b115969...

dobladov··on Computer animator and Amiga fanatic Dick van Dyke turns 100
The whole "The Dick Van Dyke Show" is available for free on YouTube, I highly recommend it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-HsXBPWH3Y&list=PLtbMv4lXX2...

dobladov··on React and Remix choose different futures
This is my feel as well, I have to maintain a somewhat complex custom SSR, and each update of react-router has been a pain, basically when they moved from using regex URLs to simpler paths, it was a reasonable decision, but the docs of the new supported patters were lacking, newer docs versions are barely searchable, or directly you won't find mentions to some existing APIs anywhere.

I tried their "get started" project with the newly typed routes, and it feels too complex, and unintuitive, the purpose of a framework is to make your life easier, and it's sad to see people with this much talent missing the goal, I won't be using react-router for future projects.

dobladov··on Man spent 200 days building a solar-powered explorer yacht that can run forever
He literately mentions in the video (1:55) that the solar panels can not power the electric engine but support it.

Clickbait article, that's not worth anyone's time.

dobladov··on HTTP3 Explained
https://github.com/bagder/http3-explained
dobladov··on Defense.gov Now Redirects to War.gov
It is tempting, if the only tool you have is a hammer, to treat everything as if it were a nail.
dobladov··on I ran Claude in a loop for 3 months, and it created a genz programming language
This is the software equivalent of purchasing a 3d printing without goals and printing all those useless toys that will be used once and forgotten
dobladov··on Every satellite orbiting earth and who owns them (2023)
Another interesting site already featured on Hacker News.

https://james.darpinian.com/satellites/

dobladov··on Every satellite orbiting earth and who owns them (2023)
https://satellitemap.space/
dobladov··on Life Expectancy in Europe Compared to the US
The one near Switzerland is Liechtenstein

Microstates seem to do great, I also missed Monaco with a +7.1, Andorra is between France and Spain with a +4.7

dobladov··on Life Expectancy in Europe Compared to the US
San Marino has a +6.4
dobladov··on Ask HN: Why are dating apps so bad? Why hasn't anyone made a good one?
I have not tried it, there's this German app where the choosing of your matches is done by your friends, not yourself, and given that many people meets their partner in real life thought friends it seems like an interesting idea.

- https://blindmate.app/

dobladov··on Ask HN: Why are dating apps so bad? Why hasn't anyone made a good one?
I wonder how well the dating app launched by the Japanese government is doing.

Having a somewhat high fee to enter, seems like a good way to cut those who are not interested in a real relationship.

> Registration costs 11,000 yen ($77), and membership is valid for two years.

https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2024/09/fce6ff5d9216-toky...

dobladov··on Show HN: ClipJS – Edit your videos from a PC or phone
Another one https://pikimov.com/app/
dobladov··on NotebookLM Audio Overviews are now available in over 50 languages
I find NotebookML really useful as a book reading companion, by simply uploading the same book I want to read and asking questions about it, like:

- List the characters in chapter [x] and add a small description about each one. - What's [x] device used for? - What happened in chapter [x]?

It works very well without hallucinations and referencing all the answers.

dobladov··on Making a smart bike dumb so it works again
> Which bike to put it on?

As mentioned, a city bike, I don't think a dynamo hub would be a practical choice for a racing bike or mountain bike, nor fit all riders.

The drag is not an issue for a bike that I use to commute to work and go shopping, the convenience out weights by far the drag, and if the worry was weight and drag there are other parts that contribute much more like the carry bags, pannier rack, mudguards that again, are convenient.

Another positive factor not mentioned would be environmental, no need to create waste with batteries.

dobladov··on Making a smart bike dumb so it works again
Exactly my setup, a nexus hub with 8 speeds, the bike has been outside under rain and occasional snow, and it's completely reliable for my daily work commute.
dobladov··on Making a smart bike dumb so it works again
I can't state how convenient hub dynamos are, no noise, no maintenance, unlikely to be robbed without stealing the whole bike, it just works, perfect for a city bike.
dobladov··on Wikipedia searches reveal differing styles of curiosity
You might like https://blinpete.github.io/wiki-graph, personally I like to search cooking terms and find other related cuisine
dobladov··on Elle's Homepage
Figma, has the same functionality.
dobladov··on UK rail minister got engineer sacked for raising safety concerns
People whose job is managing and not understanding issues does not want to deal with issues, it’s in their interest to always give the impression of everything working smoothly, that's why engineering driven companies fail the moment that managerial people takes over.
dobladov··on What's your favorite RSS feed reader?
I use Inoreader, the closest I could find to Google Reader, it has all I would need for an RSS reader and way more, I don't know how good their apps are because the web version is just great in desktop and mobile browsers.

- https://www.inoreader.com/

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