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elrostelperien··on Penguin Mail – open-source Rust email client for Linux with AI
Not visually similar to the app discussed here, but some TUI options:

https://terminaltrove.com/herald/

https://terminaltrove.com/matcha/

And this is the one I use with Gmail, Outlook, Yandex:

https://terminaltrove.com/aerc/

elrostelperien··on Google Books (or similar) all book scans – $200k bounty (2025)
I agree that a USB cable is the most practical option. However, the aforementioned site is useful in a specific scenario: if your Kobo is very old, macOS won't recognize it.
elrostelperien··on Using GPS in the Year 1565
(Not the same thing, but related)

Map platforms from Brazilian cities that allow browsing with old map layers:

Curitiba 1857

https://geocuritiba.ippuc.org.br/portal/apps/webappviewer/in...

São Paulo 1930

https://geosampa.prefeitura.sp.gov.br/PaginasPublicas/_SBC.a...

elrostelperien··on Flameshot – Open-source screenshot software
Flameshot works on macOS, too.
elrostelperien··on Ask HN: I have many PDFs – what is the best local way to leverage AI for search?
For macOS, there's this: https://pdfsearch.app/

Without AI, but searching the PDF content, I use Recoll (https://www.recoll.org/) or ripgrep-all (https://github.com/phiresky/ripgrep-all)

elrostelperien··on IrfanView
The most famous is the clipboard one (https://ditto-cp.sourceforge.io/). I'd be surprised if they were referring to another "Ditto" software.
elrostelperien··on The Final Speech from The Great Dictator (1940)
Yet another music version: https://www.jamendo.com/track/967547/the-last-dictator (and with the video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b8mGEbxm6WI )
elrostelperien··on Developer and Power Users Tool List for Windows
Surprised no one suggested AllDup. It's the best tool I've seen for working with duplicates: http://www.alldup.info/en_download_alldup.php
elrostelperien··on Show HN: Vimac – Productive macOS keyboard-driven navigation
This one seems to work similarly: https://www.blastsearch.net/
elrostelperien··on The Death of Couchsurfing?
Exactly! To explain Pasporta Servo to a friend (when I was "preaching" about Esperanto), I said the opposite: "It's Couchsurfing, but within the Esperanto community" – and also mentioned it being older than CS.