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feepon Show HN: hcker.news – an ergonomic, timeline-based Hacker News front page

Very nice. Thanks.

Any plans for rss?

I currently use https://hnrss.github.io/ (another great project), but the additional filters (once they are available as params) would be nice for rss.

As long as I am here, thanks to whoever is responsible for https://hckrnews.com, too.

feepon New Mac Mini with M4

One more announcement this week. Almost certainly MacBook Pro.

M4 Air should be in the spring.

feepon Ask HN: Which uBlock filter have you applied on the browser?

  * * 3p-script block
  * * 3p-frame block

...various other block lists, but that is the good one.

Spend a week or so unblocking various global CDNs and services.

Sometimes I have to hit my hotkey for `Relax blocking mode`.

It is more work, but it is beautiful.

===

Known as hard mode.

https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Blocking-mode:-hard-m...

feepon Ask HN: Who Went Mac –> Linux?

I switched, maybe 2018? The _only_ reason it happened was because of the shitty MacBook keyboards. There wasn’t any good way to avoid them.

So I got a used Dell 9360.

Sway and wayland.

Changed the way I use the computer. Switched back to Mac with the ARM MacBook (and working keyboard).

I use both very similarly and am comfortable on both OSes. But for now, Apple Silicon is _very_ nice.

Also, just having all the devices and suspend work. I will take that as a side benefit.

feepon AeroSpace is an i3-like tiling window manager for macOS

Right. Got it, love it.

But it won’t work with AeroSpace.

I mean, it will work, but it won’t work with all windows from _visible spaces_.

Because ever window from _every space_ will be in the current space (tucked in the lower right corner).

feepon AeroSpace is an i3-like tiling window manager for macOS

Oh, I know. I use sway — and greatly miss alt-tab (windows-style alt-tab), when I do.

Not linux-primary right now.

I can remember my linux-style stacking commands in order to try it.

But I would want to fix my alt-tab at some point.

Note: my sway (or mac) usage is basically two vertical windows or stacks of panes on a laptop screen. So a pretty simple setup.

feepon AeroSpace is an i3-like tiling window manager for macOS

It is, Yabai can do it. I am currently using autoraise. Both work great, barring UI weirdness of macOS.

Example. Mousing over another window on the way to the menubar.

https://github.com/sbmpost/AutoRaise

feepon AeroSpace is an i3-like tiling window manager for macOS

Oh, I like the fake Spaces approach.

I have considered trying that by minimizing windows, but would never get around to it.

Tiling is doomed to sadness on macOS, because of lack of APIs. But this is probably the most performant approach.

Have used yabai, but only for moving windows and focus-follows-mouse. Not for tiling. Because flaky (not yabai’s fault).

Thanks nikitabobko.

Looking forward to trying it as soon as I figure out how to mod alt-tab to ignore all the windows (from every fake workspace) in the corner.

Also, linked in the docs, JankyBorders. Nice.

https://github.com/koekeishiya/yabai https://github.com/lwouis/alt-tab-macos https://github.com/FelixKratz/JankyBorders

feepon Hisense A9 Pro E-Ink Android Smartphone

How many hours of screen-on time do you get in those three days?

feepon HackSnack

1. The feed looks fun and well done. I’m going to add one and see if I like it.

2. Feed validation gives a recommendation.

https://validator.w3.org/feed/check.cgi?url=https%3A%2F%2Fww...

Also, it gave some sort of redirect error for several minutes after feed creation. It disappeared on refresh, so I can’t give details.

3. Would be nice to have a (probably not ai, sorry) filter for only front page articles, or only articles over a certain number of votes or comments.

4. Your blog has no rss feed.

5. There is no `<link rel="alternate" ...` for the rss feed in the preview page.

Anyway, I like it. The scraper day-job looks neat, too.

feepon Min: A fast, minimal browser that protects your privacy

Can we have a link to your chromium build with unloading?

Or is it private?

feepon Sapling: A new source control system with Git-compatible client

I felt the same joy on reading the overview. Cleans up the git workflow so nicely.

...until I got to pull requests (Granted, that is github, not git). But it looks like you cannot generate a standard pull request with it.

https://sapling-scm.com/docs/git/intro#pull-requests

Haven’t tried it yet, looking forward to it.

feepon Sapling: A new source control system with Git-compatible client

https://sapling-scm.com/

https://github.com/facebook/sapling

feepon Ask HN: What are your “scratch own itch” projects?

Itch?

A better interface to current search engines.

Itchy, so extremely itchy.

Implicit (or easier explicit) `AND`. Standarded option flags. Excellent (that’s the dream at least) option autocomplete.

Scratching away.

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...also, using the existing excellent python tools to keep my iPod shuffles running with music and podcasts (auto delete and trim when played).

feepon Ask HN: Would you buy a modern Toshiba Libretto?

At that battery life, absolutely interested.

Prefer 8gb+, but but I can deal with 4.

Also would prefer a wider form factor, but I ain't gonna build one myself to get it.

That battery life is the appeal.

If it has (close to) full size keys, I want.

Please.

Any idea of;

1. Weight?

2. Thickness?

feepon Piku: Git push deployments to your own servers

Dokku uses docker.

Oh. Piku does _not_ use docker.

Neat.

I have seen it before and passed it over because presumed it did.

I will be taking a closer look.

feepon Customizing Web Search

Thank you.

I’ve been noodling with this sort of idea for years. Never got around to it.

Thanks for a simple starter. I will be modifying this for my needs at my leisure.

feepon Using the SQLite-over-HTTP “hack” to make back end-less, offline-friendly apps

Pretty slick.

It extends the post[0] from a year-ish ago with read-only sqlite on a static server with a tiny backend that allows writes.

I am going to have to take a closer look at some point:

https://github.com/ansiwave/wavecore/search?q=sqlite

[0] https://phiresky.github.io/blog/2021/hosting-sqlite-database...

feepon Command palettes: how typing commands became the norm again

Such a well written article/history.

I applaud the trend. Love it. More smart-type CLIish interfaces, please.

feepon Orion is a new WebKit-based browser for Mac

Sign me up.

The performance charts & graphs look nice. And (from Safari) I am excited to see what WebKit can do with extensions and other power features.

And, iPhone version.

Also:

1. The search engine (https://kagi.com/) is super cute (don’t have a login to try it).

2. Apparently this is what happened to the kagi.com (shareware payment) domain. Nice.

feepon Litestream – Streaming S3 Replication for SQLite

Oh, I’ve been looking for this for a long time.

Ben Johnson (boltdb). Nice.

I’ve wanted to run SQLite in production. Lack of replication has scared me away.

Streaming backup for now. And live replication in the issues.

https://github.com/benbjohnson/litestream/issues/8

feepon Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (January 2021)

  Location: San Luis Obispo, CA
  Remote: Preferred
  Willing to relocate: Yes
  Technologies: Mostly Python, 20 years, dabbled in many others
  Résumé/CV: On request
  Email: feepish at gmail
  https://github.com/feep

Looking for automated testing/QA or tech writer position. Language/framework/toolkit not important. If the testing tools are fun, I am am happy. Contact me, I'll send a cover letter and resume.

thanks, rusty

feepon ACE: Apple Type-C Port Controller Secrets

Debugging hardware for the protocol described in the article:

https://github.com/AsahiLinux/vdmtool

feepon Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (October 2020)

  Location: San Luis Obispo, CA
  Remote: Preferred
  Willing to relocate: Yes
  Technologies: Mostly Python, 20 years, dabbled in many others
  Résumé/CV: On request
  Email: feepish at gmail
  https://github.com/feep

Looking for automated testing/QA or tech writer position. Language/framework/toolkit not important. If the testing tools are fun, I am am happy. Contact me, I'll send a cover letter and resume.

thanks, rusty

feepon Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (September 2020)

  Location: San Luis Obispo, CA
  Remote: Preferred
  Willing to relocate: Yes
  Technologies: Mostly Python, 20 years, dabbled in many others
  Résumé/CV: On request
  Email: feepish at gmail
  https://github.com/feep

Looking for automated testing/QA or tech writer position. Language/framework/toolkit not important. If the testing tools are fun, I am am happy. Contact me, I'll send a cover letter and resume.

thanks, rusty

feepon The Eviction Tracking System: Monitor the number of U.S. eviction cases

A dataset for NYC evictions.

https://qri.cloud/xristosk/nyc_evictions_2020

disclaimer: I work for qri.io.

feepon Show HN: A tool to scrape senators' stock transactions for your own analysis

I hope you have a notifier running, because I cannot find an email for you.

Published at https://qri.cloud/feep/senate_financial_disclosures

I may add more fields, so check for updates.

feepon Show HN: A tool to scrape senators' stock transactions for your own analysis

Takes about 2.5 hours to run on a slow machine (doesn’t look like CPU is an issue) with a slow internet connection.

There is more processing to be done. There is a Jupyter cell that he says takes 3 hours to run.

I will make a processed data file available, hopefully this weekend. If anybody wants it, let me know.

feepon Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (February 2020)

  Location: San Luis Obispo, CA
  Remote: Preferred
  Willing to relocate: Yes
  Technologies: Mostly Python, 20 years
  Résumé/CV: On request
  Email: feepish at gmail

Looking for automated testing/QA position. Language/framework/toolkit not important. If the testing tools are fun, I'll give it a shot. Contact me, I'll send a cover letter and resume.

thanks, rusty