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ishanmahapatraon The Computer at the Bottom of a Canal

No worries. Before your comment, I didn’t even know about this type of computer. This is my new rabbit hole. Thank you for that.

ishanmahapatraon The Computer at the Bottom of a Canal

Can you expand on your paper computer? It sounds fascinating.

ishanmahapatraon Creator Sues for First Amendment Rights After Being Blocked from JD Vance Event

Isn’t protection from retaliation by the government the point of the First Amendment? This wasn’t Facebook banning someone, this was the Secret Service saying “We know where you stand”.

Mocking isn’t making a threat. If it was, then the President shouldn’t have had his first term, let alone the second.

ishanmahapatraon Lettera, a native, refined Markdown editor for macOS

I don’t see why I would switch from iA Writer, which is already a refined Markdown editor (and is cross platform).

What did I miss on the landing page?

ishanmahapatraon Micropayments as a reality check for news sites

There’s the “unlocking the commons”[0] model used by Tim Carmody and Craig Mod.

[0]: https://www.niemanlab.org/2019/01/unlocking-the-commons/

ishanmahapatraon Adobe Animate will be discontinued

There are some forks of it that seem more recent:

1. Candlestick https://github.com/Candlestickers/Candlestick

2. StickmanRed’s Fork https://github.com/StickmanRed/wick-editor

3. This brand new fork: https://forum.wickeditor.com/t/started-my-own-fork-luke-tool...

ishanmahapatraon Ask HN: Share your personal website

I occasionally write at https://www.ishanmahapatra.com

ishanmahapatraon Don't Download Apps

My major pain point is that Google requires me to use the YouTube app to authenticate when I sign. If it wasn’t for that, I wouldn’t have it on my phone at all.

ishanmahapatraon It's School time: Adventures in hacking an old Kindle

Unfortunately, Winterbreak doesn’t work on Kindles with the latest firmware (5.18.1 or 2). And there’s no way to downgrade the firmware to an earlier one without having previously jailbroken your device.

So now it’s a waiting game to see when the new method for the latest firmware will be ready for the public.

ishanmahapatraon Show HN: Spotify and Apple Health data as art

This looks really cool! Do you have any plans for an Apple Music integration for those who use that over Spotify?

ishanmahapatraon IT workers gather in large numbers to protest 14-hour workday proposal

I think it’s 125 hours of OT in 3 months. Also, paid vacation isn’t as liberal in India as it might be elsewhere.

ishanmahapatraon Science fiction authors were excluded from awards for fear of offending China

The location is voted on by fans at the WorldCon held two years earlier.

ishanmahapatraon Hasbro laying off Wizards of the Coast staff is baffling

Which podcast?

ishanmahapatraon Hasbro laying off Wizards of the Coast staff is baffling

Man, I _really_ want to play a Nobilis/Chuubo’s/Glitch game. But I can’t seem to wrap my head around the system(s), and it’s incredibly hard to find an AP that will help me understand how they work.

How would you teach a newbie the game(s)?

ishanmahapatraon Cory Doctorow: Freeing Ourselves from the Clutches of Big Tech

For me, the reason I keep a Chromium browser around is because government websites sometimes just don’t work on anything other than bog standard Chrome.

ishanmahapatraon Ansel

Agreed. iOS integration is really key for me. But I can understand that the developer doesn’t have an Apple device and isn’t interested in personally supporting it because of the cost and Apple’s attitude towards open source.

ishanmahapatraon Designing a Movie for Sound (1999)

As much as I loved Hannibal, the sound mix for it was atrocious. It was a meme in the fandom while the show aired, and nothing was done to correct it.

ishanmahapatraon I downgraded to an iPhone 11 Pro Max – and there’s not much I’m missing

I have a 12 Mini, and I feel no reason to upgrade. I'm disappointed that they seem to given up on the smaller sized phones almost entirely.

ishanmahapatraon The Sight and Sound “Greatest Films of All Time“ poll

I think that Fury Road is a great example of purely visual storytelling.

As for the Mad Max franchise, I think of it (I can’t remember where I first saw this idea) as the same legend retold over multiple generations of oral storytellers. So the world gets less and less detailed and the characters change with each retelling.

That’s why I see it differently than I see Star Wars 7 & 9 (I loved 8 though).

ishanmahapatraon Ask HN: How do I get started in philosophy

That's a very comprehensive list. Thank you so much!

ishanmahapatraon Ask HN: How do I get started in philosophy

Adding on to this question: a lot of the (really excellent) recommendations here are quite focused on the Western cannon. Are there similar suggestions for reading other schools of thought?

ishanmahapatraon The businessmen broke Hollywood

The foreign unions are all looking to see how this plays out. The shape of the deal for SAG and WGA lays the groundwork for what they will be able to negotiate for.

ishanmahapatraon The theory versus the practice of “static websites”

Did you name your SSG Ursus after the bear on Berlin’s flag?

ishanmahapatraon Ask HN: Could you share your personal blog here?

https://ishanmahapatra.com/

This should be a little different from everyone else's pretty technical blogs :).

I write in fits and starts (and just by looking at it right now, it's been a minute since I wrote on there, but I have a few half written posts that I should just throw up there), and mostly have been writing about my struggles with productivity and making indie films.

ishanmahapatraon Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (July 2023)

Location: Mumbai

Remote: Yes

Willing to relocate: No

Technologies: I'm not fluent with languages (I'm a hobby programmer at best), but I do write a lot for blogs and social media channels, and would love to work in that.

Résumé/CV: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ishanmahapatra/

Email: ishanmahapatra@gmail.com

I'm currently working on my own independent film production company (www.uakathachitra.com), but I'm looking for opportunities to get back into marketing for startups.