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jamesholden··on Peter Neumann has died
https://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/30/science/peter-g-neumann-a...
jamesholden··on Show HN: Shelvy Books
Do you offer it as a GitHub project, for people who would rather self-host it?
jamesholden··on STFU
This is a weird comment but, I read this before bed. In my dream, I was on a subway or at an airport or some travel place and I did this and the dude in my dream got mad and chased me. :D

Even subconsciously, I seem to love this app.

jamesholden··on Who Cares about the Baltic Jammer? Terrestrial Navigation in Baltic Sea Region [video]
Well presented! Very interesting presentation. Thanks for sharing this!
jamesholden··on Ask HN: Those making $500/month on side projects in 2025 – Show and tell
Hi! When will Windows/Linux be available? I'm growing weary of DB Browser for SQLite.
jamesholden··on Jedi Blue
I don't think I heard about this at the time; so much crazy $#!T going on in the world. That agreement is crazy:

> According to the draft lawsuit, Facebook agreed to reduce its participation in header bidding in return for "information, speed, and other advantages" that would come from staying with Google. Facebook allegedly would receive a guarantee of 90% of auctions regardless of the bids; 300 ms to bid (vs 160 offered to others), along with the ability to identify 80% of smartphone users and 60% of web users.

jamesholden··on Visa and Mastercard near deal with merchants that would change rewards landscape
"Deal under discussion would lower credit-card interchange fees for merchants, but could make it harder for consumers to use rewards cards at the register"

Surprise! The consumer loses again! It's always somehow benefiting everyone but the consumer. Too much control, not enough regulation. People shouldn't be bilked out of funds by paying to use their own money. We are shouldn't be _forced_ to use these service companies for making payments.

jamesholden··on I've returned to Linux but I miss PowerShell
He did note that in the article. It's under 1). at the bottom as well.

> "I realize PowerShell is cross-platform (I wrote this on macOS) but good luck evangelizing it to teams used to Linux."

Well, this is about his _own_ use no? So why not just use powershell in Linux? If it's good, tell us why. I actually am in the same boat. I spent a lot of time learning it, and I do know bash, but not as well. If there is a happy medium here, it's nice to hear your experience about that. Not just say 'well good luck convincing others'.

jamesholden··on Monitoring My Homelab, Simply
ok.. so your solution is using at minimum a $5/month service. Yikes, I'd prefer something like pushover before that. :/
jamesholden··on Light exposure at night predicts incidence of cardiovascular diseases
What about all the people that live in the North, like Finland, etc?
jamesholden··on Show HN: Inspect and extract files from MSI installers directly in your browser
Feedback: A way to export data would be nice.
jamesholden··on Taiwan to ramp up gas imports after shuttering last nuclear plant
Germany drops opposition to nuclear power in rapprochement with France (ft.com) - http://archive.today/7pwlY
jamesholden··on Automated Antenna Design with Evolutionary Algorithms [pdf] (2006)
"Do not confuse inexperience with creativity"...
jamesholden··on Learn Arabic
You refer to yourself on the website, but we know nothing of you or your story. Also the connection to Finland would be curious too. That said, I have wished similar for some Finnish words when they get 'smushed' together. It's not always obvious that it's two words, and you can potentially break it apart to get the meaning easier.
jamesholden··on No-hole surgery: no keyhole, yet surgeons can now still operate under your skin (2023)
Sorry to send dense, but it says No-hole surgery. How then, is the 'ink' delivered to the right location for this to work?
jamesholden··on Self driving 1993 Volvo with open pilot
That was a hell of a wiki dive. Thanks. Tragic story :(
jamesholden··on Ask HN: Windows Backup Solution?
I came here thinking I would be one of the first to say this.. ha! Seconded then. Keep a good exclude/include list, and make sure to export a copy.
jamesholden··on Who Owns Nebula?
I was thinking about joining them to try it out.. but now I feel yucky.
jamesholden··on The Internet Archive has lost its appeal in Hachette vs. Internet Archive
Key findings and implications:

1. The court rejected IA's fair use defense, finding that its digital lending practices merely substitute for and do not transform the original copyrighted works.

2. IA's activities are likely to cause significant market harm to publishers' e-book and digital licensing businesses, which outweighs any public benefits of expanded access.

3. Allowing widespread unauthorized digital copying and distribution, even by a nonprofit, would undermine the fundamental purpose of copyright law to incentivize creative expression.

4. The ruling highlights the tension between expanding public access to knowledge and preserving authors' and publishers' exclusive rights over their works, which copyright law is meant to balance.

5. The decision sets an important precedent limiting the ability of digital libraries and archives to widely distribute copyrighted works online without permission, even if the intent is to increase public access.

-Kagi Sum

jamesholden··on Air Con: $1697 for an on/off switch
I have some freak brain (and IKEA experience) which usually let's me do IKEA pretty well. What was it that happened in your case? I'm curious what brought you to that point.
jamesholden··on Air Con: $1697 for an on/off switch
Do it! I don't live in Australia or have on of these systems, but I was intrigued by how the OP had gone around the company to save themselves 1500! I'm curious to see how people are resolving things like this, so that if I have issues myself sometime, I have ideas on where to start or what is necessary :)
jamesholden··on Show HN: Lambda – The first-ever open-source privacy based social media app
When I visit the link, I see nothing about the network or anything. It's just a login page, and then a signup option. It's not clear what I'm signing up for, or what data is needed and what service is provided. Making me reluctant to sign up for something where this is not even a demonstration or example of what access provides..
jamesholden··on Show HN: I got tired of losing great dev resources, so I'm making DevCheatSheets
Constructive criticism: This sounds interesting, but it's lacking tangible examples. What does the interface look like? How do you share things? Are repositories private or open? Are there public repositories for collaboration? I understand the problem you're addressing, but the direction is unclear.

Respectfully, the current webpage and explanation don't provide enough detail to entice me to join the waitlist.

jamesholden··on Proton Mail discloses user data leading to arrest in Spain
This situation is interesting, but the article mentions using a VPN for example, and also the recovery email.

What if my recovery email is to another proton mail account? What if my VPN used is Proton VPN?

jamesholden··on Open Source Community Unites to Build EU CRA-Compliant Cybersecurity Processes
Am I getting older? On a modern display... reading that text is awful. Had to zoom it to 150%. At 'default' it's damn near 'fuzzy' looking. Apache, omg, use a readable font and size for goodness sake.
jamesholden··on It's the End of the Web as We Know It
Irony. The end of the web as we know it... can't be read fully because of paywall.

Thank you, kind stranger.

jamesholden··on Unity's Open-Source Double Standard: The Ban of VLC
From the article:

After months of slow back-and-forth over email trying to find a compromise, including offering to exclude LGPL code from the assets, Unity basically told us we were not welcome back to their Store, ever. Even if we were to remove all LGPL code from the Unity package.

Where it gets fun is that there are currently hundreds if not thousands of Unity assets that include LGPL dependencies (such as FFmpeg) in the Store right now. Enforcement is seemingly totally random, unless you get reported by someone, apparently.

jamesholden··on DeskHop – Fast Desktop Switching
This. So much this. It's also really cool as a 'niche' project, and felt even approachable to someone like me who hasn't ever done more soldering than his first PS1 and a modchip.
jamesholden··on The British Library URL has been offline due to cyberattack for 10 days
Man if only people had access to a large online free global library.
jamesholden··on OpenAI suspends ByteDance's account after it used GPT to train its own AI model
The irony. AI would help with that too! :D
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