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lawrencehookon Show HN: YouTube banned adblockers so I built an extension to skip their ads

lawrencehook.com/rys does this too

lawrencehookon Notes apps are where ideas go to die (2022)

self promo: I made a notes app ;) lawrencehook.com/ws

It's a browser extension that lets you write sticky notes on top of websites.

lawrencehookon Show HN: YouTube Full Text Search – Search all of a channel from the commandline

self-promo, but you might find my extension helpful. https://lawrencehook.com/rys/

lawrencehookon Critical brain hypothesis: A physical theory for when the brain performs best

I wonder if it makes any sense to ask if complexity and criticality are inextricable?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramsey_theory

> Problems in Ramsey theory typically ask a question of the form: "how big must some structure be to guarantee that a particular property holds?"

lawrencehookon Show HN: WebStickies – Sticky notes for the internet

I appreciate the comment.

In my mind, the sync feature for this app is less about backup and more about maintaining a single instance across multiple computers/browsers.

lawrencehookon Show HN: WebStickies – Sticky notes for the internet

this is fascinating, I was 4 years old haha

lawrencehookon Show HN: WebStickies – Sticky notes for the internet

I don't know. The main hurdle for me is the $99 / year fee that's required

lawrencehookon Show HN: WebStickies – Sticky notes for the internet

FYI extensions don't need a network permission to make network requests.

lawrencehookon Show HN: WebStickies – Sticky notes for the internet

There's an option in Firefox to disable auto-updates for an extension.

Not as easy in Chrome, but there's ways to do it. For example here's one: https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/g/chromium-extensio...

lawrencehookon Show HN: WebStickies – Sticky notes for the internet

an intriguing idea :)

lawrencehookon Show HN: WebStickies – Sticky notes for the internet

I'm a big fan of Streaks!

lawrencehookon Show HN: WebStickies – Sticky notes for the internet

Thank you! And thanks for the feedback

lawrencehookon Show HN: WebStickies – Sticky notes for the internet

There's a way to get Chrome extensions working in Safari. I haven't tried it out though.

lawrencehookon Show HN: WebStickies – Sticky notes for the internet

Thanks for the feedback.

I realize the mobile UX is terrible. It's only designed for desktop, for now.

And yea, the security issue is tough. I'll see if I can reduce the required permissions.

lawrencehookon Show HN: WebStickies – Sticky notes for the internet

Thanks for the comment. It's a valid concern.

Chrome and Firefox have a review team for their extension marketplace, though I believe there are instances of malicious extensions getting through anyway.

And while rather labor intensive, another path toward vetting is examining the source code. I haven't obfuscated it, and Googling for "view extension source code" has many results.

And for what it's worth, I can give an assurance that I'm not a bad actor.

Maybe relevant: https://www.cs.cmu.edu/~rdriley/487/papers/Thompson_1984_Ref...

lawrencehookon Show HN: WebStickies – Sticky notes for the internet

Ah, I misread the Google results. Looks neat, I'll take a look.

lawrencehookon Show HN: WebStickies – Sticky notes for the internet

I'm quite unfamiliar with Web3 so can't say that I do.

lawrencehookon Show HN: WebStickies – Sticky notes for the internet

these are good ideas, thank you

lawrencehookon Show HN: WebStickies – Sticky notes for the internet

Unfortunately Apple has substantially more hoops to jump through in order to publish to the Safari extension store. Maybe in the future.

lawrencehookon Show HN: WebStickies – Sticky notes for the internet

That's a neat idea. Quite ambitious, but agreed it would be cool

lawrencehookon Show HN: WebStickies – Sticky notes for the internet

Thanks for the feedback.

1. I believe extension shortcuts are configurable through the browser settings. Here are some copy/pasted Google results

Chrome: 1. Click the three-dot menu from the browser's top-right corner. 2. From the More tools list, open Extensions. 3. Click the three-line menu from the top-left corner. 4. Select Keyboard shortcuts. 5. Click the Edit icon below the extensions.

Firefox: 1. Click the menu button. click Add-ons and themes and select Extensions. 2. Click the Tools for all add-ons cogwheel. 3. Click Manage Extension Shortcuts in the menu. 4. You will see the shortcut options (if available) for your installed add-ons.

2. That's a good idea. Not sure how I'd implement it. I'll put in on the roadmap :)

lawrencehookon Show HN: WebStickies – Sticky notes for the internet

Say Yes to WebStickies :P

lawrencehookon Show HN: WebStickies – Sticky notes for the internet

That's very cool.

lawrencehookon Show HN: WebStickies – Sticky notes for the internet

Awesome! Thanks for the comment

lawrencehookon Show HN: WebStickies – Sticky notes for the internet

* Just noticed the HOST variable in the extension code is pointing to localhost rather than my server, so login/register isn't going to work for a bit. Updated but it'll take up to an hour to be released. :facepalm:

edit: the fix is released!

lawrencehookon Show HN: WebStickies – Sticky notes for the internet

thank you!

lawrencehookon Show HN: WebStickies – Sticky notes for the internet

Interesting.. I took the color scheme from the Stickies application on MacOS, so hopefully 3M goes after Apple before me :)

lawrencehookon ZuckFeedsBGone – Browser extension to spend less time on social media

I've wasted countless hours scrolling through the Facebook news feed (and Instagram) over the years, so I decided to make a browser extension that nips this activity in the bud. So far, it's been effective. I spend much less idle time on social media after the week or so I've had it installed.

Following Jame Clear's guidelines of "Start small" and "Make it easy", this extension simply gives you the option to remove certain elements of the Facebook and Instagram websites, for example, the Facebook news feed and stories; and the Instagram explore page and suggestions.

Hope it can help others too, feedback welcome! Free, and open source.

Chrome: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/zuckfeedsbgone/koo... Firefox: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/zuckfeedsbgon...