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legierski

757 karma · joined December 1, 2011

Occasional workaholic, regular teaholic.
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legierski··on MacBook Neo
This is perfect for folks looking to buy a brand new laptop.

For the rest of us, happy with gently used 2nd hand devices, the original M1 MacBook Air and the M1 Pro/Max MacBook Pro are a *much* better deal for the same price, pretty much across the board, especially the Pro: bigger, brighter, 120Hz screen, beefy specs, ports.

That citrus colour, tho...

legierski··on HTML5 Tidy: The granddaddy of HTML tools
Now, if someone could tell me how to use it within PHP...

My company created an open-source HTML-diffing PHP package[0] that could be considerably improved by replacing the old Tidy with the HTML5 Tidy (if I only knew how!)

[0] https://github.com/gathercontent/htmldiff

legierski··on AWS Console is down
It seems the entire Oregon region is down.
legierski··on Ask HN: What are your opinions and experiences coding on a 13“ or 15” laptop?
I have a 22" external monitor hooked up to my 12" laptop and one of the main reasons for this is ergonomics - I put the monitor on a stand, so that the top edge of the screen is at the same height as my eyes, and the laptop's screen doesn't obscure the external monitor's screen.

The end result is that I have a tiny and lightweight laptop for travel and at the same time reasonably big screen for everyday work.

legierski··on Write Code Every Day
This reminds me my 'Half hour' productivity hack that I've been testing last year: http://blog.self.li/post/34104114881/4-weeks-into-half-hour-...
legierski··on VPS Classic: The most afforable VPS
One of the best things about DigitalOcean is that they charge per hour, which means I can spin up several servers, test things out and then tear them down, incurring just a few cents of costs in total. OVH asks me to pay for 12 months up front.

Also, their support is awfully slow. I'm in the slow process of moving to another host/registrar.

legierski··on How I Built a Raspberry Pi Tablet
Check out aLOKSAK bags. I've successfully tested my Nexus 7 tablet under the shower with one of these bags. For scientific purposes, of course.
legierski··on Common charger for all mobile phones on the way in Europe
I've been under the impression that this is already the reality (minus iPhones)
legierski··on $200,000 to the first person to break Telegram
How is that supposed to be secure? All I need to snoop on your conversations is access to your phone for 1 minute to receive the activation code and delete message about new device connected to the account.
legierski··on The kilo is losing weight, changing all of science
I always thought 1 litre of water equals 1 kilogram. And as we know how long 1m is from nature, why don't they use 10cm x 10cm x 10cm of water at a specified temperature as a prototype of kilogram?
legierski··on LASIK 6 months later
Same here, perfect vision, but can see halo, especially around blue light sources.
legierski··on Client-side full text search in CSS
Pretty cool. The only drawback that I can see right now is the need to send all searchable data twice, increasing overall amount of data that needs to be sent to client.
legierski··on Ubuntu Edge
is it possible to download this "Ubuntu for Android" application that they are showcasing in the Software video, running on Nexus 4? Can't find anything about it...
legierski··on Replace Dropbox with BitTorrent Sync and a Raspberry Pi
This is amazing! I was contemplating getting SpaceMonkey / Plug , but looks like I can build my own thing that will work well enough and cost much less.
legierski··on Gesture Control in JS using Webcam
This reminds me Minority Report interface scene.
legierski··on Why we need real cryptography instead of passwords
Nice! A year ago I made a demo website that works pretty much the same way: http://sandbox.self.li/qr-login/
legierski··on Soylent Campaign
It's a real bummer that they don't send it anywhere outside US
legierski··on [dead]
Pretty convincing
legierski··on Ask HN: What is the most amount of people you have had on your site at one time?
Nearly 1500 concurrent visitors on a blog post that got to the top of HN quite a while ago.
legierski··on Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail Released
Can't wait to get back from work to update from 12.10 !
legierski··on New lithium-ion battery design – 2,000x more powerful, recharges 1,000x faster
I was hoping for 2000x battery life for my laptop...
legierski··on The beauty of Git in Dropbox
I used to see conflicts all the time
legierski··on Please provide your username and password: 000webhost / hosting24.com
Do you really think they should be able to get access to your account on 000webhost without you giving them the details? That would be scary...
legierski··on Want to Block Common Passwords? Sorry, That is Patented
good luck!
legierski··on We used to sleep twice each night
It does and it could more often. I don't think I know anyone who heard about it...
legierski··on Console.log with style
right-click -> inspect element should work everywhere
legierski··on Ask HN/PG: What causes this sudden drop-off behaviour on HN submissions?
I'm wondering if there's any description of the voting ring detector used by HN
legierski··on The Emails That Got My Unsexy Start-Up Covered By TechCrunch
Still on the front page, looks like there's plenty of interest from HN folks!
legierski··on Show HN: phpconsole - a new tool for web developers
I hope you'll like it!
legierski··on Show HN: phpconsole - a new tool for web developers
Thank you! Greetings from Aberdeen :)
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