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matsz··on Git Submodules as a Package Manager
> Share them between projects like every sane package manager.

I'd argue the other extreme is less sane. Pip installs everything system wide and you can't have different versions of the same package without venv.

Even early NPM was much much better than the pre-uv Python situation. (TBH even with uv it still feels hacky at times.)

matsz··on Nitter has more working instances than before the takedowns
Redlib exists - https://github.com/redlib-org/redlib

It has a few public instances - https://github.com/redlib-org/redlib-instances/blob/main/ins...

Seems to work decently well, I've seen it being linked to on HN.

matsz··on Holocloth
Wish this had support for multitouch. Great work otherwise!
matsz··on Bubble Sorted Amen Break
Funnily enough, there's a drum loop that's also frequently sampled in electronic music from a track titled "Think (About It)."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Think_(About_It)

matsz··on A DuckDB-based metabase alternative
> I've always advocated for having a read only database connection to be available for your customers to make their own visualisations.

A layer on top of the database to account for auth/etc. would be necessary anyways. Could be achieved to some degree with views, but I'd prefer an approach where you choose the publicly available data explicitly.

GraphQL almost delivered on that dream. Something more opinionated would've been much better, though.

matsz··on OpenAI has deleted the word 'safely' from its mission
Coincidentally, they started releasing much better models lately.
matsz··on I can't upgrade to Windows 11, now leave me alone
Valve saw the writing on the wall when Windows 8 was released. Their investment made Linux more feasible for the average user.

This makes me wonder how much better the world would be if corporations didn't have to answer to shareholders. Valve isn't publicly traded, Microsoft is.

matsz··on Deliberate Internet Shutdowns
Arguably CTA isn't exactly an obscure acronym. It's multi-disciplinary - quite common in UI/UX design and marketing; and also decently common in any branched of software engineering that interact with these topics, like... web development.
matsz··on alpr.watch
I couldn't imagine living in a country where my every move is being watched.

Privacy is a human right. Sacrificing your human rights just for a bit of "safety" is just short sighted.

matsz··on Show HN: Fanfa – Interactive and animated Mermaid diagrams
You might not even need ffmpeg.js for that anymore. WebCodecs API is well supported nowadays.

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/VideoEncode...

matsz··on After Windows Update, Password icon invisible, click where it used to be
I've been running Arch (on my desktop and servers) for over a decade, and never had issues. Just read their homepage before upgrading.
matsz··on I wrote a Pong game in a 512-byte boot sector
It's probably one of the best introductory projects to x86 assembly on bare metal.

More advanced than my attempt: https://github.com/mat-sz/pongloader

BTW: You could provide a live online demo using v86 - https://github.com/copy/v86

matsz··on Oracle is underwater on its $300B OpenAI deal
One can dream.
matsz··on Oracle is underwater on its $300B OpenAI deal
Finally, been waiting for this moment since I've learned about Oracle. Would be well-deserved for them. Hope Larry Ellison loses his yacht.
matsz··on Google Antigravity
> VSCode already renders terminal on GPU

When did they add that? Last time I used it, it was still based on xterm.js.

Also, technically Chromium/Blink has GPU rendering built in for web pages, so everything could run on GPU.

matsz··on European Commission plans “digital omnibus” package to simplify its tech laws
True, I was considering going back to Poland for business... if only Poland was more politically stable.
matsz··on European Commission plans “digital omnibus” package to simplify its tech laws
> Giant GDP boosts are always just one deregulation away, hm?

Honestly, reducing the complexity of incorporating and paying taxes in Germany would quickly improve the dire situation of startups here. It's so bad right now that a tax advisor straight up told me to move to a less business-hostile country.

matsz··on Show HN: A fast, privacy-first image converter that runs in browser
Not everything is about profit :)
matsz··on The history of cataract surgery
As a patient, I'm not sure if I'd be comfortable with the doctor operating on me doing a speedrun.

Full sterilization before each surgery is a good thing. Better safe than sorry. Same for only having one patient in the operating room - reduced risk of contamination and human error.

matsz··on OpenAI Is Preparing to Launch a Social App for AI-Generated Videos
"Late stage enshittification."

We're already at a point where more often than not people want to quit using online apps. I wonder if at some point we'll end up with the internet being completely abandoned because we did nothing to keep it usable?

Similar scenario to what might likely happen to our planet, now that I think of it.

matsz··on Ollama Web Search
I'm not sure if linking to those files is allowed by HN, and it could potentially expose me to lawsuits.

However, searching for "Yandex git sources magnet link" might help.

matsz··on Ollama Web Search
You could take a look at the leaked Yandex source code from a few years ago. I'd believe their architecture should be decent enough.
matsz··on Amazon has mostly sat out the AI talent war
One layer up, the blade. Silicon would be the iron in this analogy.

The physical server itself would be the wooden handle, I guess.

matsz··on Show HN: I reverse engineered top websites to build an animated UI library
> Her Majesty's Revenue & Customs

Nitpick: the "H" in HMRC stands for "His", since it always changes to match the current monarch.

matsz··on Welcome to Ladybird, a truly independent web browser
> Andreas Kling, the same person behind SerenityOS

Important context - Andreas isn't involved with SerenityOS much anymore. He decided to prioritize Ladybird, which is arguably the more important project here.

Also, he used to contribute to WebKit. Even ended up working at Apple for a period of time. Quite definitely the right person in the right place.

matsz··on FreeBSD for hi-fi audio: real-time processing, equalizer, MPD and FFmpeg
Audiophile USB cables are pure placebo, there's no controversy here. Changing the medium doesn't magically make digital signal higher quality, only reduces data loss, if anything.
matsz··on Grok is now free for all X users
The "X" rebranding is finally making sense.
matsz··on Interview of Robert Shingledecker, Tiny Core Linux and DSL Developer (2009)
Random question but why would you not switch banks? I wouldn't want to be a customer of a business that clearly doesn't respect me.
matsz··on M4 MacBook Pro
Wonder how good are those for LLMs (compared to M3 Pro/Max)... They talk about the Neural Engine a lot in the press release.
matsz··on Google took three months to remove scam app that stole over $5M
At this point, Google should accept new sign-ups for critical products ONLY from countries that have a functioning law enforcement system when it comes to this - and check based on ID card/passport.
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