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phantomathkg··on Škoda DuoBell: A bicycle bell that penetrates noise-cancelling headphones
It is pedestrian who are wearing the ANC to remove the noise outside.
phantomathkg··on Show HN: Yoink – Spotify to lossless with full metadata, self-hostable, ad-free
It doesn't work for some alnum/song however.
phantomathkg··on Show HN: I took back Video.js after 16 years and we rewrote it to be 88% smaller
If all you want is a fix non-streaming, video, yes. Video tag just work. Video.js is catered for those required streaming.
phantomathkg··on Show HN: I took back Video.js after 16 years and we rewrote it to be 88% smaller
The user can still ad-block. Or choose to let the ad to run to fund the video producer.
phantomathkg··on Kagi Translate now supports LinkedIn Speak as an output language
Input: The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.

Output: Agility is everything in today’s fast-paced market.

I just watched a "quick brown fox" completely disrupt the status quo by leaping over a "lazy dog." It’s a masterclass in efficiency and proactive leadership.

Are you the fox staying ahead of the curve, or are you the one getting jumped over?

#Leadership #Innovation #Agility #Disruption #GrowthMindset #Efficiency

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Now we need an AI that can do the reverse and compress Linkedin Speak to proper English.

phantomathkg··on Chrome DevTools MCP (2025)
If it can save all the video/audio fragment and call ffmpeg to join them together. Maybe?
phantomathkg··on Ask HN: Would you use a job board where every listing is verified?
This won't help in countries like Singapore.

When you are a jobseeker, yes, you don't want to apply for job post that is destined for internal transfer.

When you are someone who is in the process of internal transfer, you want this JD has many applicants to prove to the government that this roles has applicants but they are not as strong as the one being transferred.

When you are the hiring manager, you want the process to be finished quickly, whether it is the internal transfer you like, or hiring externally.

This so called verified board stop the transfer from happening.

If you are the outside applicants, great. If you are the one being internal transfer, you want to burn this board.

For record, I have been both side of the picture. Transferred to Singapore and now looking for job, and also as a hiring manager. So I know the pain from all angle.

phantomathkg··on The surprising whimsy of the Time Zone Database
You would care if you want to track the hostile countries local time.
phantomathkg··on Dulce et Decorum Est (1921)
The recital by Christopher Eccleston is more dramatic.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qB4cdRgIcB8

phantomathkg··on When AI writes the software, who verifies it?
Human writes the requirements, contains flaw. Human or AI translate that to specifications, and eventually code.

It does not matter if the middle man is human or AI, or written in "traditional language" or "formal verification". Bugs will be there as human failed to defined a bullet proof requirements.

phantomathkg··on Monitor the Situation
Are the source of the feed reliable?
phantomathkg··on Google API keys weren't secrets, but then Gemini changed the rules
> 2,863 Live Keys on the Public Internet

It will be more interesting if they scan GitHub code instead. The number terrified me. Though I am not sure how many of that are live.

phantomathkg··on 1Password pricing increasing up to 33% in March
Below are a few valid reason to increase the price a software company charge their customer.

1. R&D 2. Increase salary 3. Increase OpEx

phantomathkg··on Be wary of Bluesky
Fixing the problem requires 2 resources, the knowhow and the money. People need to know how to execute it safely, and people need to have the disposable income to run their PDS.

Even for tech people in HN, not everyone will have the disposable income to self-hosted every digital life lands on. Somehow, somewhere one may need to use free services paid by VC money.

phantomathkg··on How I use Claude Code: Separation of planning and execution
Surely Addy Osmani can code. Even he suggests plan first.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46489061

phantomathkg··on MuMu Player (NetEase) silently runs 17 reconnaissance commands every 30 minutes
This only reinforce the image, software/hardware from China and no ethics. They will do whatever they can to get hold of their user's info.
phantomathkg··on JavaScript-heavy approaches are not compatible with long-term performance goals
Speaking about benchmark.

Node vs Lua shows Node faster than Lua. https://benchmarksgame-team.pages.debian.net/benchmarksgame/...

Node vs C, only 4 to 5 times slower. https://benchmarksgame-team.pages.debian.net/benchmarksgame/...

Looking at its root, it is not too bad as a JIT compiled language.

phantomathkg··on JavaScript-heavy approaches are not compatible with long-term performance goals
I'm still baffled why you don't see JavaScript is fast, but how page rendered is the issue.
phantomathkg··on Discord will require a face scan or ID for full access next month
Self hosting could be an option, but it does not help when a country require you to identify if a user is adult or not.
phantomathkg··on Vouch
This means someone with tons of money can spam anyone repo, while the lower income people cannot raise as many PR or speak as much as the filthy rich.
phantomathkg··on Netflix Open Content
It is not blocked by DRM but different codec. Even if you have two MP4 files, but if they were encoded differently ffmpeg will still need to do some computation to join them.
phantomathkg··on Principles of Slack Maximalism
This whole piece is just weird.

> Each member of the staff has their own channel, in which they give updates on their work status, ask questions of other teammates, notify of their unavailability, share their uncertainties and thoughts on the program.

When a piece of work require input from two persons, should I ask in project channel or channel of person A or channel of person B?

> Each resident has their own channel, in which they talk to their coach, ask questions of the team, request improvements to their room or writing setup or just generally throw anything they want someone to look at.

If I want input from my coach and not discuss in public, why not DM but channel?

phantomathkg··on Z-Image: Powerful and highly efficient image generation model with 6B parameters
Unfortunately, another China censored model. Simply ask it to generate "Tank Man" or "Lady Liberty Hong Kong" and the model return a blackboard with text saying "Maybe Not Safe".
phantomathkg··on How to Spot a Counterfeit Lithium-Ion Battery
The article didn't tell us how
phantomathkg··on Asus Routers Hijacked in Global Operation "WrtHug" [pdf]
Related: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45982048
phantomathkg··on Raccoons are showing early signs of domestication
Somehow, it remind me of the Studio Ghibli anime Pom Poko, centering around the theme of the expansion of the Tokyo forcing Japanese Racoon to adopt human life.

Could domestication happened simple because we human expand too much?

phantomathkg··on Blocking LLM crawlers without JavaScript
Yes

https://diff.wikimedia.org/2025/04/01/how-crawlers-impact-th...

https://www.usebox.net/jjm/blog/the-problem-of-the-llm-crawl...

phantomathkg··on Lawmakers want to ban VPNs
It is a cat and mouse game, it is whether the service provider do or not. I remember AWS WAF can block VPN ages ago, according to this announcement, it is 2020.

https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2020/03/aws-waf-a...

phantomathkg··on Visa and Mastercard near deal with merchants that would change rewards landscape
QR Code is too cheap to produce, it is easy for scammer to just print a fake one and take your money.

https://www.straitstimes.com/tech/can-i-trust-this-qr-code-c....

phantomathkg··on Visa and Mastercard near deal with merchants that would change rewards landscape
QR Code base system is slow, have security risk and will not work without smartphone.

Proliferation of hundred of QR Code based payments system is not a good thing, you need one that works across all countries.

Outside Visa and Mastercard, we have Amex, Diner, JCB, even China has UnionPay, but unfortunately they are not as popular as a contender of the duopoly.

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