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steveharman··on Tell HN: PayPal blocks GrapheneOS
Isn't this more about PayPal disliking a rooted device rather than Graphene? I used to have all kinds of issues with financial apps when I was rooted, regardless of OS
steveharman··on Hyperspace
By comparison, have to handle it to DeDupe for its transparency:

Key Features Free to Scan, Unlock to Deduplicate

steveharman··on "Opus 5 is a really bad model"
Can't you just specify claude-opus-4-5 with the /model command and go back to that era?
steveharman··on Open-Source Agentic QA Harness with Memory
Interesting. Can it use Detox (React Native) and/or what does it use to talk to physical mobile devices (eg; Appium?)

Thanks

steveharman··on Hyperframes – AI Video Creation for Agents
Remotion-ish video editing designed for agents, from HeyGen.
steveharman··on Anthropic blocks third-party use of Claude Code subscriptions
I believe there are a number of cli tools which also use Anthropic's Max plan (subscription) - this isn't just an OpenCode issue.

I had the TaskMaster AI tool hooked up to my Anthropic sub, as well as a couple of other things - Kilo Code and and Roo Code iirc?

From discussions at the time (6 months ago) this "use your Anthropic sub" functionality was listed by at least one of the above projects as "thanks to the functionality of the Anthropic SDK you can now use your sub...." implying it was officially sanctioned rather than via a "workaround".

steveharman··on Why do voice transcription apps charge monthly when Whisper runs locally?
I'm pretty sold. downloaded it earlier, had an issue with Lucid not automatically appearing in the list of apps to permit accessibility permission, but after a coffee I remembered that apps can be manually added (so you can ignore my support email! :-) ). My minor niggle would be no trial option, that always puts me off slightly - although I appreciate your refund offer. Oh hell, I'll just buy it. It's worth it to reward the slick onboarding process! :-)
steveharman··on Why do voice transcription apps charge monthly when Whisper runs locally?
Pleaee talk me into buying your product! :-) I currently use the free version of Superwhisper on Mac.
steveharman··on Claude outage
I wonder if it's coincidence: today Anthropic mailed out all previous customers of Claude offering a free monthly of 5x Claude Code if they sign up again.

Plenty on Reddit saying they did. And I did.

Could the outage be a the result of an "unexpected" surge in account activations / use?

Not much of a "welcome back" ;-)

steveharman··on Crush: Glamourous AI coding agent for your favourite terminal
Just use Claude Router? Supports Ollama and most others.

https://github.com/musistudio/claude-code-router

steveharman··on The UK’s new age-gating rules are easy to bypass
Uptick in TOR usage?
steveharman··on Poor Man's Back End-as-a-Service (BaaS), Similar to Firebase/Supabase/Pocketbase
Self host Convex https://convex.dev ?
steveharman··on DIY solar launches in US – no installers or permits needed
Worth noting that despite the relatively impressive battery / storage capacity, I believe there is still an 800W* max limit into the home's AC system from the EcoFlow inverter using this supply method.

Therefore you can forget completely supplying electricity for an oven, kettle or microwave in most cases.

*Due to local regulations: 800W UK, 600W in some parts of Europe - I believe it's 800W in the US but please DYOR.

Having said all that, their existing PowerStream inverter + battery Power Stations work really well and are literally plug & play. I've been running a setup in the UK and it's drastically reduced our electricity consumption from the grid whilst still being a simple plug & play self-install.

steveharman··on Void: Open-source Cursor alternative
Just use the Context7 MCP ? Actually I'm assuming Void supports MCP.
steveharman··on Single day Firebase bill for $100k
It does seem crazy that the default state for Firebase, CloudFlare et.al is not to alert the account owner when out-of-the-ordinady usage charges hit, say $5k above "the norm". We're not talking a service interruption, just a simple heads-up email to confirm that all is well.
steveharman··on Audibit – open‑source tool that reads top tech articles to you
The README shows audibit.app for the web app.

That doesn't seem to work, presumably it should be .com as shown elsewhere in the repo?

Looking forward to an Android version.

steveharman··on Show HN: Memex is a Claude Code alternative built on Rust+Tauri for vibe coding
There a quite a few "Memex is similar to" Cursor, Claude Code, Trae etc etc here. But I couldn't find "Memex is better than...because..."

What's the elevator pitch for why a vibe coder should use Memex rather than Roo, Cline, Trae, Cursor, Windsurf and the countless others that I've already forgotten about

Thanks

steveharman··on Tesla rival BYD launches five-minute battery in $30k model
I can't see President Musk adding electric cars to his tarrif exemption list any time soon...
steveharman··on Tesla Solar Sales Declined for 4 Qtrs. Then Tesla Stopped Publishing the Numbers
You can do exactly the same in the UK. I am, and I do.
steveharman··on Tesla (TSLA) announces 336,681 deliveries, far worse than expected
As he's an officer of a public company, isn't this kind of wildly inaccurate prediction covered by some kind of law?
steveharman··on I think I built the future of email in a weekend
Not much of a future, I tried that download link but my Android device wasn't interested.

Perhaps that's for next weekend?

steveharman··on Purelymail: Cheap, no-nonsense email
Another happy Purelymail customer here (5 years).

if anyone needs to move mail storage from one IMAP server to another (eg; Purelymail) I can highly recommend https://imapsync.lamiral.info/

Not for it's website graphic design, but as a CLI tool that works perfectly. "source server -->> target server" and let it run

steveharman··on Show HN: I'm 14, I made a Figma plugin to import any app design into Figma FREE
"paywalls, no subscriptions – just pure design goodness, forever."

I thought Mobin itself required a subscription, for all but limited access?

steveharman··on Show HN: A Directory of Free, Open Source Alternatives to Popular Software
Nice. How does one submit a suggestion? I'd like to propose Anytype as an alternative to Notion.
steveharman··on European Federation of Journalists to stop posting content on X
Anyone looking for the EFJ's new home:

https://bsky.app/profile/efjeurope.bsky.social

steveharman··on Ask HN: Low-Code Interactive UI Prototypes/Mocks Powered by TailwindCSS
404?
steveharman··on Elon Musk's X is losing users in the U.S., UK, and EU. X's own data proves it
let's face it, what does X have that can't/hasn't already, very easily be replicated elsewhere?

in the past I might have said "legions of effective moderators. You can't just flick a switch and implement that on a Twitter clone".... but now?

steveharman··on Show HN: Konty – A Balsamiq-alternative lo-fi wireframe tool for modern apps
Would be nice to see a "push to Figma" option - where a lot of high fidelity work will probably be started, based on wireframes.
steveharman··on Mike Lynch, the UK tycoon who defeated US fraud charges, missing at sea
A week or so after his co-defendent was killed in a car accident:

https://news.sky.com/story/mike-lynchs-co-defendant-dies-aft...

steveharman··on We built the extension that blocks ads, trackers and third-party cookies
No mention of YouTube afaict?
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