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https://github.com/zackboe

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zackboe··on Game Boy Wordle clone: How to compress 12972 five-letter words to 17871 bytes
My flashcart's GB emulator doesn't have a color palette that matched perfectly, but works well enough! https://i.imgur.com/ePtY5Jf.jpg

Found a GBC implementation as well: https://github.com/bbbbbr/gb-wordle

zackboe··on Buy 1,427 items for $5 Regularly –$7,890
There's an 'official' highlights list[1] and a community built spreadsheet[2] with details including type, platforms, genres and more.

[1] https://itch.io/c/891735/bundle-for-racial-justice-and-equal...

[2] https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1cbOqO6rq0YYWPKmci8Pg...

zackboe··on Dear Devs, please stop using Medium for your contents
I haven't personally toyed with either, but I've seen these used with increasing frequency.

https://commento.io/

https://utteranc.es/

zackboe··on Ask HN: Are there any good open-source OneNote alternatives?
Personally, yes. I'm sitting around 50% right now, but have no reservations upgrading if/when I reach the need to. It's something you'll have to play with yourself to see if you can get it working in a way that makes sense for you - I know a few people who felt it didn't provide enough structure for them.
zackboe··on Using Let's Encrypt for Internal Servers (2018)
Chrome and Safari (the only browsers enforcing CT logs at the moment) can both be configured to disable enforcement for certain URLs.

https://twitter.com/sleevi_/status/1102306640072716288

zackboe··on Ask HN: What’s your reaction if MS made GitHub stats available to recruiters?
Already public info? Indifferent. It's already scraped (and then leaked) by so many parties as is.
zackboe··on Bypassing Browser Security Warnings with Pseudo Password Fields
"With respect to your complaint that Cox intercepts and injects our own data in order to display alerts, etc, we note that browser alerts are a method Cox utilizes to bring customers’ attention to important information that may affect their Internet experience."

They'll also appear if you're nearing your data allowance or if their email service (that you probably don't use) is undergoing maintenance. When I last asked, there is no possible way to opt-out or disable these.

zackboe··on Why do you use Firefox?
about:config

I enjoy having the ability to tweak some tiny little settings that help my workflow here and there.

zackboe··on Ask HN: What is your personal opinion about GitHub stars?
I use Astral to filter/search through my starred repos

http://astralapp.com/

zackboe··on Insomnia 3.0 – A simple and beautiful REST API client
Postman has native apps out for Win/Mac & Linux "soon" https://www.getpostman.com/apps
zackboe··on Comodo CEO Forum Post on Lets Encrypt Trademark
Ah, you're right. I vaguely thought I was missing someone else.
zackboe··on Comodo CEO Forum Post on Lets Encrypt Trademark
He states "We invented the 90 day free ssl. Why are they copying our business model of 90 day free ssl is the question! Comodo has provided and built a Free SSL model that give SSL for free for 90 days since 2007!"

I was curious because I had never heard of anyone providing free SSL other than StartSSL before Let's Encrypt (and Amazon).

It's a trial. No free renewals, manual or automatic.

"Free SSL certificates are valid for 90 days and are limited to one issuance per domain."

https://www.comodo.com/e-commerce/ssl-certificates/free-ssl-...

zackboe··on Yakyak: Electron Chat Client for Google Hangouts
For me, one of the biggest draws over the official client are that it opens links in my OS default browser, not just Chrome. They used to do this, but have made changes so that links only open in Chrome. There's a smattering of threads on this issue with no response from Google or the Hangouts team.
zackboe··on Apple Pay on the Web
Chrome on Android will soon autoplay muted content, as will Safari 10:

https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/forum/?fromgroups#!...

https://developer.apple.com/library/prerelease/content/relea...

zackboe··on I've Just Liberated My Modules
Snyk added a 'test-unpublished' command to check all dependencies, but "is currently limited only to the packages Azer just unpublished, as opposed to all unpublished packages."

https://snyk.io/blog/testing-for-unpublished-packages/

zackboe··on I've Just Liberated My Modules
NPM 'un-un-published' the needed version: https://twitter.com/seldo/status/712414400808755200

E: Did not realize I was linking the author their own tweets.

zackboe··on $ cat ~/myfile | curl -X PUT --upload-file “-” https://transfer.sh/myfile.txt
Someone else in this thread mentioned chunk.io which offers this http://chunk.io/#stream_content_beta
zackboe··on Mandrill's Heroku add-on is being shut down
They've announced much bigger changes now: http://blog.mandrill.com/important-changes-to-mandrill.html
zackboe··on SpaceX SES-9 Live Stream
Launch is scrubbed. The next attempt will be tomorrow during the same time window. https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/702632949938696194
zackboe··on SpaceX SES-9 Technical Webcast
Launch is scrubbed. The next attempt will be tomorrow during the same time window. https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/702632949938696194
zackboe··on Google Will Soon Shame All Websites That Are Unencrypted
Plesk built a Let's Encrypt extension: https://devblog.plesk.com/2015/12/lets-encrypt-plesk/
zackboe··on SpaceX Jason-3 Live Webcast
YouTube link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ivdKRJzl6y0
zackboe··on Ask HN: Is there a webcast for the SpaceX Jason-3 launch tomorrow?
They've scheduled a YouTube stream and r/SpaceX's live thread as already started

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ivdKRJzl6y0 https://www.reddit.com/r/spacex/comments/417weg/rspacex_jaso...

zackboe··on Firefox 43 released with 64-bit version for Windows, better Private Browsing
I worked in university IT for a year, focused on student's personal machines. A good majority of malware we experienced installed extensions and reconfigured browser preferences.

I understand why Mozilla and Google have done similar things to restrict extension installation, but can't help but think there has to be a better way for users who know what they're doing.

zackboe··on Hostnames and usernames to reserve
Seems PayPal also missed this memo: https://www.paypal.me/support https://www.paypal.me/download https://www.paypal.me/signup
zackboe··on Domain-validated SSL will soon be free from the large CAs
Yeah, their points are all pretty shaky. I've been a fan of Namecheap for awhile because of their past support for a better internet, but it's extremely disappointing to see this post from them.

I guess I didn't expect them to put their profits over what's best for the web.

zackboe··on Domain-validated SSL will soon be free from the large CAs
They've further edited the post to remove a lot of the misleading content, but not all.
zackboe··on SSL from Namecheap: What's the difference?
They've updated their post to remove a lot of the misleading content, but not all.

Here's a good summary http://blog.kelunik.com/2015/11/22/namecheap-ssl.html

zackboe··on Comcast injects JavaScript into webpages to show copyright notices to customers
Cox Communications also injects js to display downtime messages and data usage alerts when nearing the upper limits of their now enforced data caps. Their response to a FCC complaint was essentially "it's convenient for our users"
zackboe··on ShareX – Open-source screenshare software
You can open the Imgur deletion URL for uploaded images in the history screen. However it appears that Gfycat, the default service for screencasts, doesn't support this feature.
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