Hacker News: KORraN

New comment by KORraN in "Trademark violation: Fake Notepad++ for Mac"

KORraN — Mon, 04 May 2026 11:19:48 +0000

Original announcement and discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47916964

New comment by KORraN in "Hacker News.love – 22 projects Hacker News didn't love"

KORraN — Mon, 23 Feb 2026 17:12:16 +0000

I'm sorry, but that's a pass for me. I can't even read the first story about Dropbox, cause at one point it just jumps to the next story.

New comment by KORraN in "YouTube Is Down"

KORraN — Wed, 18 Feb 2026 08:35:42 +0000

If you are subscribed to channels, I really recommend using Subscriptions instead of home page. Otherwise, you may miss videos from your favorite creators just because YT decided so.

New comment by KORraN in "NewPipe: YouTube client without vertical videos and algorithmic feed"

KORraN — Sun, 15 Feb 2026 09:10:59 +0000

This is the way. If a user does not have YT Premium, watching 500 hours earns the creator from $0.5 to $5. Patreon/merch is way more effective in supporting your favorite authors.

Instabridge has acquired Nova Launcher

KORraN — Tue, 20 Jan 2026 19:06:56 +0000

Article URL: https://novalauncher.com/nova-is-here-to-stay

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46696357

Points: 255

# Comments: 169

New comment by KORraN in "What's New in Python 3.15"

KORraN — Sun, 21 Dec 2025 09:45:20 +0000

The comment you mention applies to source code encoding and it's obsolete for Python 3 since the beginning. This is about something else: https://docs.python.org/3.15/whatsnew/3.15.html#whatsnew315-...

New comment by KORraN in "Just Use Curl"

KORraN — Tue, 21 Oct 2025 15:10:01 +0000

I love the second part of your tip, thank you.

New comment by KORraN in "Just Use Curl"

KORraN — Tue, 21 Oct 2025 14:55:29 +0000

For the record, since version 7.82.0.

New comment by KORraN in "Making Every Windows 11 PC an AI PC"

KORraN — Fri, 17 Oct 2025 21:08:04 +0000

I'm not going to lie, seeing all these comments complaining about W11, people not wanting to upgrade from W10, exploring possibility to migrate to Linux and then THIS title, I laughed. Well played, Microsoft, well played...

New comment by KORraN in "M5 MacBook Pro"

KORraN — Thu, 16 Oct 2025 09:52:24 +0000

Firstly, I have not complained about Linux, did I? Even more, I'm about to switch to Linux on my desktop, thanks to Microsoft and their EOS for "the last Windows version ever". Secondly, I suspect power users hardly ever find any OS perfect for their needs, there are always some customizations.

New comment by KORraN in "M5 MacBook Pro"

KORraN — Wed, 15 Oct 2025 19:09:04 +0000

> That has terrible ergonomics for anyone using a non-US keyboard, though - the backtick is immediately above the option key so to hit together with CMD requires clawing together your thumb and little finger.

That's true, hence why I remap it to a "proper" key, above Tab with:

  $ cat ~/Scripts/keyboard_remapping.sh
  #!/bin/bash
  
  hidutil property --set '{"UserKeyMapping":
      [{"HIDKeyboardModifierMappingSrc":0x700000064,
        "HIDKeyboardModifierMappingDst":0x700000035},
       {"HIDKeyboardModifierMappingSrc":0x700000035,
        "HIDKeyboardModifierMappingDst":0x7000000E1}]
  }'

New comment by KORraN in "Debian 13 “Trixie”"

KORraN — Sat, 09 Aug 2025 20:30:58 +0000

Isn't this the feature of /tmp? I set my default download location in Firefox to /tmp exactly for this reason, so that all the junk gets automatically removed after some time. Also, whenever I need a temporary Python script or test a package, I create a venv under /tmp.

New comment by KORraN in "I bought a £16 smartwatch just because it used USB-C"

KORraN — Sat, 09 Aug 2025 18:57:49 +0000

No, I didn't. Maybe it's not a bad idea. I read about the issue on the internet and it seems pretty common issue that sooner or later hits most of Instincts Solar gen 1.

I contacted Garmin support since I've seen that in some of the cases they offered generous discounts for newer models or even gave them for free, but in my case they offered me to pay almost a full price for refurbished Instinct Solar gen 1, that most probably would have the same issue after some time.

New comment by KORraN in "I bought a £16 smartwatch just because it used USB-C"

KORraN — Sat, 09 Aug 2025 18:50:18 +0000

They were for me, i.e. at work in the office where definitely I don't want to have sound notifications on. And since my phone usually lies on a desk, I don't want vibrations there either.

New comment by KORraN in "I bought a £16 smartwatch just because it used USB-C"

KORraN — Sat, 09 Aug 2025 06:51:47 +0000

I was also a happy Garmin Instinct Solar user. It is until after two years it started to turn off whenever it vibrates. I disabled vibrations, but it's reduced to an expensive step counter now.

New comment by KORraN in "The Genius Device That Rocked F1"

KORraN — Mon, 21 Jul 2025 05:15:04 +0000

I think it was mostly due to an enlarged fuel tank, as there is no refuelling during races. Also, energy recovering system, batteries, the whole hybrid system. This post has great size comparison: https://www.reddit.com/r/formula1/comments/1i16g7e/f1_car_si...

It looks like the nose got longer as well, I assume this is for crashworthiness.

New comment by KORraN in "Silicon Valley crosswalk buttons apparently hacked to imitate Musk, Zuck voices"

KORraN — Sat, 19 Apr 2025 22:52:11 +0000

But this should not change the time when the thing (comment, link) has been posted, should it?

New comment by KORraN in "uv downloads overtake Poetry for Wagtail users"

KORraN — Mon, 17 Mar 2025 10:10:22 +0000

Both dependency management and project isolation are available in a standard Python 3 installation, also out of the box, without 3rd party tool dependency - `pip` and `python3 -m venv`. Admittedly, they work slower, but fast enough for me, especially that I do not run these commands every hour.

New comment by KORraN in "Contra Chrome: How Google's browser became a threat to privacy and democracy"

KORraN — Mon, 10 Mar 2025 14:53:40 +0000

While I'm in Firefox camp, I hate the sensational half-truths in this comic. And why does it impersonate the original creator and Google Chrome team?

New comment by KORraN in "Google Pixel 4a's old firmware is gone, trapping users on buggy battery update"

KORraN — Sun, 02 Feb 2025 09:27:14 +0000

This is also present in my 4a, perhaps it's a feature of Android 13.