Hacker News: OuterVale

New comment by OuterVale in "Porting 3D Movie Maker to Linux"

OuterVale — Fri, 15 May 2026 04:14:11 +0000

The most fantastic video I've ever seen created in Microsoft 3D Movie Maker is 'Grandpa Found the Car Keys': https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGJKeESLBpQ

A very impressive use of the tool to achieve a pretty impressive amount of style within the limitations.

New comment by OuterVale in "Leaving GitHub for Forgejo"

OuterVale — Wed, 13 May 2026 13:43:07 +0000

I'm making my jump over to Tangled, which is built on the AT Protocol (so it uses the same account as Bluesky and others). I'm finding it lovely.

https://vale.rocks/micros/20260511-0440

New comment by OuterVale in "A HN post with negative points – how?"

OuterVale — Tue, 12 May 2026 23:59:28 +0000

Thanks. That is really nice of you to say.

New comment by OuterVale in "A HN post with negative points – how?"

OuterVale — Tue, 12 May 2026 12:24:57 +0000

It is hardly a satisfying answer, but I haven't the foggiest what caused it. I submitted it the same as I've submitted many other submissions in the past.

New comment by OuterVale in "A HN post with negative points – how?"

OuterVale — Tue, 12 May 2026 12:05:22 +0000

Original poster of the thread here.

Doesn't appear to be negative anymore, but here is what it looked like: https://vale.rocks/micros/20260512-0652

Screenshot was taken at 06:50 UTC.

Any app on recent Android versions can leak certain traffic

OuterVale — Tue, 12 May 2026 11:00:15 +0000

Article URL: https://mullvad.net/en/blog/any-app-on-recent-android-versions-can-leak-certain-traffic

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48106535

Points: 4

# Comments: 0

New comment by OuterVale in "How and Why I Journal"

OuterVale — Tue, 12 May 2026 06:24:19 +0000

Do a get a biscuit or something for somehow managing this?

Interestingly on the Harmonic client on my Android phone it is claiming -10 points. Very odd.

How and Why I Journal

OuterVale — Tue, 12 May 2026 05:48:08 +0000

Article URL: https://jan.miksovsky.com/posts/2026/05-11-journaling

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48104663

Points: 22

# Comments: 28

Accessibility of date formats (and superiority of YYYY-MM-DD)

OuterVale — Sun, 10 May 2026 12:29:23 +0000

Article URL: https://mina86.com/2026/on-a11y-of-date-formats/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48083453

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

New comment by OuterVale in "Dithering with CSS"

OuterVale — Fri, 08 May 2026 12:34:28 +0000

There is no sign-up or anything, so you can see how it looks immediately by opening the web app. https://lookscanned.io/scan

New comment by OuterVale in "Roger Sweet, Creator of the He-Man Action Figure, Dies at 91"

OuterVale — Mon, 04 May 2026 07:36:12 +0000

Obligatory Fabulous Secret Powers (also known as HEYYEYAAEYAAAEYAEYAA): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FR7wOGyAzpw

New comment by OuterVale in "Stitch together lots of little HTML pages with navigations for interactions"

OuterVale — Mon, 04 May 2026 07:04:10 +0000

That'd be the View Transition API. Specifically, it is a cross-document view transition. https://developer.chrome.com/docs/web-platform/view-transiti...

Really awesome new(ish) feature of the web platform. It doesn't yet have full support in Firefox unfortunately, but is supported in Chrome and Safari.

New comment by OuterVale in "Stitch together lots of little HTML pages with navigations for interactions"

OuterVale — Mon, 04 May 2026 06:41:21 +0000

I'm unsure why you think this was an LLM-suggested solution.

New comment by OuterVale in "Stitch together lots of little HTML pages with navigations for interactions"

OuterVale — Mon, 04 May 2026 06:38:17 +0000

You're pre-emptive hostility seems rather unwarranted.

This article is my usual go-to and lists several reasons why JavaScript might not be available, and thus why you shouldn't take it for granted: https://piccalil.li/blog/a-handful-of-reasons-javascript-won...

Stitch together lots of little HTML pages with navigations for interactions

OuterVale — Mon, 04 May 2026 04:43:36 +0000

Article URL: https://blog.jim-nielsen.com/2026/small-html-pages/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48004734

Points: 90

# Comments: 68

New comment by OuterVale in "Mozilla's opposition to Chrome's Prompt API"

OuterVale — Thu, 30 Apr 2026 09:55:16 +0000

Extremely glad to see Mozilla taking a stance here.

Compositing and Blending – Exploring the math and intuition behind blend modes

OuterVale — Wed, 29 Apr 2026 11:46:05 +0000

Article URL: https://nik.digital/posts/compositing-blending

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47946990

Points: 35

# Comments: 3

New comment by OuterVale in "Flipdiscs"

OuterVale — Mon, 27 Apr 2026 08:13:38 +0000

Interestingly, I've never noticed any stuck discs. I'm pretty observant of them as well, because I think they're so cool.

New comment by OuterVale in "Flipdiscs"

OuterVale — Mon, 27 Apr 2026 05:29:09 +0000

They've been slowly replacing the flip-disc displays on the buses where I live with LEDs and LCD panels which has been such a shame. There is a beautiful mechanical satisfaction to a panel of flip-discs inverting and I genuinely find them easier to read.

New comment by OuterVale in ""Plain text has been around for decades and it's here to stay." – Unsung"

OuterVale — Sat, 25 Apr 2026 03:53:02 +0000

Unsung is one of the best little blogs around. Well worth checking out the rest of the posts.