Hacker News: arm

New comment by arm in "Frontier AI has broken the open CTF format"

arm — Sat, 16 May 2026 10:07:29 +0000

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capture_the_flag_(cybersecurit...

Zapfino, the Typeface with Built-In Magic

arm — Wed, 08 Apr 2026 10:32:01 +0000

Article URL: https://thatkeith.com/articles/zapfino-the-typeface-with-built-in-magic/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47688174

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

New comment by arm in "VitruvianOS – Desktop Linux Inspired by the BeOS"

arm — Wed, 25 Mar 2026 04:26:10 +0000

More context here:

https://v-os.dev/news/vitruvian-0.3.0-available/

New comment by arm in "Hide macOS Tahoe's Menu Icons"

arm — Sun, 22 Mar 2026 02:09:26 +0000

New Smart Folder with a cogwheel icon is in the File menu of Notes.app, while New Smart Folder with a folder+cogwheel icon is in the File menu of Finder.app.

Mail rules on Fastmail that make my life better (2025)

arm — Thu, 19 Feb 2026 20:46:17 +0000

Article URL: https://json.blog/2025/04/13/mail-rules-on-fastmail-that.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47079042

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

Codeberg as an OIDC Provider for Tailscale (2023)

arm — Thu, 19 Feb 2026 10:18:32 +0000

Article URL: https://kennyqin.com/posts/codeberg-as-an-oidc-provider-for-tailscale/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47072208

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by arm in "27-year-old Apple iBooks can connect to Wi-Fi and download official updates"

arm — Thu, 19 Feb 2026 03:39:33 +0000

HDMI in 1997–2003?

I ran out of IPv6 Addresses (2024)

arm — Sat, 14 Feb 2026 19:45:23 +0000

Article URL: http://www.makikiweb.com/ipv6/ran_out_of_ipv6_addresses.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47017656

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

Microwave Oven Failure: Spontaneously turned on by its LED display (2024)

arm — Wed, 11 Feb 2026 19:50:43 +0000

Article URL: https://blog.stuffedcow.net/2024/06/microwave-failure-spontaneously-turns-on/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46979936

Points: 127

# Comments: 49

New comment by arm in "Kagi releases alpha version of Orion for Linux"

arm — Sat, 10 Jan 2026 07:13:08 +0000

As an example, Opera was payware for the first ten years of its existence. I remember trying out a demo of it included on a CD decades ago!

Building and Installing LineageOS for UTM Virtual Machine on Apple Silicon Mac

arm — Thu, 08 Jan 2026 07:31:26 +0000

Article URL: https://wiki.lineageos.org/utm-vm-on-apple-silicon-mac

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46538295

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

New comment by arm in "Upgrading an M4 Pro Mac mini's storage for half the price"

arm — Sat, 12 Jul 2025 12:47:06 +0000

A similar alternative is Howard Oakley’s Dintch/Fintch/cintch:

https://eclecticlight.co/dintch/

Creating Colorimetrically-Accurate Scans, Part 1: IT8 Considered Harmful (2021)

arm — Tue, 03 Jun 2025 18:20:31 +0000

Article URL: https://comeonux.com/2021-09-29-it8-considered-harmful/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44172994

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

We May Be About to Lose a Powerful Force in Video Game Preservation

arm — Fri, 02 May 2025 10:02:13 +0000

Article URL: https://www.timeextension.com/features/we-might-be-about-to-lose-a-powerful-force-in-the-world-of-video-game-preservation

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43867923

Points: 41

# Comments: 1

New comment by arm in "Apple squandered the Holy Grail"

arm — Mon, 06 Jan 2025 18:22:18 +0000

> (No good music players for MacOS for instance)

Have to strongly disagree on this point. Cog¹ is my music player of choice on macOS; not only does it have a clean GUI, but it supports almost every format² I’ve ever wanted to listen to audio in, including game music in formats like GBS (Game Boy Sound System) and 2SF (Nintendo DS Sound Format).

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¹ — https://github.com/losnoco/cog

² — https://cog.losno.co/

New comment by arm in ""Everything" is a filename search engine for Windows"

arm — Wed, 28 Aug 2024 21:02:07 +0000

Doesn’t work as insanely quickly as voidtools’ Everything, but I use Thomas Tempelmann’s Find Any File as my Everything replacement on macOS:

https://findanyfile.app/

Back Up Android Apps and Data in Modern Times (2024)

arm — Tue, 13 Aug 2024 17:22:21 +0000

Article URL: https://bitlog.it/20240415_back_up_android_apps_and_data_in_modern_times_2024.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41237399

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

New comment by arm in "Video: A Language for Making Movies"

arm — Tue, 30 Jul 2024 05:41:14 +0000

Archive.org link for the v0.2 documentation:

https://web.archive.org/web/20210419191239/https://docs.rack...

New comment by arm in "Show HN: Focumon – Turn your work into a multiplayer adventure"

arm — Mon, 01 Apr 2024 01:58:26 +0000

From the linked website:

“Focus Anywhere

Our web app can be installed on your mobile devices. Focus with friends & keep track of your progress on the go. Boost your productivity no matter where you are!”

Nonguix

arm — Tue, 25 Jul 2023 17:48:09 +0000

Article URL: https://gitlab.com/nonguix/nonguix

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36866385

Points: 1

# Comments: 0