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New comment by connorelsea in "DaVinci Resolve – Photo"

connorelsea — Tue, 14 Apr 2026 18:20:15 +0000

I've been really pleased with Luminar Neo for photo editing and have been using it alongside Lightroom. Their marketing unfortunately makes it seem like an unserious and gimmicky tool for non-professionals, just due to extreme AI focus and SaaS-ificiation of their website, but it's actually really good software. The core editing tools are on par with Lightroom and have very friendly UX, and some (not all) of the near-gimmick AI features are actually impressive and forward-thinking.

New comment by connorelsea in "Ask HN: Share your personal website"

connorelsea — Wed, 14 Jan 2026 19:25:08 +0000

connorelsea.com

New comment by connorelsea in "Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn as he saw himself"

connorelsea — Fri, 07 Dec 2018 14:46:03 +0000

That is the only source I could find as well but I also found others saying it was false and that Putin was lying and misguiding

New comment by connorelsea in "Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn as he saw himself"

connorelsea — Fri, 07 Dec 2018 13:44:05 +0000

Lmao then why not just say you don't like criminals, murderers, and Marxists. The focus on their Jewishness is suspect at the very least...

New comment by connorelsea in "Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn as he saw himself"

connorelsea — Fri, 07 Dec 2018 13:39:46 +0000

I'm pretty sure this isn't true but I'm curious, got a source? Afaik they were somewhat overrepresented but never a majority and only about 5% of party members were Jewish although percentages in leadership were slightly higher at around 15%

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/66ecq3/were_...

New comment by connorelsea in "The One-Name Email, a Silicon Valley Status Symbol, Is Wreaking Havoc"

connorelsea — Sat, 09 Jun 2018 21:48:53 +0000

This is behind a paywall for me, but from what I saw, that seems like it might be for the best...

New comment by connorelsea in "Ask HN: What's your favorite way of getting a web app up quickly in 2018?"

connorelsea — Sun, 03 Jun 2018 05:40:58 +0000

There are multiple. Sequelize is the best and I've used it in a few projects

New comment by connorelsea in "Web Code is a solved Problem – how about fixing Web UI next?"

connorelsea — Sat, 02 Jun 2018 06:30:10 +0000

And iOS + mac safari have service workers now

New comment by connorelsea in "Show HN: An Almost Ideal React Image Component"

connorelsea — Sat, 02 Jun 2018 06:11:01 +0000

You'd still have blank spaces where large images are as they're loading on a slow connection

New comment by connorelsea in "Show HN: An Almost Ideal React Image Component"

connorelsea — Sat, 02 Jun 2018 05:21:26 +0000

images and everything else bc client-side rendering... not sure how this is an argument for not lazy-loading images though

New comment by connorelsea in "Show HN: An Almost Ideal React Image Component"

connorelsea — Sat, 02 Jun 2018 04:58:40 +0000

I much prefer a pixelated or blurry preview image first and then the real image instead of waiting 20 years for images to load staring at a blank page. i notice the perceived speed difference on websites that do this and those that don't. Medium does it well and this react component image approach is similar. And once it is loaded, it is an

New comment by connorelsea in "Mozilla to remove “meritocracy” from governance docs because it's “problematic”"

connorelsea — Sat, 26 May 2018 18:31:04 +0000

your arguments are hypberolic in some cases, as changing or clarifying a word or sentence even is not "remake(ing) a software project". and I think the word meritocracy is vague, a overarching word used to describe many things to many people, mozilla should instead simply be more clear about what that means. what is the "playing field", that itself is a metaphor for sports and physical ability I guess. How will the ability of those chosen for participation under this meritocracy be judged

New comment by connorelsea in "Mozilla to remove “meritocracy” from governance docs because it's “problematic”"

connorelsea — Sat, 26 May 2018 17:45:02 +0000

good choice. great series

New comment by connorelsea in "Mozilla to remove “meritocracy” from governance docs because it's “problematic”"

connorelsea — Sat, 26 May 2018 17:34:12 +0000

this is an extreme oversimplification. those aren't mutually exclusive and diversity isn't just "quotas". read a book

New comment by connorelsea in "Mozilla to remove “meritocracy” from governance docs because it's “problematic”"

connorelsea — Sat, 26 May 2018 17:32:02 +0000

that is quite the stretch. thinking a word should be updated or clarified does not make me a "conspiracy theorist". What am I conspiring against? people fighting so hard against a simple change to make the sentence more inclusive are just fighting to keep their antiquated system of bias in place

New comment by connorelsea in "Mozilla to remove “meritocracy” from governance docs because it's “problematic”"

connorelsea — Sat, 26 May 2018 17:20:20 +0000

you sound like a conspiracy theorist. it is changing an inappropriate word, not shifting control over the entire company Mozilla. i doubt you care about diversity or improving the quality of the open source project

New comment by connorelsea in "Mozilla to remove “meritocracy” from governance docs because it's “problematic”"

connorelsea — Sat, 26 May 2018 17:09:05 +0000

same thing in the context of my sentence. developers

New comment by connorelsea in "Mozilla to remove “meritocracy” from governance docs because it's “problematic”"

connorelsea — Sat, 26 May 2018 17:05:32 +0000

Words are important. Devs will argue over a correct variable name for hours but think names in other places have no meaning

New comment by connorelsea in "Open Source Calculator Teaches Us about Quality Documentation"

connorelsea — Sat, 19 May 2018 01:04:39 +0000

And Prime doesn't seem to run python or any scripting language. This open calculator does

New comment by connorelsea in "Another flaw in Signal desktop app leaks chats in plaintext"

connorelsea — Fri, 18 May 2018 01:59:48 +0000

Googled it for you. From their github repo... "To date the OpenPGP.js code base has undergone two complete security audits from Cure53. The first audit's report has been published here." https://github.com/openpgpjs/openpgpjs