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New comment by fbnlsr in "My Steam Machine is a 50ft HDMI cable"

fbnlsr — Fri, 26 Jun 2026 10:25:24 +0000

> Can't people see any usecase for the steam machine?

The only problem with the Steam Machine is the price tbh, and that's mainly Valve having a really bad luck with timing once again.

Having a custom-made "Steam Machine" for the past 3 years thanks to ChimeraOS, it really changed the way I play for the better. I can play on my couch with my son and wife, and it made my wife (who wasn't really into gaming) buy a Steam Deck and enjoy my 500+ library instantly.

Now, I can play CS2 in my office, my son can play Astroneer in the living room and my wife The Witcher 3 next to him. The Steam ecosystem is simply amazing, it's a real shame Valve had to launch their machine during a worldwide component crisis.

New comment by fbnlsr in "Mouseless – keyboard-driven control of macOS/Linux/Windows"

fbnlsr — Fri, 05 Jun 2026 16:58:58 +0000

Reminds me of AceJump for JetBrains IDEs:

https://plugins.jetbrains.com/plugin/7086-acejump

New comment by fbnlsr in "I'm Tired of Talking to AI"

fbnlsr — Wed, 27 May 2026 12:39:02 +0000

This has been my experience as well.

- Claude writes User Stories, supervised by the PO.

- Claude is in charge of the implementation, supervised by the devs.

- Claude does the PR review.

- If a comment is made by a human, someone c/p what Claude thinks with a simple "not sure if AI is right".

We're just passing butter at this point.

New comment by fbnlsr in "Search engines alternatives now that Google isn't Google anymore"

fbnlsr — Mon, 25 May 2026 12:52:43 +0000

I usually switch between DuckDuckGo and Startpage. Both are good.

New comment by fbnlsr in "GitHub Compromised"

fbnlsr — Wed, 20 May 2026 07:01:12 +0000

I really need to find the time to properly test Zed. I'm mainly using PHP Storm and I love what it can do, especially when it comes to code discovery and auto-completion. I'm not a huge fan of having a bloated toolbox, I never use PHP Storm's included terminal or database browser.

Zed was super impressive when I first started it, but I don't know yet how it compares with PHP Storm.

New comment by fbnlsr in "Googlebook"

fbnlsr — Wed, 13 May 2026 07:03:55 +0000

I bought a used laptop with the help of ChatGPT last month and was amazed. It helped me narrow the model that suited my needs based on my prompts. I needed to renew my old Thinkpad T480. It also helped me find an ad and negociate with the seller.

I ended up with a T14 Gen 4 and I'm super happy with it.

New comment by fbnlsr in "GitHub issues is almost the best notebook in the world"

fbnlsr — Mon, 26 May 2025 14:25:31 +0000

I switch between VS Code and MarkText. It does the job perfectly.

New comment by fbnlsr in "GitHub issues is almost the best notebook in the world"

fbnlsr — Mon, 26 May 2025 13:23:13 +0000

I thought it would be a problem as well but it turns out I absolutely never edit my notes on two machines at once. The commit/push/pull is done via a simple bash script that I'm running as a build command inside VS Code.

New comment by fbnlsr in "GitHub issues is almost the best notebook in the world"

fbnlsr — Mon, 26 May 2025 11:14:08 +0000

Like many I've been looking for the best note-taking app for years. And somehow I always come back to a bunch of markdown files inside a Git repo.

New comment by fbnlsr in "Testing DVD-R and CD-R 25 years later: optical disks from Japan"

fbnlsr — Wed, 02 Apr 2025 07:57:31 +0000

I personally use a hard drive in my house, and a cold storage solution (Glacier) from a reputable provider.

New comment by fbnlsr in "Testing DVD-R and CD-R 25 years later: optical disks from Japan"

fbnlsr — Wed, 02 Apr 2025 07:55:40 +0000

Yeah disc rot is a real problem. CD/DVD-R are great when it comes to physically store drives (they don't take much space on a shelf and are easely sent via mail) but I'd rather use a hard drive and the cloud for my backups now.

New comment by fbnlsr in "Testing DVD-R and CD-R 25 years later: optical disks from Japan"

fbnlsr — Wed, 02 Apr 2025 07:52:48 +0000

As others said, the only thing you should be looking for is a drive that works with Accuraterip. Ripping discs from my local library is a hobby of mine and I've discovered so much music from there. I still buy CDs from thrift shops and the occasional garage sale, but having my music collection neatly organized and ripped/verified in FLAC is something I enjoy a lot.

New comment by fbnlsr in "Ask HN: Is anyone else picky about which monospace font(s) you use?"

fbnlsr — Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:24:53 +0000

I'm in a never-ending cycle of wanting to find a better monospace font, spending countless hours looking through various alternatives and coming back to the one I'm currently using.

After using Ubuntu Mono for many many years I've switched to IBM Plex Mono and basically can't find a better font for me. At this point it's like my eyes are so used to this font I could never use anything else, despite the fact that my brain wants to try something new. So it's my default choice for any monospace font that I can set up.

New comment by fbnlsr in "YouTube's New Hue"

fbnlsr — Thu, 13 Feb 2025 08:53:35 +0000

This is amazing. I wonder how much that document cost to produce.

The "Gravitational Pull of Pepsi" blew my mind.

New comment by fbnlsr in "Why blog if nobody reads it?"

fbnlsr — Mon, 10 Feb 2025 10:08:45 +0000

Writing a blog is always rewarding, but it's a difficult exercise, especially if one's writing in another language. Not only do you have some proficiency in writing fluid sentences and paragraphs, it's sometimes taxing to formulate something in a language that's not your mother tongue.

I'm curious if people around here have tips on diminishing friction and how to write better/more easily.

How Spotify Killed Lo-Fi Hip Hop

fbnlsr — Tue, 04 Feb 2025 17:35:27 +0000

Article URL: https://gamechops.substack.com/p/how-spotify-killed-lo-fi-hip-hop

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42935741

Points: 191

# Comments: 227

New comment by fbnlsr in "GarminDB"

fbnlsr — Mon, 03 Feb 2025 09:38:15 +0000

I'm a Garmin user as I find the hardware to be very reliable but the market is in deep need of an Open Source alternative.

Let's not forget Garmin was victim of a ransomware attack in 2020 and they finally paid $10 million after days of blackout and they never really addressed the issue.

New comment by fbnlsr in "Ross Ulbricht granted a full pardon"

fbnlsr — Wed, 22 Jan 2025 07:53:36 +0000

This might be a minor thing, but does anyone know if a full pardon will allow him to use an electronic device or access the internet? Often times, people convicted of crimes related to an online activity are forbidden this right, and I wonder if that's the case for him, and if so, what his life would be in this day and age.

New comment by fbnlsr in "Microsoft Confirms Password Deletion for 1B Users"

fbnlsr — Tue, 17 Dec 2024 08:16:53 +0000

The problem with passkey is that it's obscure for the common folk.

I'm a developer, yet for some odd reason I'm having a hard time understanding passkeys. Are they synced between devices? Do I need to set up a passkey per device? What happens if I have a single passkey on my phone and it gets lost? Do I lose access to that service?

So many questions that need a clear and concise answer.

New comment by fbnlsr in "My simple knowledge management and time tracking system"

fbnlsr — Fri, 15 Nov 2024 06:53:19 +0000

I like the idea of a stream of knowledge in one file, I usually used the Saved Messages in Telegram for that.

I'd rather use Markdown though, for the formatting capabilities alone.