Hacker News: j_leboulanger

New comment by j_leboulanger in "Ask HN: Are there examples of 3D printing data onto physical surfaces?"

j_leboulanger — Sat, 14 Feb 2026 07:40:49 +0000

Wasn’t that an april fool joke ?

Reverse Engineering the Epson FilmScan 200 for Classic Mac

j_leboulanger — Sat, 03 Jan 2026 08:26:52 +0000

Article URL: https://ronangaillard.github.io/posts/reverse-engineering-epson-filmscan-200/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46474065

Points: 94

# Comments: 8

New comment by j_leboulanger in "Ask HN: Does anyone still use code snippets?"

j_leboulanger — Mon, 03 Feb 2025 06:03:57 +0000

I mostly use them to create new React components (index.tsx, x.component.tsx, x.module.scss, x.types.ts).

I also use the nest cli to create new modules, services, ... which are king of snippets also.

New comment by j_leboulanger in "Nokia 5110 – Back from the Dead (2022)"

j_leboulanger — Mon, 16 Dec 2024 10:13:39 +0000

Sound incredible !

I like the word "simply" in this sentence

> i will simply be able to recreate the baseboard with the new 4G module, a microcontroller, and some audio processing and power management circuitry and it will be able to seamlessly fit inside the phone.

Seems like a bigger project than the author would let us think ! But I hope to see the PCB soon !

New comment by j_leboulanger in "Turn your phone or tablet into a chess clock"

j_leboulanger — Sun, 03 Nov 2024 17:33:26 +0000

I use lichess as a chess clock, works like a charm

New comment by j_leboulanger in "[dead]"

j_leboulanger — Wed, 04 Sep 2024 07:05:54 +0000

Free t-shirt for early supporters !!

New comment by j_leboulanger in "Japan’s Temple-Builder Kongō Gumi, Has Survived Nearly 1,500 Years"

j_leboulanger — Mon, 02 Sep 2024 06:15:28 +0000

I’m thinking also of Canson (founded 1557), the paper manufacturer and Richard de Bas (1326). Even Monnaie de Paris dates back from 864. Actually there are many companies still alive today that are more than 400/500 years old.

New comment by j_leboulanger in "I like the RP2040"

j_leboulanger — Tue, 11 Jun 2024 15:21:26 +0000

Because the RP2040 is not the main controller of the RPi.

It's a micro controller, on which the Raspberry Pi Pico is based, at $4

New comment by j_leboulanger in "Show HN: I made a website to find best bus seat to avoid the sun while traveling"

j_leboulanger — Wed, 17 Jan 2024 08:07:29 +0000

It's not working for me :(

I'm trying a trip from the north of France (Paris) to the south (Lyon) in the morning while the sun rises. So the sun is mainly on the East (so left of the bus) and the app tells me to sit on the left side of the bus.

New comment by j_leboulanger in "Show HN: I built a transit travel time map"

j_leboulanger — Mon, 24 Jul 2023 14:19:22 +0000

Works with Paris at least

New comment by j_leboulanger in "Maybe people do care about performance and reliability"

j_leboulanger — Tue, 14 Feb 2023 17:50:20 +0000

On the video you sent Photoshop takes 6 seconds to start and it seems like it is stored on an external disk which could explain why it's slower.

I'll try to make a video on real hardware once I have time to show that I'm not exaggerating. And remember that the SE/30 is a computer from 89, so not even early 90s.

New comment by j_leboulanger in "Maybe people do care about performance and reliability"

j_leboulanger — Tue, 14 Feb 2023 17:36:08 +0000

On a not so fresh install it boots in 13 seconds here : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LgltFQss3yU Pretty sure mine would boot even faster

New comment by j_leboulanger in "Maybe people do care about performance and reliability"

j_leboulanger — Tue, 14 Feb 2023 17:01:18 +0000

I would tend to disagree. In the 1990s System 7 would start in a few seconds from hard disk on a Mac SE/30.

Word would start in less than a second (not sure which version it was), and most features we use today were available. Adobe Photoshop 3.0 would start in less than 3 seconds, and same with Premiere 1.0.

Of course you lacked some memory protection features which could make the whole computer crash because of a single program failure, but daily experience was much better on old systems. They felt way faster because they have less input lag and because UI was less bloated.

I'm not saying 1990s computer and software were better, but they were way faster than what we use today.

New comment by j_leboulanger in "Hacker News stylized as a retro 90s macOS desktop"

j_leboulanger — Sun, 18 Sep 2022 19:18:20 +0000

I do too

New comment by j_leboulanger in "Show HN: Mini Metroidvania in 13KB of JavaScript"

j_leboulanger — Tue, 13 Sep 2022 19:07:37 +0000

Not working on Safari

New comment by j_leboulanger in "How fat does a fat binary need to be? (2021)"

j_leboulanger — Wed, 31 Aug 2022 07:09:25 +0000

No I'm using an intel MBP.

New comment by j_leboulanger in "How fat does a fat binary need to be? (2021)"

j_leboulanger — Tue, 30 Aug 2022 11:49:23 +0000

I tried on MacOS and it does not work (exec format error)

New comment by j_leboulanger in "France is paying car drivers nearly $4k to switch to an electric bike"

j_leboulanger — Wed, 24 Aug 2022 16:11:27 +0000

But not paying car drivers that want to switch to a regular bike... (ie. non electric)

New comment by j_leboulanger in "Show HN: Plain Text Cryptocurrency Prices"

j_leboulanger — Tue, 14 Jun 2022 14:46:41 +0000

Here is an extract of what happens in terminal :

curl https://plaintextco.in/coins/bitcoin

plaintextco.in

Bitcoin (BTC)

           Price                    $22,183
  
j_leboulanger — Mon, 13 Jun 2022 18:17:54 +0000

Works for me on safari MacOS even if it feels slow