Hacker News: jumpocelot

New comment by jumpocelot in "Video which breaks YouTube' system"

jumpocelot — Thu, 19 Feb 2026 20:10:05 +0000

More context: https://www.reddit.com/r/youtube/comments/1r6n6vb/why_am_i_a...

New comment by jumpocelot in "WhatsApp says Russia tried to fully block service to push state app"

jumpocelot — Thu, 12 Feb 2026 02:15:06 +0000

I believe it's quite popular, actually. Data gathered from a leak [1] shows that Russia had the 5th largest share of total WhatsApp users as of 2021.

[1] https://arxiv.org/pdf/2511.20252

WhatsApp says Russia tried to fully block service to push state app

jumpocelot — Thu, 12 Feb 2026 00:54:43 +0000

Article URL: https://www.reuters.com/technology/russia-blocks-metas-whatsapp-messaging-service-ft-reports-2026-02-12/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46983514

Points: 8

# Comments: 4

New comment by jumpocelot in "Ardour 9.0"

jumpocelot — Thu, 05 Feb 2026 19:21:36 +0000

Congratulations on the new release! I've seen some forum discussions on this in the past, and I'd imagine it's a frequently debated topic. However, I'd like to ask about the technical feasibility of implementing a feature similar to Ableton's 'Warp' within Ardour. I understand that Ardour and Ableton have fundamentally different architectures and that different DAWs can prioritize different workflows. Given the current state of the codebase and the development roadmap, I'm curious how realistic the implementation of BPM-synced time-stretching actually is or if it remains significantly outside the project's scope.

1.6M cubic metres of fake snow are ready for the Winter Olympics

jumpocelot — Wed, 04 Feb 2026 18:44:07 +0000

Article URL: https://www.euronews.com/green/2026/01/28/16-million-cubic-metres-of-fake-snow-are-ready-for-the-winter-olympics-why-is-this-problem

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46889865

Points: 4

# Comments: 0

Signal is experiencing technical difficulties

jumpocelot — Tue, 03 Feb 2026 16:13:46 +0000

Article URL: https://status.signal.org/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46872887

Points: 8

# Comments: 1

We Are Much Closer to Kessler Syndrome Than We Thought [video]

jumpocelot — Mon, 02 Feb 2026 18:51:40 +0000

Article URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ag6gSzsGbc

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46859677

Points: 4

# Comments: 1

In-Text Advertising

jumpocelot — Sun, 01 Feb 2026 06:25:49 +0000

Article URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In-text_advertising

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46844082

Points: 2

# Comments: 1

New comment by jumpocelot in "The dank case for scrolling window managers"

jumpocelot — Sat, 31 Jan 2026 01:24:13 +0000

I had an excellent experience using niri to manage visuals for a university event recently. I was handling background loops, videos, and slides, and since it was a last-minute setup I had to improvise the entire workflow. The scrollable layout was perfect for this, I organized the windows horizontally in the exact sequence they needed to appear, which effectively turned a mix of an image viewer, video player, browser, and PDF readers into a seamless presentation (I could just have used the browser but it would have felt clumsy in comparison). The ability to keep everything in fullscreen and instantly exchange windows between displays via keyboard shortcuts made the transitions almost invisible to the audience.

Signify: Securing OpenBSD from Us to You (2015)

jumpocelot — Fri, 30 Jan 2026 05:30:22 +0000

Article URL: https://www.openbsd.org/papers/bsdcan-signify.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46820872

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

Peter J. Weinberger's Face

jumpocelot — Fri, 30 Jan 2026 04:40:34 +0000

Article URL: https://spinroot.com/pico/pjw.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46820580

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

Honda Has a New Retro Logo for Its EVs

jumpocelot — Tue, 20 Jan 2026 15:44:32 +0000

Article URL: https://www.motor1.com/news/703685/honda-new-ev-logo/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46693025

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

Emoji Design Convergence Review: 2018 – 2026

jumpocelot — Fri, 16 Jan 2026 02:46:18 +0000

Article URL: https://blog.emojipedia.org/emoji-design-convergence-review-2018-2026/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46642421

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by jumpocelot in "Firefox 147.0"

jumpocelot — Wed, 14 Jan 2026 14:54:14 +0000

Firefox now supports the Freedesktop.org XDG Base Directory Specification. Finally!

New comment by jumpocelot in "Magnolia1234/bypass-paywalls-Firefox-clean"

jumpocelot — Wed, 14 Jan 2026 00:21:09 +0000

PS although the add-on was removed from Mozilla’s add-on store (AMO) (because of DMCA Takedown Notice) it’s still signed and manually checked for security by Mozilla (hence the delay in signing).

That explains why I couldn't find it. I believe this is the most comprehensive and up-to-date paywall bypasser out there.

Trump says Venezuela’s Maduro captured after strikes

jumpocelot — Sat, 03 Jan 2026 06:35:21 +0000

Article URL: https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/loud-noises-heard-venezuela-capital-southern-area-without-electricity-2026-01-03/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46473348

Points: 1771

# Comments: 4689

Hideo Kojima Answers Hideo Kojima Questions [video]

jumpocelot — Mon, 22 Dec 2025 23:47:38 +0000

Article URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=02Ah5VQrzvA

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46360668

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

New comment by jumpocelot in "McDonald's pulls AI Christmas ad after backlash"

jumpocelot — Wed, 10 Dec 2025 13:57:21 +0000

What is the actual complaint here? Are people demanding commercials be beautiful? Before being AI slop, it is marketing slop. Why are they demanding 'soul' from an ad in 2025? Everything in this late-stage capitalist landscape is slop. They could have filmed it with real actors (or just reprised a spot from 15 years ago) and it wouldn't make any difference.

New comment by jumpocelot in "Windows GUI – Good, Bad and Pretty Ugly (2023)"

jumpocelot — Tue, 25 Nov 2025 07:11:01 +0000

I think Windows XP should have shipped with the Watercolor theme, although Luna does a better job of setting it apart from previous versions

Chinese Takeout Menu [video]

jumpocelot — Mon, 10 Nov 2025 02:54:36 +0000

Article URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ofkdTv39hyw

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45871840

Points: 3

# Comments: 1