Hacker News: opem

New comment by opem in "AI companies are shredding rare books"

opem — Mon, 27 Jul 2026 18:32:08 +0000

Its ironic how the whole systems reacts when someone like open library tries to actually do digital preservation

New comment by opem in "Government orders GitHub to remove Bluetooth-based chat app Bitchat: Jack Dorsey"

opem — Fri, 24 Jul 2026 21:22:49 +0000

If your country's security depends on someone on the internet taking their product off for the whole world something must be wrong with the people in power. This is censorship and suppression at its peak.

Fun fact: They have deployed facial recognition vans, AI smart glasses and illegally tracking the protesters (most of which are students) without their consent to threaten and deter them.

New comment by opem in "Government orders GitHub to remove Bluetooth-based chat app Bitchat: Jack Dorsey"

opem — Fri, 24 Jul 2026 21:12:19 +0000

If they had administered properly people wouldn't have been to the streets and spread the virus in the first place!

New comment by opem in "Gleam Is Now on Tangled"

opem — Sat, 18 Jul 2026 21:12:48 +0000

GP just created an account to shitpost about ATProto out of desperation, what else can we expect from them. look at the username and account age, XD

New comment by opem in "Gleam Is Now on Tangled"

opem — Sat, 18 Jul 2026 21:09:07 +0000

Not sure how good of a social protocol it is, but I see ATProto/PDS as a possible succesor to solid [1], if they implment the permissioned data access model correctly. Which would certainly have a lot of good usecases, beyond social apps.

[1] solid: https://solidproject.org/about

New comment by opem in "Gleam Is Now on Tangled"

opem — Sat, 18 Jul 2026 20:58:57 +0000

lol, true! Even for a single side project, that probably no one is gonna use, I often struggle for hours while choosing a name, meanwhile these folks...

New comment by opem in "Gleam Is Now on Tangled"

opem — Sat, 18 Jul 2026 20:52:45 +0000

Except it isn't just working as a federation protocol here, it is also acting as an identity provider and a data store for you social interaction on a repo.

New comment by opem in "Gleam Is Now on Tangled"

opem — Sat, 18 Jul 2026 20:37:51 +0000

Don't open the story, don't follow the links, and last but not the least don't read the texts!

New comment by opem in "Gleam Is Now on Tangled"

opem — Sat, 18 Jul 2026 20:24:17 +0000

Exactly, even if one doesn't know about either of these things (gleam & tangled), all it would take is one or two searches or even better they just visit the homepage. I suppose people have become so used to reading llm generated bluff that simple things don't appeal/make sense to them anymore.

New comment by opem in "Gleam Is Now on Tangled"

opem — Sat, 18 Jul 2026 20:17:26 +0000

Yeah it should definitely start with a bit of explanation, perhaps, it should start with what this site (hn, aka, hackernews) is even about!

New comment by opem in "Waldi: A quiet place to write, and to be read"

opem — Sat, 18 Jul 2026 18:16:11 +0000

It seem to have rss, though. Perhaps that can help with the curation but at that point it becomes no different than a blog template/framework.

New comment by opem in "Thanks HN for 15 years of support and helping me find my life's work"

opem — Sat, 18 Jul 2026 18:05:31 +0000

I see, that is something I have always held off myself from doing. Glad to hear that people reply!

New comment by opem in "Thanks HN for 15 years of support and helping me find my life's work"

opem — Fri, 17 Jul 2026 22:39:16 +0000

How did you connect with people from hn and made irl friendships with them?

New comment by opem in "Mysteries of Telegram Data Centers (2022)"

opem — Wed, 15 Jul 2026 20:01:41 +0000

Exactly, signal is decent on all the platforms, while mobile clients for whatsapp is somewhat tolerable if you ignore the constant AI push. But the web/desktop client is a pain in the ass to use.

New comment by opem in "Mysteries of Telegram Data Centers (2022)"

opem — Wed, 15 Jul 2026 19:58:24 +0000

Not at all, telegram clients in every platform are much much faster than whatsapp, signal etc. on the same platform. Although, this is more visible on older devices and on poor network conditions, I clearly see a difference in my newer devices too.

New comment by opem in "Mysteries of Telegram Data Centers (2022)"

opem — Wed, 15 Jul 2026 19:52:19 +0000

I'll add a few more:

- insanely fast search, chat history browsing and in app navigation - unlimited unencrypted cloud storage, your chats and docs always stays available - ability to send very large files - ability to host large video and voice chats - chat automation - auto translation and transcription - mini apps - open source client, with lots of customization - phone number less sign up (you can purchase a burner number from them and sign up with that, I guess it costs their crypto (ton) tho) - sending gifts

New comment by opem in "Show HN: Nectar, a Rust-like React that compiles to WebAssembly"

opem — Sun, 12 Jul 2026 21:07:39 +0000

Demos are not usable on android/chromium. Can't scroll or interact with the elements, clicking the buttons works but only sometimes and the rest of the time flashes a skyblue overlay.

New comment by opem in "Show HN: Shirei, cross-platform GUI framework in native Go"

opem — Sun, 12 Jul 2026 20:54:01 +0000

but if you other ppl to read, use or contribute, they will probably need the "work history" more than a "publish history". because nobody is going to read those big ass commits, specially when unsure about it worthiness.

New comment by opem in "LARP – Revenue infrastructure for serious founders"

opem — Sun, 12 Jul 2026 20:33:48 +0000

I was genuienly confused till the pricing and tipping section.

New comment by opem in "Show HN: Ant – A JavaScript runtime and ecosystem"

opem — Sun, 12 Jul 2026 09:28:18 +0000

What is the definition of being an 1x dev?