Hacker News: ranebo

New comment by ranebo in "macOS needs its grid back"

ranebo — Tue, 02 Jun 2026 06:22:21 +0000

I have a separate grid on each screen. Each with different grid sizes. I have a 3x3 grid on my main display a 2x2 grid on my display to the left and leave my laptop display with no grid constantly locked to my works video conference application.

It works well for me, but as you can see from the comments everyone is different :)

New comment by ranebo in "macOS needs its grid back"

ranebo — Tue, 02 Jun 2026 02:18:27 +0000

Part of the reason I wanted to to make the app is because _I actually do like fullscreen apps_. Or at least maybe I learned to after they took away the grid. In any case I certainly wanted this app to work with them.

macOS needs its grid back

ranebo — Tue, 02 Jun 2026 01:28:34 +0000

Article URL: https://blog.hopefullyuseful.com/blog/macos-needs-its-grid-back/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48364800

Points: 356

# Comments: 228

New comment by ranebo in "Air Con: $1697 for an on/off switch"

ranebo — Thu, 29 Aug 2024 07:15:39 +0000

I use the home assistant plugin with it personally, but I have tried the apps and they still work fine both locally and remote.

New comment by ranebo in "Air Con: $1697 for an on/off switch"

ranebo — Thu, 29 Aug 2024 05:08:10 +0000

You are correct this was actually and error in my re-collection. I remembered when writing that it was missing something but mistakenly thought it was the EZ. In fact the model number on the case was "PIC7KS" without the 6. Good spot.

New comment by ranebo in "Air Con: $1697 for an on/off switch"

ranebo — Thu, 29 Aug 2024 04:52:54 +0000

This is all fantastic info. I have included the details and a link to these comments at the bottom of the post. Great work!

New comment by ranebo in "Air Con: $1697 for an on/off switch"

ranebo — Thu, 29 Aug 2024 03:56:33 +0000

Oh wow, that is crazy! That sounds awesome so please still write it up and I will link. myreal.name@gmail

New comment by ranebo in "Air Con: $1697 for an on/off switch"

ranebo — Thu, 29 Aug 2024 03:28:40 +0000

You have no idea how true this is :). I had to upgrade everything, the old site didn't even have SSL. But this annoyed me so much I wanted others to know how to fix it.

New comment by ranebo in "Air Con: $1697 for an on/off switch"

ranebo — Thu, 29 Aug 2024 03:25:24 +0000

I think it is some sort of serial comm over cat5. My only concern was getting the thing working again :) But if still interested here is a close up of the chip side of the POE connector: https://blog.hopefullyuseful.com/blog/advantage-air-ezone-ta...

Air Con: $1697 for an on/off switch

ranebo — Thu, 29 Aug 2024 01:28:01 +0000

Article URL: https://blog.hopefullyuseful.com/blog/advantage-air-ezone-tablet-diy-repair/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41386319

Points: 2001

# Comments: 478

New comment by ranebo in "Show HN: Gophercises – Coding Exercises for Budding Gophers"

ranebo — Thu, 23 Nov 2017 04:41:15 +0000

Its a hex/base64 encoded string that will get you a discount on his book.

New comment by ranebo in "Four-year professional visas get green light in Thailand"

ranebo — Mon, 21 Aug 2017 01:26:47 +0000

It's 5 million yen. I actually did this back in 2012. It's a complicated procedure but plenty of Japan based lawyers can help you out.

I did it myself, without lawyer help but you will absolutely need someone fluent in Japanese. The paperwork is suffocating. In retrospect I should have just married my then girlfriend, now wife.

New comment by ranebo in "Workspaces for Mac 1.0"

ranebo — Wed, 24 May 2017 23:31:49 +0000

They must have been listening, there is a video on the main page now.

Basically a bookmark manager for the apps/folders you use, allowing you to restore everything in a click or two.

I specified a terminal and two VSCode windows each set with different project directories and it loaded perfectly. Will purchase.

Feature request: Would like the ability to choose fullscreen/specific space for each application.

New comment by ranebo in "America has never had so much TV, and even Hollywood is overwhelmed"

ranebo — Tue, 08 Nov 2016 07:46:16 +0000

I think it's being consumed though, and it's not just Hollywood/America. I've noticed that streaming apps have completely changed my parents (Australian) viewing habits. The ability to sample something then quickly change if desired, has them experimenting constantly. This experimentation has them binge watching a new Scandinavian/French series every week.

New comment by ranebo in "Dear Microsoft [from Slack]"

ranebo — Thu, 03 Nov 2016 02:15:43 +0000

I'm not a user of Slack (solo dev) so I guess I'm not the target audience for this. But I am I wrong in feeling that this comes off as completely lame?

To me it reads as weirdly premature desperation conveyed in a condescending tone.

New comment by ranebo in "Naughty words: What makes swear words so offensive?"

ranebo — Tue, 08 Mar 2016 03:49:53 +0000

Yep thats kind of my point, the idea that a word by itself, regardless of intent could be offensive, made absolutely no sense to them.

To put it into perspective, I've seen nearly every word on your list in different childrens cartoons/anime.

New comment by ranebo in "Naughty words: What makes swear words so offensive?"

ranebo — Tue, 08 Mar 2016 03:31:13 +0000

A year or so ago while my Japanese in-laws were visiting, my brother asked them if they would like to try a new swearing card game he was kickstarting(1). I was hesitant to let this happen as although my wife's parents didn't really know the meaning of the words, they knew they were "swear" words, and that might be seen as inappropriate.

In the end this was just my predefined view of what a "swear" word was, clouding my judgement, and everyone had a good time. My in-laws later explained to me that although they knew "swear" words were meant to be offensive, they couldn't wrap their heads around why/how, and as such happily yelled "Cunt!" as easily as they would "Potato!".

(1) http://www.f--kthegame.com/

F**K. The Game. A card game that makes you smarter by swearing at your friends

ranebo — Fri, 24 Apr 2015 01:36:22 +0000

Article URL: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1443373368/f-k-the-game/?ref=h

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9430965

Points: 4

# Comments: 0

New comment by ranebo in "Ask HN: How do you get and stay in the "zone"?"

ranebo — Tue, 15 Apr 2014 14:55:11 +0000

Different things work for different people but I'll throw my techniques into the ring. I have worked from home for the last 10 years so some of these won't be suitable for a corporate environment.

- Start immediately, as soon as you get to your work environment. For me that means no breakfast, no coffee etc... until one function/problem/failing unit test/something is done. Since I'm at home when I wake up I get dressed then go straight to the computer and open my editor and start working. This gets me in the mood straight from the beginning of the day.

- I find getting into the Zone is often really about finding the next task to complete. Leaving work on your local machine with a failing unit test or compiler error helps is a good way to give you defined task to complete next time.

- If the environment is noisy and headphones are necessary, music without lyrics. I tend to like trance or orchestral movie and game soundtracks.

- If it's not part of what you want to accomplish don't check your email until after you are already running out of steam. Reading and answering emails is easy enough work but usually completely kills any flow I have or at least fills my head with information not helpful to the task at hand. Same goes for any instant messaging etc...

- In much the same vein disable the internet for a while, I've never been more productive than when I was on an overseas day flight.

- People are distractions too, late nights (when I was in my early 20s) and early mornings (nowadays) are productivity's friends.

- Don't visit sites like HN until after work is finished. Hard to do but is knowing that "Company X releases/is bought by Y" ASAP going to help you work in any way?

- Finally (Work from home/self owned businesses only) if you're not feeling it, call it a day and do something else/go out have fun. If you're anything like me, by giving yourself a break you'll make up for it in productivity later.

New comment by ranebo in "How Japan Copied American Culture and Made it Better"

ranebo — Sun, 13 Apr 2014 08:08:34 +0000

"What is perhaps more interesting is the things that are worse."

First and foremost I believe is resistance to change. The reasoning of "because that's the way it has always been" and general bureaucracy means change is very slow to come. When change is actually put into motion it occurs with amazing efficiency but initial resistance seems much stronger than many other cultures.

Anyway, my personal counter list might go like this:

- Blatant sexism

- The work emphasis placed on quantity (time) over quality

- Despite a reputation of High Tech, requiring paper (printed) documents for nearly everything.

- Meeting people outside of work/school is so unusual that often you can make someones night by striking up a conversation in a bar. Great for the visiting tourist but seems suffocating for many Japanese.

- Fantastic food often ruined by the people chain smoking right next to you.

Still really enjoy living here, but I fortunately don't have to deal with the Japanese work environment like many of my friends do.