Hacker News: sam29681749

How do you watch YouTube on your computer?

sam29681749 — Sat, 15 Mar 2025 08:20:42 +0000

I used to watch youtube via chrome with a couple of extensions (adblock, unhook, clickbait remover), but adblock now seems to be hit and miss so it's a pretty poor experience.

I get if I was on android I could just use newpipe or something, but is there a browser-based equivalent I can use on my PC(I'm typically on a work computer (win11) & don't have local admin)?

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43370943

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New comment by sam29681749 in "Yemeni Coffee Shops in Texas"

sam29681749 — Sat, 04 Jan 2025 01:13:11 +0000

Lots of places have decaf in Korea.

New comment by sam29681749 in "I Don't Have Spotify"

sam29681749 — Tue, 12 Nov 2024 08:17:27 +0000

CDs are smaller, cheaper, sound great, and have longer playtime. I think they're the superior medium. I get people prefer the sound of vinyl, though.

New comment by sam29681749 in "Show HN: I Built a Todo Task Management Web App"

sam29681749 — Mon, 11 Nov 2024 16:29:34 +0000

So what app are they _actively_ using?

New comment by sam29681749 in "Show HN: I Built a Todo Task Management Web App"

sam29681749 — Mon, 11 Nov 2024 12:50:07 +0000

Where can I find your previous version?

New comment by sam29681749 in "Australia's 3G Shutdown – Why your 4G/5G Phone is now Blocked"

sam29681749 — Mon, 11 Nov 2024 11:44:47 +0000

I suspect that's not the reason why the graffiti wasn't removed.

New comment by sam29681749 in "Ask HN: What kind of personal software improved your life?"

sam29681749 — Mon, 11 Nov 2024 10:34:06 +0000

Recently, rediscovering online radio services (radio.garden)

New comment by sam29681749 in "How to find your perfect keyboard?"

sam29681749 — Mon, 11 Nov 2024 10:12:16 +0000

Here's what I look for:

- cheap (I prefer the feel of cheap plastic keyboards to anything fancy)

- dongle (Bluetooth frustrates me).

- number pad

- dedicated media keys

- no function next to ctrl on the left

New comment by sam29681749 in "Australia's 3G Shutdown – Why your 4G/5G Phone is now Blocked"

sam29681749 — Mon, 11 Nov 2024 07:15:42 +0000

Not good for dumbphone enjoyers. I specifically bought a sonim xp3 because it had 4g + VoLTE. It's all very confusing, but it sounds like it won't work when I land back in Australia, regardless of whether I'm willing to switch networks.

New comment by sam29681749 in "Show HN: A minimal iPhone widget for people who love saving links"

sam29681749 — Thu, 07 Nov 2024 17:36:36 +0000

What's the advantage of this over sharing links in a group chat?

The design looks great.

New comment by sam29681749 in "'I grew up with it': readers on the enduring appeal of Microsoft Excel"

sam29681749 — Sun, 03 Nov 2024 16:26:32 +0000

Our team runs into errors (changes not syncing, etc.) on a regular basis 'collaborating' with Excel. definately doesn't work like magic in my experience.

New comment by sam29681749 in "Org Mode Syntax Cheat Sheet (2017)"

sam29681749 — Fri, 01 Nov 2024 11:40:17 +0000

What specifically about emacs org mode made you more organised?

New comment by sam29681749 in "Typing fast is not so important"

sam29681749 — Thu, 31 Oct 2024 13:43:11 +0000

Link won't load for me.

Couple of instances where I want to be able to type _very_ quickly is when I'm (a) taking notes while someone is talking or (b) writing out a lengthy code block I don't need to think that hard about. Other than that, typing at a modest speed is good enough.

New comment by sam29681749 in "New iMac with M4"

sam29681749 — Wed, 30 Oct 2024 13:51:15 +0000

~2 months ago. A typical laptop is more stable when sitting on my lap, etc.

New comment by sam29681749 in "Looking into the Nintendo Alarmo"

sam29681749 — Wed, 30 Oct 2024 13:26:16 +0000

Somewhat related: what software did you use to create the diagram?

New comment by sam29681749 in "New iMac with M4"

sam29681749 — Tue, 29 Oct 2024 23:44:13 +0000

If you're talking about the magic keyboard, I wouldn't consider that a clamshell. I mean it opens like this: _ < L

New comment by sam29681749 in "What surprising thing have you learnt about me, given all our conversations?"

sam29681749 — Tue, 29 Oct 2024 14:37:16 +0000

"I'm not your psychologist and you need a girlfriend".

New comment by sam29681749 in "Show HN: I built an app to use a QR code as my doorbell"

sam29681749 — Tue, 29 Oct 2024 14:34:48 +0000

1 & 3 seem reasonable applications for this, but I don't see it as a replacement for a doorbell. 2 seems just like a minor organisational blunder.

New comment by sam29681749 in "Show HN: I built an app to use a QR code as my doorbell"

sam29681749 — Tue, 29 Oct 2024 14:31:37 +0000

Don't all apartments have an intercom? I suppose I just assumed they did.

New comment by sam29681749 in "A return to hand-written notes by learning to read and write"

sam29681749 — Tue, 29 Oct 2024 14:25:34 +0000

They have in the form of monkeytype wpm scores. I think these are generally based on an a-z lower case test, so I doubt it's a realistic indicator of someone's actual typing speed.