Hacker News: seam_carver

New comment by seam_carver in "macOS 27: Workaround to avoid downloading AI models and save storage"

seam_carver — Mon, 21 Sep 2026 16:49:21 +0000

macOS 15 still gets security updates.

New comment by seam_carver in "You can defeat the Dream Devourer from Chrono Trigger using an int overflow"

seam_carver — Sun, 20 Sep 2026 00:30:21 +0000

In Fire Emblem 3 Houses, the final boss of the Azure route has 199 HP and is standing on a 60 HP heal tile.

If you deal 3 damage, it goes to 196. 196+60=256.

This overflows to zero and you win.

New comment by seam_carver in "iOS 27, iPadOS 27, and macOS 27"

seam_carver — Tue, 15 Sep 2026 04:31:31 +0000

You are wrong. Everyone gets it

New comment by seam_carver in "iOS 27 Released"

seam_carver — Mon, 14 Sep 2026 17:13:42 +0000

Tired of iOS 26 bugs. Hopefully this fixes.

Oops, Android 16 on the Boox Go 7

seam_carver — Wed, 09 Sep 2026 22:32:54 +0000

Article URL: https://www.reddit.com/r/Onyx_Boox/comments/1wb6v6b/oops_android_16_on_the_go7/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49635511

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

Mac App Store Apps Can Now Drop Support for Intel Macs

seam_carver — Wed, 02 Sep 2026 00:02:31 +0000

Article URL: https://www.macrumors.com/2026/09/01/mac-app-store-intel-mac-support/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49530030

Points: 14

# Comments: 7

New comment by seam_carver in "Rakuten Kobo returns to U.S. retail as sales double"

seam_carver — Mon, 31 Aug 2026 19:51:38 +0000

I am the developer of an app where its main purpose is to optimize file size and page turn performance of comics/manga on low-powered ereaders like Kobo: https://github.com/ciromattia/kcc

Show HN: E-Ink Optimized Manga for KOreader, Kindle, Kobo, ReMarkable with KCC

seam_carver — Mon, 31 Aug 2026 15:19:37 +0000

Article URL: https://github.com/ciromattia/kcc

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49510831

Points: 6

# Comments: 0

Rakuten Kobo returns to U.S. retail as sales double

seam_carver — Mon, 31 Aug 2026 14:53:34 +0000

https://www.reddit.com/r/kobo/comments/1w20azv/the_doubling_...

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49510532

Points: 108

# Comments: 119

US Kobo Sales Double?

seam_carver — Sat, 29 Aug 2026 22:11:19 +0000

Article URL: https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/digital/content-and-e-books/article/101053-rakuten-kobo-re-enters-u-s-retail-as-sales-double.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49493758

Points: 3

# Comments: 1

Hisense launches A10 e-ink smartphone with detachable color screen

seam_carver — Fri, 28 Aug 2026 15:05:17 +0000

Article URL: https://www.gizmochina.com/2026/08/28/hisense-launches-a10-e-ink-smartphone-with-detachable-color-screen/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49479654

Points: 19

# Comments: 2

Show HN: eInk Optimized Manga with Kindle Comic Converter (+Kobo/KOreader)

seam_carver — Wed, 26 Aug 2026 16:37:07 +0000

Kindle Comic Converter optimizes black & white (or color) comics and manga for E-ink ereaders like Kindle, Kobo, ReMarkable, and more. Pages display in fullscreen without margins, with proper fixed layout support. KCC runs on Windows, macOS, and Linux.

KCC's main goal is maximum image quality at significantly smaller file size. For example, KCC

1) can compress a 600 MB manga volume from Humble Bundle to 100 MB. This is mostly accomplished by downscaling to the native resolution of your specific device. This can also improve battery life, page turn speed, and general performance on underpowered ereaders with small memory and storage capacities.

2) fixes black levels to avoid gray/faded blacks found in many Kindle Store manga

3) fixes the rainbow effect on Kaleido 3 color eink without blur using the Discrete Fourier Transform (community PR)

It can also semi-automatically join pre-split 2 page spreads and has several KOreader optimizations as well.

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49451982

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

Kindle raises US prices by $40-$50

seam_carver — Fri, 21 Aug 2026 20:43:45 +0000

Article URL: https://www.reddit.com/r/kindle/comments/1vujton/price_increase_on_kindles/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49393560

Points: 7

# Comments: 0

Show HN: eInk Optimized Manga with Kindle Comic Converter (+Kobo/KOreader)

seam_carver — Fri, 21 Aug 2026 16:20:36 +0000

KCC's main goal is maximum image quality at significantly smaller file size. For example, KCC

2) fixes black levels to avoid gray/faded blacks found in many Kindle Store manga

3) fixes the rainbow effect on Kaleido 3 color eink without blur using the Discrete Fourier Transform (community PR)

It can also semi-automatically join pre-split 2 page spreads and has several KOreader optimizations as well.

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49390363

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by seam_carver in "Steam Machine launches today"

seam_carver — Mon, 22 Jun 2026 17:11:43 +0000

Starts at $1049

What we know about the Medline warehouse fire in Tracy

seam_carver — Mon, 15 Jun 2026 13:36:28 +0000

Article URL: https://www.kcra.com/article/what-we-know-medline-warehouse-tracy-fire/71576519

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48541082

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

Summary of recent buggy Kindle updates since Nov 2025: dictionary, fonts, manga

seam_carver — Wed, 10 Jun 2026 15:57:18 +0000

Remember, Amazon can A/B test features, so bugs may only appear if a particular feature is being A/B tested on you.

09/17/2025 5.18.5

* No serious bugs as far as I remember.

11/05/2025: 5.18.6:

* Removed the ability to open a full dictionary in a book, not just a preview. "Open Dictionary" used to be in the spot where "Share on Goodreads" was.

* Removed the dedicated bookmarks bar

* German dictionary bugs * “I've highlighted the \[German\] word dahertrampelten for example. This is a separable verb with prefix daher. Before 5.18.6 my Kindle recognized this and would give me the definition of the entire word. After 5.18.6 it only shows me the definition of the prefix.” * “If someone actually needed to know what dahertrampeln meant, getting told the definition of daher would be [useless]”

* Japanese dictionary bugs * "the dictionary tries to default to looking up the shortest word of the highlighted \[Japanese\] text, instead of the longest.” * If the \[Japanese\] problem was present in English, it would look like: “You try to highlight "lighthouses". It highlights "light" and brings up the definition.”

12/10/2025 5.19.0-5.19.1:

* Kindle Scribe 2025 exclusive firmwares, but future firmwares inherit the problems

* caused battery drain during sleep due to infinite request retries for users using a custom DNS on their router since a certain domain is on a common default blocklist.

2/17/2026 5.19.2+:

* broke embedded fonts in AZW3/KFX books, where certain parts of text have an explicit font specified, often used for titles and headings. Now these are rendered with a generic font. \[fixed in 5.19.4\]

* azw3 books missing page numbers \[fixed in 5.19.3\]

* azw3 books % read tracker broken \[fixed in 5.19.3\]

* azw3 books laggy page turns \[fixed in 5.19.3\]

* azw3 manga/comics % read tracker broken \[partially fixed in 5.19.4\]

* azw3 manga/comics laggy page turns \[partially fixed in 5.19.4\]

* azw3 manga/comics all layout options missing in Aa menu

* added huge margins to mobi/azw3 manga/comics \[fixed in 5.19.3\]

03/27/2026 5.19.3

* Pulled after a few days, includes all changes in 5.19.3.0.1

04/07/2026 5.19.3.0.1:

* excluded Kindle Basic 11th Gen 2022 and Paperwhite 11th Gen so they didn't get any fixes

* Fixed various normal book azw3 issues previously mentioned, missing page numbers, % read tracker, laggy page turns

* Fixed manga margin issue previously mentioned

* azw3 manga/comics now show pages on the wrong side in 2 page landscape mode \[fixed in 5.19.4\]

04/24/2026:

* Kindle Basic 11th Gen 2022 and Paperwhite 11th Gen stuck on 5.19.2 would have azw3 manga margin problem fixed if they connect to wifi, they must have switched the A/B test off for the feature that caused the bug (the new UI)

05/07/2026 5.19.4:

* Pulled after a few days, includes all changes in 5.19.4.0.1

05/21/2026 5.19.4.0.1

* only for Colorsoft, Paperwhite 12th Gen, and Scribe 2022.

* full refresh option no longer does anything for azw3 books, both normal reflowable and manga. This may have been broken in 5.19.3.

* embedded fonts fixed!!!!!!!!!

* fixed azw3 manga landscape order problem

* fixed partially % read tracker for azw3 manga. previously it didn't work at all. now it works, but gets stuck at 100% at the end instead of marking as read. but other percents like 25% and 50% work now.

* azw3 manga page turn speed greatly increased, a tiny bit slower than 5.18.5 but way way faster than 5.19.2

* azw3 manga virtual panels still missing

05/20/2026:

* Amazon ends kindle store downloads via Wifi and registering 1st-5th gen kindles

* Kindle store downloads via USB were ended last year

06/02/2026:

* 5.19.4.0.1 released for Scribe 2025/2024 and Basic 2024

Kindle Basic 2022 11th gen and Paperwhite 5 (11th Gen) users are stuck on 5.19.2

Users can file formal complaints via the Kindle settings > help > contact us > email option.

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48478292

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by seam_carver in "The AV2 Video Standard Has Released (Final v1.0 Specification)"

seam_carver — Sun, 31 May 2026 06:52:57 +0000

use the enhanced h264-ify to block the av1 stream, av1 takes a lot of cpu

iOS 18.7.9 cuts off iPhone 11 and later

seam_carver — Mon, 11 May 2026 18:39:55 +0000

Article URL: https://support.apple.com/en-us/127111

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48098929

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by seam_carver in "Distributing Mac software is increasing my cortisol levels"

seam_carver — Mon, 11 May 2026 03:54:33 +0000

You know what they say, win32 is the most stable linux api.