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New comment by stevewillows in "Cat Printer"

stevewillows — Sat, 26 Mar 2022 06:48:42 +0000

I've been trying to find a good, portable impact printer for ages that has relatively easy to source paper.

In a dream-scenario, I'd be able to cut A4 or 8.5x11 in half vertically and use that (or any other size) with some sort of rubberized feeder.

New comment by stevewillows in "The Godfather almost never happened"

stevewillows — Wed, 16 Mar 2022 00:57:21 +0000

When you get around to it, for the third part, watch The Godfather, Coda: The Death of Michael Corleone. Its a recut of the third part that improves on the pacing of the original cut.

Its a fantastic trilogy. If you become a super-fan, there's also a complete chronological cut that is ~10hrs. :)

New comment by stevewillows in "ASCII art for semantic code commenting"

stevewillows — Wed, 09 Feb 2022 20:43:30 +0000

Wikipedia has a good page that also includes shading

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Box-drawing_character

New comment by stevewillows in "Yabai is a tiling window manager for macOS"

stevewillows — Mon, 15 Nov 2021 05:44:31 +0000

I love yabai. I don't do anything fancy with it, but I found that its one of the few twms for MacOS that can do three up on the left with a large window on the right.

I also love that it isn't locked into auto-balancing windows. For me, I don't want my three-up to be the same size.

For those concerned that SIP needs to be completely disabled, you can use [1]

    csrutil enable --without fs --without debug

All in all, yabai is great and really is the best twm for MacOS at this time. The installation and config is a breeze, too.

[1] https://github.com/koekeishiya/yabai/discussions/5#discussio...

New comment by stevewillows in "Can Radio Really Educate?"

stevewillows — Thu, 28 Oct 2021 23:28:48 +0000

Might be a little slower than the estimate they're calculating. I timed myself at nine minutes, but others were faster than me. You should time it, though.

I wouldn't worry about the time so much as the comprehension and retention.

New comment by stevewillows in "Dislike button would improve Spotify's recommendations"

stevewillows — Sun, 17 Oct 2021 10:48:02 +0000

it’s crazy that we need to jump through hoops. these providers should allow an opt out for specific devices or at least the ability to apply context.

New comment by stevewillows in "Dislike button would improve Spotify's recommendations"

stevewillows — Sat, 16 Oct 2021 22:36:06 +0000

I've considered getting a spotify family account, using separate accounts for major genres and one for browsing. I have a browsing profile for Netflix so I can freely explore without messing up the suggestions.

For me, I listen to a lot of 40s, 50 - 60s lounge / exotica, early to mid 90s hip hop, 80s metal, and the standard indie stuff... then I have a bunch of chillwave and synthwave stuff that throws another wrench in the mix. The daily mixes I get are a total mess, much like yours.

The genre-specific mixes they make are pretty decent, but discovery is low.

New comment by stevewillows in "More Casio Watch Mods"

stevewillows — Tue, 21 Sep 2021 23:57:03 +0000

there are a handful of neat mods. For color and better waterproofing, you can tint mineral oil with an oil based dye [1] and have any color you want.

With my own, I 'turned off' the beeping by applying a little electrical tape to the rear cover.

I also have a NATO strap, but there isn't anything fancy there.

[1] https://youtu.be/W3K27gfgdKU?t=385

New comment by stevewillows in "Hardening macOS (2018)"

stevewillows — Thu, 06 May 2021 21:26:57 +0000

I got this from samyk, actually. I wouldn't use iconic lyrics like this and you don't have to use a full line or even a natural ending. You don't even have to use lyrics from a band you particularly enjoy -- just something longer and easier to remember.

New comment by stevewillows in "Hardening macOS (2018)"

stevewillows — Thu, 06 May 2021 20:37:35 +0000

lyrics with spaces work well. e.g. 'God only knows what I'd be without you'

New comment by stevewillows in "Using a Pager in the 21st Century"

stevewillows — Sun, 02 May 2021 22:21:42 +0000

this is my dream! I used to use a Pebble watch for grocery lists, but the display is just too small for a larger list.

It would be fantastic to have something that is basically a half-sized palm pilot (say, 4" tall, 2" wide), eink/memory lcd, and the ability to rotate (not automatically.) There's probably a digital price tag that could work for the screen.

When I was using my Pebbles more often, it was great to be out and never check my phone for anything. Back in the day we could have set responses -- but as the years go on, we lose some functionality. The Rebble project will probably fix this one day.

New comment by stevewillows in "68k.news: A Netscape 1.1 makeover of Google News"

stevewillows — Mon, 29 Mar 2021 23:10:28 +0000

Chrome also has it under chrome://flags/#enable-reader-mode

its pretty great.

New comment by stevewillows in "Ask HN: Cheapest/easiest way to host a static site?"

stevewillows — Sat, 27 Mar 2021 08:52:09 +0000

It's been suggested below, but Github Pages is a total breeze. Find a theme you like, clone the repo, add your domain (and set that stuff up) and get writing.

If you go with Jekyll, it's really nice to work with. I decided to go with GHP over hosting myself in case I ever get super famous, which will most likely never happen.

Ultimately, its easy enough that you can get writing right away. If you decide that the software isn't enough, it'll be a breeze to move somewhere else since its all markdown.

New comment by stevewillows in "Icons – Google Fonts"

stevewillows — Wed, 03 Mar 2021 21:11:46 +0000

I really wish they'd bring these in for Google Sheets, too. There are times where I want to sex up a sheet but don't want to bring in external images.

New comment by stevewillows in "I heat my home by mining crypto currencies"

stevewillows — Tue, 23 Feb 2021 11:37:26 +0000

SETI coin should be a thing. It’s nice for people to fold without prompting or compensation, but the added incentive would most likely draw a significantly larger market.

New comment by stevewillows in "Joan Didion’s ‘Let Me Tell You What I Mean’ shows a writer ahead of her time"

stevewillows — Fri, 12 Feb 2021 04:31:03 +0000

ok, a heads up.

If you read the book, skip the forward. It gives away a lot of details about the rest of the book. Nothing major, but there are a few notes that I wish I hadn't known ahead of time.

The forward is nice, but I think it is better to read after you've completed the collection.

New comment by stevewillows in "Vancouver seaplane company to resume test flights with electric plane"

stevewillows — Tue, 26 Jan 2021 21:45:06 +0000

right! its way better. Especially in these times where the ferries have limited capacity. It simply isn't worth the hassle.

The location of the planes is really convenient, too.

I've always hated the ferries anyway, but now that I've seen the light of Harbour Air, there's no going back.

New comment by stevewillows in "Vancouver seaplane company to resume test flights with electric plane"

stevewillows — Mon, 25 Jan 2021 22:24:19 +0000

These flights are awesome! I had to go to the island earlier this year and wanted to avoid the ferries at all costs.

Like you said, that region is goosebump gorgeous. The flights are fairly cheap, too, all things considered.

New comment by stevewillows in "Firefox Relay"

stevewillows — Mon, 25 Jan 2021 22:01:36 +0000

with my catchall, I use one address per site. If they sell it off or whatever, I block the old one, update it on the site (e.g. hn2@blah.net)

They're all tucked away in your password manager anyway, so there isn't any effort or tracking needed.

I've had this system for about two years now and have yet to receive any junk mail with the new domain.

New comment by stevewillows in "Firefox Relay"

stevewillows — Mon, 25 Jan 2021 21:57:45 +0000

like Hamuko said, there are domains like .party, etc that are cheap. However, some sites won't take them. My main junk account is a wildcard .party domain. It'll work with mosts sites, but the odd one won't take them. I ended up registering a .com that goes to the same inbox to get around these.