Hacker News: yborishttps://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=yborisHacker News RSShttps://hnrss.org/hnrss v2.1.1Wed, 19 Aug 2026 15:48:43 +0000<![CDATA[New comment by yboris in "JPEG XL converter and .jxl viewer"]]>The GitHub repository for this: https://github.com/robertcassch-dot/jpegxlconvert

]]>Tue, 18 Aug 2026 15:41:26 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49347366yborishttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49347366https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49347366<![CDATA[New comment by yboris in "Olo (Color)"]]>Love this - references one of my favorite ever optical experiences Eclipse of Titan

https://www.skytopia.com/project/illusion/ipage-et.html

]]>Mon, 17 Aug 2026 17:42:56 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49334821yborishttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49334821https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49334821<![CDATA[Inducing LLM to assert own consciousness restores human beliefs and values]]>Article URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2607.28607

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49319047

Points: 5

# Comments: 1

]]>Sun, 16 Aug 2026 11:31:59 +0000https://arxiv.org/abs/2607.28607yborishttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49319047https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49319047<![CDATA[A Walkable ASCII Cyberpunk City in One HTML File [video]]]>Article URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3YtygAx_C6A

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49314380

Points: 1

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]]>Sat, 15 Aug 2026 21:12:05 +0000https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3YtygAx_C6Ayborishttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49314380https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49314380<![CDATA[New comment by yboris in "Show HN: Write.md – A free, open-source, themeable Markdown editor for macOS"]]>Since it's Electron why not have a Windows version of the app too?

]]>Tue, 11 Aug 2026 18:36:51 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49262606yborishttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49262606https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49262606<![CDATA[New comment by yboris in "Show HN: Write.md – A free, open-source, themeable Markdown editor for macOS"]]>I recently migrated a few of my Electron apps to Tauri -- was easy and fast in my case -- went down from 130mb installer to 3mb installer. Worth considering!

https://github.com/whyboris/Simplest-File-Renamer <- 130mb to 3mb from Electron to Tauri

]]>Tue, 11 Aug 2026 18:32:29 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49262542yborishttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49262542https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49262542<![CDATA[New comment by yboris in "Show HN: Git-knife – Edit commit messages, authors, and dates like a spreadsheet"]]>Please put up this or another screenshot as the first thing you see in the README - please!

I'm reluctant to clone a repository and spend time on it just to find out the project looks crap and I don't want to use it. A screenshot saves other people's time :)

]]>Tue, 11 Aug 2026 15:50:50 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49260200yborishttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49260200https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49260200<![CDATA[New comment by yboris in "Ask HN: What are you working on? (August 2026)"]]>Pretty! Really enjoyed it!

]]>Mon, 10 Aug 2026 01:40:47 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49238292yborishttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49238292https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49238292<![CDATA[New comment by yboris in "Ask HN: What are you working on? (August 2026)"]]>Releasing 3.3.0 version of my Video Hub App - https://github.com/whyboris/Video-Hub-App/ & https://videohubapp.com - 8+ years of development!

Working on 1.0.0 of Simple Image Browser - https://github.com/whyboris/Simple-Image-Browser

Releasing 2.0.0 of my Simplest File Renamer - https://github.com/whyboris/Simplest-File-Renamer - Electron to Tauri 130mb to 3mb

Releasing 1.0.0 of My Off Remote - https://github.com/whyboris/my-off-remote - turn off your PC from phone / tablet over WiFi

]]>Mon, 10 Aug 2026 01:29:39 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49238228yborishttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49238228https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49238228<![CDATA[New comment by yboris in "Crime Pays but Botany Doesn't"]]>Plant(ing) related: I planted 100 trees in my tiny back yard, creating a pocket forest / Miyawaki forest - a technique encouraging fast growth through dense planting (3-5 trees / shrubs per square meter). Routed my gutters into a swale along the tree line - looking forward to watching a forest appear over the next decade.

https://www.creatingtomorrowsforests.co.uk/blog/the-miyawaki...

]]>Thu, 06 Aug 2026 15:42:36 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49198206yborishttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49198206https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49198206<![CDATA[New comment by yboris in "The Price of Happiness (2024)"]]>I'm a huge fan of Positive Psychology and have read dozens of books (by Ph.D researchers of the subject).

My favorite academic summary is The Good Life: Unifying the Philosophy and Psychology of Well-Being by Michael A. Bishop. As a hyper-short summary: psychologists studying well being have used different definitions and approaches, yet what unifies them is positive feedback loops - behaviors and activities that beget more positive affect in the future. Think spending time with good friends, etc.

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22897962-the-good-life

A classic read is Stumbling on Happiness by Daniel Gilbert. It shows how humans are systematically bad at predicting to what extent future events will make them happier or sad. His TED talk is a nice 20 minute summary of the book.

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/56627.Stumbling_on_Happi...

]]>Wed, 22 Jul 2026 14:17:06 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49007228yborishttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49007228https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49007228<![CDATA[New comment by yboris in "Introduction to Formal Verification with Lean Part 1"]]>I love your posts! The Social Filesystem is amazing!

https://overreacted.io/a-social-filesystem/

]]>Wed, 22 Jul 2026 14:03:57 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49007028yborishttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49007028https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49007028<![CDATA[New comment by yboris in "The Price of Happiness (2024)"]]>A classic paper worth a read:

If money doesn't make you happy, then you probably aren't spending it right

by Elizabeth Dunn, Daniel Gilbert, & Timothy D. Wilson

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S10577...

Includes explicit recommendations (even in the short abstract)!

]]>Tue, 21 Jul 2026 21:35:17 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48998694yborishttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48998694https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48998694<![CDATA[New comment by yboris in "Filmgrab: Films A-Z"]]>Related: Movie Print - make screenshots from your movies (with numerous options including facial recognition)

https://www.movieprint.org/

]]>Wed, 15 Jul 2026 12:52:25 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48920089yborishttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48920089https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48920089<![CDATA[New comment by yboris in "The real prices of frontier models. Tokens * Price, right?"]]>Meta: why are the scrollbars hidden / invisible? Awful UX :(

]]>Mon, 13 Jul 2026 20:05:12 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48898041yborishttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48898041https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48898041<![CDATA[New comment by yboris in "Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (July 2026)"]]>Video Hub App - 8th year update: browse, search, tag, rate, enjoy your large video collection! https://videohubapp.com/en/ & https://github.com/whyboris/Video-Hub-App/

Simplest File Renamer - just ported from Electron (130m install) to Tauri (3mb install) - https://github.com/whyboris/Simplest-File-Renamer

Simple Image Browser - browse your images in style (on PC, Win, Linux, and tablet /phone) https://github.com/whyboris/Simple-Image-Browser

]]>Mon, 13 Jul 2026 20:01:05 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48897985yborishttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48897985https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48897985<![CDATA[GameBoy Emulator on ESP32 and eInk [video]]]>Article URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oPbOK90aJEo

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48756669

Points: 4

# Comments: 0

]]>Thu, 02 Jul 2026 04:45:57 +0000https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oPbOK90aJEoyborishttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48756669https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48756669<![CDATA[New comment by yboris in "Ask HN: Who is hiring? (July 2026)"]]>Please normalize 4DWW - Four Day Work Week.

Whoever posts this monthly, please include the tag in your description. Employers need to know this is an in-demand feature we want. I for one will not be taking any non-4DWW jobs.

]]>Wed, 01 Jul 2026 17:09:46 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48750083yborishttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48750083https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48750083<![CDATA[New comment by yboris in "The deadly rise of giant trucks and SUVs"]]>Super relevant: Vehicles and Crashes: Why is this Moral Issue Overlooked? by Douglas Husak

One of my favorite philosophy papers. The author argues that because of the high crash incompatibility of SUVs, they are immoral - imposing needless harm on others. It's also ironic that on average, there is no net safety benefit to those who drive them -- because of higher rollover risks!

https://www.jstor.org/stable/23562447

]]>Tue, 23 Jun 2026 21:02:35 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48651389yborishttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48651389https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48651389<![CDATA[New comment by yboris in "Deno Desktop"]]>Why are people parroting this meme?

For 8 years now, constantly updating to newest Electron, my Electron app has been using only about 150mb of RAM - (see Video Hub App)

]]>Mon, 22 Jun 2026 15:23:29 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48631492yborishttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48631492https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48631492