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Biqh1··on Show HN: I built a tool to generate triangulated art from images
To what extent does this reduce image file size? Could I use this as an alternative to dithering for lazily loading large images on a website, for example?
Biqh1··on An updated daily front page of The New York Times as artwork on your wall
I wish newspapers in the UK would provide APIs to download scans of their front page like the New York Times do.
Biqh1··on Show HN: Free to attend online public lectures
Unfortunately a number of entries are indexed under the wrong dates.
Biqh1··on Show HN: Website that finds least amount of clicks between two Wikipedia pages
We used to play this game in school. Everybody clicks random article at the same time then races to traverse links to a decided destination page.
Biqh1··on Medium is a poor choice for blogging
I'm curious as to why you say it's 'critical' to have your own domain on Github pages? Is it to do with search engine listings?
Biqh1··on Chrome 69: “www.” subdomain missing from URL
do you have any examples of school class materials which teach stuff like this? I'd be really interested to read through them.
Biqh1··on Can you use the terminal for everything? [video]
When I set up my personal gmail with Mutt, I used the following guides, if you're interested. None of them are perfect, so I did what most people do and took bits and bobs from all of them:

1. [https://smalldata.tech/blog/2016/09/10/gmail-with-mutt]

2. [http://stevelosh.com/blog/2012/10/the-homely-mutt/]

3. [https://baptiste-wicht.com/posts/2014/07/a-mutt-journey-my-m...]

Biqh1··on Sci-Hub Proves That Piracy Can Be Dangerously Useful
What is the best way for me to access Sci-hub? Does it cycle through domains? If so, what is the best way for me to access the most up to date URL. Is there a UNIX command line method for doing this?
Biqh1··on Show HN: Txxt.app – an ultra simple SMS notepad
Fantastic, it works great. I'm really impressed, brilliantly clean UI
Biqh1··on Show HN: Txxt.app – an ultra simple SMS notepad
This doesn't seem to be working for me. I am in the UK. I enter my number, then receive a text:

> Hi! This is txxt. Send messages to this number to see them on your page. If you didn't ask for this, ignore it!

I then reply with:

> Reply

but it doesn't show up on the webpage. If I reload the page it says:

> Looks like you were sent a welcome text but didn't finish setting up your account. > > Reply to the text and you'll see your message(s) show up here. > > Click here to be sent another text.

Biqh1··on Show HN: An Android Launcher to Help Tone Down Phone Use
I've been thinking about this concept recently as well and I'm really happy to see it out there. I was inspired by the Light Phone II [1], but didn't want to buy a second phone, that seems to go against the ethos of minimalism a bit.

I currently use Essential Launcher [2] for those times when I need to focus (or save battery life).

At the moment the way I'm using 'No Phone' is to access sms/whatsapp through the Calls app, which has a contacts list. That leaves me with two slots, one I use for an email app and the other for a web browser. Camera can be accessed from my lock screen. Although I appreciate the simplicity of the task list, I would prefer to use my Google Keep notes for this, then it fulfils the role of task manager and a basic notepad.

[1]: https://www.thelightphone.com/#lpii

[2]: https://f-droid.org/en/packages/de.clemensbartz.android.laun...