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elaus··on There's Almost No Gitlab
Yes, it's a strange argument in my opinion. He also argues that almost all open source projects live on Github, but those don't pay money for dev products either.
elaus··on Cash: A small jQuery alternative for modern browsers
Oh wow, I really didn't make that connection. Thanks!

Still not sure it really is a good name for a lib: someone who doesn't already know it will probably not think about jQuery when they see this name in a dependency list...

elaus··on Cash: A small jQuery alternative for modern browsers
Assuming you mean that ironically. Unfortunately, the README doesn't reveal where the name comes from, but it is truly absurdly misleading, as if it came from a random generator...
elaus··on Using an 8K TV as a Monitor
Also with the advances in local AI processing it seems realistic that the image analysis gets much more powerful and suddenly you have something like Microsoft's Recall but in your monitor/TV (and used _solely_ for profiling and not your benefit).
elaus··on AAA Gaming on Asahi Linux
This doesn't reflect well on Asahi Linux. It feels similar to the WordPress drama of the past few weeks: individual people have a personal vendetta and are holding an open-source project hostage. I'm certain not all WordPress or Linux maintainers are behind their respective dramas but are inevitably pulled into it.
elaus··on Show HN: A real time AI video agent with under 1 second of latency
It left me speechless after commenting on a (small) text on my hoodie – this made it feel super personal all of a sudden (which is amazing for an AI of course)
elaus··on WP Engine is banned from WordPress.org
> A fork of WordPress without the block editor (Gutenberg)

That seems to be a major technical (and UX) difference that has nothing to do with the leadership of Wordpress.org

elaus··on Hetzner introduces GPU server for AI training
That's the second time I read this comment and I still don't believe it: it's listed as a "dedicated root server" (usually billed by the month) with no mention of typical cloud offers.

Could you please clarify?

elaus··on Nothing: Simply Do Nothing
But that kid in your example isn't doing _nothing_, they are playing video games. That is entirely different from consciously pausing and doing nothing.
elaus··on The Internet Archive has lost its appeal in Hachette vs. Internet Archive
This court ruling was (also) about "CDL" (controlled digital lending), i.e. lending ONE digital copy of a book for each physical book in a library's possession – and only while the physical copy was not lent.

This is as far away from "giving away infinite copies to anyone" as it could be.

elaus··on Microsoft confirms that Windows 11 Recall AI is not optional
Sadly Microsoft has a history of enabling "features" after updates, even though the user has disabled it before. Of course only to "improve the experience".
elaus··on Gimp Is No Longer a Viable Photoshop Alternative
Sadly GIMP has not yet had its "Blender moment", i.e. the courage to cut off old cruft and UI concepts, to appeal to a broader audience (both beginners and professionals) that can easily migrate from the proprietary competition.
elaus··on QWERTY-Flip: The better keyboard layout your fingers already know
I think most of the common alternative keyboard layouts are available by default on Windows, Linux and Mac
elaus··on Is Ben scrolling TikTok right now?
I don't do Tiktok but my personal time tracking says this month I took about 4 hours a day browsing the web (HN, Reddit, news, ...) and watching Youtube videos.

I think the number is (sadly) totally believable, especially if one has a longer commute (by train) or if one scrolls Tiktok while doing other things.

elaus··on Cosmic: A New Desktop Environment
There are links on how to install this on various distros right on the landing page (section "Try it out on your favorite distro!").

E.g. for Arch this leads to https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/COSMIC

elaus··on Medieval
A Pocket Operator was my entry drug to hardware music making. Having only dabbled with DAWs which never felt quite right (still sitting in front of a computer, having nearly infinite choices between plugins and sounds).

After playing with the PO-33 for a few weeks I quickly reached its limits and bought a groove box (not from TE). Still have the PO-33 lying around, ready to be played by me or guests that find it intriguing.

elaus··on What do people ask chatbots? It's a lot of sex and homework
I'm in the same boat. Things that are hard to search in a traditional search engine, because I can only describe them in crude or technically wrong words.

Just this week I saw a street artist playing an obscure instrument but I wasn't able to "google" what it's called. But describing it in very simple, child-like terms to ChatGPT immediately returned the correct answer (hang drum).

elaus··on Dazed and Confused: A Large-Scale Real-World User Study of ReCAPTCHAv (2023)
Infuriating! This should absolutely be against some kind of law and I think it is - at least in my country. Avoiding legal responsibilities by putting them behind (sometimes) unsolvable challenges should be treated as not fulfilling them at all.
elaus··on Button Stealer
> [...] but funnily enough require broad permissions

I don't think there is a way to implement this without said permission. You can always check out the code from GitHub and install the extension locally to avoid any malicious changes in the future.

elaus··on Show HN: A source-available billing system I've spent 18 months building
German as well. I guess it's AI translated on a string by string basis, therefore translating the same thing into different words when it's in another paragraph or list item (missing context).
elaus··on Firefox 128 enables "privacy-preserving" ad measurements by default
Usually they are supported by donations, therefore they don't need to sell their user's data or their software.
elaus··on Google Maps tests new pop-up ads that give you an unnecessary detour
And improving OSM _feels_ great in my experience. It's actually and primarily helping the open-source community.

Google really incentivizes users to fix map data (like business info) and, after doing so, shows you popups like "Your change was seen by 10,000 people!". Really good UX. Yet, I was only doing free work for a mega corp which doesn't feel as satisfying (and I stopped doing so).

elaus··on Reddit's Robots.txt Changed
In my personal experience, Reddit has become mainstream in the past few months/years. Even my completely non-tech friends use it, having not even heard about it 1-2 years ago.

So maybe they can afford to be delisted from search engines, because the site is addictive enough to bring back its users – and new ones because it's mentioned everywhere. Like Discord or Facebook, where most content is also unavailable to search engines (although they probably rely much more on the social aspects).

elaus··on I Received an AI Email
AI will not only pass many classical spam filters (Bayesian filters), it will also make it much harder for humans to detect spam (OP's post being a good example).

I never fell for a spam mail so far (i.e. not once clicked a link like OP did), but I fully expect this will change soon. Tough times for people that commonly expect mail from random strangers.

elaus··on Moaan InkPalm Plus is weird, cheap, small, and my kind of e-reader
> I get about 8-10 characters on these devices

Sorry, maybe I'm dumb, but what does that mean? 8-10 characters per...?

elaus··on Waymo One is now open to everyone in San Francisco
You forgot the last step: Get banned because the video surveillance shows the trash being thrown in after you've unlocked the car.
elaus··on I found a 1-click exploit in South Korea's biggest mobile chat app
And even for Koreans the maximum payout is about 7000 USD which seems absurdly low for an app that seems to be riddled with various security issues.
elaus··on Google dropping continuous scroll in search results
I didn't know this, but you're right: 56 results for Facebook! Not even very good results, just the usual random SEO spam mixed with relevant results.

If this isn't an error, this is a HUGE change?

elaus··on Show HN: I built a JavaScript-powered flipdisc display
This [1] page talks about 500 EUR per display which would result in about 3000 EUR for a 3x3 grid or 1.27 EUR per pixel.

I love the idea but that's WAY to expensive for me.

[1] https://hackaday.io/project/159415-flip-dot-display-diy-cont...

elaus··on Up to 78M batteries will be discarded daily by 2025, researchers warn
Though I'm sure it's much easier to recycle those c grade batteries directly after they are sorted out after production, instead of when they are inside an old vape, inside a container with all the other trash.
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