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---- keyoxide ---- $argon2id$v=19$m=512,t=256,p=1$aED0gF+KdseKRxcHRmMUpg$V+2ajADZMkRXew0aVY16DtmdmZg7P+pz1ZaFYEkgy3Y ---- keybase ---- my public key: https://keybase.io/fcjr; my proof: https://keybase.io/fcjr/sigs/4ecWCI2-NHB7kMm5YCL-Tt_62g0zBqJlViFixhSU3Pk
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fcjr··on Pion, an agent designed to run any company autonomously
Pion is already the name of a very well established webrtc project: https://github.com/pion/webrtc
fcjr··on Show HN: Is It Greg?
I do love seeing my friend greg here
fcjr··on Searching for the best silicone USB cable
100%, this is unfortunately what I've found, the vast majority of cables I've purchased so far are not genuine silicone
fcjr··on RCade: The Arcade Cabinet with CI/CD Deployment, Custom Graphics Card for CRT [video]
So happy you enjoyed it, it was a blast to build it together with the community and see what everyone has made with it, there are now over 100 games on it!
fcjr··on Thanks HN for 15 years of support and helping me find my life's work
My time at RC has genuinely changed my life. I joined my first batch expecting to dust some rust off after being in management at my last gig, and found a community I will cherish for the rest of my life!

If you looking for community in tech I can't think of a better place.

To 15 more!

fcjr··on RestoreKit: Recover a Mac in one click from any platform
Thanks! Yep author here -- you can fully reformat with `restorekit restore` or just restore the firmware (retaining the user disk) with `restorekit revive`. This is what apple calls these two different actions, but I found the naming a bit confusing when I first started looking into this too.

Open to any suggestions on how to make this clearer!

fcjr··on RestoreKit: Recover a Mac in one click from any platform
I've worked at a few places where windows was the default machine (including for IT) and macs were only issued when requested or required. A lot of times the IT folks are forced to use a macbook simply because they need one to recover and reset their fleet of macbooks. I've also seen companies forced to ship a whole new mac out to employees in locations without an apple store when a simple reset would have solved the problem. I think this sucks. People should be able to repair their mac without needing to own another one!
fcjr··on RCade: Building a Community Arcade Cabinet
Hey op here: the goal was not to just get something working, it was to build it ourselves and learn along the way. And what's a better way to learn about how VGA works than to build a graphics card!

But for a little more context, we did purchase a few old AMD cards originally, but we were mostly interested in using modern hardware and possibly windows + webgpu (for certain games). We didn't want to rely on no longer manufactured parts and potentially unmaintained kernel drivers (like CRT emudriver).

fcjr··on Mcmaster.com is the best e-commerce site I've ever used
My absolute favorite part about McMaster-Carr as a 3d printing enthusiast is the 3d models. Countless side projects have been saved with the ability to print a weirdly specific m<x> nut/bolt to validate a build before purchasing them in bulk.
fcjr··on Launch HN: Convoy (YC W22) – Open-source cloud-native webhooks service
There's also Svix which is based on Postgres, also YC backed, and has been around for a while. (Disclaimer: I work at Svix)

https://github.com/svix/svix-webhooks

fcjr··on Show HN: A simple website to extract CRX and XPI files
For firefox xpi files its that simple, for chrome crx files, you have to strip the crx header from the file before it can be opened as a traditional zip file (so read the header to find its length then strip it). But yeah it's fairly simple. This was mostly created as a simple tool for the product team at my old company to extract crx files so they could side load development builds without them having to install anything or be aware of the fact that these are essentially just signed zip files (much like Apples xip format).
fcjr··on Show HN: A simple website to extract CRX and XPI files
Simple website for extracting CRX and XPI files (browser extensions). Useful for learning how browser extensions are built, and more so to share with your product team so they are easily able install development versions of your extensions.