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hei-lima··on ggsql: A Grammar of Graphics for SQL
Really cool!
hei-lima··on Do Not Turn Child Protection into Internet Access Control
I never said this would help... in fact, I’m against this kind of measure, at least the way it’s being done. But I wouldn’t be surprised if Brazilian ISPs are forced to block this sort of thing (just look at what happened with Twitter (X) the year before last).
hei-lima··on Do Not Turn Child Protection into Internet Access Control
Congrats. Keep it that way.
hei-lima··on Do Not Turn Child Protection into Internet Access Control
I mean... access to adult content at that age is really, really bad. It really messed up my brain. Gore videos, chatting with adults, etc. But I learned many good things, too. It's a double-edged sword.
hei-lima··on Do Not Turn Child Protection into Internet Access Control
I was a kid with unrestricted, unsupervised internet access, and it definitely affected many things in my life. If I happen to have a child in the future, they won't go through that.

The Brazilian government passed a law requiring age verification for every site categorized as 16+. It can't be self-declared, so companies usually resort to facial scans and ID verification. I DO NOT want photos of our Brazilian children going to foreign agents who are PROVEN to profit from and do God-knows-what with our biometric data. And the funniest part? The same law says 'regulation shall not, under any circumstances, authorize or result in the implementation of mass surveillance mechanisms,' but also mandates that these measures must be 'AUDITABLE.' In other words, someone needs access to that data. It’s all so stupid and incoherent.

People who are less tech-literate FIERCELY support the measure, and whenever someone opposes it, they claim that person supports digital child abuse...

Anyway... the responsibility of protection should come from the parents, not from companies that profit off your biometric data.

hei-lima··on Tony Hoare has died
One of the most important papers of all time.

Just one word: Quicksort.

One-of-a-kind genius.

hei-lima··on A decade of Docker containers
Great. I started developing in the Docker era, and while I can see some flaws, it is one of the easiest, most reliable tools I constantly use. I can't imagine how people dealt with those problems before Docker
hei-lima··on Microgpt
Great!
hei-lima··on Microgpt
Great work! Might do it too in some other language...
hei-lima··on An AI agent published a hit piece on me
This is so interesting but so spooky! We're reaching sci-fi levels of AI malice...
hei-lima··on BirdyChat becomes first European chat app that is interoperable with WhatsApp
I'm not talking about the EU... That alone proves my point. SMS is/was more expensive worldwide.
hei-lima··on BirdyChat becomes first European chat app that is interoperable with WhatsApp
Same in LATAM.
hei-lima··on BirdyChat becomes first European chat app that is interoperable with WhatsApp
It's surprising but makes a lot of sense
hei-lima··on A list of fun destinations for telnet
For those of you curious about what the Star Wars one looked like, the tradition lives on here: ssh -p 1977 sw.taigrr.com
hei-lima··on A list of fun destinations for telnet
The tradition lives on here: ssh -p 1977 sw.taigrr.com
hei-lima··on BirdyChat becomes first European chat app that is interoperable with WhatsApp
In countries where SMS isn't as widespread as it is in the US, the use of WhatsApp is much more common.

I live in one of those countries, and I don't think I've ever had to use it to communicate with someone on another continent. I think most of its use is simply local, for your community or friend group.

The downside for me is basically the lack of appeal for a non-tech user (like my parents) to voluntarily want to stop using an app they've been using for, what, 10-12 years? It’s not that big of a deal; everyone uses Instagram or Facebook (maybe)... WhatsApp is definitely going to make the process difficult, too.

hei-lima··on Show HN: TinyCity – A tiny city SIM for MicroPython (Thumby micro console)
Really cool!
hei-lima··on Ventoy: Create bootable USB drive for ISO/WIM/IMG/VHD(x)/EFI Files
Ventoy is great bc it just works. No BS, just drag and drop your isos and BOOM! Bootable usb with MULTIPLE isos. Really great software.
hei-lima··on Environment variables are a legacy mess: Let's dive deep into them
Really, really interesting read. I use env vars daily, and it never occurred to me how they actually work. It shows how many things we take for granted have such interesting implementations. :)
hei-lima··on A WebGL game where you deliver messages on a tiny planet
Amazing! I've never seen a game with this artstyle, really, really classy!
hei-lima··on Show HN: Game demo made with my homemade game engine
The music starting so suddenly just gave me a big jumpscare. Great work, tho!
hei-lima··on Cinematography of “Andor”
Strongly agree!
hei-lima··on A toy RTOS inside Super Mario Bros. using emulator save states
Wow! So cool!
hei-lima··on Brazil's government-run payments system has become dominant
Yeah, probably. What impresses me the most is the resilience — there’s been downtime only a handful of times.
hei-lima··on Live Map of the London Underground
Great job! But what really caught my attention was that map — the 3D structures are perfect, and I was able to see my own building. Does anyone know which one it is?
hei-lima··on Brazil's government-run payments system has become dominant
Pix is amazing, really. The technical side is incredible—I remember reading or watching some really good content about the architecture, but I can’t recall exactly where and haven’t been able to find it again. All payments have to be completed in under 100ms, which is impressive considering how resilient the infrastructure needs to be to handle thousands of transactions per second.
hei-lima··on TV Garden
Just a great project!
hei-lima··on Pico.sh (The ultimate SSH powered services for developers)
This is great! Congratulations.
hei-lima··on WhiteSur: macOS-like theme for GTK desktops
I use it, and it's really very good and beautiful. However, I set everything to dark colors.

But there's something that really bothers me, and none of the fixes work: I can't get the cursor to work in GTK applications! It always switches to the default. It's not the theme's fault, as this happens with all the others...

hei-lima··on ZeroTier – home VPN without a public IP address
You can use it for remote LAN gaming, just like we used Radmin or Hamachi to play Minecraft.
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