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Kite + Mountain froze it for me as well. Refreshing then wiped all progress.

jamespullaron The Decomposition of Rotten Tomatoes

There's already plenty of group think with certain films. More and more very recently released, popular films are shooting up to the highest rated within a few days. Letterboxd should probably account for the recency bias a bit better.

jamespullaron Meta launches own AI code-writing tool: Code Llama

Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37248844

jamespullaron IMAX Still Runs on PalmPilot Operating System

Why is IMAX running a software emulation of hardware from two decades ago?

“The original Quick Turn Reel Units operated on Palm Pilots. In advance of the release of Oppenheimer, IMAX Engineering designed and manufactured an emulator that mimics the look and feel of a Palm Pilot to keep it simple and familiar for IMAX film projectionists,” an IMAX spokesperson told Motherboard.

The article quotes an IMAX spokesperson directly, explaining how and why this was done.

jamespullaron macOS command-line tools you might not know about

I've been using bat as a cat replacement for a while now. It includes paging, syntax highlighting, line numbers, and is generally very performant.

https://github.com/sharkdp/bat

jamespullaron YouTube: Sort by oldest is back baby

I doubt it's a technical issue. The current YouTube CEO, Neal Mohan, has made a big push for Shorts. This is almost certainly a business decision.

jamespullaron Moving fast with the core Vim motions

I recently saw a recommendation for Practical Vim by Drew Neil (https://pragprog.com/titles/dnvim2/practical-vim-second-edit...) in an other vim thread and decided to pick it up. It's been really enlightening and provides more than just reading documentation. It also goes in depth to how the author thinks about vim motions and how to effectively accomplish your goals with them.

jamespullaron Exterminate your desk: How to remove your mouse

I'm an avid user of Tridactyl for Firefox. It does have some issues with complex UIs, but for the most part is very functional. Using many common vim motions for navigation and interacting with links is great, especially when I'm working undocked with my laptop.

jamespullaron Spotifyd

Original discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16603886

jamespullaron Why do all these 20-somethings have closed captions turned on?

I'm a native English speaker and grew up mostly overseas in non-English speaking countries. Subtitles helped me understand American slang and conversational English that I wasn't used to hearing at home. I've also always struggled with distinctly understanding dialogue in films. It never had anything to do with active vs passive viewing. Another reason I always had them on was because I grew up in apartments and was always mindful of my noise levels for my neighbors. Using subtitles let me actively consume the film without worrying about bothering people around me. Now as an adult subtitles are my default for all media when available and I prefer it.

jamespullaron EVGA terminates Nvidia partnership [video]

There was an official statement released by a EVGA employee on their company forum https://forums.evga.com/Official-Message-from-EVGA-Managemen...

- EVGA will not carry the next generation graphics cards.

- EVGA will continue to support the existing current generation products.

- EVGA will continue to provide the current generation products.

"EVGA is committed to our customers and will continue to offer sales and support on the current lineup. Also, EVGA would like to say thank you to our great community for the many years of support and enthusiasm for EVGA graphics cards."

jamespullaron Slackmoji has been sunset due to cease and desist (2018)

Looks like you can still use https://discordmojis.com/ (at least for now) which was always mostly a mirror of Slackmoji.

jamespullaron 1918 flu pandemic’s impact on movie theaters

You might not want to, but not everyone has the luxury of a nice home theater setup. Some people only have access to quality screens and audio at a local theater.

One of my primary preferences for watching movies in a theater is my engagement while watching. When I'm at home, I can too easily become distracted. Setting aside time in my schedule and being in a different environment helps me to focus and appreciate more details.

Also, if you're in a metropolitan area with access to an art-house theater, the types of films shown is often far more eclectic than current blockbusters. They can include showing of rare 35mm/70mm prints, short films from movie festivals, foreign films that tend to get limited releases in the US, re-releases of older classics. There's a lot of content that can be very difficult, even impossible, to find on streaming services. Those types of cinemas also tend to have much more respectful audiences, making the experience enjoyable to everyone there.

One of my local theaters offers film classes which entails showing a series of films, once per week, with group discussions held after the showing. Finding other movie aficionados and getting to engage in discourse is a great way of getting more from a movie watching experience. Not everyone has social groups which want to watch films in the same way. Many of my friends are happy to hang out and watch the latest Marvel release, but generally have no interest in watching anything released from the 70s or earlier.

jamespullaron The New York Times buys Wordle

After successfully solving the daily puzzle, you're presented with a small popup that includes stats and a share button. The share button adds the sequence of emojis to your clipboard.

jamespullaron ‘I felt powerless – so I started filming’: CyclingMikey vs. dangerous drivers

I have been laughed at by passengers in my car before for using my turn signals when no other cars were around. That really blew my mind the first time. Why anyone would try shaming someone else for adhering to safe driving practices is beyond me.

If you just use them all the time, you don't have to remember to use them in the right situation. That was a concept more than one person I know couldn't understand.

This was in California with other licensed drivers.

jamespullaron Refined Hacker News

Browsers support adjusting font size if that's an issue for you. They also tend to remember your font size of choice per site.

I have no issue using Hacker News on mobile either. There are apps available if you prefer something mobile-centric.

jamespullaron Using two keyboards at once for pain relief

Something that helped me was setting my mouse to a lower DPI and using my elbow and shoulder for movement. A very high DPI encourages tiny movements with the wrist.

This is also a general recommendation for gamers looking to improve their accuracy with FPS style games. Low DPI, larger arm movements provides higher accuracy.

jamespullaron Facebook, Ray-Ban debut picture-taking smart glasses

Posted earlier in https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28471302

jamespullaron Canada calls screen scraping ‘unsecure,’ sets Open Banking target for 2023

To be fair, YNAB is rather explicit about how it connects to your accounts and also actively recommends against doing so in favor of manually entering your transactions. My experience with connecting the two is that I still need to manually validate every transaction because on occasion Plaid is either slow or just misses entries entirely.

Also in the case of YNAB, Plaid is not posting transactions on your accounts. It's a screen scraping service transferring account data.

jamespullaron uBlock Origin works best on Firefox

Is it possible you have an extension blocking scripts or redirects? I'm able to use Doordash just fine on Firefox.

jamespullaron uBlock Origin works best on Firefox

I don't often keep many tabs open, but still vastly prefer Tree Style Tabs. I primarily work on a widescreen monitor and would rather give up horizontal space rather than vertical.

jamespullaron California to Require All New Vehicles Be Zero-Emission by 2035

I don't trust licensed drivers on the ground as is.

jamespullaron The Powder Toy

Noita is a rather interesting game that has some similarities: https://noitagame.com/

jamespullaron German digital bank N26 is facing outcry from its staff over management

I used to work for Simple and was always very happy with how I was treated along with all the employees of the company.

jamespullaron Ask HN: Thoughts on new GitHub layout?

I would regularly wow people by showing them the language feature existed. It was obfuscated in the old layout and now it's readily available without any additional clicks. Yes, my eyes have to scan to the side now, but to call it "completely terrible and useless" is ridiculous. More users will discover this feature now that it's been moved and made visible.

jamespullaron Ask HN: What password manager do you use?

Here's some recent threads where this was already asked:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22534520

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13721664

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16050294

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20204018

jamespullaron Patagonia joins growing list of companies boycotting Facebook ads

Banks fund a lot of environmentally harmful projects. For example, here's a list of banks that funded the Dakota Access Pipeline. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dakota_Access_Pipeline#Financi...

jamespullaron Ask HN: Which tools have made you a much better programmer?

I would highly recommend checking out fzf for better history search. Found the recommendation on another similar thread here and from coworkers. It's surprisingly fast and very intuitive.

https://github.com/junegunn/fzf