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kinard··on Tell HN: Scribd Breached
Indeed. :(
kinard··on So you want to use OpenRouter?
great post, I just put $100 in credits on open router to try different models, I think maybe using the "real" provider is the way forward once I've spent my credits and decided which one I want (for now).
kinard··on Why Vanilla JavaScript
There "demo here" url is broken, it's resolving as:

https://cdn.guseyn.com(/mp4/desktop.mp4)

Instead of

https://cdn.guseyn.com/mp4/desktop.mp4

kinard··on Show HN: Chili3d – A open-source, browser-based 3D CAD application
Amazing.
kinard··on Ask HN: Anyone making a living from a paid API?
Ridiculous that postcodes/uprns lookups are not open data (yet). hohum.
kinard··on Launch HN: Hamming (YC S24) – Automated Testing for Voice Agents
I'm working on AI voice agents here in the UK for real estate professionals, unfortunately I couldn't try your service.
kinard··on ZX Spectrum Raytracer
Amazing stuff, love coming back to speccy code.
kinard··on Hand-Tracking with Three.js
Jack, it's amazing. Very impressive stuff.
kinard··on Filmora and Adobe decide to use “Kdenlive” as a keyword in their online ads
although I'm not a video editor I was served up a video on Youtube from one of their old brand ambassadors, I watched three of his video's. They've created a bit of a PR nightmare coming across as a big bully, even to the point of issuing DMCA take down notices.
kinard··on Fantasy Jodorowsky Tron visualisations
Glad I came to the comments, it's amazing.
kinard··on RAD Basic – Compatible with Visual Basic 6 projects
If you want a x-platform VB like RAD take a look at XOJO.
kinard··on USPS Service Standards Maps
It's now throwing a permissions error, guessing they don't want you to know their standards ;)

You do not have permission to access this page If you have found this page in error, please contact support Reference:1096925678761587964184320227559749541820034968299102359

kinard··on Show HN: PNG to PDF Conversion in the Browser
Agreed, I think the PDF should be created at the same size of the original image. Or at least have an option to do so.
kinard··on See how DMARC, SPF, and DKIM work interactively
Great tool, thanks OP for sharing.
kinard··on I analyzed SaaS billing dark patterns
I run a SaaS service and noticed we did a couple of these 'dark patterns', but not intentionally!

I've now added to our short term roadmap changes that will resolve these problems.

1. Emailing account holders a couple of days before billing to give them an opportunity to cancel.

2. Emailing account holders whenever a change to their account occurs which would affect billing.

This wasn't us being 'dark' more 'lazy', but thanks for highlighting!

kinard··on How we protect our most sensitive secrets from the most determined attackers
intunderflow - What process did you have to go through to get the OK to write and publish this article? I'm very impressed that you've published this.
kinard··on Ask HN: What do you think about the no-code movement?
Remember Omnis? That was fun to code in, hard to maintain.
kinard··on Ask HN: Google is confusing me with others in a harmful way – what can I do?
Why fight the algorithm? Instead, grab a photo from here:

https://thispersondoesnotexist.com/

Then post it online and claim it as your own. That way nobody gets hurt and you can move on.

Should you have to do this? No of course not, but sometimes it's easier to win a small battle.

Good luck.

kinard··on The Machine Stops (1909) [pdf]
This book started my love of Science Fiction. My English teacher gave it to me when I was about 13. I wasn't very focused in school, but I fell in love with this book. My teacher obviously knew me well, it was short, but very well written. Thank you teacher.
kinard··on Defender (1981) by Eugene Jarvis and Sam Dicker
I've got a cabinet built by Jim - it's amazing. Highly recommended.
kinard··on Show HN: Control your Bose headphones from your Mac's menubar
Well done, but as others have said, change the name asap.
kinard··on ArchiveBox: Open-source self-hosted web archiving
write once read many
kinard··on ISO 8601: a better date format
I agree with this statement. We've started using it in our API calls.
kinard··on Show HN: Screenstab – A tool to turn screenshots into image assets
Well done, seriously well executed.
kinard··on Ask HN: Anyone know any funny programming jokes?
https://www.google.com/search?q=recursion
kinard··on ZX81 Webserver
I was bought a ZX81 after I pestered my parents for months, unfortunately they were not particularly well off, so they couldn't afford a tape recorder, which meant I had to write my own games (copied from magazines at first of course).

I now own a couple of software companies and have had the good fortune of making my once hobby my career.

Lucky us!

kinard··on A modern port of Turbo Vision 2.0
What a blast from the past. I loved creating apps with TV and TP. Well done, not just nostalgia either!
kinard··on The Treachery of Image Files
Useful to know, shame I'll forget about it again in a few days time :)
kinard··on Space Jam's 1996 website is still alive
Bit like testing for COVID-19, if you don't test for it how can you have it?
kinard··on Video Game Heritage and Preservation
I've just been onto their web store and bought a few items as well as some tickets for entry, we're only an hours drive from there and I'm sure my two boys would love to see their exhibits and the tech I used to use as a kid, probably just so they can take the mickey out of how old I am. :)
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