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Writing in Djot (pdx.su)

a week ago | networked | pdx.su | newest

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Building a computer in the 90s (2019) (homeip.net)

2 weeks ago | networked | homeip.net | frontpage

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mkcd: The missing shell shortcut (dbohdan.com)

a month ago | networked | dbohdan.com | newest

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Proxy auto-config (wikipedia.org)

2 months ago | networked | wikipedia.org | newest

2

Vine-like Systems and Malleability (nothingisnttrivial.com)

2 months ago | networked | nothingisnttrivial.com | newest

3

Btrfs read-write on FreeBSD: It is possible and works well (2024) (piusbird.space)

2 months ago | networked | piusbird.space | frontpage

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Interview with Jim Sachs (Defender of the Crown, Marine Aquarium) (spillhistorie.no)

4 months ago | networked | spillhistorie.no | newest

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California vanity license plate applications with reasons for rejection (2020) (github.com/veltman)

4 months ago | networked | github.com | frontpage

1

cznic/quickjs — a pure Go embeddable Javascript engine (gitlab.com/cznic)

4 months ago | networked | gitlab.com | newest

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pretty-php: The opinionated PHP code formatter (github.com/lkrms)

5 months ago | networked | github.com | newest

1

Show HN: lsblk.lua: lsblk(8) for FreeBSD using Lua in base system (github.com/dbohdan)

5 months ago | networked | github.com | frontpage

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montasaurus/result: A simple Rust-like Result type for Python 3 (github.com/montasaurus)

5 months ago | networked | github.com | frontpage

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go-arg: Struct-based argument parsing in Go (github.com/alexflint)

6 months ago | networked | github.com | newest

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argp: GNU-style command line argument parser for Go (github.com/tdewolff)

6 months ago | networked | github.com | best

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cloudpathlib: Python pathlib-style classes for cloud storage like S3 and Azure (github.com/drivendataorg)

6 months ago | networked | github.com | newest

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universal_pathlib: Python pathlib API extended to use fsspec back ends (like S3) (github.com/fsspec)

6 months ago | networked | github.com | newest

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My Colony Memoir (2005; about 1988 3D Mac game) (croquet.zone)

6 months ago | networked | croquet.zone | frontpage

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I am pleased to report that AI is now a better poet than William McGonagall (wyclif.substack.com)

6 months ago | networked | substack.com | newest

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Ask HN: Tools you have made for yourself?

7 months ago | networked | ycombinator.com | newest

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Shooting yourself in the head for fun and profit (2002) (everything2.com)

8 months ago | networked | everything2.com | newest

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Poetry 2.0.0 changelog (python-poetry.org)

8 months ago | networked | python-poetry.org | frontpage

2

Show HN: Go port of lc(1), an ls(1) alternative from the Coherent Unix clone (github.com/dbohdan)

8 months ago | networked | github.com | newest

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lc: List files in categories (and columns) – from Coherent Unix clone (github.com/gdm85)

8 months ago | networked | github.com | frontpage

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Self-hosted lightweight CLI-only CI/CD with Git hooks (github.com/pipelight)

8 months ago | networked | github.com | newest

1

The /now page movement (2015) (sive.rs)

8 months ago | networked | sive.rs | newest

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sites with a /now page (nownownow.com)

8 months ago | networked | nownownow.com | newest

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Finding and exploiting hidden features of Animal Crossing's NES emulator (2018) (jamchamb.net)

9 months ago | networked | jamchamb.net | best

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Golang on OpenWrt MIPS (2020) (nileshgr.com)

9 months ago | networked | nileshgr.com | newest

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Reverse engineering an MHO-C201 e-ink thermometer and hygrometer (github.com/jonathonlui)

9 months ago | networked | github.com | newest

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lzsa: Byte-aligned compressor with fast decompression on 8-bit micros (github.com/emmanuel-marty)

9 months ago | networked | github.com | newest

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Awesome Internet Time: List of Swatch Internet Time Tools (github.com/ernstl)

10 months ago | networked | github.com | newest

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Glojure: Clojure interpreter hosted on Go, with extensible interop support (github.com/glojurelang)

9 months ago | networked | github.com | best

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WebAssembly Fantasy Consoles (c7.se)

10 months ago | networked | c7.se | newest

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Show HN: memsparkline – Track RAM usage of process and descendants in real time (github.com/dbohdan)

10 months ago | networked | github.com | frontpage

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PmWiki – a wiki-based CMS for collaborative creation and maintenance of websites (pmwiki.org)

10 months ago | networked | pmwiki.org | newest

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PDF to Brainrot – Transform Boring PDFs into Brainrot Content (pdftobrainrot.org)

10 months ago | networked | pdftobrainrot.org | newest

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Show HN: Retry a command with exponential backoff and jitter (+ Starlark exprs) (github.com/dbohdan)

10 months ago | networked | github.com | frontpage

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Cache Directory Tagging Specification (2004) (bford.info)

10 months ago | networked | bford.info | frontpage

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Show HN: Retry a command with exponential backoff and jitter (github.com/dbohdan)

10 months ago | networked | github.com | newest

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w3c/png: Consider using Zstandard and/or LZ4 instead of Deflate (2021) (github.com/w3c)

10 months ago | networked | github.com | newest

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Sekino's Art World (sekinoworld.com)

11 months ago | networked | sekinoworld.com | frontpage

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Ask HN: Do you use CM tools newer than Ansible?

11 months ago | networked | ycombinator.com | newest

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Ask HN: Do you use CM tools newer than Ansible?

11 months ago | networked | ycombinator.com | newest

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MP3 to EXE (1999) (rarewares.org)

11 months ago | networked | rarewares.org | frontpage

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Conway's Gradient of Life (hardmath123.github.io)

11 months ago | networked | github.io | best

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snac2: Mastodon API ActivityPub instance in portable C (codeberg.org)

11 months ago | networked | codeberg.org | frontpage

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"Atkinsome" dithering in HTML5 canvas (2011) (xs4all.nl)

11 months ago | networked | xs4all.nl | newest

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Tiny Texture Tumbler – JavaScript procedural texture library and editor (github.com/phoboslab)

11 months ago | networked | github.com | frontpage

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Survey of Config Languages (github.com/oils-for-unix)

12 months ago | networked | github.com | frontpage

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"Atkinsome" dithering in HTML5 canvas (2011) (xs4all.nl)

12 months ago | networked | xs4all.nl | newest

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Atkinson Dithering, Live in Processing (2012) (evilmadscientist.com)

12 months ago | networked | evilmadscientist.com | newest

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Game of Life Pattern of the Year (conwaylife.com)

12 months ago | networked | conwaylife.com | newest

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caddy-exec: Caddy module for running one-off commands (github.com/abiosoft)

12 months ago | networked | github.com | newest

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Parallel PNG Proposal (2021) (github.com/davidbuchanan314)

12 months ago | networked | github.com | frontpage

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caddy-wasm-wcgi: Caddy plugin to run WASI CGI apps in-process using wazero (codeberg.org)

12 months ago | networked | codeberg.org | newest

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The Myth of Type I and Type II Hypervisors (2007) (codemonkey.ws)

12 months ago | networked | codemonkey.ws | newest

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Oldest viable seed (wikipedia.org)

a year ago | networked | wikipedia.org | newest

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List of oldest companies (wikipedia.org)

a year ago | networked | wikipedia.org | newest

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Useful use of cat(1) (in-ulm.de)

a year ago | networked | in-ulm.de | newest

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Developing gmi2md with Claude 3.5 Sonnet (dbohdan.com)

a year ago | networked | dbohdan.com | newest

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Ask HN: Why no transflective LCD portables?

a year ago | networked | ycombinator.com | frontpage

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Web template delimiters: a chronology (dbohdan.com)

a year ago | networked | dbohdan.com | newest

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Ask Microsofties: Any chance to open-source Visual Basic 1.0 for DOS?

a year ago | networked | ycombinator.com | newest

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senior – Password manager using age as back end with agent; inspired by pass (gitlab.com/retirement-home)

a year ago | networked | gitlab.com | newest

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It Is Only Q – Dan Q (2023) (danq.me)

a year ago | networked | danq.me | newest

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The Spartan Protocol Homepage (mozz.us)

a year ago | networked | mozz.us | frontpage

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Rhombus: Macro-extensible language with conventional syntax built on Racket (racket-lang.org)

a year ago | networked | racket-lang.org | best

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RFC 865 – Quote of the Day Protocol (ietf.org)

a year ago | networked | ietf.org | newest

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spartan:// is a client-to-server protocol designed for hobbyists (mozz.us)

a year ago | networked | mozz.us | newest

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racket/rhombus: "We're now officially in the "integration" phase for Rhombus." (github.com/racket)

a year ago | networked | github.com | frontpage

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The Past and Future of Flag Emoji (2022) (unicode.org)

a year ago | networked | unicode.org | newest

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httpoxy – A CGI application vulnerability (2016) (httpoxy.org)

a year ago | networked | httpoxy.org | newest

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cel-python: Pure Python implementation of the Common Expression Language (github.com/cloud-custodian)

a year ago | networked | github.com | newest

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Self-Hosted PaaS (dbohdan.com)

a year ago | networked | dbohdan.com | newest

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SDF.org Acquires Living Computers: Museum+Lab Remote Systems Program (icm.museum)

a year ago | networked | icm.museum | newest

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SDF.ORG Acquires Remote Systems Program from Living Computers: Museum+Lab (icm.museum)

a year ago | networked | icm.museum | newest

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Sdf.org Acquires Remote Systems Program from Living Computers: Museum+Lab (icm.museum)

a year ago | networked | icm.museum | newest

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Bypassing a Python sandbox by abusing code objects (2014) (pbiernat.blogspot.com)

a year ago | networked | blogspot.com | newest

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mkcd (mkdir + cd) Improved (2010) (onethingwell.org)

a year ago | networked | onethingwell.org | newest

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LZW and GIF explained (udel.edu)

a year ago | networked | udel.edu | best

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mkcd Improved (2010) (onethingwell.org)

a year ago | networked | onethingwell.org | newest

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Goon Tower (2007) (archive.org)

a year ago | networked | archive.org | newest

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Goon Tower (2007) (archive.org)

a year ago | networked | archive.org | newest

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How WASD became the standard PC control scheme (2016) (pcgamer.com)

a year ago | networked | pcgamer.com | newest

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Q&A on Proposed Cali SB 1047 (Safe & Secure AI Innovation Act) (lesswrong.com)

a year ago | networked | lesswrong.com | newest

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How WASD became the standard PC control scheme (pcgamer.com)

a year ago | networked | pcgamer.com | newest

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Profile: Rupi Kaur, the Instagram Poet Outselling Homer Ten to One (2017) (thecut.com)

a year ago | networked | thecut.com | newest

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Liquid Death became a billion-dollar beverage brand (nbcnews.com)

a year ago | networked | nbcnews.com | frontpage

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Daniel Dennett – "Where am I?" [video] (youtube.com)

a year ago | networked | youtube.com | newest

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Daniel Dennett – "Where am I?" (film adaptation) [video] (youtube.com)

a year ago | networked | youtube.com | newest

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Does 17α-estradiol/estrogen extend male human lifespan? (2021) (near.blog)

a year ago | networked | near.blog | newest

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Chicago "rat hole" removed from sidewalk, but preserved intact (cbsnews.com)

a year ago | networked | cbsnews.com | newest

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Rust: Maybe Not for Fast Project Iteration (dbohdan.com)

a year ago | networked | dbohdan.com | newest

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Show HN: Modern port of Umbra, an unfinished free Lovecraftian RPG from 2001 (github.com/dbohdan)

a year ago | networked | github.com | newest

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jdd's List o' Links – A curated list of old-school, mostly non-commercial sites (freeshell.org)

a year ago | networked | freeshell.org | newest

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Show HN: Python 3 port of Umbra, an unfinished free Lovecraftian CRPG from 2001 (github.com/dbohdan)

a year ago | networked | github.com | newest

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Japanese VPS Providers (2020) (romanrm.net)

a year ago | networked | romanrm.net | newest

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Self-hosted PaaS (dbohdan.com)

a year ago | networked | dbohdan.com | newest

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Nick Bostrom on superintelligence, human enhancement and existential risk (2015) (washingtonpost.com)

a year ago | networked | washingtonpost.com | newest

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Open Salamander – two-panel file manager for Windows (github.com/opensalamander)

a year ago | networked | github.com | newest