Jotalea

well, the only conclusion I get from this article is that politics in general suck.

slightly related, what are the best open source RSS readers for iOS? as far as I know, HN has an RSS Feed available.

the only conclusion i get from this article is that using WordPress is unsafe; just like using Node, Python, Arch Linux, and any platform whose package manager allows community sourced packages.

i'll copy the comment i left there:

i find it hilarious how no one has "left a trace" in this post's comment section yet.

on the other hand, i think having to register an account on an unknown service (i don't know what will Discus do with my data) just to leave a comment is something the average reader (including myself) will not do; this being the exception, not the norm. in fact, i used a throwaway email for creating this account.

but i can also see how hard it would be to moderate an account-less comment section.

~~so, i will invite anyone who reads my comment to, instead of only replying here, forwarding any replies to any of my contact methods available on my website: https://jotalea.com.ar/~~ ignore this part, i do read HN often, so i will likely see the replies.

i'm surprised that a model i had never used (Kimi K2 0905) has information (vague, but true) on who i am

https://www.intheweights.com/p/jotalea

it got dismissed as unlikely, though.

this is awesome. i can't wait for someone to make a website that lists websites with list of websites you can submit your websites to.

a couple years ago i read a blog post about someone talking about how fragmentation in word processors work, explaining that most word processors started as "this software does only what i need, and will not have X feature that Y has because it's annoying/bloated" [0].

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Worse_is_better

it is great seeing Argentinian software (Pluma) being used outside dedicated forums.

it took me 5 minutes with the cheapest Claude Code plan to make a userscript with cheats for this game.

I like your post, let me buy you a coffee ;)

/j

to paraphrase what he said, "instead of K9s, PostgreSQL, Redis, Oauth, WebSocket Gateway, Service Discovert; we're going to use git, html and json", I had a panic attack as soon as I read that.

oof, a ton of them, here are a few that passed my minimum quality standards and made public: a video compression service (inspired by 8mb.video) [0], a music player that gets songs from a specific repository for Geometry Dash [1], a screenshot tool "for crappy OSes" (windows) [2], spaghetti C code that prints "i love you" to stdout [3], more spaghetti code [4], and a speedhack cheat for singleplayer games on Linux [5]

[0] https://github.com/Jotalea/keiryo

[1] https://github.com/Jotalea/nong-player-gtk

[2] https://github.com/Jotalea/crapshot

[3] https://github.com/Jotalea/miscellaneous/blob/main/iloveyou....

[4] https://github.com/Jotalea/miscellaneous/blob/main/password....

[5] https://github.com/Jotalea/miscellaneous/blob/main/speedhack...

what's the difference between these and the ones distributed in git for windows?

i really like this.

just at the same time i was trying out their competition... i guess that's a sign

it was* [0]

[0] https://xcancel.com/i/status/2056801834652594521

alright, i'll take your point and say that Google is not a viable SSO provider. now what?

sure i could buy a custom domain and host an email server on it, but now i have to care about server maintenance, SSL, and paying yearly for the domain. but that doesn't mean i get to keep it forever! just as Google can, the hosting provider can block my account, or even go down itself. then what? i'd be in the same situation where i'm locked out.

or suppose i don't have money to pay for the domain (which is a rare possibility, but it is not impossible). now someone buys my domain, and registers an email with the same address as mine. now what? i'm screwed!

i agree that having only one centralized login method for all of one's accounts is bad, but this article doesn't provide a safe alternative.

as a Hyprland user, i think the eye candy in kitty is worth the extra memory usage. at least for me, it makes the experience much smoother.

currently considering trying out ratty, a terminal emulator with 3D graphics rendering capabilities.

i dislike AI-generated images as much as the next guy does.

but saying that "everyone hates AI images" is an exaggeration and outright false. we are a minority.

i will bring up tiktok, the "normie app". on there, an AI-generated series of videos (with a general quality as bad as you might imagine) gained lots of traction and, for one week, it became the fastest growing account. [0]

and "normies" liked it. i can tell you there was plenty of people genuinely watching that shitshow.

[0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ePL3v9-01oA

they achieved the unthinkable: get new games running on a PS5

/s

i was pretty confused until i realized this article is about the multiplayer version of this game, and not the solitaire version i've seen my whole life.

i like the concept, but the execution is flawed by design, as it basically allows someone to serve any content (including malware [0]) in whichever domain is being used (nowhr.xyz in this case).

[0] i'm using "malware" as a broad term, while mainly referring to phishing.

it used they/them pronouns for me...

wait, is that actually good? or is it just a way to vaguely refer to someone without being inherently wrong?

I'd say Juana Manso laptops are usable with FreeBSD. sure, you lose brightness control, you can't see how much battery remains, (I didn't try wifi but the 9650AC chip seems to be supported), but it is usable. audio works, USB works, video works when you load the Intel drivers.

i made my own personal website [0] that loads in less than 512kb; with a mini bio, a blog (with RSS support), images, links to friends' websites, stuff i made/maintain, and some fluff[y boys] like a walking Ralsei [from Deltarune] that follows the cursor, a music player, and some secrets/easter eggs ;)

then there's another project i have, which is a download-and-run version of Minecraft, where you just download one binary (most likely an AppImage) and can run the full game. it will be for personal use so i shouldn't worry about copyright.

i'm also making my "own" minimal tiling window manager for Linux [1] (which is a fork of [2]) with my custom keybinds and [planned] controller (joystick) navigation support.

and lastly, i made yet another fetch software: jotafetch (*jota*lea's implementation of neo*fetch*). it should be available to read and download a on my website [3] (i haven't packaged it for mainstream distros yet, and i probably won't).

[0] https://jotalea.com.ar/

[1] https://github.com/Jotalea/jwm

[2] https://github.com/173duprot/wm

[3] https://jotalea.com.ar/files/jotafetch

This situation reminds me of that one scene where a computer starts automatically updating, and the manager screams "F*CK MICROSOFT"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2zpCOYkdvTQ

the post has been taken down, does someone have it archived?

so you're telling me I can (theoretically) have a full Alpine Linux installation in just the CPU? I'm impressed

I really like the style with the monospace font and the catppuccin theme. the UI is smooth and very simple. maybe too simple.

that said, I got a network error after downloading nearly half of the playlist, and now I have to start over. I will blame my network for it, but I'd like to have a stronger retry mechanism.

I really like the idea, as well as the "terminal" style the site has. however, I consider that an additional daily spend of $2 could be avoided. perhaps by caching common questions (like "what is this?"), or by using free tiers on API providers.

or, maybe I'm just too cost-conscious.

either way, the API limit is currently your "Achilles' heel", as it has already caused the bot to stop responding.