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I really needed a quiet microblog. This looks like exactly what I'm looking for.

Same. I really wish this platform would last a long time... I've seen so many cool initiatives get posted on HN, only to be taken offline a few months later.

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Genuinely, I’m grateful we have such great choices when it comes to programming languages.

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It’s just sad the whole corporate world runs on Java, Python, C++, C#, and JavaScript so I just look in envy at what I could be using

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(╯°□°)╯︵ ┻━┻ still one of my favorites (or rather #unicode_art right?)

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Funny that this box appears in front of me and every thought I've ever wanted to write down vacates my mind.

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I do way better going out and writing on pa[er first.

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hi o/ im from south america, i see the on HN. I really like the vibes and the idea. Ill probably be posting here often, while in the office. cya

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I wonder how much data Apple is transferring today. I used to download from a BBS Apple II software overnight on a 2400 baud modem. What a trip.

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this is where I live. it’s a plateau. it’s quiet, we have cats and there are goats around and fig and pear trees.

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Fired up street view on Google Maps to have a look around. It seems like a pretty relaxed and peaceful place to live. 🌞

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I was obsessed with Greece as a kid because of The Chipmunk's Adventure movie where they were dancing on the statues, ha. I was more into he statues (even if cartoon) than the dancing, and yet I have still never been there (I'm 45).

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Crete is beautiful, I remember being on vacation there many years ago and hiking a long gorge. It was a really great experience.

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Crete is beautifulIt is!hiking a long gorgeThat would be ! it’s not very far from here and it’s the largest in Greece, 7–8 hours hiking. You arrive at a beautiful beach. I crossed it when I was little, I remember whining a lot because for my small feet it was much harder.

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I stopped interacting much with social media years ago and am honestly not sure how to do this any more… but I like the shape of what is starting here.

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likewise. Its just nice to have an "even playing field" without any perceived hierarchy or weird material incentives to perform the way you'd be pushed to on regular SM.

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agree, no images on my screen is soothing

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Reminds me of the Kiwix offline Wikipedia "nopic" version. (I downloaded that version because it's much smaller than the full version that includes images.)

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Images are fine for me, but should be behind a link, or a small thumbnail. Non-animated. Videos too. But that’s me. They will most likely have to be hosted elsewhere, while the thumb could be here. Nah. We are ok with just text.

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Yeah, before you know it the feed becomes a collection of memes. Have to click or perhaps a browser extension that you personally see the opengraph/linked image in the feed but it's not inviting people to post them for the feed itself.

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The live tab on the android app is interesting... How does it work? This is a test 🫣

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Does it do some kind of polling? Is there some kind of notify like publisher subscriber? 🤔

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It’s using the /firehose endpoint. It’s an SSE endpoint publishing everything latest. Though I meant it to be used server-side, since it’s heavily rate-limited — up to 3 conns under the same network, but I can’t control how clients decide to use it so.. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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Might just lift the limitation.

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Lifted, that’s how clients want to use it then so be it! Should be fine. We’re nowhere near crashing the server from connections.

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Economist Lant Pritchett describes shifts in ideas as silly, controversial, progressive, then obvious. Also: "Radio has no future. X-rays are clearly a hoax. The aeroplane is scientifically impossible." - Lord Kelvin ". No wireless. Less space than a nomad. Lame." - CmdrTaco

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i thought german state bureacracy was bad, until i had to go jump through the hoops of (an online retailers) coorporate hellhole of a dev program.

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my naive vibecoding ass thought everything that can be built can be shipped. compliance is a b*tch

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There is someone absolutely rotten and fetid in this airplane. Every 10 minutes. Dear Spaghetti Monster!

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The more I about it, the more I am she is not .

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Full productivity suite replacement for gmail, or proton mail.

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This looks good actually. I like the monochrome look.

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Im having fun. I really can't believe how well realtime collaboration works all considering the paths that are taken.

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Real bummer for about the price. I'm sure this is absolutely not what any of them wanted.

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Same with the Steam Machine. They could have been awesome offerings for a lot of different use cases, but alas, being able to generate memes with grandma's pictures is of the utmost importance...

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It really makes me wonder how the consumer market will evolve as the months go. It's not looking too good.

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, tonight, August 7th 2026. doing some security hardening and UI-UX fixes

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hi! welcome and congrats on the ! you can are free to linkify it if you use the full url.

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