Wednesday, 2 April 2025

New top story on Hacker News: When Jorge Luis Borges met one of the founders of AI

When Jorge Luis Borges met one of the founders of AI
4 by benbreen | 0 comments on Hacker News.


New top story on Hacker News: Show HN: Mermaid Chart VS Code Plugin: Mermaid.js Diagrams in Visual Studio Code

Show HN: Mermaid Chart VS Code Plugin: Mermaid.js Diagrams in Visual Studio Code
17 by msfi | 11 comments on Hacker News.


New top story on Hacker News: Show HN: A Chrome extension to give you back control over short-form videos

Show HN: A Chrome extension to give you back control over short-form videos
16 by darajava | 8 comments on Hacker News.
Hi HN! I built this little extension to prevent, in my opinion, the most offensive anti-pattern used by tech companies. That is removing the seek bar in short-form videos. The "seek bar" is the bar at the bottom of a video that progresses as you play the video, and that you can click on or drag to skip around. Why companies ever thought it was a good idea to get rid of this I don't know, but I find it infuriating, so I decided to add it back for myself and thought others might like it too. ReelControl adds a progress bar and seeking capabilities to videos on Instagram, YouTube Shorts, and Facebook Reels. I do sometimes enjoy watching short-form content and I've found that with this extension enabled I can be more mindful about it and get sucked in way less. I'm also on my phone less because I tend to favor the web versions of these platforms now. Open source--PRs and issues welcome! https://ift.tt/3RBtvhF

New top story on Hacker News: Windows on ARM on a Smart Watch

Windows on ARM on a Smart Watch
3 by todsacerdoti | 0 comments on Hacker News.