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I do this, my site is in my profile description.

However, I skip permashortlinks - I try to keep my regular links relevant and short. Also, I like seeing full links, they can often indicate what content awaits there - vs short links, which are more opaque.

That's one more benefit of this workflow: it can be adjusted to fit one's personal preferences. I suppose others might prefer short links or maybe at some point I'll change my mind; with POSSE making these kind of changes is easy.


Yeah, I’m happy to just call permashortlinks a bad idea, seldom warranted historically and roughly never now. The article offers no explanation about why to use permashortlinks—what looks to be “a few reasons why” is actually a few reasons why to link to the original (rather than copying and pasting the contents), nothing to do with the permashortlink practice.

https://indieweb.org/permashortlink does give a few reasons, but they’re bunk. “More reliable in email”? Not meaningfully so. “Quicker to recall / copy due to size”? Not typically a concern. Maybe a nice-to-have, but you can consider adjusting your URL style, then it can be even better. “Less effort to manually enter”? Repeat of the previous point.

And it doesn’t address the problems of the permashortlink. Cost. Diluting across different domains. Having something different to maintain and remember.

Don’t do separate permashortlinks. Just fix your regular links to not be bad.


Related discussion elsewhere and from a different point of view:

> ICML: every paper in my review batch contains prompt-injection text embedded in the PDF

source: https://old.reddit.com/r/MachineLearning/comments/1r3oekq/d_...

There are recent comments there as well:

> Desk Reject Comments: The paper is desk rejected, because the reciprocal reviewer nominated for this paper ([OpenReview ID redacted]) has violated the LLM reviewing policy. The reviewer was required to follow Policy A (no LLMs), but we have found a strong evidence that LLM was used in the preparation of at least one of their reviews. This is a breach of peer-review ethics and grounds for desk rejection. (...)

source: https://old.reddit.com/r/MachineLearning/comments/1r3oekq/d_...


In other news, there are new cases in beige being produced, some with turbo buttons and mock 5.25 inch floppy drives.

https://www.silverstonetek.com/en/product/info/computer-chas...


Anecdote, I like wired headphones for important online calls. I use earpods[1], I started using them back when they came with a phone, I'm happy that it's still possible to buy replacements. I like having a reliable wired connection that works and disconnects predictably.

I guess a lot of that is nostalgia. My laptop model no longer has a webcam cover or a physical network switch; connecting and disconnecting the trrs[2] cable reminds me of these.

But some of that is still practical needs. I have AirPods and Bose wireless headphones, both praised for reliable connections. Every now and then they take a bit longer to connect or the volume changes unpredictably, or they need to be charged, etc - when wired headphones just work.

[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_headphones#EarPods

[2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phone_connector_(audio)#TRRS_s...


I very much appreciate it when people use wired headphones with a decent mic for calls. Speech clarity is just so much better even with Earpods compared to tws earplugs.

Nonograms! I built Nonodle[1], a daily nonogram puzzle game and I’m adding an option to access these puzzles from Nonoverse[2], my iOS nonogram app.

There is an API, and it’s a straightforward task, but one thing led to another and I’m also improving the app UI. The update will take some time but I hope it will only be better.

[1]: https://lab174.com/nonodle/

[2]: https://apps.apple.com/app/nonoverse-nonogram-puzzles/id6748...


> Based on the name

I think in this case the name alone is not enough to suspect a replacement; perhaps it’s just a similar product in the same domain (_mono_space visual editors).


This is a very fun project, I like its UX a lot too.

I generally dislike timers, but I discovered that this one can be customized in the settings, this is a nice touch.

I also like how the sharing feature only prepares the text that the user can later copy to their platform of choice.

There may be downsides (e.g. people could cheat) but I still prefer prioritizing UX like this.


Thank you so much! I’m very happy to see this noticed, pleasant UX was a major goal here.


In case anyone else is curious, I just entered the following in chatgpt: "Without searching the internet, do you know how to get to weldborough hot springs?"

> Yeah—roughly, from general local knowledge (no web searching, promise ). I’ll flag where my memory might be fuzzy.

> Weldborough Hot Springs are in northeast Tasmania, near Weldborough Pass on the Tasman Highway (A3) between Scottsdale and St Helens.

Screenshot with more: https://postimg.cc/14TqgfN4


I built this, the list started as a tutorial and then grew out of control. Especially when I started experimenting with mixing text and interactive elements. I think nonograms are underrated and relatively unknown, I hope this text changes it a little.

I link to my app[1] frequently, it's free right now, I hope this is fine. There's no Android version yet; for anyone who wants to try nonograms on an Android smartphone I recommend Simon Tatham's Puzzles[2] - like my app it is also free, has no ads, etc; nonograms there are called "pattern".

Feedback very welcome; thanks! If you use other nonogram solving techniques and want me to add them to the list please share too.

[1]: https://lab174.com/nonoverse/

[2]: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details


Great js implementation! I don't have any iThing but I'd happily play your js version in a browser for a while.

Since you mentioned Simon Tatham puzzles there's a js version here[1], but it really just isn't quite as good

[1] https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/puzzles/js/patt...

(if I were to nitpick, for large grids one might want to make the separating line a bit thicker every 5 blocks for faster counting, and repeat numbers at the bottom/right -- but at the size the examples are in neither are needed)

(BTW you didn't mention for overlapping but there's a nice trick: just try from either end, count how many cells are leftover, and take that off the starting side of each block)


I am unfamiliar with nonograms. I don't understand from the explanation how the grouping hints work.

"When there are two or more numbers, this means there will be two or more groups of filled cells."

Is the "group number" the size of the first group? That seems to fit the tutorial example where (1, 2) = (., x, ., .) and (2, 1) = (., ., x, .).

Thanks for making this - I've stumbled across these puzzles but never took the time to try one.


Yes, that’s exactly how it works.

Each number specifies the size of the corresponding group. E.g. numbers “5 4 7” would mean: “three groups of filled cells, first group will consist of 5 cells, second will consist of 4 cells, third group will consist of 7 cells”.

Have fun and I’m happy to hear that this is useful!


Wonderfully done, thanks for sharing!


The Google play link is broken for me:

> We're sorry, the requested URL was not found on this server.


Fixed link: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=name.boyle.chr...

Sorry, cannot edit the grandparent post. I copied that invalid link from safari's url bar, perhaps Google Play store did something unexpected with URLs.


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This is a free app. Always look at the native iOS in app popup and here it says the same thing. Double check your charge, it must be something unrelated. Don’t accuse people of scams without doing this check first.


How? If you look at the purchase history in your apple account it should show the actual price, and in mine it shows as free


Same. 'Unlock Image Puzzles' shows an amount of 0.


Apologies. You are right. I got an unrelated charge on my card from apple 1 sec after their in-app upgrade.


Can you post screenshots of your purchase history in 2026? It’s in the upper right profile icon in the main view of the App Store app.


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