FireInsight (u/FireInsight)

FireInsight commented on GrapheneOS is ready to break free from Pixels androidauthority.com/grap... · Posted by u/MaximilianEmel

jFriedensreich · 2 months ago

googling for seedvault result: “Seedvault's app-specific restoration capabilities are limited, and it does not directly handle WhatsApp's chat backups, which must be handled by WhatsApp its” I am looking for filesystem level data control that can backup everything without relying on something in the control of an app developer.

FireInsight · 2 months ago

I think it depends on the way applications store data. Local WhatsApp backups may be backed up by Seedvault, but not the database. I'm not sure to be honest, though. I'm so paranoid I also make app-level backups at regular intervals so that nothing breaks or is lost.

FireInsight commented on Claude Skills are awesome, maybe a bigger deal than MCP simonwillison.net/2025/Oc... · Posted by u/weinzierl

crvdgc · 2 months ago

> imagine a folder full of skills that covers tasks like the following:

> Where to get US census data from and how to understand its structure

Reminds me of my first time using Wolfram Alpha and got blown away by its ability to use actual structured tools to solve the problem, compared to normal search engine.

In fact, I tried again just now and am still amazed: https://www.wolframalpha.com/input?i=what%27s+the+total+popu...

I think my mental model for Skills would be Wolfram Alpha with custom extensions.

FireInsight · 2 months ago

When clicking your link, for me it opened the following query on Wolfram Alpha: `what%27s the total population of the United States%3F`

Funnily enough, this was the result: `6.1% mod 3 °F (degrees Fahrenheit) (2015-2019 American Community Survey 5-year estimates)`

I wonder how that was calculated...

FireInsight commented on Meow.camera meow.camera/... · Posted by u/southwindcg

WesolyKubeczek · 2 months ago

Touch Grass as a Service?

FireInsight · 2 months ago

We need a remote-grass-touching-arm so we can touch grass over long distance lines.

FireInsight commented on GrapheneOS is ready to break free from Pixels androidauthority.com/grap... · Posted by u/MaximilianEmel

jFriedensreich · 2 months ago

Every time i try to switch to a libre android i encounter the same blocker of not being able to do a full backup and restore with all app data and full control without hacky, weird third party apps that don't work, just as i can do on any linux in the world. I don't understand how the android ecosystem and everyone working on this is just ignoring the data.

FireInsight · 2 months ago

I've used CalyxOS and Iode on my FP4, both roms integrated with Seedvault and making a full backup was seamless. Which roms have you tried, then?

FireInsight commented on Magic Wormhole: Get things from one computer to another, safely magic-wormhole.readthedoc... · Posted by u/xd1936

FireInsight · 2 months ago

I prefer https://localsend.org/ nowadays. Nice cross-platform GUI, "just works". Requires being on the same lan, but discovery of other devices is automatic and there are no alphanumeric codes that have to be shared. It's a good QoL improvement to have "airdrop" between Android and Linux

FireInsight commented on Show HN: Devbox – Containers for better dev environments devbox.ar0.eu/... · Posted by u/TheRealBadDev

dbunskoek · 3 months ago

Looks like a really fun project. You might want to reconsider the name though, since there is this other devbox from Jetify https://www.jetify.com/devbox that also received quite some attention on HN a while ago https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32600821

FireInsight · 3 months ago

Good point. I remember testing out Jetify's version a while back and switching away from it due to some issue I was having. I 100% thought this project was the same, just with a new website, as I did not remember much of the implementation details. Both of them even use `devbox.json` as the configuration file...

FireInsight commented on Show HN: I built an app to block Shorts and Reels scrollguard.app/... · Posted by u/adrianhacar

lsd85 · 4 months ago

I just can't authorize an app to have full control on my phone if it's not open-source.

What guarantee do I have that you are not selling all my user data?

FireInsight · 4 months ago

DigiPaws has the headlining feature of the app advertised here, and is open source.

https://github.com/nethical6/digipaws

FireInsight commented on Cross-Site Request Forgery words.filippo.io/csrf/... · Posted by u/tatersolid

pinoy420 · 4 months ago

Not really. If I have a service where I need one click to perform an action and store data. It has to be a GET. You can’t post from a url… purist dogma for the sake of purist dogma

FireInsight · 4 months ago

One click to perform an action and store data? Have you heard of HTML forms with method="post"?

FireInsight commented on Show HN: I made a website that makes you cry cryonceaweek.com... · Posted by u/johnnymaroney

johnnymaroney · 5 months ago

Hi everyone! Thank you so much for your appreciation for the site (except that one guy who hated it). Pretty awesome to see this little side project make it to the front page on here.

I'm working on a new project called Feel (https://www.feelapp.io) which is an app that helps you feel all emotions on demand. It goes beyond just crying and helps you navigate and shift your mood in real time. It can make you cry too though. Or feel joy, awe, confidence, serenity, or even process difficult emotions like anger or fear when you need to.

This isn't an ad or shameless plug I promise - I'm actually looking for a creative developer to join the team and help us take it to the next level. Please reach out if this resonates with you or share with your creative coder friends: johnny@feelapp.io

FireInsight · 5 months ago

Not gonna lie, this whole "Feel - Emotions on Demand" thing sounds like a slightly dystopian scifi concept. Maybe like a Black Mirror -style parody of how even emotions can be manufactured nowadays.

FireInsight commented on AV1@Scale: Film Grain Synthesis, The Awakening netflixtechblog.com/av1-s... · Posted by u/CharlesW

jedbrooke · 5 months ago

> This grain, formed from tiny particles during the film’s development, is more than just a visual effect. It plays a key role in storytelling by enhancing the film’s depth and contributing to its realism.

I never understood the “grain = realism” thing. my real eyes don’t have grain. I do appreciate the role of grain as an artistic tool though, so this is still cool tech

FireInsight · 5 months ago

It's funny, because I've always had a subtle visual snow that looks like a film grain on top of everything I see, and for a long time I thought everybody had it and that that's why artificial grain is added, to make pictures appear more realistic.

I've since learned that not everybody sees the world like I do, but I still do love to see grain and noise in pictures. Only RGB noise I often find dreadfully ugly when looked at up close, which is a shame, since that is exactly what most color cameras include.

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