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OuterVale commented on Some surprising things about DuckDuckGo   gabrielweinberg.com/p/som... · Posted by u/ArmageddonIt
flexagoon · 3 hours ago
Then why not steal the shortcode list from Kagi as well to have much more websites supported? Their bang list is open source
OuterVale · 3 hours ago
Given that my search router is completely client side, importing such a huge collection would be huge and slow things down considerably.
OuterVale commented on I fed 24 years of my blog posts to a Markov model   susam.net/fed-24-years-of... · Posted by u/zdw
OuterVale · 4 hours ago
Really fascinating how you can get such intriguing output from such a simple system. Prompted me to give it a whirl with the content on my own site.

https://vale.rocks/micros/20251214-0503

OuterVale commented on Show HN: Listened to your feedback, Critical CSS Generator   kigo.studio/tools/critica... · Posted by u/stevenpotts
n_u · 7 hours ago
Cool! I've always wanted something like this. Usually I just have to manually remove redundant CSS and styling options.

Can you explain why the viewport width and height are needed?

OuterVale · 6 hours ago
Content that appears in the viewport before scrolling is considered 'above-the-fold' and is thus prioritised to load quickest. The viewport dimensions are used to figure out what will be above-the-fold.
OuterVale commented on Some surprising things about DuckDuckGo   gabrielweinberg.com/p/som... · Posted by u/ArmageddonIt
oritron · 10 hours ago
A surprising fact I /do/ know about DDG: they don't update bang searches anymore, which was one of my favorite differentiators. This feature adds a lot of utility to DDG as a browser default search engine.

You can search "!w Gabriel Weinberg" and it will open the Wikipedia article because of the leading exclamation mark and w. If a site changes their search url, you can submit the precise new pattern they should use for a redirect. If a new service pops up, you can use the same form to request a new search prefix. These form submissions could give someone at DDG an easy interface to verify quickly and approve or reject them.

These form submissions get ignored and have been for years at this point.

OuterVale · 6 hours ago
I ended up just putting together my own bang provider (and stole the snaps feature from Kagi).

https://search.vale.rocks

OuterVale commented on An SVG is all you need   jon.recoil.org/blog/2025/... · Posted by u/sadiq
paularmstrong · 2 days ago
> I use ChatGPT to compress SVGs, in particular QR codes

Why? svgomg.net exists, uses far fewer resources, and is going to give you much better results.

OuterVale · 2 days ago
Heads up. The site you linked is just a wrapping of the original with adverts and tracking scripts. It isn't running the latest version either. Much better off using the creator's version.

https://jakearchibald.github.io/svgomg/

OuterVale commented on Frequently Asked Unicycling Questions   vale.rocks/posts/unicycle... · Posted by u/edent
InfiniteLoup · 12 days ago
Could you perhaps link a picture of that vehicle?

As searching for "luny cycle" doesn't bring up anything relevant.

However, there this, which looks like an interesting take on the unicycle concept:

https://inventist.com/inventions/lunicycle

OuterVale · 12 days ago
Not double saddled, but a circus bike is pretty similar to what metalman was talking about.

https://www.municycle.com.au/catalogue/B-CIRCUS-HOPP20_item....

OuterVale commented on Frequently Asked Unicycling Questions   vale.rocks/posts/unicycle... · Posted by u/edent
watwut · 12 days ago
The level of aggression he describes made me uncomfortable. Sounds like the culture of some, well men specifically, where is lives is to be jerks.
OuterVale · 12 days ago
Unfortunately I can confirm his observations. They're all pretty accurate, though those that stood out to me most are:

> Young men in old cars were very aggressive, acting as if to frighten me off the road—they lowered their windows and shouted abusively, waved their arms, and hooted. I did not see this with women drivers and older men in more expensive cars.

I've had so many slurs, usually of the homophobic variety, shouted at me from cars. Some have felt the need to swerve their vehicle erratically at me.

> They tried to put me off balance by suddenly shouting, jumping out of hiding, kicking a football, throwing stones, or riding a bicycle at me; a few asked for a ride in addition to aggressive behaviour.

I've experienced plenty of teens that are aggressive and then proceed to ask for a go.

The positive experiences far outnumber the negatives overall, though.

u/OuterVale

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