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loufe commented on Microsoft open-sources LiteBox, a security-focused library OS github.com/microsoft/lite... · Posted by u/aktau

loufe · 2 days ago

The lack of integrated sandboxing in windows compared to android/iphone is still frankly unacceptable. I've become increasingly paranoid about running any application on Windows (not that your average linux distro is even remotely better) and yet Apple and Google seem to be far, far ahead in user permissions (especially with GrapheneOS, god bless that team) and isolation of processes.

Consumers and businesses deserve better. It's crazy to me that in 2026 Notepad++ being compromised means as much potential damage as it does, still.

loufe commented on CLI agents make self-hosting on a home server easier and fun fulghum.io/self-hosting... · Posted by u/websku

loufe · a month ago

Threads like this one make me feel at home. Last night I spent an hour trying to figure out a way to adjust tailscale to allow me access to containers on a MacVLAN on my NAS when I connect in away from home. Claude's an excellent tool to help me make informed decisions. I find the knowledge needs to be double checked more than some domains (I'm a big fan of requesting Claude search online for information before using its discourse as a basis for any decisions) but I still feel like I'm learning the WHY and HOW because I can still ask.

I share a lot of the same hesitations as others in the thread - using a giant US-based tech giant's tool for research as well as another US giant's tool to manage access, but it's really a game change and I'd be unable to find the time to do everything I want if I didn't have access to these otherwise.

I'm not even a software guy by engineering, my network is already complicated enough that learning and correctly securing things otherwise would simply just not be feasible with the time and energy I'd like to dedicate to it.

loufe commented on 10 years of personal finances in plain text files sgoel.dev/posts/10-years-... · Posted by u/wrxd

loufe · a month ago

I set up tracking all my bank statements, pay slips, Costco (and other multi-category store) receipts, and other things in Fava (beancount's webui) over the last month. I spent way too much time developing a plugin to help categorizing transactions, making a full api and python scripts as well to let AI make edits for me (dry runs before clearing).

I stumbled upon Maybe (https://github.com/maybe-finance/maybe) and the community fork (https://github.com/we-promise/sure) a couple days ago and almost invested too much time to migrate to it. That project still doesn't have split transactions. A fresh intuitive UI is great but Beancount's format is so simple it's hard to beat.

loufe commented on Show HN: AutoLISP interpreter in Rust/WASM – a CAD workflow invented 33 yrs ago acadlisp.de/noscript.html... · Posted by u/holg

loufe · a month ago

AutoLISP is still my most fluent language, pleasantly surprised to see anything in it on HN. There's something fun about its idiosyncrasies, but I am genuinely so glad for modern IDEs, linters, tooling in just about every other environment. AutoCAD has severely neglected it, despite some large businesses built exclusively upon it.

loufe commented on What I learned about deploying AV1 from two deployers streaminglearningcenter.c... · Posted by u/breve

cmbernard333 · 2 months ago

I have been converting my H265 (HVEC) collection to AV1. I am still trying to find the exact parameters for FFMPEG to produce the optimal output for the devices I use plex on. Its been a little bit of whack a mole so far, but it seems ideal for file size when I get it right.

loufe · 2 months ago

I've been transcoding my media collection leaving my PC on overnight over months, it's great. My biggest issue is client support for native playback of AV1, naturally.

For what it's worth, AB-AV1 [1] is a pretty awesome tool written in rust which compares random samples from a file at different parameters based on their VMAF score [2] (algorithm from Netflix for human-perceived visual likeness), choosing optimal parameters to save as much space as possible with the loss you're willing to stomach, on a file-by-file basis.

Small plug: I made a nice little python GUI wrapper for ab-av1 [3].

[1] - https://github.com/alexheretic/ab-av1 [2] - https://github.com/Netflix/vmaf [3] - https://github.com/Loufe/AB-AV1-GUI

loufe commented on What I learned about deploying AV1 from two deployers streaminglearningcenter.c... · Posted by u/breve

comrade1234 · 2 months ago

Do you know what plex clients can handle av1 without the server having to transcode?

I started looking into converting stuff to AV1 but only confirmed that my gpu doesn't support AV1 but does support hevc so I stopped there...

loufe · 2 months ago

IIUC, it's more about the client hardware that determines ability to play without transcoding. You'd have to check the mix of devices you have connecting to it and make a judgement call.

loufe commented on My payment agent is named George, not stripe-agent blog.kestrelsnest.social/... · Posted by u/fortyseven

ChrisMarshallNY · 2 months ago

Dehumanize humans, and humanize non-humans.

Makes sense to me…

But seriously, naming things is always a sticky wicket.

I tend to name my various devices as characters from Glen Cook’s The Black Company.

My iPhone is Thai Dei, my iPad is Soulcatcher, my Watch is Goblin, and my Mac is Mogaba. It helps me to keep them distinct from my simulators.

If I wanted really crazy names, I’d use Garret P.I. As a source.

loufe · 2 months ago

First in-the-wild reference I've seen to some of my favourite books. I feel your watch as Goblin makes more sense if it's stuck around with you for a long time and generally works but is a bit of a pain to use. Thanks for the share.

loufe commented on Show HN: Onlyrecipe 2.0 – I added all features HN requested – 4 years later onlyrecipeapp.com/?url=ht... · Posted by u/AwkwardPanda

spondyl · 2 months ago

My particular favourite of this genre is "Maple Shortbread Bars" from The New York Times which starts with the opening "Shortly after the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001"

https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1017089-maple-shortbread...

loufe · 2 months ago

I haven't laughed that hard in a while, WOW. I genuinely wonder if people believe this or if it's necessary fluff to sell.

loufe commented on Apple Releases Open Weights Video Model starflow-v.github.io... · Posted by u/vessenes

limagnolia · 2 months ago

They haven't even released the weights yet...

As for the license, happily, Model Weights are the product of machine output and not creative works, so not copyrightable under US law. Might depend on where you are from, but I would have no problem using Model Weights however I want to and ignoring pointless licenses.

loufe · 2 months ago

The weights for the text-->image model are already on Huggingface, FWIW.