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There is a little demo on https://compromise.cool that parses phrases like this and highlights the relevant days.

https://fx.leftium.com (https://github.com/Leftium/fx)

Old-school graphics in modern TS.

Several years ago, it was not possible to blit an entire screen of random pixels to the screen at a decent frame rate without something like shaders.

Even though the screen is now even higher resolution, the CPU can now blast 2560x1440 random pixels to the screen at 90 FPS. Must be advancements in hardware and/or JS runtime. (The bottleneck seems to be generating the random numbers...)

I figured out how to make my TV static effect look more realistic:

- Mostly: TV "pixels" had wide aspect ratios[1]

- Larger "grains" (see info in corner)

- Also added subtle CRT scan line effect. ('C' to toggle)

- Looks different when animated (click to toggle pause; probably should emulate 60FPS).

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Started revisiting this rabbit hole while thinking about programming prompts from the new Recurse Center application[2]. They suggest about six different prompts; I figured out how to combine all the prompts together.

[1]: https://github.com/Leftium/fx/blob/33405b25dc7caeb48e6c563a3...

[2]: https://hn.leftium.com/i/47892660


Interesting vercel.app subdomain: Vercel automatically appended a random word like `-ten` because there is at least one other app with this very specific name:

https://rejectedbyyc.vercel.app/


Next time, perhaps my quick logo generator can help: https://logo.leftium.com/logo

The defaults are tuned to aesthetics of my personal logo, but it's quite configurable. (You can even copy your own SVG into the icon input)

Example logos:

- https://leftium.github.io/nimble.css

- https://github.com/Leftium/weather-sense

- https://github.com/Leftium/multi-launch


That looks neat! Thanks for sharing, I’ll try to use it next time I need a logo. :D

I discovered this editor in an article about WebGPU in p5.js[1].

Video of the editor: https://www.davepagurek.com/content/images/2025/12/Component...

[1]: https://www.davepagurek.com/blog/p5-webgpu/


The main reason most openings are "Remote, US-only" is due to tax and labor laws.

By employing you, the US company must comply with all Australian tax and labor laws (in addition to the US laws). This is a huge burden. (Like the company must calculate and report how much revenue was generated through your work and pay Australian corporate income tax.)

Your best chance is to apply to US companies that already operate in Australia: they will have the necessary legal/HR infra set up. (For example Google probably has an office in Australia.)

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Another method may be to work as a contractor through a service like https://www.toptal.com (or even on your own if you can find contracts).


I'm happy to work as a contractor with no Australian labor protections, taking the tax obligations on myself.

Though I'm failing at the first hurdle of getting in touch with a US company, let alone one willing to pay via contract.

I'll check out that link, thanks for sharing


Yes, Google has an office in Australia so do all the big US companies like Microsoft, AirBnB etc. As I mentioned below Anduril have a new operation in Sydney as Australia's submarine capability is f@#ked and needs something ASAP


https://leftium.github.io/nimble.css

I made a classless CSS library, then migrated most of my projects from PicoCSS.

I also made a quick logo generator: https://logo.leftium.com/logo


> unlimited downloads at just 400 kbps after their data allowances expire

This is not new. Many Korean mobile plans actually offer even higher unlimited throttled speeds (up to 10 Mbps!)

- You can filter plans by the unlimited throttled speed on this site. The plans are usually titled by `{data amount} + {throttled speed}`: https://www.moyoplan.com/plans

- Even if not throttled, I think data overage charges were capped at about $13 (20K KRW)

So perhaps unlimited 400 kbps will become standard: i.e. no plans will ever charge data overage fees?

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The linked statement didn't seem to specifically mention the 400 kbps thing at all.


This article seems to be a counterpoint to a recent HN post asking "So where are all the AI apps?"[1]

- This was pointed out in a thread: https://hw.leftium.com/#/item/47504047

[1]: https://hw.leftium.com/#/item/47503006


Are you referring to https://github.com/plibither8/refined-hacker-news?

It's MIT-licensed open source.

I've been using a fork (also MIT): https://github.com/alexferrari88/refined-hacker-news


Whoops! I was confusing refinedHN with modernHN (https://www.modernhn.com)


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