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lawrencehook | 2 years ago | on: Show HN: YouTube banned adblockers so I built an extension to skip their ads

lawrencehook.com/rys does this too

lawrencehook | 2 years ago | on: Notes apps are where ideas go to die (2022)

self promo: I made a notes app ;) lawrencehook.com/ws

It's a browser extension that lets you write sticky notes on top of websites.

lawrencehook | 2 years ago | on: Show HN: YouTube Full Text Search – Search all of a channel from the commandline

self-promo, but you might find my extension helpful. https://lawrencehook.com/rys/

lawrencehook | 3 years ago | on: Critical brain hypothesis: A physical theory for when the brain performs best

I wonder if it makes any sense to ask if complexity and criticality are inextricable?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramsey_theory

> Problems in Ramsey theory typically ask a question of the form: "how big must some structure be to guarantee that a particular property holds?"

lawrencehook | 3 years ago | on: Show HN: WebStickies – Sticky notes for the internet

I appreciate the comment.

In my mind, the sync feature for this app is less about backup and more about maintaining a single instance across multiple computers/browsers.

lawrencehook | 3 years ago | on: Show HN: WebStickies – Sticky notes for the internet

this is fascinating, I was 4 years old haha

lawrencehook | 3 years ago | on: Show HN: WebStickies – Sticky notes for the internet

I don't know. The main hurdle for me is the $99 / year fee that's required

lawrencehook | 3 years ago | on: Show HN: WebStickies – Sticky notes for the internet

FYI extensions don't need a network permission to make network requests.

lawrencehook | 3 years ago | on: Show HN: WebStickies – Sticky notes for the internet

There's an option in Firefox to disable auto-updates for an extension.

Not as easy in Chrome, but there's ways to do it. For example here's one: https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/g/chromium-extensio...

lawrencehook | 3 years ago | on: Show HN: WebStickies – Sticky notes for the internet

an intriguing idea :)

lawrencehook | 3 years ago | on: Show HN: WebStickies – Sticky notes for the internet

I'm a big fan of Streaks!

lawrencehook | 3 years ago | on: Show HN: WebStickies – Sticky notes for the internet

Thank you! And thanks for the feedback

lawrencehook | 3 years ago | on: Show HN: WebStickies – Sticky notes for the internet

There's a way to get Chrome extensions working in Safari. I haven't tried it out though.

lawrencehook | 3 years ago | on: Show HN: WebStickies – Sticky notes for the internet

Thanks for the feedback.

I realize the mobile UX is terrible. It's only designed for desktop, for now.

And yea, the security issue is tough. I'll see if I can reduce the required permissions.

lawrencehook | 3 years ago | on: Show HN: WebStickies – Sticky notes for the internet

Thanks for the comment. It's a valid concern.

Chrome and Firefox have a review team for their extension marketplace, though I believe there are instances of malicious extensions getting through anyway.

And while rather labor intensive, another path toward vetting is examining the source code. I haven't obfuscated it, and Googling for "view extension source code" has many results.

And for what it's worth, I can give an assurance that I'm not a bad actor.

Maybe relevant: https://www.cs.cmu.edu/~rdriley/487/papers/Thompson_1984_Ref...

lawrencehook | 3 years ago | on: Show HN: WebStickies – Sticky notes for the internet

Ah, I misread the Google results. Looks neat, I'll take a look.

lawrencehook | 3 years ago | on: Show HN: WebStickies – Sticky notes for the internet

I'm quite unfamiliar with Web3 so can't say that I do.

lawrencehook | 3 years ago | on: Show HN: WebStickies – Sticky notes for the internet

these are good ideas, thank you

lawrencehook | 3 years ago | on: Show HN: WebStickies – Sticky notes for the internet

Unfortunately Apple has substantially more hoops to jump through in order to publish to the Safari extension store. Maybe in the future.

lawrencehook | 3 years ago | on: Show HN: WebStickies – Sticky notes for the internet

That's a neat idea. Quite ambitious, but agreed it would be cool