Braille Dump
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SHOW HN2021
11points
2comments
#1,887of 2,533 in 2021
Top 75%of 2021 by points
How HN took it
QuietFewer than 5 comments about the project
0 positive, 0 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 0 critical, out of 1 comments about the project.
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Structure is highlighted better by the braille display
From 1 comment
Very cool! It definitely highlights structure better but the symbols are too small for my eyes.
ad404b8a372f2b9 on HN
Objections
Symbols are too small to read easily
From 1 comment
Very cool! It definitely highlights structure better but the symbols are too small for my eyes.
ad404b8a372f2b9 on HN
Braille glyphs look too similar to distinguish arbitrary strings
From 1 comment
My macOS laptop always had a four-letter braille string corresponding to the current IPv4 address on the tray, using xbar [1] (formerly BitBar). I'm aware of approximate shapes…
lifthrasiir on HN
Requests
Use a more distinct encoding such as 1892 braille for arbitrary sequences
From 1 comment
My macOS laptop always had a four-letter braille string corresponding to the current IPv4 address on the tray, using xbar [1] (formerly BitBar). I'm aware of approximate shapes…
lifthrasiir on HN
Alternatives named
xbar menu bar IP display with braille strings
From 1 comment
My macOS laptop always had a four-letter braille string corresponding to the current IPv4 address on the tray, using xbar [1] (formerly BitBar). I'm aware of approximate shapes…
lifthrasiir on HN
1892 braille encoding
From 1 comment
My macOS laptop always had a four-letter braille string corresponding to the current IPv4 address on the tray, using xbar [1] (formerly BitBar). I'm aware of approximate shapes…
lifthrasiir on HN