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Corry Haines
Personal blog · sharpletters.net · on HN as tabletcorrysecurityprogramming
Corry Haines writes sharpletters, a personal blog at sharpletters.net about security and programming. Since 2023, 4 different Hacker News readers have linked it 5 times, most often “HDR‑Infused Emoji”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-05-31, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (1) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link this blog's HDR-infused emoji post as a clearer demonstration of how recent devices display some emoji with extra brightness, which can become an annoyance when abused.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 1 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Corry Haines's website, blog, and photo gallery. Hub for all of my social profiles. Usually blogging about software security, photos, and infrastructure as code.
Most-linked posts?
- HDR‑Infused Emoji2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2025-04-17
What Hacker News says?
The lack of context is kinda funny. This page from 6 months ago is a clearer demonstration and explains the idea: "HDR‑Infused Emoji" https://sharpletters.net/2025/04/16/hdr-emoji/ Discussed on HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43717606 Basically a lot of recent-ish devices will display this with extra brightness. A feature intended for example in cinematic contexts, but can easily become an annoyance if abus…
Comment linking /2025/04/16/hdr-emoji/
on “A Bright HDR Image”Submitted HDR‑Infused Emoji as a story · 274 points
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