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Kirsle.net
Personal blog · kirsle.net/blogprogrammingculture
Kirsle.net is a personal blog at kirsle.net about programming and culture. Since 2011, 8 different Hacker News readers have linked it 8 times, most often “What we once had (at the height of the XMPP era of the Internet) (2023)”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-09-19, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (3) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
Posts on getting emoji working on Linux, which one commenter links as the fix for Firefox 39 emoji. Other comments on the site do not discuss its writing.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 3 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Most-linked posts?
- What we once had (at the height of the XMPP era of the Internet) (2023)2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2026-04-19
- Bash $PS1 Generator2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2013-04-22
What Hacker News says?
DOS + Win 3.11 was very fast compared to Windows (9x, XP, 7 and 10), OSX or Linux nowadays and there were lots of good games written for the platform (MOO1, CIV1, Duke Nukem 3D). I read about the problems with Windows 3.11 protected mode, does FreeDOS 1.2 allow you to run Windows 3.11 in 386enh and protected mode? A certain Jeremy David wrote support for it, and I read that a windows 3 compatible kernel was availabl…
Comment linking /blog/entry/nostalgia-for-windows-3-1
on “FreeDOS 1.2”Submitted Skype Switched to the MSN Messenger Protocol (2014) as a story · 65 points
HN discussionFor Linux see https://www.kirsle.net/blog/entry/make-emoji-work-in-linux
Comment linking /blog/entry/make-emoji-work-in-linux
on “Firefox 39.0 released”Submitted What we once had (at the height of the XMPP era of the Internet) (2023) as a story · 3 points
HN discussionYes, there is BlackHat software (Spambots) that sign up accounts on forums and other websites. The software even waits 10 minutes (or however long you like) before it actually clicks on the various links in any emails it receives - so just having a "confirm this email account" link in your confirmation email isn't enough to block these spamming accounts. Because a CAPTCHA is generally abrasive for users as they sign…
Comment linking /doc/submitter.html
on “Ask HN: Is anyone else seeing fake signups recently?”Submitted Bash $PS1 Generator as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted What we once had (at the height of the XMPP era of the Internet) (2023) as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Bash $PS1 Generator as a story · 2 points
HN discussion