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Melvyn Laïly
Personal blog · zerowidthjoiner.netprogrammingsecurity
Melvyn Laïly writes Zero Width Joiner, a personal blog at zerowidthjoiner.net about programming and security. Since 2018, 3 different Hacker News readers have linked it 4 times, most often “NegativeScreen, invert your screen colors”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2025-01-06, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (3) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link this site for negativescreen, a tool that inverts screen colours to reduce eye strain and mindless browsing. One commenter uses it daily, and another suggests it for Windows-wide use.
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.
Zero Width Joiner (U+200D) - Random thoughts and coding. Melvyn Laïly's personal (website|blog)...
Most-linked posts?
- NegativeScreen, invert your screen colors2 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2018-05-22
What Hacker News says?
https://zerowidthjoiner.net/negativescreen I've been using it for some time now. By default I look at my phone, tablet and computer monitor in inverted mode. Video content is watched as normal. Makes it way easier to get work done and keep the eye strain to a minimum.
Comment linking /negativescreen
on “Chemists discover how blue light speeds blindness”Submitted NegativeScreen, invert your screen colors as a story · 2 points
HN discussionFor anyone interested in a standardised/Linux-compatible version of this, check out PKCS11 tokens. Smartcards can and do implement this spec, and if you use PKCS11, the secret is used from the token to sign an SSH login (for example), without being revealed. This means the secret itself stays on the card. You can combine this with certificates if needed; the smartcard handles the authentication. Using PKCS11 tokens…
Comment linking /2019/01/12/using-ssh-public-key-authentication-with-a-smart-card
on “Secretive – macOS native app to store SSH keys in the Secure Enclave”If you are on windows you can use this awesome tool to have it globally: https://zerowidthjoiner.net/negativescreen nice plus: inverted mode with correct colors (only brightness inverted) You could even write your own translation matrix. It's a bit tricky at first, but fun. e.g. true black and white without greys. For your own matrix this might help (but definitely another format :/ ): https://kazzkiq.github.io/svg-…
Comment linking /negativescreen
on “Show HN: Grayscale the Web – A Chrome extension to help avoid mindless browsing”