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Prevent Default
Personal blog · sts10.github.ioprogrammingsystems
Prevent Default is a personal blog at sts10.github.io about programming and systems. Since 2022, 5 different Hacker News readers have linked it 7 times. It is still writing: the last post was on 2025-06-16, and you can follow it by feed.
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Why HN links it
The linked posts cover passphrase word lists optimized to reduce TV remote clicks, a 'Schlinkert pruning' method, and a Netflix password post. Commenters pass them along as related reading.
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What Hacker News says?
Author here. This was a fun project -- thanks for posting it! I'm particularly interested in thoughts on a process I created called ["Schlinkert pruning"]( https://sts10.github.io/2022/08/12/efficiently-pruning-until... ).
Comment linking /2022/08/12/efficiently-pruning-until-uniquely-decodable.html
on “Passphrase word lists optimized to reduce clicks of a TV remote”Submitted Bell Labs: An Institute of Creative Technology (2015) as a story · 121 points
HN discussionRelated: https://sts10.github.io/2022/10/24/a-good-netflix-password.h...
Comment linking /2022/10/24/a-good-netflix-password.html
on “Passphrase word lists optimized to reduce clicks of a TV remote”Submitted Reviving decade-old Macs with antiX and MX Linux (2022) as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted Mini PC buying guide (2022) as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Phraze, a Passphrase Generator (2023) as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Making a passphrase word list uniquely decodable with minimal cuts (2022) as a story · 1 points
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