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Comics Kingdom Easy Browser

November 16, 2025 Comics Kingdom Easy Browser2025-11-16T15:06:07+01:00 2 Comments apps, comics, Kiro, Linux, SPECIAL, vibecoding

This is the sibling of the web version of the Comic Strip Browser for GoComics, which needed a counterpart for ComicsKingdom.com, which hosts the comics syndicated through King Features Syndicate,…

Comic Strip Browser in your browser!

November 15, 2025 Comic Strip Browser in your browser!2025-11-16T15:09:29+01:00 No Comment apps, comics, Kiro, Linux, SPECIAL, vibecoding

Even myself, a huge fan of local, standalone apps, I have to admit that nowadays almost everything is a web app. And the Comic Strip Browser app, a PyQt6 software…

Comic Strip Browser v. 1.1.3: new strips!

November 15, 2025 Comic Strip Browser v. 1.1.3: new strips!2025-11-16T03:26:46+01:00 No Comment apps, comics, Kiro, Linux, SPECIAL, vibecoding

I released two new versions of my Comic Strip Browser one after another the same day. That's because 1.1.2 added 6 new strips, but 1.1.3 had to remove an older…

Comic Strip Browser v. 1.1.1: new features and new bugs!

October 24, 2025 Comic Strip Browser v. 1.1.1: new features and new bugs!2025-11-15T00:33:58+01:00 No Comment apps, comics, Kiro, Linux, SPECIAL, vibecoding

Exactly three months ago, I wrote The magic of Amazon’s Kiro: my 1st vibe-coded PyQt6 app! It was meant to introduce a PyQt6 Linux app for browsing a selection of…

The magic of Amazon’s Kiro: my 1st vibe-coded PyQt6 app!

July 25, 2025 The magic of Amazon’s Kiro: my 1st vibe-coded PyQt6 app!2025-09-27T23:48:06+01:00 8 Comments AI, apps, bugs, Claude, comics, Kiro, Linux, longread, PyQt6, python, SPECIAL, tips, vibecoding

The recently released Amazon Kiro, even if it's just a preview, is the latest shit in AI-assisted software development. I happened to download it while it was still possible (now…

Alexandre Dubois on It ain’t no freedom, and it’ll be even less of it: “You have a brain and use it. I love people who use their brains. I feel less lonely. Thank you…” Nov 27, 20:22
Béranger on Me no know much, but running LLMs locally was disappointing: “I’m not a fan of running AI models locally on low-end systems (and I hate Nvidia), but 4 weeks ago…” Nov 27, 12:39
Béranger on eMag Marketplace: loc de luat țeapă de la chinezii din Lyon!: “eMag continuă să afișeze falsuri ordinare pe marketplace, iar cum vânzarea se face prin eMag.ro, sunt complici la înșelătorie! Dar…” Nov 26, 22:01
Béranger on ChatGPT și CCR: Deci așa, cam în vreo 15 ani…: “Curtea Constituțională decide cine trăiește și cine moare. CCR a respins criteriul oncologic pentru retragerea integrală a fondurilor din pensiile…” Nov 25, 22:19
Jonney Bonehead on Microsoft’s lawsuits alone should have made us ditch them: “Why does all of society put up with these goons? In a saner world these deranged tech CEOs and their…” Nov 24, 20:23
Béranger on Should we stop wanting to hack-install Win11 on older CPUs?: “This is mostly about smartphones, not just computers, but it’s terribly offensive and dumb: Americans are holding onto devices longer…” Nov 24, 15:12
Béranger on SPECIAL: Trust your gut, but revise your subjunctive—and beware of dictionaries!: “And a tiny addition: Merriam-Webster censors!” Nov 24, 00:01
Béranger on On the AI Apocalypse: ARTE documentaries & NYT interviews: “Peter Thiel at “Interesting Times” with Ross Douthat: — On YT: A.I., Mars and Immortality: Are We Dreaming Big Enough?…” Nov 23, 17:21
Béranger on SPECIAL: Trust your gut, but revise your subjunctive—and beware of dictionaries!: “Even a post with 12,000 words, which needs 2 hours to be properly read and understood, supported some additions, and…” Nov 23, 17:11
Béranger on 📖 In the unlikely event you installed Lubuntu 25.10…: “Just in case: How to install Proton VPN on Lubuntu.” Nov 19, 18:29
Béranger on ChatGPT și CCR: Deci așa, cam în vreo 15 ani…: “Scrisoarea Ares(2025)2415057 nu este document public, nu poate fi găsită online pe siturile europene. Dar dacă jalonul de PNRR depindea…” Nov 17, 19:24
Béranger on Ubuntu 26.04 LTS will make snaps unavoidable: “We should hope that LTS releases will always be more polished, but QA seems to be deteriorating. Ubuntu Cinnamon can…” Nov 16, 23:26
HAL on Ubuntu 26.04 LTS will make snaps unavoidable: “Regarding your last point, that’s true, but 25.10 is not LTS, whereas 24.04 is. The latter is undoubtedly more refined…” Nov 16, 23:21
Béranger on Comics Kingdom Easy Browser: “Non, il n’y a RIEN franco-belge EN ACCÈS GRATUIT en ligne ! Sinon, même les Italiens… mais pas en ligne.” Nov 16, 22:32
HAL on Comics Kingdom Easy Browser: “Supported Comic Strips… Pfff, pourquoi que de l’anglais ? Il y a des trucs français, belges…. également. Nous sommes tristes…” Nov 16, 22:31
Béranger on The magic of Amazon’s Kiro: my 1st vibe-coded PyQt6 app!: “NEW! ComicsKingdom is also covered by a web app!” Nov 16, 15:20
Béranger on The magic of Amazon’s Kiro: my 1st vibe-coded PyQt6 app!: “UPDATES: version 1.1.3 and Comic Strip Browser in your browser!” Nov 16, 03:25
Béranger on Linux Apps: The failure of Foliate: “” Nov 15, 15:01
HAL on Linux Apps: The failure of Foliate: “Readest under Linux, yes, but…. it’s an AppImage 🙁” Nov 15, 14:56
Béranger on ChatGPT și CCR: Deci așa, cam în vreo 15 ani…: “Să nu uiți, Darie! Magistrații care și-au suspendat parțial activitatea pe perioada grevei ilegale de la finalul lunii august și…” Nov 14, 17:57
Béranger on ChatGPT și CCR: Deci așa, cam în vreo 15 ani…: “Ba nu, nu se va schimba nimic nici în 15 ani. Gabriel Liiceanu: Ne-a trădat întâi primul președinte de după…” Nov 14, 15:45
Béranger on They cancelled Sabine H. for calling the emperor naked!: “Sabine H., on Nov. 5: I was SO wrong about quantum computing. I was officially wrong about quantum computers. And…” Nov 14, 15:22
Béranger on Linux Apps: The failure of Foliate: “I did not revisit e-book readers on Linux, but I revisited them on Android and Windows, here. Takeaways: ● Icecream…” Nov 14, 15:08
Béranger on ChatGPT și CCR: Deci așa, cam în vreo 15 ani…: “CTP: Mită anticorupție și matematică prezidențială: ● În Justiția din România se desfășoară procesul cu ușile deschise Magistrații versus Poporul…” Nov 14, 12:42
Béranger on Kimi and Z.AI: The more Chinese, the merrier!: “Visiting kimi.com with a mobile browser doesn’t give you anymore a direct download link to an APK. Instead, it redirects…” Nov 14, 12:38
Béranger on Ubuntu 26.04 LTS will make snaps unavoidable: “When I said that Linux Mint adds bugs to Ubuntu, I forgot to add that LMDE adds bugs to Debian!…” Nov 13, 01:43
Béranger on 📖 In the unlikely event you installed Lubuntu 25.10…: “● Added a 22nd tip: Using Zswap (not ZRAM!). ● Small updates of tip #16 Bulky from Linux Mint and…” Nov 11, 04:31
Béranger on When being European pays the bill: Win10 has one more year: “Bleeping Computer: Still on Windows 10? Enroll in free ESU before next week’s Patch Tuesday.” Nov 9, 01:55
HAL on 📖 In the unlikely event you installed Lubuntu 25.10…: “Yes. Peut-être est-ce le nouveau menu par défaut de LXQt 2.3.0 ? Si c’est cela, espérons que Lubuntu le gardera dans…” Nov 6, 23:49
Béranger on 📖 In the unlikely event you installed Lubuntu 25.10…: “Aaah, chez Bobby Borisov ! Je ne sais pas comment il a fait pour obtenir ça. Si c’est comme ça par…” Nov 6, 23:45
HAL on 📖 In the unlikely event you installed Lubuntu 25.10…: “Je voulais parler du screenshot dans l’article dont vous donnez le lien en update de votre dernier commentaire. https://distrowatch.com/images/ktyxqzobhgijab/lubuntu.png Je…” Nov 6, 23:43
Béranger on 📖 In the unlikely event you installed Lubuntu 25.10…: “Ça doit être vous 🙂 Ici, le menu est tout à fait normal.” Nov 6, 23:01
HAL on 📖 In the unlikely event you installed Lubuntu 25.10…: “Is it just me, or is the Start Menu upside down? I prefer the categories on the left and the…” Nov 6, 22:54
Béranger on Alibaba outsmarts DeepSeek in AI offerings: “I only used Qwen in a browser, in some weeks more than in the 2nd week of September, when it…” Nov 6, 18:34
Béranger on Windows IoT 10 Enterprise LTSC 2021: Would you have expected me to write about it?: “This is what’s wrong in your story: left her notebook on repair at local PC store/workshop Oh, and I found…” Nov 6, 00:30
Béranger on 📖 In the unlikely event you installed Lubuntu 25.10…: “Oh, LXQt 2.3.0 has been released! Announcement, GitHub. I don’t care about Wayland, but there are minor improvements in PCManFM-Qt,…” Nov 6, 00:28
Alex on Windows IoT 10 Enterprise LTSC 2021: Would you have expected me to write about it?: “I will write a retarded comment, but it is a true story: my friend some time ago left her notebook…” Nov 5, 23:12
John Jones Jr on So You Know Why People Vote for Extremists in Europe: “I suspect capitalists in the EU are pushing this on purpose (behind the scenes) to create a furor, they know…” Nov 5, 14:44
Béranger on Windows IoT 10 Enterprise LTSC 2021: Would you have expected me to write about it?: “Bleeping Computer: Microsoft has warned that some systems may boot into BitLocker recovery after installing the October 2025 Windows security…” Nov 5, 13:19
Aldus on 🤖 AI: from LLMs to Enslavement ● ChatGPT lies about its Search!: “Nine months later… In a comment to my previous post, I noted how Hugging Face alone, which is undoubtedly only…” Nov 5, 06:14
Sean Streiff on Hibernation, ZRAM and mental retardation in Linux: “Yes, this is EXACTLY the issue. Hibernation is just a civilized way to interact with any computer on which one…” Nov 4, 21:06
whoever on Lumo by Proton: a fraud of an AI: ““While I do need to process and store our conversation” → so, okay, there you’ve already overstepped, Proton. God forbid…” Nov 4, 14:45
Béranger on I still prefer VMware to VirtualBox: “Bleeping Computer: CISA orders feds to patch VMware Tools flaw exploited by Chinese hackers: Tracked as CVE-2025-41244 and patched one…” Nov 1, 02:05
Béranger on Kimi and Z.AI: The more Chinese, the merrier!: “Is it still true that the Kimi version from Google Play Store doesn’t allow authenticating with Google, but only by…” Nov 1, 01:25
Béranger on Când credeam că le-am văzut pe toate…: “Căcăciosul de la BackPackYourLife a vizitat bârlogul banditului de Radu Mazăre.” Nov 1, 00:54
Béranger on Bypassing GoComics’ paywall: “Indeed, I hate how they diluted so many strips through animations, games, paraphernalia, anything that can be exploited via franchising.…” Oct 31, 19:38
Uncle Max on Bypassing GoComics’ paywall: “I just wanted to add that my nieces and nephews who are around 10 years old, they’re deep into screens,…” Oct 31, 19:33
Uncle Max on Bypassing GoComics’ paywall: “You are a hero. Thank you!” Oct 31, 19:25
Béranger on namesake vs. homonym vs. eponym vs. Romance languages: “French has a modern meaning of “truculent” that’s not present in either English or other Romance languages: Le Robert online:…” Oct 31, 00:36
Béranger on 📖 In the unlikely event you installed Lubuntu 25.10…: “The most severe limitation of Lubuntu is that the live session cannot mount internal partitions, so it cannot be used…” Oct 29, 23:57
HAL on 📖 In the unlikely event you installed Lubuntu 25.10…: “Cool, thank you very much! It’s neither complicated nor difficult to do, so how can developers not be able to…” Oct 29, 18:12
Béranger on 📖 In the unlikely event you installed Lubuntu 25.10…: “Added a 21st tip: Mounting ISO files in PCManFM-Qt.” Oct 29, 13:12
Béranger on 📻 Radio Streams: “Overhaul of Joe.nl/Joe.be.” Oct 29, 12:27
HAL on Bluesabre is pathetic, and “the Xubuntu project” is retarded: “Unfortunately, this is likely to happen in the near future.” Oct 28, 23:33
Béranger on Bluesabre is pathetic, and “the Xubuntu project” is retarded: “Let it be this way. Who needs Wayland can go use KDE.” Oct 28, 20:09
HAL on Bluesabre is pathetic, and “the Xubuntu project” is retarded: “You forgot the previous part where they also talk about the lack of manpower forcing them to postpone certain developments,…” Oct 28, 20:06
Béranger on Lumo by Proton: a fraud of an AI: ““Access to advanced AI models” is the relevant feature. Maybe to the same question, a paying user is automatically “upgraded”…” Oct 28, 19:45
HAL on Lumo by Proton: a fraud of an AI: “Lumo Free: 0 €, Free forever — Limited daily chats — Access to web search — Basic chat history —…” Oct 28, 19:41
Béranger on Bluesabre is pathetic, and “the Xubuntu project” is retarded: “Oh, yes: We need help with development. Lubuntu is effectively in “maintenance mode” at this point, but we’d like to…” Oct 28, 19:03
HAL on Bluesabre is pathetic, and “the Xubuntu project” is retarded: “Lubuntu aussi demande de l’aide : Lubuntu 25.10 (Questing Quokka) Released! See Technical Notes. “We need help with development.”” Oct 28, 16:01