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Show HN: Rainbowstream – Twitter the geek way (github.com)
93 points by DTVD 4344 days ago
8 comments
jarin 4344 days ago
This is a great way to stealth tweet at work, especially when combined with a 2nd monitor and a 4-way terminal split :)
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alexcroox 4343 days ago
If you are that worried about being caught Tweeting at work wouldn't you be more concerned about generating a public tweet with a timestamp showing you posted it at work?
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sbarre 4343 days ago
Most people consume Twitter a lot more than they produce tweets.

I almost never tweet from work, but I have the OS X app open most of the time (without any need to hide it where I work).

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alexcroox 4336 days ago
Ah sorry "tweeting" is an action to post a tweet. I thought that's what they meant.
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zidar 4344 days ago
And it works better than lynx.
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fsiefken 4343 days ago
I'm using https://github.com/sferik/t is this better
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DTVD 4343 days ago
I think t is rather like a Linux command, while Rainbow Stream is an app and focus on display and custom hashtag following with streaming API.
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chazu 4344 days ago
Fantastic, I've been looking for a way to stop using Janetter for some time, and my love of TUIs means this is right up my alley!
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GrinningFool 4344 days ago
I've had almost exactly this on my back-burner of "things that would be nice to write if nobody else does". Thanks!
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likeclockwork 4344 days ago
I think I'll actually give Twitter a shot now. This looks much more convenient than the web interface.
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moriara 4343 days ago
Feature request! Instead of a link to photos, there could be ASCII converted images, like with http://picascii.com/
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DTVD 4343 days ago
You mean when we type a "show image x" ? Would be an awesome feature :) If I can I will try to do the ascii magic directly on terminal first :)
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moriara 4343 days ago
Sounds good! This is really neat and elegant by the way :)
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BorisMelnik 4344 days ago
thank you! I've been looking for something like this for a while now, been trying to mess with the API myself but a tad over my head.
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etep 4344 days ago
wow, that is awesome
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