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First of all, absolutely not. - Twitter hosts some of the highest quality content that get into the nitty gritty of some topic, exactly because it's so low friction to post to Twitter. Those of y…

About a year ago, I came across a book printing service [1] and didn't realize until that point, how accessible and cheap high quality book printing was. So I collected all the (poetry) content I…

I've been sending RSS feeds to my email since 2015, around the time that Google Reader was sunset. Advantages of doing this vs. using a dedicated app: - I have well designed email readers on all …

Yes, heuristics.

> I'll trend towards lower-level software even if it means more boilerplate This is exactly what 90%+ of people working on frameworks/languages don't get. Somewhere in their educatio…

I specifically avoided mentioning examples as that'll stir up a lang-war.

Here are my rules for picking framework/languages: - Avoid if specifically mentions big companies as users: Facebook, Twitter, Google, these have as many devs as needed to throw at the most tri…

Nice — RP2040 is cheap, capable (2 cores running at 120Mhz+, PIO, etc) and most importantly available . It can't be overstated just how the global chip shortage affects even hobbyists or those m…

> You really have to separate your life from comments on hacker news. Except, that's not how human brain works. You learn whatever you see often. That's why it's considered counterpr…

HN is no different than anywhere else. Majority of replies are hot headed, critical, cynical, and negative. You can have the most inspiring news, a huge innovation, big leaps in tech, great new produc…

> You are missing the point. And you should read past the first line. > The criticism is not about the individual utility of airtags, it's about how it creates a privacy issue for everyone …

> much more sensible than trying to live on Mars It's more sensible if you plan to keep a bunch of people there with constant supply from Earth. Elon wants to build a *self-sustaining* city on…

> He is either planning on building thousands of Starships or taking many years. Yes, he does have a plan to build thousands of spaceships. See previous presentations of his from 2016, 2017 and 201…

> I would love to see all the energy put into space exploration to simply be put in rehabilitating existing land. Quote from my past posts [1] on this point: > It's impossible to predict wh…

> Fuck everyone else I guess. They do seem to have dropped the ball on their Android app. Majority of reviews on that app is people complaining that it doesn't do background scans! Not sure if…

It reads content of RFID tags. Once you have the content, you can write it onto another tag and essentially duplicate the key. Some tags are easier to read than others. But so far, with a bit of diggi…

yes indeed — I missed it

> I'd be willing to pay $120 AUD (or $80 USD) for an umbrella that was seriously good quality https://au.davekny.com/ has good stuff although I haven't had one long enoug…

> if you live in an apartment with nfc entry, they might charge an arm and a leg to replace it, even if the actual device is only a few dollars That's just theft — plain and simple. The only h…

$50-ish — but that's not the point. I value my belongings because I spend great deal of time researching and finding products that I love using day in day out (unlike most people who constantly c…

Addressed head-on in the press release: > Display alert with sound: When AirTag automatically emits a sound to alert anyone nearby of its presence and is detected moving with your iPhone, iPad, or …

Like sibling post mentioned, you don't seem to be the target audience. I know a lot of people, friends and family, who constantly leave stuff behind, in restaurants, other people's places, o…

> This “feature” is garbage for the people who actually buy it. I'm one of those people who has 10 Airtag, who lives with others and haven't had this problem. As far as I (and many others…

Coins have flip sides :) But tech wise, I think UWB combined with AR is the tipping point for the application you mention. Bluetooth is unfortunately too coarse to be very useful in locating items. It…

Given the pace of innovation and the type of products I've seen from Cloudflare over the past couple of years, it seems like they're on their way to compete with AWS and other IaaS by essent…

This is a great response - very happy to hear Apple's involvement with various groups to make things better. Some noteworthy bits: > we innovated with the first-ever proactive system to alert …

Global death is 1% in a year. And you won’t hear about it, because it’s rounding error.

Yes, where I live, a lot of businesses charge you credit card surcharge of 2-3%. That’s $17 for a $16.60 priced item.