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WooCommerce implementation I wrote a few years ago, US, Ireland, Japan, India:

https://github.com/BrianHenryIE/bh-wc-postcode-address-autof...

BrianHenryIEon Hello-World iOS App in Assembly

Yes. I have a bike helmet with integrated cameras. The company (Cyclevision) that made it is gone. So no Apple account. So no app for my helmet anymore.

BrianHenryIEon Microsoft confirms Windows 11 automatic deletions of System Restore points

They should have preserved existing behaviour for existing users and implemented this as a default only for new installs.

BrianHenryIEon The ADHD body double: A unique tool for getting things done

Yep, my sister makes fun of me that her mere presence makes me more productive. (when I shared an apartment with her in my early thirties) she'd sit in my room just chatting to me and I would tidy and clean without her doing anything, whereas I'd been meaning to do that for months.

I suggested the idea of a responsiblabuddy website today to my wife – if we're both in the same town I'd commit to coming to your house on Saturday and you'd commit to coming to mine on Sunday and I'd finally tidy my shed / weld those batteries / list those items on fb marketplace etc. Then I realised I'd need a responsabilabuddy to get me to start and finish the website!

There was a guy running a co-working space in Dublin (Ireland) who would open it up on the occasional Sunday for "Sideproject Sundays" which I found great for focus.

Edit: there are no search results for "responsiblabuddy", I know I didn't come up with that term

BrianHenryIEon List of DRM-Free Bookshops

I bought a book on Amazon recently and when it got delivered, I was too lazy to get off the couch to get it and I just downloaded it. Now I have the physical book and a copy that's convenient to open/reference whenever and wherever I am.

BrianHenryIEon A Missing Link Between Concussion and Alzheimer's

Thanks, I thought I was getting forgetful!

BrianHenryIEon Ask HN: Why can't Mozilla offer a paid privacy tier?

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/products/vpn/

BrianHenryIEon China Adds 160 Gigawatts in First 3 Quarters of 2024 – CleanTechnica

I found the article lacking the context of the total electricity generation. Is this 1%, 10%?

BrianHenryIEon Nate the Snake

I read that years ago. The punchline doesn't work without an American accent!

BrianHenryIEon Ask HN: Is there a simple installer file for PHP software?

* Composer is one file. It's a .phar (as described by @az09mugen)

* I think in typical use, Composer is installing via Packagist.org, which is typically pointed at a GitHub repo, and it is the repo's zip file that is downloaded to your computer. You can look in composer.lock and see `"type": "zip"` throughout

* It definitely has some sort of hash verification in the PostFileDownloadEvent class. I've never used it to know if it would satisfy your need

Similarly, WP CLI is a .phar file which can then install additional packages. It's really just using Composer under the hood.

BrianHenryIEon Ask HN: Monitoring the coming and going of Bluetooth devices around your home

I think you're looking for Home Assistant:

https://www.home-assistant.io/

BrianHenryIEon Ask HN: Is there a simple installer file for PHP software?

You've described the setup instructions for Composer. Which once Composer is installed, it can be used to install packages globally.

https://getcomposer.org/download/

BrianHenryIEon Ask HN: Why did collaborative web annotation never take off?

IIRC, Rap Genius sought and got investment for this idea but then later retracted back to just music lyrics.

BrianHenryIEon OpenAI to become for-profit company

Let me recommend my favourite TikTok/YouTube channel of late, The Forest Jar

what annoys you?: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9Le1ibX2zY

> if you went to a group of investors and pitched a board game where the winners get space ships and the losers die, they'd call you crazy. But if you suggested to those same investors that perhaps we shouldn't organize our entire society that way, they'd call you crazy.

BrianHenryIEon Ecstasy Drug Trials Missed Suicidal Thoughts of Subjects

https://archive.is/Kc0Wx

> 'Suicide Tuesday’ is a term that is sometimes used to describe the negative aftereffects that users may experience following an episode of ecstasy use

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3152632/

BrianHenryIEon Meta has run hundreds of ads for cocaine, opioids and other drugs

I live in California and when I try buy shower heads on Amazon I often get

> This item cannot be shipped to your selected delivery location. Please choose a different delivery location.

so there is an angle there – ship interstate and ignore California laws.

BrianHenryIEon Orca: WebAssembly Apps Without the Web

It is/was a tool for editing .msi installers for Windows.

BrianHenryIEon Ask HN: Struggling with poor memory and executive function. What to do?

Interesting. I get ads on TikTok for a drink with Lion's Mane in it:

https://www.drinkbrez.com/

And I recently bought protein bars (from an ad on TikTok) which turned out to have Lion's Mane:

https://www.eatiqbar.com/products/chocolate-mint-chip

BrianHenryIEon Ask HN: Struggling with poor memory and executive function. What to do?

I learned recently the "OHIO method" – Only Handle It Once.

If something is easy to deal with right now, just deal with it immediately.

For me, it's been dishes, trash, and organising (e.g. keys not in the key-bowl; cables not in the cable drawer) where it's helped most. I'd say it's a 30% improvement, which doesn't necessarily sound great, but it's all about things that require almost zero effort.

I'll take a look into your reference soon!

BrianHenryIEon Dumb website only lets one user in at a time

About 15 years ago, I knew an online store that was closed on Sundays.

BrianHenryIEon Number of Pedestrians Killed by Drivers Remains Vexingly High

Original report:

https://www.ghsa.org/resources/Pedestrians24

Non-paywalled article:

https://usa.streetsblog.org/2024/06/26/pedestrian-deaths-dro...

> Yes, fewer pedestrians died on America's roads last year than in 2022. But was it because we saved their lives, or because fewer people dared to walk, or both?

BrianHenryIEon Ask HN: What resources to learn about making a computer mouse?

Here's a simple kit where you 3D print the mouse and assemble it. Maybe too simple for what you're looking for, but nice and tangible:

https://us.store.bambulab.com/products/wireless-mouse-compon...

BrianHenryIEon Parking reform legalized most of the new homes in Buffalo and Seattle (2023)

That's a bit of an odd response. I just spent the weekend in Yosemite (I took Amtrak). I live in Sacramento, by the river.

Car ownership is objectively, measurably bad. Are you pretending it's not?

https://www.strongsactown.org/2024/03/17/suburbs-drive-sacra...

BrianHenryIEon Air Quality Monitors Compared: AirGradient vs. Purple Air

When I did the research: Aranet4

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07YY7BH2W

I bought one for myself, fine, then two for my siblings. The two I bought them always measured about 100 apart, when right beside each other.

To say – use the measurements as a comparison of what you know.

BrianHenryIEon Apple introduces M4 chip

I really wish I could program my dishwasher because it's not cleaning very well and if I could add an extra rinse cycle I think it would be fine.

BrianHenryIEon Rust vs. Swift

Swift is really nice to write. I wish I were paid to use it! I spent this weekend toying with embedded Swift. I work day to day with PHP and recent versions have introduced some language features that make it much nicer than it used to be (constructor property promotion, readonly properties) but I try to keep a rule of no PHP at the weekend.

https://madmachine.io/products/swiftio-playground-kit

BrianHenryIEon A love letter to bicycle maintenance and repair

Cycling is a joy.

When I experience / see people diss cyclists, I'm sad for them. It implies they cannot empathise with others (me). My physical and mental health are better thanks to cycling.

BrianHenryIEon Ask HN: Do you identify your race and gender in a job application?

AIUI, the companies are required to collect that data but are not allowed to use it as part of the hiring process.

My work and education history points to me being most likely a white Irish guy! http://brianhenry.ie/cv

> The EEOC collects workforce data from employers with more than 100 employees ... Employers meeting the reporting thresholds have a legal obligation to provide the data; it is not voluntary.

https://www.eeoc.gov/data/eeo-data-collections

BrianHenryIEon Live NASA telescope feed for today's solar eclipse [video]

Did you experience totality?

I saw the 2017 eclipse and found it was way better than I expected.

BrianHenryIEon Escaping surveillance capitalism, at scale

I just looked it up and it's available for me in Sacramento for $225/month

> Single-device wired speed maximum 4.7Gbps.

https://www.att.com/buy/broadband/availability.html?product_...