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DarthNebo··on Turn your phone into a space monitoring tool
That's great for monitoring & setting up shots but still doesn't show up as a native device. What I usually do is hook a stream upto OBS or join via video on the phone & stay muted+silent on my laptop.
DarthNebo··on Turn your phone into a space monitoring tool
We don't even have apps to turn an Android/iOS device into a proper native webcam using UVC over USB2.0 & all attempts at RTSP/other sttreaming protocols just feel hacky & laggy.
DarthNebo··on Ask HN: Why are there no open-source printers?
Feel like the paper printing domain should be split between bulk/low-res grayscale needs & high quality multicolour ones.

The former should be something the 3D printing ecosystem can easily come together around.

DarthNebo··on Show HN: PNG to PDF Conversion in the Browser
You can checkout this too from Monterey, https://support.apple.com/en-in/guide/preview/prvw625a5b2c/m... very handy when dealing with screenshots & random pics with text that need to be extracted.
DarthNebo··on Show HN: PNG to PDF Conversion in the Browser
For folks who need an offline tool, macOS has it in the right-click menu for most file formats under > Quick Actions.
DarthNebo··on Launch HN: Elementary (YC W22) – Open-source data observability
Right on point, they don't even have a filled out LICENSE on the repo

> Copyright [yyyy] [name of copyright owner]

https://github.com/elementary-data/elementary/blob/master/LI...

DarthNebo··on Ask HN: Can we ban Twitter links, please?
Twitter lets you see that specific content but nothing else w/o logging in. Still better than full blown paywalls IMO.
DarthNebo··on Ask HN: Why is Firefox losing marketshare and how would you save it?
I'd focus on beating Safari in terms of power consumption, better native integration(iCloud sync) & using these as a springboard for anything else. It's very difficult to recommend Firefox/Chrome/Brave on a Mac over Safari unless someone really needs specific addons.
DarthNebo··on How Not to Support Desktop GNU+Linux, Zoom Edition
Not surprised at all.

Instead of making use of the WebRTC API in the browser, they just threw us back to Skype days of needing a native client installed on your OS....

DarthNebo··on Ask HN: How to get YouTube to stop offering me a free trial of YouTube Premium?
You could use element blocking on Brave or similar addons on Chrome/FF/Safari
DarthNebo··on Show HN: Create animations by dragging an element with your mouse
This is really amazing! There's a steep learning curve to do creative work & this is certainly a step in the right direction of WYSIWYG instead of needing to know tool specific operators etc.
DarthNebo··on Tell HN: Rise in AWS accounts getting hacked and owner being stuck with the bill
Egress fees is one way to get a large bill on unrestricted static-file servers
DarthNebo··on Ask HN: Build Own PC in 2022?
I'd say watch a bunch of Linus Tech videos to get a broader sense of what is adequate for you.

My recommended specs are the following-

Ryzen 5 5600X

B550 Motherboard

RTX 3060

32GB Trident Z RAM[16GBx2]

Samsung 970 EVO 1/2TB

NZXT case - H510 variants to choose from

850W Modular PSU

DarthNebo··on Ask HN: My client want an agent on my laptop. Is this the new normal?
Ask them to provide a temp laptop for you.
DarthNebo··on How to build large-scale end-to-end encrypted group video calls
In India at least unused numbers are recycled back to new subscribers after 6 or so months of no activity. Blocking merely on the basis of the phone number would create issues in the future though
DarthNebo··on Ask HN: I've lost faith in myself as a developer, how do I get it back?
You could try focussing on other facets of the tech industry, rather than the one you are currently surrounded with.

Meet-ups, hackathons etc are good ways to stay up to date on diverse topics & letting your brain work on new stuff instead.

DarthNebo··on Lessons in trust from us-east-1
Corey is gonna have fun with the current US-WEST outage too!
DarthNebo··on Tell HN: AWS appears to be down again
"US-EAST-1 or bust" being manifested right now.
DarthNebo··on BusKill – A USB kill cord for laptops
Probably something the Shortcuts app could do, I couldn't find a Watch specific entry when creating one though. So it's just lock/unlock for now.
DarthNebo··on BusKill – A USB kill cord for laptops
Feel like this something similar can be accomplished for Macs using AirTags/Apple Watch proximity to do specific actions via Shortcuts App, instead of just locking/erasing remotely using 'Find My'.
DarthNebo··on Ask HN: Do you still use Clubhouse app?
Makes sense
DarthNebo··on Ask HN: Do you still use Clubhouse app?
Never even bothered with it, they seemed to initially sound as if the missing features were some sort of advanced tech that was going to take a lot of time to build.

When in fact they just weren't able to use Agora's SDK for Android properly. The weirdest thing is that they made it mobile app exclusive, for something which really does not need to be phone exclusive to begin with.

DarthNebo··on NASA's new sleeping bags could prevent eyeball 'squashing' on the ISS
The solution that sprung in my mind was akin to an artificial gravity simulator ring, slowly spinning beds arranged like a flower petal.
DarthNebo··on Borderless Media Consumption: Geoblocking Reform
I'd say having unfettered internet access is a bigger concern in oppressive regimes than being geo-blocked since this a choice that OTT companies make.
DarthNebo··on Her Instagram Handle Was ‘Metaverse.’ Last Month, It Vanished
Documenting your digital presence across platforms is the only way to get back with enough proof, if in the future a billion dollar company decides to launch a product with similar names. I'm feverishly awaiting the outcome for the Meta company[ https://meta.company ] case against FB's Meta.
DarthNebo··on Ask HN: What JS framework/library would you use for lightweight frontend work
Bulma CSS & vanillaJS/jQuery should be enough for most cases. Fast enough, instant feedback/updates and lightweight.

You'll be saving yourself a lot of time by not googling version compatibility issues or some obscure package bug of the front-end framework itself.

You only need full blown frameworks when you create an application which multiple teams would be working independently on and preferably using CI-CD as the means of deployment, this is absolutely not needed when you're trying to validate a solution or build a one-off project.

DarthNebo··on Mercedes Wins Race Against Tesla for Level 3 Autonomy Approval
What we really need is a side-by-side comparison of hardware in the loop simulations & actual ADAS equipped cars, for all levels of autonomy with human drivers for the same situation.

Safety boards of all countries should have autonomous cars and drivers react to real-life accidents and show how each would perform, thereby instilling confidence in public minds and making them aware of human driver lapses as well.

Driving safely needs to be about both - rules to be followed and how to react in adverse situations, the latter of which is never tested rigorously when giving out driving licences.

DarthNebo··on Avoiding Internet Centralization
I get the connectivity point but surely you would also need unfettered internet access if you live in countries which actively censor/cripple it like Russia, China, NK etc.
DarthNebo··on Avoiding Internet Centralization
Decentralisation efforts at this point is very akin to the democratic movements from centuries ago. Governments being reluctant to entertain efforts of taking back control, most recent example being StarLink asked to stop selling in India since they aren't registered as an ISP. The whole point of satellite internet is to avoid geo-control by any government body or local ISP.
DarthNebo··on Why are users force-fed with stuff like the “hovering emoji toolbar” in Teams?
More irritating than this is the fact that it will automatically show you as a way if Teams is not the active window after 10mins. Which kind of beats the purpose of using Teams as means to stay connected and share availability with your team. Hence making it futile to guess if someone is actually away or not, by having to ask every time.
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