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Jemm··on Auto Xylophone with Homemade Solenoids

  "I used to hate electromagnetism"
Not a sentence I expected to hear today.
Jemm··on Canada to regulate podcasts
CRTC, like most Canadian regulators, do not have the resources to enforce their rules.

This will be yet another useless unenforceable burden.

Jemm··on Rewind Pendant: a wearable that captures what you say and hear
A bit surprised Apple let this app in their ecosystem.
Jemm··on Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (October 2023)
SEEKING WORK

  Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada (Eastern Time Zone)
  Remote: Yes, or hybrid or office
  Willing to relocate: Yes, depends on the country
  Technologies: Swift, Objective-C,C#,C,C++,Javascript,PHP,NextJS,Pascal,Fortran, Python, Networking, Windows System Administration, Graphics design and animation.
 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/abby-jonsin-2bb328186/
  E-mail: abbyjonsin@gmail.com
Jemm··on The Ingenious Cardboard Bed
Unsupported edges right where people will sit.
Jemm··on Motocompacto from Honda, 3.7 inch wide Briefcase-form Electric Scooter
Would not be legal in Toronto where it would need pedals
Jemm··on ChatGPT Can Now Chat Aloud with You (and Yes, It Sounds Pretty Much Human)
Whoever designed that website needs a break to re-evaluate their life choices.
Jemm··on End of servicing plan for third-party printer drivers on Windows
Manufacturer installed "drivers" are much more than just drivers. They are designed to lock in users and collect data while constantly upselling.
Jemm··on SmartKnob – Haptic input knob with software-defined endstops and virtual detents
The flight/space sim community would love this.
Jemm··on The new Polaroid I-2 instant camera
Why? Even in the day these were mostly used as novelty, party cameras or for shots you didn't want the photo finishing shop to see.
Jemm··on Measure wind speed and direction with ultrasonic anemometer and Arduino
Converting to a NMEA output would make this fairly handy for sailboats
Jemm··on Counterfeit Apple II computers (1985) [video]
Had an Apple II+ clone that was in a PC style case which made the whole thing more convenient as the drives were in the chassis.

The Apple II+ clone had a CPM card made by Microsoft.

Jemm··on Apple to Limit iPhone 15 USB-C Cables to USB 2.0 Speeds: Report
So they hobble the regular phone to encourage upgrades. That would by typical of Apple.
Jemm··on Block YouTube ads on AppleTV by decrypting and stripping ads from Profobuf
Is the $10/month supporting creators?
Jemm··on Ask HN: What do non-technical founders need to know about software dev?
Without a sales and marketing budget your product is doomed. There are very few exceptions and very few companies with the funds to burn on a product that is not marketed.
Jemm··on Giving up the iPad-only travel dream
Apple has hobbled the iPad and I can only assume the intention is to not cut in to MacBook profits. Thus the iPad is really only useful for content consumption and even then it fails.
Jemm··on Camera crushes Lidar, claims startup
Hasn't this already been settled after Tesla's claim?
Jemm··on Job Corps: free, residential training and education for low-income young adults
Computer repair is now considered a blue collar job?
Jemm··on Negative developer comments about Agile and Scrum on social media
I hate that Agile and Scrum are being used as yet another layer of management that abstracts the people doing the work from the resources they need.

Maybe in a properly run shop it works and I have just had poor luck.

Jemm··on A frog levitating in a strong magnetic field (1997) [video]
Yes but is it superconducting? /s
Jemm··on Try the last internet Kermit server
You won't get the 1980s experience without busy signals, mom telling you to get off the phone with your computer, and sysops who demand upload/download ratios.
Jemm··on Wavy walls use fewer bricks than a straight wall (2020)
fewer bricks than a straight wall with supports.
Jemm··on Young people are flocking to astrology
I know the person who wrote the astrology forecasts for a major publication. She would boast about how she made it all up.
Jemm··on Ask HN: Looking for a Firefox compatible extension for voice controlled actions
Same.
Jemm··on How many of you have memorialized an IP address?
I still own a class C from the 90s when we ran an ISP on Windows NT and can recite the base address still.
Jemm··on Launch HN: Twenty.com (YC S23) – Open-source CRM
Customer relationship management (CRM)
Jemm··on Laws of UX
Noticing that most websites are designed for mobile now and barely work on desktop especially if zoomed in or using accessibility features.

Sticky headers take up half the page.

Margins are too wide for the browser

Images are way too big compared to text size

Images don't fit on the page no matter what zoom level you use.

Jemm··on Charger outages leave northern Ontario EV drivers stranded
Ontario, where most of the millions of immigrants wind up. Zero money spent building infrastructure, most of the province is uninhabitable or even reachable by anything other than sea planes or ski planes.
Jemm··on Jony Ive designs $60k turntable for Scottish hi-fi pioneers
As long as he stays away from any product I might ever have to use.
Jemm··on Time appeared to move 5 times more slowly in first billion years after Big Bang
Still holding on to the Big Bang like it was fact. Fun
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