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TKAB··on Fastpotify
oh my god. The WinAMP mode is awesome! Probably been waiting for this to be available on macOS for 20 years.
TKAB··on OpenTrafficMap
This is an English translation from the talk description:

Did you know that if your car supports *Car2X* via *ITS-G5*, it transmits its exact GPS position, speed, longitudinal and lateral acceleration, pedal positions, length and width, and much more—all unencrypted—up to four times per second on a 5-GHz band?

Trams in Graz also transmit this data, including their line numbers. This allows us to track the trams in real time and display them on a map.

Many traffic lights in Graz now support *C-ITS* and transmit data every second regarding the exact configuration of the lanes, the current signal status, and when the next phase is expected.

With an *ESP32-C5*, we can already receive this data from a distance of several hundred meters.

We’ll show you how we collect and process this data. On a live map, you can see (within the coverage area) trams, the color of the traffic lights and when they’ll change next, and which cars equipped with Car2X are currently driving and at what speed.

Using Grafana, we display historical data on traffic light cycles and statistics, such as wait times at crosswalks and in traffic lanes. We also give you access to the collected data for your own analysis.

To improve coverage, we need your help! We’ve built a board with *ESP32-C5* and *PoE* that lets you capture *C-ITS* packets yourself and share them with us for our open map, or process them on your own.

TKAB··on RX – a new random-access JSON alternative
could this be useful for embedding info in server generated web pages that are then picked up by a JavaScript. e.g. a tom-select country picker that gets its data from an embedded RX structure?
TKAB··on We gave terabytes of CI logs to an LLM
That post reads like fully LLM-generated. It's basically boasting a list of numbers that are supposed to sound impressive. If there's a coherent story, it's well hidden.
TKAB··on Willow – Protocols for an uncertain future [video]
Open systems provide plenty of opportunity for smaller businesses to provide innovative and convenient services. What kind of innovation and experimentation other then getting more ads in are the gatekeepers that we have today interested in doing as long as there's no competition?
TKAB··on Time Machine-style backups with rsync (2018)
What happened to tarsnap? Anybody using it?
TKAB··on Redprints CFP: an open source CFP management app built with Rails and Inertia.js
Call for proposals

Took me quite some time to figure it out. Short explanation in the post would be great.

TKAB··on Praxis-Emergent/Islandjs-Rails
Seems like a good idea. There are similar projects for Rails and React though, so I’m not sure what’s different here.
TKAB··on Building a Medieval Castle from Scratch
Similar project in Friesach in South of Austria (near Italy and Slovenia): https://burgbau.at/burgbaufrie/?page_id=3192

Die whole city (or village) is a lot into medieval stuff, so it's a really great surrounding.

TKAB··on Removal of Heroku free product plans
I've found https://dokku.com to be a great (self-hosted) alternative to heroku. For hobby and small company size a cheap root server will do great. I've been running one at Hetzner for ~5EUR/month for more than a year now and had a very smooth experience.
TKAB··on TailScale – Instantly interconnect your devices and services, wherever they are
Is this manly for businesses or would I also benefit from it in a private (family, alone) setting?
TKAB··on Ask HN: Best way to create a landing page?
An option that I like to use is Middleman (or any other static site generator) for creating the pages and Netlify for hosting, all for free even with your own domain and HTTPS.

You have nice static HTML pages with a CDN, super fast, and there's even a CMS option with NetlifyCMS, which works by creating git commits for you and then automatically pushes the new static version on Netlify. The basics in Netlify are free and there are nice add-ons where some are also free (e.g. forms).

Check out the template list here: https://templates.netlify.com

TKAB··on The New Austrian Railways' Intercity and Nightjet Sleeper Train Interior Design
As a regular train traveller here in Austria and I'm very curious how this turns out.

Currently the Intercity/RailJet trains are more like a downgrade to what was available before. They look nicer, but provide quite uncomfortable seating and offer no possibility to change the seating inclination; due to the air condition it's very noisy; there's no place to put your feet in an elevated position; there's no compartments, the whole car is one big room; and the only option for children is an open place with a TV, you have a lot of fun chasing your small children through the train.

TKAB··on Ask HN: App or service for linkable, “watch-later” video messages/screenshares?
https://www.vidyard.com/govideo/
TKAB··on Ask HN: Which tool do you use to create beautiful diagrams?
Nice!
TKAB··on Ask HN: Which tool do you use to create beautiful diagrams?
The ray-tracing idea really sounds great! What setup are you using for this?
TKAB··on How to Build a Medieval Castle (2016)
There's also one being built in the southern part of Austria: http://burgbau.at/burgbaufrie/?page_id=428 (unfortunately not every part is translated to English but only available in German).