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VikingIV··on Replacing the old battery on rechargeable bike lights
If you use a bike computer: the Garmin Varia tail lights auto shutoff shortly after disconnecting from the computer, and the computers themselves have auto shutoff after a period of inactivity.
VikingIV··on Wi-Fi 7 Overview (2024)
Stabile, high bandwidth connections for wireless APs, Home A/V, IP cameras (wireless is typically junk in this category) & other PoE IoT devices. Wired connections are still incredibly useful.
VikingIV··on Autogenerating a Book Series from Three Years of iMessages
This desperately needs to happen — in a way that all messages and media can be exported in a sensibly reviewable format. Heck, I'd just like to be able to archive a backup that I know can be restored in the future on another device.
VikingIV··on Driver adventures for a 1999 webcam
I believe they now most do follow the UVC standard; however OP's Logitech camera was manufactured before that was established.
VikingIV··on Ask HN: Absolute Safest Investment for Inheritance
Inflation outpacing your account's interest rate is a risk factor which FDIC doesn't insure against. While your balance won't decrease, its buying power relative to the current dollar will weaken.

E.g. an $800k purchase in 2003 would now cost $1.3m.

VikingIV··on Ask HN: Absolute Safest Investment for Inheritance
I believe what deadeye is suggesting here isn't necessarily that you need to share your answers, but that this is only an essential, introductory line of questions typically used when evaluating investment vehicles best suited to you — particularly when seeking qualified advice from a licensed professional. A lot of people end up in various depths of DIY wealth management before realizing they really don't know it all, and advisors dedicate years of their lives to licensing and continuing education on the matter. A large part of this is leveraging acceptable risk per-client/investor.
VikingIV··on The next generation of AirPods
I've had better luck with the Jabra Elite wireless earbuds. Less complaints of background noise or muffled voices than the AirPods I tried using for a very brief period.
VikingIV··on This Website is hosted on an Casio fx-9750GII Calculator
They're amazing little machines. I have a predecessor to that model, whose battery still works since purchased new for my school year starting in 2000. It's not solar-charged, either.
VikingIV··on Show HN: Six Degrees of Wikipedia
Were either of your creations around since ~2012? I recall someone sharing this very concept in a room on turntable.fm, except it would list it's discovery in real-time as an ordered list. I've been racking my memory for 2 years trying to find a link again, but here we are!
VikingIV··on The capital sharp S in now part of the official German orthography
There certainly are. To their point, quite a few of the languages on that list with no grammatical gender are of a similar ancestor language as Persian.
VikingIV··on The capital sharp S in now part of the official German orthography
Interestingly, it's an easy language & script to learn. In terms of what someone referred to as a "good global language" for universal ease of learning, it provides a great base.
VikingIV··on HN now mostly readable on mobile
I just found this out by trying the site in mobile Chrome for the first time in months. Pleasant surprise!
VikingIV··on Grooveshark Shuts Down
http://www.soundtrack.io/ is well under way from the Coding Soundtrack community that came together when TurnTable.fm was alive.
VikingIV··on The $200 Billion Rip-Off: Our broadband future was stolen (2007)
Let's take that rooftop box example. Would this operate better if it weren't on any 802.11 frequency, but another with less noise... a point-to-multipoint box which can communicate with a proprietary gateway in each domicile (or open source device design for enthusiasts), which could also provide routing?
VikingIV··on Colorado Stores Throw Open Their Doors to Pot Buyers
http://www.luhsetea.com