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adavon Show HN: Weedout – Safari extension that hides YouTube AI-labeled videos

I would guess it's because Safari users are happy to pay a little money for an extension whereas most other browser users wouldn't.

adavon The Codex App

Yes using the config.toml setup

adavon The Codex App

Works fine with Azure setup in the config.toml because I think it’s Codex CLI underneath!

adavon iPad Pro with M5 chip

EXO Labs are doing interesting things with LLM clusters on commodity hardware. I'd quite like to plug my MacBook next to my iPad and get the extra local AI oomph.

adavon The Deep Research problem

The ads will just become either bulk misinformation or carefully worded data points that nudge the AI towards a more favourable view of the product being sold.

adavon Analog GPS: Scrolling Wrist and Car-Mounted Maps of the 20s and 30s (2016)

I’d love to make my own scrolling maps.

Can anyone think of a good algorithm for “unrolling” or nearly “straightening” a wiggly route line so that it could fit in one long narrow straight strip?

It still needs to retain illustrative turns and kinks to help with wayfinding.

adavon Show HN: I made a website to find best bus seat to avoid the sun while traveling

Does the glass block lots of UV?

adavon Breakfast cereal is in long-term decline

The reason I buy cereal less is because it’s now so unbelievably expensive. I treat myself when the own-brands are on offer.

adavon Europe’s Longest Bicycling Tunnel Opens in Norway

Tell that to the engineers of the Millennium Bridge in London. Resonance from foot traffic caused it to start swaying, requiring shoring up with massive dampers.

adavon Show HN: CheekyKeys – A Face-Controlled Keyboard

A play on macOS's backwards 'natural scrolling'? Very good!

adavon Cyclists now outnumber motorists in City of London

Electric motorbikes? A considerable amount of riders I have seen have hot-wired throttles, overriding the road legal pedal-assist.

adavon UK Spring budget: R&D cuts but quantum spend

The £1M AI “Manchester Prize” seems particularly interesting.

adavon [dead]

The Tech specs page doesn't differentiate the yellow model as having a different battery to the rest of the range. I was also confused by the title.

adavon The DeLorean Alpha

Years ago the motoring media was very excited by the idea that electric cars could have a shared “skateboard” and then a coach-built body on top. Surely this DeLorean would be an excellent application of this - standard platform plus shiny bodywork and fancy doors! Why do they want to build a whole platform from scratch just to cash in on the nostalgia?

adavon How secure is merely discarding (TRIMing) all of a SSD's blocks?

Take the drive out and smash it to bits.

adavon Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (March 2023)

  Location: London, UK
  Remote: No (Hybrid ok)
  Willing to relocate: No
  Technologies: Scala, Typescript, Java, databases, cloud ...
  Résumé/CV: Please contact
  Email: hn(at)adav.me

adavon Keep your AI claims in check

Perhaps a little too elegant, precise, and clear... wouldn't it be deliciously ironic if this blog was written by chatgpt?

adavon Ask HN: What would be your stack if you are building an MVP today?

Whichever "boring" technology you're most familiar/fastest/productive with. It rarely matters. Don't waste time learning a new language/platform when you should be testing the idea itself as quickly as possible.

adavon About Security Keys for Apple ID

Isn’t it odd that Apple are not yet selling their own security keys?

adavon London’s historic Smithfield Market meets a new chapter

Everywhere in central London seems to be becoming food halls and posh flats.

adavon A collection of Soviet control rooms (2017)

Not Soviet per se... Londoners can visit Battersea Power Station Control Room B. It's a rather similar aesthetic. Just ask at the bar to have a look and they'll let you through a little gate.

adavon How did Roomba-recorded photos end up on Facebook?

I don't have a Roomba (or have used their app) but when something annoyingly insists on my location to setup/install, I just hit "Allow Once" with "Precise: Off" just to get past that screen. Then you can turn off the Location Services to "Never" for that app in Settings straight after. Not perfect but good enough?

adavon Does glass break faster than a bullet? [video]

Wadsworth Constant, I believe.

adavon “A solution in search of a problem” is a low-rates phenomenon

From memory, I believe that the software from Palm lives on powering "smart" TVs.

adavon Smartphones wiped out 97% of the compact camera market

Which model is considered by photographers as the last "best" compact camera?

adavon Mercedes locks faster acceleration behind a $1,200 annual paywall

Having the functionality restricted behind a missing button etc isn't new. For example, it's the same with engines where the same block is used across different performance variants when used with the uprated parts... The new bit is being charged monthly for access. If you don't pay, they remotely disable the functionality.

adavon Just a bunch of idiots having fun: a photo history of the LAN party

Just think how many health and safety forms that a college facilities team would have to go through to cut a mystery (possibly live) cable these days.

adavon EU Voice

Does their response to that FAQ really answer the question? It has me slightly baffled.

adavon Truckers plan LA/Long Beach work stoppage Wednesday to protest AB5

AB5 seems similar to IR35 in the UK.

adavon Swag in the Tech Industry

I have very fond memories of competitions with friends to see who could get the most free pens at careers fairs.