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apinneson Xbox's new policy – say goodbye to unofficial accessories from November

I don't fall out with the desire of an official accessory program, but to make existing accessories obsolete from Nov 12th is a really disappointingly poor decision.

It needlessly creates e-waste of these products, and likely disproportionately impacts those less well off who's only option would be to pick cheaper, unlicensed accessories.

apinneson Ask HN: What is a good company for you?

Great question. For me, to be a great company it must have a combo of traits: a mission I'm bought into, a team that compliment each other, and great work-life balance.

apinneson A flight simulator that runs in the browser

Luckily it doesn't do any email validation so you could just enter junk to access it.

apinneson Audiobookshelf: Self-hosted audiobook and podcast server

Really cool, I'm going to give it a try.

My current setup is to host the audiobooks in a Plex library and use a third party app like Prologue [1] on iOS or Chronicle [2] on Android which both work really well for offline listening and progress tracking.

[1] https://apps.apple.com/us/app/prologue/id1459223267 [2] https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=io.github.matt...

apinneson PBS SpaceTime

SpaceTime is an amazing channel, if you enjoy the in depth videos then I'd also highly recommend ScienceClic (no K at the end) and History of the Universe, both channels similarly go in deep on a lot of physics, and have really great visuals.

apinneson 'Whitest ever' paint reflects 98% of sunlight

This would be great for a projector screen on a wall, surrounded by black 3.0.

apinneson Google Glass is still around and just got its first update in nearly three years

Whoosh

apinneson Fasting triggers stem cell regeneration of damaged, old immune system (2014)

What sorts of meals are you eating when doing it once a day? Are they big/small meals, or a mix of the two?

apinneson 71 TiB DIY NAS Based on ZFS on Linux

Hey mate, I've got a few questions if you don't mind:

How much does it cost in terms of power to have something of that size running 24/7 (I'm assuming it is?)?

Now you've set it up, does it require much of your time to manage monthly?

What sorts of things are you using the space for?

Lastly, how much did it cost in parts/time to get it all up and running, does it work out cheaper rolling your own or would you have been cheaper using a cloud solution instead, or does that just not meet your use-case/needs?

apinneson Hacker News is down, so we made five issues free

Mirrors for 4 of the issues:

Issue 12 - https://mega.co.nz/#!1JBAhTrD!TFJGnCL0WZoYFiyQ1l-EkSSdpoEHFK...

Issue 17 - https://mega.co.nz/#!5VhF2T4Z!RHrGVhq5niaR_yT-a0ELDB1CAuhQKl...

Issue 21 - https://mega.co.nz/#!RdomTShI!J4aRultSbwh7ylwxUUoNzQDCwJYZIg...

Issue 26 - https://mega.co.nz/#!RJxzwLBL!Dzgd71TrFl-gTtQajNFSYF3aqpVOjZ...

apinneson No bullshit guide to math and physics

Yeah I'm holding out for an ebook as well. I'll check back again tomorrow.