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aserron What Is Starlink Mesh? – Starlink Help Center

This sounds more interesting than it actually is. Starlink routers, provided with the standard service, support Eero-like mesh networking for use in larger homes.

It would be cool if this was some sort of multi-dish arrangement, but it is not.

aserron Evidence from the One Laptop per Child program in rural Peru

There’s a book, The Charisma Machine (https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262537445/the-charisma-machine/), that examines outcomes from multiple OLPC initiatives and covers many of the failings.

aserron Sent – Simple plaintext presentation tool

I like the concept.

If you’re looking for something with a little more capability and that fits nicely into a Markdown-centric workflow, there is also Marp: https://marp.app/

aserron Why is the Zoom app listening on my microphone when not in a meeting?

Pretty confident this is related to the way the Zoom app can detect what conference room you are in when that room is fully equipped with Zoom hardware.

From [Direct sharing in Zoom Rooms](https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/214629303-Direct-s...):

> Direct sharing with proximity detection uses the microphone on your laptop to detect the Zoom Room controller.

aserron Buy a coal mine, drive a gas guzzler, and other uses of reverse logic

I would guess that performance isn’t the main consideration for most folks, but you should check out the BMW 330e and 530e. Both are plug-in hybrids with very respectable performance numbers. You can even get them with the M-sport package (not that it makes them faster, but it makes them a little sportier).

aserron Wealthy use debt to buy future cash flow everyone else uses debt to buy stuff (2020)

No, but it can tell you when those things happen to minimize the number of unnecessary trips to the machines.

Ages ago I interviewed with these folks who were early in the space: https://www.cantaloupe.com/

aserron Differentiable Drawing

Interesting post and interesting project. Does anyone have a sense of how practical it would be to have architects and building engineers working on software development like this?

aserron An intellectually challenging game of loop

Always a fan of new approaches to old games. It would be interesting to see pool tables of other geometries and how someone skilled with traditional tables could translate those skills on to the new designs.

aserron Ask HN: I feel like I'm in a filter bubble. How can I “expand my horizons”?

Surprisingly, Matt Cutts of Google fame has a reasonable overview: https://www.mattcutts.com/blog/make-money-investing-tips/ and accompanying HN thread: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8675952

aserron Gigantic R/C Jet Turbine Powered SR-71 Blackbird

Direct link to video: https://youtu.be/1lYGUROZ_Pg

aserron Ask HN: Best IM for Programmers

Well, tech's new darling is Slack, so I would definitely give them a try. If you're using any part of the Atlassian stack I would look at HipChat as well.