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baseh··on What podcasts are you listening to?
Tangentially Speaking with Christopher Ryan; Think from KERA ; It Could Happen Here ; Stuff You Should Know ; Planet Money ; Fresh Air
baseh··on Show HN: Free alternative to Wispr Flow, Superwhisper, and Monologue
For Android I find Google GBoard transcription most accurate and pretty solid.
baseh··on Dos-like: Engine for making things with a MS-DOS feel, but for modern platforms
Wows thats a pretty cool track. Foregone Destruction at 1h 30m.

Thank you for the excellent link!

baseh··on Dos-like: Engine for making things with a MS-DOS feel, but for modern platforms
I wish there was DOS EMULATOR type of framework that renders to the web The latest talk python to me podcast has an episode on Textual and Rich that looks interesting. https://github.com/willmcgugan/textual
baseh··on Why doesn’t natural immunity count in the US?
>https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-01935-7#ref-CR2 >https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7927578/
baseh··on Launch HN: Enso (YC S21) – Visual programming and workflow automation tool
Thank you for the response. I am also in the same boat on windows the 2.0.0-alpha.7 is kind of too sluggish, with JVM (java?) hitting 1GB in memory.
baseh··on Regular afternoon naps linked to improved cognitive function
Caffeine before noon or sticking to a last call at 2pm kind of help me. Medication wise I tried CBD which seem to help sleep a little better. YMMV.
baseh··on Ask HN: What's your process for learning?
This is a great list. As OP is possibly interested in tools as well, here are some of the tools I use for some of them in this list.

1. bookmarks: pinboard.in / chrome plugin, add bookmark - add any relevant tags

2. backlog: todoist.com with tagging

3. speed read: beelinereader.com / found this to be useful but didnt use that often

4. reading offline: kindle

5. watching videos faster: video speed controller from chrome store

baseh··on Programs that have saved me 100+ hours
When working with Excel, there is an addon (paid) called KUTOOLS that saved me a lot of time. It has a bunch of preset operations like removing duplicates, merging multiple sheets, bulking changing rows etc.

Another text editor worth mentioning is EMEDITOR that has tons of macros and handles larger files much better than Sublime

baseh··on An Email Thread Between a Developer and Gigster
From their website (homepage):

> Gigster is a smart software development service, combining top developers and designers with artificial intelligence.

Am I the only one who does not understand what that even means?

Do they bring together matching developers and designers using their artificial intelligent algorithms or the developers and designers they hire have artificial intelligence?

baseh··on Amazon peer-to-peer selling
I ordered a bunch of stuff from amazon.in when I was visiting India. All the deliveries are via courier like DTDC. But I was in a smaller town. I am not sure if the Amazon delivery network is in action in the bigger cities.
baseh··on Show HN: Send a Custom Postcard to Anywhere, from Your Phone, for $2.99
Sorry if you answered this somewhere else. But does it use LOB's API to send the postcard?

I wonder if there is data/logic on what would be the optimal locations (countries/cities/towns) where it is cheapest and fastest to send a postcard to that country or neighboring countries.

baseh··on Criminals can guess Visa number and security code in six seconds, experts find
I have been asked the 3 digit code when booking an airline ticket on a non-US site. During payment it passed through a amex safekey site which I think is kind of like 3d secure

http://security.stackexchange.com/a/136296

baseh··on Doudou Linux – For children from 2 to 12 years old
My son just turned 4. He doesnt seem to mind using a keyboard occasionally, though searching for the keys leads to losing his interest quickly. He still finds it amusing typing words in a text editor and seeing them appear on the screen.

Touchscreen seems to be easiest be it for playing games or navigating youtube. He uses google voice quite a bit on an Android smart phone, since he found the "mic" button.

I have a 23-inch touch monitor hooked up to an intel nuc with Win10, which he seems to like a lot. Though the educational apps in windows store are very few. I was not able to find a way to hook up an Android variant to the touch monitor.

baseh··on Ask HN: How do you view large JSON files?
For extremely large CSVs I use Emeditor (windows / paid). It also works with JSON, but never had to handle large JSONs
baseh··on Section through an octopus shows the mouth passing through the brain
TLDR;

>This section through a young octopus shows the stripey-looking brain between the two advanced camera eyes, surrounding part of the oesophagus (small white centre towards the base of the eyes). Also visible are two of the characteristic arms, with multiple suckers and thick nerves running through them. The strange and seemingly precarious arrangement of the

baseh··on Jeremy Guillory's Counter-Complaint against Cruise Automation
I dont think it has officers names on that $20 report.

>If you are requesting the $20 detailed information option, this application will not return actual images of the documents on record. This application will return a page listing the 5 most recent filings, franchise tax assessment, total authorized shares if applicable and tax due. Officer and Director names and addresses are maintained on the images of the annual reports and are not available through this application. If you wish to order a copy of an annual report please call 302-739-3073 for more information

baseh··on A smart plug to monitor your router and automatically reset power if WiFi fails
One caveat with Amazon products reviews. With any products that have unusually high 5*s, search for term 'exchange' and lookout for lines like : 'I received this product at a discounted price in return for my unbiased review.' I got bad experience with multiple such products. The people writing these reviews definitely seem to start with positive, since they got the stuff for free or discount!
baseh··on Show HN: Nuclino – a lightweight and fast real-time wiki for teams
How do you add a link? - like a hyperlink to external page
baseh··on PayPal Starts Banning VPN and SmartDNS Services
I am guessing more VPN accounts tend to be purchased using stolen credit card numbers than an average online transaction. As crackers use VPN services to render their own services.

The number of chargebacks or fradulent transactions reported on your merchant account usually raises red flags and calls for account review. I am sure its pretty easy for paypal to identify such accounts with the data they have.

baseh··on Is the Drive for Success Making Our Children Sick?
Reminds me of : this one by George Carlin >https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0MKBdD2FGA
baseh··on A website for testing your app ideas
Just a minor note. In the 'you are not logged in modal' it would be great if there is a link to the login/register
baseh··on Ask HN: Do you take nootropics?
I tried something called Alpha-Brain by Onnit Labs based in Austin. The main ingredients of which are tyrosine, theanine and a bunch of other stuff. It is marketed as improving focus/memory.

I used it for a couple of weeks and saw no benefits. The only noticeable change was my dreams got vivid when taking it (which is also claimed by them). When taking it, I also had short episode that felt like onset of a sudden dementia, I could not remember anything. Example: I couldnt remember where my car was parked when I was standing right in front of it. I dont know if it is caused by Alpha-Brain, but I was not taking anything else during that period. I stopped taking it soon after.

Like they say, there is no biological free lunch. I would say the safest way is probably good nutrition, enough sleep and exercise.

baseh··on Ask HN: Any good audio podcasts?
I second JRE, great podcast and guests. Some of the guests on JRE have their own great podcasts. My preferences are:

- Duncan Trussell Family hour : duncantrussell.com

- Chris Ryan - Tangentially speaking : chrisryanphd.com

- Psychedelic Salon By Lorenzo

baseh··on Show HN: Phaser – Trello for software development, with Vim built in
Please consider adding SSL page for signup and login
baseh··on Google Correlate - Draw
Strange, in my case, it correlated with the NSA. Well, I may have drawn a bigger one.
baseh··on Malibu homeowners foiled by $30K Kickstarter campaign
While we are on movie quotes, on similar lines from Supertroopers:

College Boy 2: No, man, I'm just saying... I'm sayin', if-if you own beachfront property, right, do you own, like, the sand and the water?

College Boy 3: Nobody owns the water. God owns - it's God's water.

baseh··on Google Acquires Makani Power And Its Airborne Wind Turbines
According to their video, little turbines in the wing generate the electricity and transmit it through the tether. So probably the tether is attached to a ground unit that doesnt allow twisting (i.e rotates with the tether)

http://i.imgur.com/UoEfnyW.png?1

baseh··on ISP Advertisement Injection - CMA Communications
Yes, I believe they call it Adsense.
baseh··on Like a Swarm of Lethal Bugs: The Most Terrifying Drone Video Yet
Instead of the current war/combative/investigative tasks that they have, I hereby demand all the drones be re-commissioned and given the following tasks:

- Keeping track of the forest cover and water resources

- Geographical surveys to identify use & misuse of resources

- Track and identify poachers and loggers

- In cities, keep an eye on the air pollution and particulate levels

- Identify factories emitting pollutants above the limits

- Tracking inclement weather

- Attend to humanitarian needs in disaster situations

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