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bertwagner

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I blog about data and programming at https://bertwagner.com .

I also run a YouTube channel on the same topics: https://youtube.com/DataWithBert

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bertwagner··on A practical guide to observing the night sky for real skies and real equipment
At first I thought this was only a list of night time objects to view, but then I saw the site has an extensive tools section.

One of those tools is a Bahtinov Mask, which I’ve never heard of, but I’m going to 3d print one from this site and use it to try and focus my scope.

bertwagner··on Developers can now submit apps to ChatGPT
I'm interested to see which companies and industries are willing to put ChatGPT between them and their customers, and how many will strongly push back against this feature.
bertwagner··on Show HN: Active Introspection
Some context around what this is might be helpful.
bertwagner··on Building an IoT Notification Device from Scratch
Thank you and I'm glad you enjoy the project. I'll have to look more into UDP for this type of solution.
bertwagner··on Building an IoT Notification Device from Scratch
Thanks for letting me know, I will have to fix this soon. This was the first post as part of a new blogging setup I'm using and clearly I'm missing some of my old processes (like image resizing).
bertwagner··on Building an IoT Notification Device from Scratch
D'oh. Thank you for letting me know. All fixed now. Hopefully "exploded button" wasn't too misleading (more of an exploded view of the design).
bertwagner··on Building an IoT Notification Device from Scratch
Author here. Thanks for reading. This was a massive learning project for me, I'm happy to answer questions or feedback.
bertwagner··on How a family tragedy helped me beat my phone addiction
Thanks for sharing, I will give this a try today. What is the rationale for requiring the app to be open and leaving the screen on (draining battery)? Was this a technical limitation?
bertwagner··on Show HN: Summle – A little maths Game
Fun game, reminds me of the numbers round of Countdown. I would love to be able to use keyboard shortcuts instead of having to click.
bertwagner··on Applebee's and IHOP Plan to Introduce AI in Restaurants
I get the desire for menu personalization to get customers to buy more, but many of these other solutions seem to be jamming AI into non-AI problems:

Other tech initiatives Dine Brands is testing include AI-powered cameras that can detect when a table needs to be cleared

Is this really more efficient than looking out over the dining room (or taking a quick walk around) to see which tables need to be cleared?

bertwagner··on Using an $8 smart outlet to avoid brainrot
I've never thought of using a smart plug button as a switch to run a script - pretty neat idea I might use for some other projects.

I hope you have more luck than me with sticking with the switch instead of just editing /etc/hosts.