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ddrmaxgt37

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ddrmaxgt37··on The lamps in my house
I wrote about this concept recently. Secondhand objects can be good purchases!

https://arun.is/blog/pinned-value-goods/

ddrmaxgt37··on How Japan's railways stayed one while splitting apart
Been wanting to write about this. The graph of interoperability agreements that makes this possible is crazy.

My first visit to Japan, there were still places that would only accept a subset of IC cards and not all.

ddrmaxgt37··on XOXO Festival Archive
Xoxo changed my life.
ddrmaxgt37··on AI's $600B Question
I wonder how the analogy holds up given computational advances. Will a bunch of H100s be as useful a decade later like fiber ended up being?
ddrmaxgt37··on Ask HN: How do you structure your shared finances with your spouse/partner
Start thinking about estate planning as soon as you get married. It’s easier when you are young.
ddrmaxgt37··on Minimal phone gets back to basics with E Ink display and real keyboard
Exactly
ddrmaxgt37··on "Bookfind of the century" sells for $2.23M
The closest I have come is a copy of a museum exhibition catalog about Dieter Rams from 1981 that is signed by him. I bought it online. The copy was described as having a scribble on the front page and priced very low as a consequence. Years after, I saw Dieter’s signature somewhere and realized that my book was signed.
ddrmaxgt37··on How we crowdfunded $750k for a giant book about keyboard history
I just received my copy. Truly one of the best books in my collection. I’m looking forward to years of enjoyment.
ddrmaxgt37··on Ask HN: Have you switched back to single display after trying multi displays?
I use a single 40" 4k display at 1x. This allows me to fluidly switch between different layouts like one huge canvas when doing design or multiple windows when coding, writing, etc.

I used multiple monitors in the past, but the seams between displays was a hinderance when spanning a single window across.

ddrmaxgt37··on Ask HN: Share your personal site
https://arun.is
ddrmaxgt37··on Spotify Box
It should work. I have one outputting digital to my hi-fi via TOSLINK.
ddrmaxgt37··on Show HN: I made a Chrome extension to stop mindless browsing
Nice job! This is great. Exactly what I've been looking for.

Have you thought about blurring the background in the modal? I find that for news sites, the modal still lets me read the headlines

ddrmaxgt37··on How South Korea Reined In The Outbreak Without Shutting Everything Down
Just to be clear, Taiwan did not have huge flows of mainland Chinese soon after the outbreak though. They closed the border to all travelers with PRC passports in mid-February. They did take some drastic measures that have worked.
ddrmaxgt37··on Ask HN: How do you make good use of old iPhones?
I connect my old phone to my speakers during parties as a kind of streaming device. It's easy to control them from my main phone
ddrmaxgt37··on Scaling Your Static Site to a Global Market for a Fraction of the Cost on AWS
I'm surprised no one is mentioning Netlify in the comments.
ddrmaxgt37··on Canon has sold its last film camera
I really miss keeping my camera on and just tapping the shutter release for the camera to immediately turn on. Mirrorless is better for me in most other ways, but that feature still tempts me to pick up a DSLR again.
ddrmaxgt37··on IBM Plex – A new typeface
Also on physical products as well
ddrmaxgt37··on Scammers gaming India’s overcrowded job market
17% over a decade works out to 1.58% every year
ddrmaxgt37··on Ask HN: Freelance Management Services/Apps
I've been using http://hellobonsai.com for invoicing. It has been an amazing experience.

They do time tracking and a bunch of other things as well and are continually improving the product.

ddrmaxgt37··on 2017 Camera News
that's with scaling. the actual pixel level resolution of the retina mac is two times 1440x900 so 2880x1800
ddrmaxgt37··on In Video, Uber CEO Argues with Driver Over Falling Fares
Doesn't California require 2 party consent? So all parties have to consent to the recording for it to be lawful.

Which state laws are you reading?

ddrmaxgt37··on On Digital Minimalism
Sep Kamvar (MIT Media Lab) has similar thoughts on what he calls self limiting technology. Instead of technology being useful initially, but then embedding itself and changing the way we live, technology could just solve the problem it sets out to solve and then just recede away.

He gave online dating as an example.

ddrmaxgt37··on “Designed by Apple in California” chronicles 20 years of Apple design
I think it is fine. I will actually be going in person to buy the book tomorrow. I'd prefer people voicing their opinions over an echo chamber.
ddrmaxgt37··on Dash for iOS is now open source
this. I use it on the airplane with some libraries that have online only docs
ddrmaxgt37··on Spotify excessively writing to drive
15 days uptime on mac. 1TB written
ddrmaxgt37··on Two months in inner Mongolia
Looking forward to it. The concept and current execution are great.
ddrmaxgt37··on Two months in inner Mongolia
I think this is the static site generator he developed and used for the site: https://github.com/Jack000/expose
ddrmaxgt37··on Two months in inner Mongolia
Looks like it's a static site served up by S3
ddrmaxgt37··on What Was Said at the Uber Dinner
ad hominem
ddrmaxgt37··on Microsoft Band
The price actually seems low to me. The built in GPS and HRM make it compete with higher end endurance watches that cost $300+. I'm considering dumping my TomTom Multi-Sport Cardio for this if the real time stats during running are good enough.
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