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di_ryon Nintendo Switch Lite: a smaller, cheaper Switch built for handheld play

This looks a perfect 2nd Switch in the family.

Especially if it can be used just as a controller, that would be perfect. Splits creen gaming on screens that are actually split.

di_ryon The last velvet merchant of Venice

Textbook example of form over function

di_ryon Learning to Dress: Synthesizing Human Dressing Motion via Reinforcement Learning

I was hoping DeepRL would come up with a more efficient way to dress that we could use :D

di_ryon Twitter’s Problem Isn’t the Like Button

yup, that's wrong on so many levels.

1 it's just asking for abusing a block option.

2 Imagine someone putting up a tweet supporting nazis or something and blocking everyone who doesn't agree, now it looks like majority supports that kind of stuff.

di_ryon Germany urges global minimum tax for digital giants

Sooo, citizens working their asses off should pay regular tax and digital giants raking in billions and hiding them in off-shores should get a break?

Got it.

di_ryon 7 reasons you need to stop making whitepapers

one reason is enough for me. they are boring and it seems like the only reason people make those is to get more emails for their database.

di_ryon Ten Weeks with Y Combinator’s Startup School

Thank you for sharing. Always wondered what's going on there.

di_ryon 25 tips that will help you promote on Reddit

Nice, Reddit will be pissed though.

di_ryon Show HN: Serpstat – multipurpose SEO tool

Hi, guys. Serpstat is not exactly a new thing, but we're new to "western" market and your feedback is much appreciated. It's freemium, so you can play with it.

I don't know if promo codes are allowed here, but I made one just in case, so you can try it without limits: -- hackernews -- enter it on your profile page to activate.

you can actually run a site audit on up to 10,000 pages with this coupon, so you can check your website for SEO errors as a bonus.

di_ryon How Bank of America Gave Away My Money

Bank of America – what is a SSN?

di_ryon Add Voice Control to Your Hacked IKEA Desk with Alexa

> IKEA hacks in 2007: if you stack 2 bookcases and screw them together you'll get a bench high enough for sitting on. and you can store stuff under your bench.

> IKEA hacks in 2017: ...This circuit is quite simple. It contains a basic ATmega328P and ESP8266 configuration and both chips are connected through the SDA and SCL lines. A DC/DC converter creates 3.3V from the 24V power supply. Q1 is used to retrieve the LIN bus signal. I also added two more buttons, so I now have 4 memory slots.