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edye

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Interviewing hardware startups at: https://howtoware.co/

edward at howtoware co

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edye··on I stopped everything and started writing C again
I find make, cmake, and the other stuff annoying also. For personal stuff I just use a build.sh file. For debugging I use gf2, which is a gdb frontend. Hopefully raddebugger gets ported to linux soon. One nice tool I like on linux for prototyping is the tiny c compiler, because it compiles 7x faster than gcc or clang. It is also much faster than the visual studio compiler. I remember trying to get the tiny c compiler to work on windows; it can compile things, but I couldn't get it to generate pdb files for debug info.
edye··on Show HN: Priceorino, Compare Global Medical Prices
Yeah that's a good idea. I need to figure out how to get the exchange rates.
edye··on Show HN: Priceorino, Compare Global Medical Prices
mmm tasty
edye··on Trading cards with e-ink displays (2023)
To set the record straight, I was the one that reached out to the creator to get his story, because I thought the cards were cool. He would not have spent the time doing this interview if I hadn't asked him to.
edye··on Trading cards with e-ink displays (2023)
I imagine:

Hardware side: custom card frames and boards.

Software side: cards with custom images and games.

edye··on Trading cards with e-ink displays (2023)
Konstantin Schubert has created a wider E-Ink Smart Screen: https://www.invisible-computers.com/

Also see his HN post: Feedback Welcome: I am developing an e-paper calendar as a consumer product (2021) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26216357

edye··on Trading cards with e-ink displays (2023)
You may be interested in this E-Ink Smart Screen: https://www.invisible-computers.com/
edye··on Trading cards with e-ink displays (2023)
I know of CyberBadge from Poland, which is making a very primitive version of what you're describing. They don't have a screen, just an array of programmable led lights. People use them at events. https://cyberbadge.net/
edye··on Trading cards with e-ink displays (2023)
I should have asked if he was influenced by Evangelion, because I'm a fan of the show.
edye··on Show HN: HowToWare – Learn how hardware startups are making money
Whenever I see a hardware startup that I personally would like to know more about, I reach out.

I have had the most success with messaging people on Hacker News who have mentioned their company. They seem to be the most open. I have also talked to people on Reddit, CrowdSupply, and companies I have seen in the news.

edye··on A looming copper crunch and why recycling can’t fix it
Sure.
edye··on A looming copper crunch and why recycling can’t fix it
Does the mining industry need help with software? I was talking to someone with experience in the the oil & gas sector and he mentioned that there is a lot of things that could be automated because scraping data and data entry is often being done by hand.
edye··on Ask HN: What book should I buy for my 18th birthday?
Thinking Mathematically by Mason, Burton, and Stacey. It helps with solving math problems and in the process teaches heuristics to improve self-awareness and observational skills.
edye··on Dude, You Broke the Future (2017)
American Fascists: The Christian Right and the War On America , by Chris Hedges, was published in 2007.
edye··on Ask HN: What's the worst piece of software you use everyday?
Any thoughts on https://www.spacemacs.org/ ?

It improves discoverability of hotkeys and packages for me.

edye··on Why New York City Stopped Building Subways
Beyond biting the bullet and paying for the expensive construction costs the only immediate solution I could see is more remote workers and a decentralization of offices away from city centers. Other possibilities might be improvement and adoption of self-driving cars, or better urban planning, yet those seem more unpredictable to me.