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filcuk··on Dial-up internet – made a thing that lets you do it again
I got entranced by ms paint. Love the attention to detail.
filcuk··on London Underground begins scanning passengers' faces
This is fair, but it feels like it pushes another finger into the door of mass surveillance. I wouldn't be surprised if it was a few toggles away in the station software.
filcuk··on We replaced Redis with MySQL for inventory reservations and it scaled
People see an — dash and kneejerk. Writers are deciding to stop using this valid punctuation because of this exact reaction, it's ridiculous.
filcuk··on LLM Honeypot
Well, yeah... because it's mostly 5-10KB gifs that are lazy-loaded on scroll.
filcuk··on Hubble: Open-source notetaking app for you and your agents
Between being criticised for too much LLLM and not enough, the developers can't win can they?
filcuk··on Show HN: FeyNoBg – Automatic background removal model and training library
For causal use, I've had best success with freemium photoroom.com (export res limit on free use). Even better than OP's, but it's been a while since I've compared these.
filcuk··on RTX 2080 Ti Memory Upgrade to 22 GB
Yeah a $60 hot air station may be enough, assuming you have all the consumables and chips. This isn't something even the average techie will risk trying.
filcuk··on Generate parametric, manufacturable 3D models in seconds
True, but it's extremely effective at getting registrations, almost to the point that you're dooming yourself without it. Anyone and everyone uses it, big and small. Google can afford any random user to run a few queries before dangling the hook, but it's all the same.
filcuk··on Generate parametric, manufacturable 3D models in seconds
Whilst a valid complaint, I'd not even entertain a response with this attitude.
filcuk··on Chameleon Ultra: a flashdrive sized NFC toolkit
If you look up v4, you get about the same price as other resellers.
filcuk··on BambuStudio has been violating PrusaSlicer AGPL license since their fork
You'd do well to avoid them if you want to own your printer forever. I have 3 different Prusa printers, few of which have gone through several upgrades, and I love working with them (and not on them, as I'mnot the tinkering type).
filcuk··on Flipper One Tech Specs
That's pretty simple - the chosen display is best for core usage. Cleay visible in bright sun or dark, sharp angles, easy on the battery. For anything else, there's a HDMI out isn't there.
filcuk··on An Introduction to Meshtastic
BW. I don't think colour would do much, as the screen is 250x122. Battery may depend on what you can find, but the one I have should last several weeks (still testing). I started on a tiny LiPo I ripped from my cat's floppy fish toy.

To give more info here, it uses Heltec Wireless Paper, which is a self-contained unit and just needs a battery added.

filcuk··on An Introduction to Meshtastic
I'm using one of those devices with a tiny eink screen... as a pocket ebook reader. Sorry for the bait. Fun and easy project though, lookup Pala one if you're interested and dm me for improved firmware (restrictive license)
filcuk··on Ask HN: We just had an actual UUID v4 collision...
The latest UUID (7?) Uses half random gen, half timestamp. This not only makes it sortable by creation, but would also make a collision like this impossible.
filcuk··on Wacli – WhatsApp CLI
Who mentioned marketing? It's used for package tracking, order updates, bookings and so on where I live.
filcuk··on A new spam policy for “back button hijacking”
Because it has a legitimate use. As anything, the tools will be abused by malicious actors
filcuk··on Struggling to heat your home? How about 500 Raspberry Pi units?
Pure heating doesn't generate any work beside just heating. This is an interesting and a rather futuristic concept.
filcuk··on Git commands I run before reading any code
Having the tree easy to filter doesn't matter if it returns hundreds of commits you have to sift through for no reason.
filcuk··on The unlikely story of Teardown Multiplayer
Which one of your friends can host an mp physics heavy game with a number of low-latency high-resolution video streams? I would estimate the average answer to be zero.
filcuk··on Poor Man's Polaroid
Funny, it's not two days that I've published what I called 'we have Polaroid at home' https://www.printables.com/model/1622259-14mm-label-tape-pic...

Note it's just a 3D printable stand for tiny printer labels (16mm wide). It was a literal 5 minute project but I liked the retro and restrictive aesthetic enough to share..

Such printer as shown is an absolute bargain at £15

filcuk··on Tell HN: MitID, Denmark's digital ID, was down
I can't say this is exactly what you're after, but this article is really interesting https://calpaterson.com/bank-python.html

Similar to what the author describes, I wouldn't be surprised if a lot of this information is generally not public.

filcuk··on Open Infrastructure Map
First thing that caught my eye. Apparently the reason is to make use of stronger, more consistent winds on open sea.
filcuk··on You did this with an AI and you do not understand what you're doing here
If it's an individual, it could be as simple as portfolio cred ('look, I found and helped fix a security flaw in this program that's on millions of devices ')
filcuk··on D2 (text to diagram tool) now supports ASCII renders
Thanks for sharing. Looking at the first section- official mermaid playground supports both ui and text editing. It's been a life changer.
filcuk··on Passkeys are just passwords that require a password manager
Don't use Google then.
filcuk··on Show HN: Windows 7 GUI for the web
Everything new builds on top of the old.
filcuk··on The Fairphone (Gen. 6)
It is 50mp camera still, otherwise you would not be able to increase quality by averaging those pixels. I dont think anyone need 15000px noisy poor quality image over standard high res with good quality
filcuk··on PlasticList – Plastic Levels in Foods
Teflon is typically not the issue, it's very non-reactive and non-sticky (duh), meaning it just passes through. Attaching such material to metal takes some serious chemistry, though.
filcuk··on 3D printable 6" f/5 compact travel telescope model
That can be a bit misleading, I feel. It depends on how well the layers are fused together, post-processing, or even the orientation of the print. At best, it can be nearly as strong as a water bottle, but I wouldn't expect it to be.
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