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That said he seems to be off to a good start. It’s just a slog to get going unless you are going to go truly viral with shorts but that won’t happen with topics like software, etc

gennarroon Wearing an eye mask during sleep improves episodic learning and alertness

I have one and find it to be very uncomfortable.

gennarroon DPReview’s Founder Blasts Amazon’s CEO: ‘What a Waste’

If you care so much about the business then why sell it? Sure this may be a loss but the founder is hardly the person to speak to this as he had more power than anyone to prevent it from happening.

gennarroon Apple Music Classical is out

Seeing the same. Not yet available in the US

gennarroon Open Airport Map

Love open flight data! So much of it to go around, it’s one of the few topics where there is practically too much free data to use. Reminds me of https://tsa.report and https://openflights.org/ etc

gennarroon Australians scour desert for dangerous radioactive capsule smaller than a penny

Incredible. Thanks for sharing.

gennarroon The Sweet Spot for Buying Used Cars

In case anyone is considering taking this headline seriously, please don’t forget the safety advances you will be missing. Most 14 year old cars won’t have, say, a back up camera or blind spot detection.

gennarroon Ask HN: What sub $200 product improved your 2022

Not the first to say this but: Sodastream. I wanted glass bottles so I didn’t think a sodastream was possible for me but it turns out there is a glass bottle Sodastream and Lu can get it on sale for a bit above $100. I have bottles and haven’t spent a penny on Perrier since buying it. Plus I can take advantage of my fancy home water filter.

Reference: https://helpatmyhome.com/which-sodastream-and-soda-makers-ha...

gennarroon Google Easter Egg

I had the same thought since this was a very random term I stumbled upon in a book I’m reading.

gennarroon Gridbox Is Shutting Down

Exactly what I came here for. Thank you.

gennarroon A collection of 88x31 pixel web buttons from the 1990s and 2000s

Bring me back to my days of obsessing over the design of k10k.net!

gennarroon FCC Bans Authorizations for Devices That Pose National Security Threat

It’s actually very easy to browse fcc activations. It’s a fun thing to browse if you want to stay ahead of the tech news.

Ex: https://fccid.report/

gennarroon Ask HN: What are the funnest data sets you’ve played with?

US auto data is a lot of fun. Useful for all sorts of projects.

Data: https://www.transportation.gov/developer Example: https://transportation.report/

Well under 1gb if you focus on models and specs, not safety!

gennarroon “Judas goats” were once key players in meatpacking plants

If you’ve read the book “sea of rust” by Robert Cargill you will know the phrase quite well. A bit dark but not a bad read.

gennarroon What Happened at FTX?

Nothing new in this article. Just endless fascination I suppose.

gennarroon CPSC calls for full recall of all Onewheel self-balancing electric skateboards

Not at all shocking; a similar product was recalled in 2018!

https://recall.report/recall/843219020/

Also a one-wheel, Electric skate board.

gennarroon Get your money off crypto.com immediately

https://twitter.com/MarioNawfal/status/1591853036208803840

Related: 400m from crypto.com was misplaced earlier this week.

gennarroon Twitter eliminated ~4,400 of its ~5,500 contract employees yesterday

That’s a huge cut. Has anyone done the math - the loss of advertisers vs the reduced workforce costs? Stands to reason that Twitter could be a hugely profitable company for a short time (until tech debt and other things overtake the short term gains)?

gennarroon Investors Who Put $2B into FTX Face Scrutiny

Heads I win. Tails you lose.

gennarroon Sam Bankman-Fried Has a Savior Complex

Interesting update yesterday:

>>UPDATE: Nov 9, 2022: Since this article was published, a liquidity crunch has created solvency risk for FTX and its future is uncertain. Many have been affected by this unexpected turn of events. For Sequoia, our fiduciary responsibility is to our LPs. To that end, we shared this letter with them today regarding our investment in FTX. For FTX, we believe its fiduciary responsibility is first to its customers, and second to its shareholders. As such, FTX is exploring all opportunities to ensure its customers are able to recover their funds as quickly as possible.

gennarroon Parking at Munich Airport: An Awful Experience

Parking can be best, but try the combined infuriating hellscape that is TSA wait time plus car rental return at a vacation spot! ex: https://tsa.report/airport/ogg/

gennarroon Show HN: Share and Discover Side Projects

That's fun. Has that no-code website vibe. This was a side hustle until itself perhaps?

gennarroon Starting a Business Around GPT-3 Is a Bad Idea (2020)

Recent google updates disprove this. There have been a hugh number of highly successful, albeit short-term, websites built off of gpt-3 tech.