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illustrioussuiton Turning a MacBook into a touchscreen with $1 of hardware (2018)

It seems it already exists!

https://www.brightfingers.com/mirrormethis

> MirrorMeThis is a specially-designed laptop mirror. Instead of your students seeing your face, they see the keyboard area where you can place anything you want to share and talk about.

So it's designed for the classroom, but I don't see why it couldn't work here.

illustrioussuiton Show HN: Free simple to use QR Code generator without the faff

One minor nitpick: make the input where you type the link more obvious. There's no indication that it's the input, and it just looks like a heading

illustrioussuiton All I want for Christmas is to sign in with Apple

Groupme: https://web.groupme.com/signin

illustrioussuiton The Effect of Glasses and Sunglasses on Face Perception

Full text: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/030100661984468...

Alternate: https://send.firefox.com/download/51a963abea65b30b/#UQfuqvE0... (expires after 100 downloads/7 days)

illustrioussuiton Jeweler who made Tesla ring for Elon Musk gets locked inside Model X

Don't the Falcon wing doors open without power? https://www.tesla.com/sites/default/files/downloads/2016_Mod... (page 26)

illustrioussuiton Show HN: No Cookie – Show your website visitors you don’t use cookies

That's part of the point! I did intentionally try to design it similarly to a real cookie consent banner.

It just goes to show how ineffective they are if people just click without even reading them.

illustrioussuiton Show HN: No Cookie – Show your website visitors you don’t use cookies

Thanks for the feedback! I’ll definitely look into it.

illustrioussuiton Show HN: No Cookie – Show your website visitors you don’t use cookies

Thanks for the feedback!

I created an issue on GitHub: https://github.com/rockhopper72/no-cookie/issues/1

illustrioussuiton Show HN: No Cookie – Show your website visitors you don’t use cookies

Hey HN, creator here. I made this satirical project for me to learn how to make NPM modules and my goal was to release it in one day. It’s not for serious use. The code isn’t great. Like I said, I’m still learning.

Here’s the GitHub: https://github.com/rockhopper72/no-cookie Pull requests welcome.

Thanks!

illustrioussuiton Show HN: I Made the Tinder for Poetry, Quilius

Congrats on posting! I like how simple it is, but still gets the job done.

illustrioussuiton Why do we never hear of Google security problems?

And their lack of customer support solves the social engineering problem too.

illustrioussuiton Apple’s Next Laptops Could Be More iPhone Than Mac

No paywall: https://outline.com/SBXeKp

illustrioussuiton Show HN: New Gmail Loading Logo

I like the logo. However the striped background hurts my eyes. This is a fork without it: https://codepen.io/rockhopper72/full/KRNevm/

Edit: nevermind, it's gone

illustrioussuiton [dead]

Previous discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16934942

illustrioussuiton 7 Year Old Girl Has Amputated Leg Reattached Backwards

Kind of misleading title. It wasn't a mistake. It was done "...to allow the ankle joint to work as a knee joint."

illustrioussuiton I built a screenshot API and some guy was mining cryptocurrencies with it

Similarly, couldn't an attacker visit a page with lots of Pay-Per-View ads (with whom he/she profits off of)?

illustrioussuiton Credit card fraud warning signs

I like how the author doesn't immediately reject orders if they have just one sign (IP address country different from shipping country, shipping to a reshipping center, etc.) but looks at all the indicators as a whole to make a decision.

Edit: isn't this how Stripe Radar[1] works?

[1]: https://stripe.com/us/radar

illustrioussuiton Hello wasm-pack

Theoretically, once something is updated all you would have to do is check the diff. Still tedious though.

illustrioussuiton Fake Barack Obama delivers a PSA about “deep fakes” using a deep fake video

Non-Amp (Canonical) URL: https://www.theverge.com/tldr/2018/4/17/17247334/ai-fake-new...

Speedtest comparison: https://www.webpagetest.org/video/compare.php?tests=180417_X...

illustrioussuiton The Secret to Better Social Media? Fewer Friends

This is one thing I think Google+ got right. I can have different types of “friends”, each in their own categories, such as “sharaholic” or “meme poster” and only visit those circles occasionally.

The only problem is the unpopularity of G+.

illustrioussuiton Tesla Was Kicked Off Fatal Crash Probe by NTSB

I know nothing about aviation, but isn’t “autopilot” on a commercial plane pretty much just “maintain altitude and heading”? Pilots still have to be engaged and active, right?

illustrioussuiton I am a “MasterChef” survivor

Or https://outline.com/CaMyBD

illustrioussuiton What the Grayscale Challenge Taught Us About Phone Addiction

By extension (get it?), this extension simulates other vision deficiencies:

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/nocoffee/jjeeggmbn...

Disclaimer: I have no affiliation with this product besides that I use it.

illustrioussuiton About rel=noopener (2016)

https://xkcd.com/927/

Or mobile: https://m.xkcd.com/927/

illustrioussuiton The Bitcoin Flaw: Monero Rising

In economics, liquidity is often referred to as "spendability".

illustrioussuiton The Bitcoin Flaw: Monero Rising