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ipster_io··on Show HN: Heartbeat – A simple public page for your real-world and online status
Yes.
ipster_io··on Show HN: Heartbeat – A simple public page for your real-world and online status
This works for my team, though it took some convincing to get everyone on board.
ipster_io··on Show HN: Heartbeat – A simple public page for your real-world and online status
Thank you!
ipster_io··on Show HN: Heartbeat – A simple public page for your real-world and online status
QR on my desk (check my status) = Not get bothered by the calls and messages.
ipster_io··on Show HN: Heartbeat – A simple public page for your real-world and online status
I built Heartbeat.page for myself.

At my office, we use Slack and Teams, but honestly no one actually checks a digital status before they walk over to your desk.

I keep a QR code on my desk with a note that says "What I’m up to." Anyone can scan it to see if I’m in a deep-focus session or free to chat. I can update it from anywhere just by sending a quick email to a custom address. (There is a 'Download QR Code' icon on the page to make this easy).

I’ve also started putting the link in my email auto-replies. Standard OOO messages are usually static and boring, but this makes them a bit more dynamic/useful.

You can use it for all sorts of things, like notice boards etc. You can create up to 2 pages per email address.

I’m curious to know if you find this useful or how you’d use a simple status page like this. Thanks!

ipster_io··on JavaScript Temporal Is Coming
Which browsers are you testing with? AFAIK, the proposal is not final and the impl is pretty much non existent. https://tc39.es/proposal-temporal/docs/
ipster_io··on Perplexity AI submits bid to merge with TikTok
There is absolutely no difference between TikTok, Meta, Google et al.
ipster_io··on Show HN: Bytescope – A simple web filter for tech and science updates
Bytescope monitors hundreds of tech, eng and science publications for changes, using either traditional page comparison or vision capable LLMs. It uses llm (experimenting with fine-tuned llama3.2 8/70b) to verify if new content matches tech/engineering/science criteria. I built this because keeping up with tech was eating hours of my day. I tried brutalist.report but needed keyword filtering and a wider range of monitored blogs.

I've been using it for a few days now and it seems to work ok. A bit slow but currently it all runs on a single server.

Any feedback is appreciated.

Edit: Forgot to mention, in case it's not clear - leave the input blank or use * for all updates (max 500 shown).

ipster_io··on Hackers take over Google Chrome extensions in cyberattack
Cyberhaven suppose to be a security company ---- The attack began after a hacker successfully targeted a Cyberhaven employee via a phishing email that was sent to Chrome extension developers. The employee, believing the email was an official Google contact, clicked the email and input their login credentials on the phishing page.
ipster_io··on Show HN: Inferenceable – Open-source inference server with Node.js
Hey Hacker News!

I've developed an open-source inference server called Inferenceable with the aim of providing developers with a straightforward solution that can be installed without fussing over dependencies.

Inferenceable, built in Node.js, simplifies the process of building and running complex libraries like llama.cpp, making it accessible to developers of all levels.

It's also pluggable and can be used with your custom strategies.

There are 3 main functions - General text based inference - Image inference - Generate text embeddings

Inferenceable also includes a simple UI which can be customised or deployed as is, pluggable authentication, CSP and rate limiter.

I'm working on adding more authentication strategies, including social logins, and creating additional examples.

Thanks for checking it out, and happy coding!

ipster_io··on [dead]
Just testing the release with Hermes 2 pro on mac. PDF and web summarisation is so much better than llama3.
ipster_io··on Ask HN: What to do when a new job isn't a right fit?
The best thing to do, in any situation is to be very honest with yourself. And thats not easy!

Did you try to speak with someone incharge of your role / projects. If the people are good, and if they need you, they will listen.

If not, whats the point anyways.

ipster_io··on Show HN: Cuerious – Blogging platform for AI generated images
One day this might be very useful in product design. It seems very close to creating a finished design… or Atleast a great starting point and a mental unblocker…
ipster_io··on Show HN: Onchain – Simplistic algorithmically generated NFT project on Fantom
Some would love it, some would hate it. And thats ok :)

I wanted to run a social experiment to see if something like this can work. I am calling it 1MB (One Million Bytes), mint to earn project.

Idea is simple, you mint a byte (NFT) at a specific location on a 1000x1000 grid. Some of you might remember projects like million dollar homepage.

Fantom is a proof of stake chain so minting cost is just few cents $.

These byte NFTs are standard ERC-721 tokens so you can always trade and speculate. However, this projects is a little different..

90% of the NFT cost collected by the smart contract is given back to few thousand randomly selected holders.

Also, each NFT act as an on chain memo. You can set your memo on chain which will live forever (can be edited by the token owner).

There is no central team, no control, everything is pre programmed in the solidity smart contract.

Byte name and color is selected by the smart contract from a set, byte shape is generated randomly at the time of minting.

ipster_io··on Show HN: Unwonted.io – in-browser, offline tool for generative art, mainly NFTs
Yeah, I was going to do that!
ipster_io··on Show HN: Unwonted.io – in-browser, offline tool for generative art, mainly NFTs
There is something called lazy minting. You are not doing anything unless someone is interested in buying your artwork. You mint when its needed. You can do this as a developer or even OpenSea lets you do this.

Also, different blockchains work differently.

Destroying the environment is not really a valid point.

ipster_io··on Show HN: Unwonted.io – in-browser, offline tool for generative art, mainly NFTs
Here is the thing; Being curious will always make you happy and more often then not it does pays off. Not necessarily in terms of money but you get something out of it.

Let people be excited about things.

ipster_io··on Show HN: Unwonted.io – in-browser, offline tool for generative art, mainly NFTs
Exactly, I focussed on NFTs to get the point across. Avatar creation is a great example. Also, I will be adding few more tools to the site for generative art.
ipster_io··on Show HN: Unwonted.io – in-browser, offline tool for generative art, mainly NFTs
Thanks, the number of combinations can be very large, it really depends on what you are expecting. trait type is picked on random so there will be outputs which are similar and then there will be some which are extremely rare. I generated quite a few and then picked some which I liked the most to showcase on opensea.

You can also use rarity flag 'r' or 'u' to give some traits much less of a chance to appear.

ipster_io··on Show HN: Unwonted.io – in-browser, offline tool for generative art, mainly NFTs
I am experimenting with NFTs. I found it hard to manually come up with unique traits by combining layers. As a dev you can easily write such a tool but I know some people who have asked me to do that for them so I decided to create a tool.

Simply name your image files accordingly, drag entire folder(s), define how many NFTs you wanna generate, size etc and it will do that for you in browser. It's in browser / offline so your images are not uploaded anywhere. You can also disconnected with the network if you are concerned...

The only thing I track are page views to see if the tool is at all useful.

This tool also create a ERC721 (OpenSea specific) metadata template if you wanna create your own smart contract and host metadata... but if you are creating small set of images its best to lazy mint on markets like OpenSea.

Hope it's useful to someone, somewhere out there.

P.S. I also create my own collection, its not for sale yet but if you are interested its here https://unwonted.io/art

ipster_io··on Huge data leak shatters the lie that the innocent need not fear surveillance
I have similar experience. Many people choose not to care (or they are not aware of the consequences).

If someone is aware and choose something, it's absolutely fine. The problem is the hidden agendas in all shapes and forms.

Didn't know about 'Tverskyan study', thanks for referring

ipster_io··on Huge data leak shatters the lie that the innocent need not fear surveillance
Previous article listing few more details https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jul/18/revealed-leak-...
ipster_io··on Show HN: ICanHasDomain, why not. Letting my creative soul do a little more
There are many places to sell domains. You can sell on sedo.com or with godaddy.

The site I created is to help people find good names which I come up with using the tools I have built over time.

ipster_io··on Show HN: ICanHasDomain, why not. Letting my creative soul do a little more
The site is about people looking for a name. Not me. I plan to list quality names which are still available from any registrar of your choice.
ipster_io··on Show HN: ICanHasDomain, why not. Letting my creative soul do a little more
ICanHasDomain is a site where I post premium available domains. There are many sites (some really cool once) to search for domain names for your startup; but many of us struggle to create names. I think automation here is great but you need a human touch to name something important to you.

Site has 2 sections; home page lists the hand picked domains which are still available at the time of posting (updated every 24 hours, I have long list waiting) and a premium page where I will be selling my own domains at a fixed price to fund other projects.

Hope it's useful.

ipster_io··on Show HN: IPster – Peer-to-peer simple job notifications
Not sure if anyone still here or will get notified.

Just wanted to share the release of version 2 (+Events & +Public notifications) of IPster.

Website is still basic so don't beat me on that. Once there is some clarity, landing page will get better. See this for a quick overview: https://ipster.io/cheat-sheet/

Outside of HN, I got a lot of feedback, many different ideas and opinions, one common theme I picked up was that contextual conversation and the ability to converse privately on a given topic was well received. Heard that one person wanting to use IPster to organise 'Reiki' sessions ¯\_(ツ)_/¯.

Given the kind of usage; I have implemented 'Events'. Events are notification with an attached timestamp. Recipients of such notification can mark them as 'attending' which sets an alarm (a push notification for iOS and Android) to be sent 30min before the start time.

No matter what type of notification, a job, a question or event, you have the ability to discuss with context.

Think of a simple event like dev meetup, where you can let people know and discuss before, during and after the event.

The second addition is 'Public' notifications. In addition to 'All my followers' and 'Selected followers' you can now create notifications which are public. Public notifications are visible on your profile page and help users see what you are sharing before they decide to follow you. In future these can be used for better user discovery and ipster.io feeds. Use public notifications to gain more following if you like. There are some related features coming in future releases, I will share the roadmap in next few days on the site.

ipster_io··on Show HN: IPster – Peer-to-peer simple job notifications
Thanks, I guess everyone can play a part to get it across. All I know is that IPster is here to stay and will keep pushing.
ipster_io··on Show HN: IPster – Peer-to-peer simple job notifications
Thanks for reporting the bug. I was able to reproduce it, will be fixed with the next release (very soon).

Regarding the slogan or phrase; it's a start, I am getting a lot of feedback here and on other channels. Will come up with something better to get the message across. Also, the landing page will be redesigned to help understand the product better.

ipster_io··on Show HN: IPster – Peer-to-peer simple job notifications
Thank you! I have been thinking about this since I started to work on IPster. True, it can be anything. But focus is what makes it useful and relatively easier to get the idea across, at-least in the beginning. I will be delighted to see what other use cases people come up with.
ipster_io··on Show HN: IPster – Peer-to-peer simple job notifications
Thanks. You are absolutely right, internal referrals is one of the use cases. HR can use IPster before opening an opportunity to the outside world. In most cases, they have to use intranet which no one really cares about or reads (at-least not in large organisations).

The initial idea was to help short term contractors and friends/colleagues helping each other.

But I believe IPster should evolve in to something what people want it to be. It just have to be useful.

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