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jedanbik

591 karma · joined March 22, 2013

@jedanbik jessebikman at gmail.com

Durham, NC

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jedanbik··on The lost art of handheld demakes
It really is something to watch a longplay of a demake you played years ago on a television years later after totally forgetting the experience - I think it makes you appreciate the speed of the motion and the compression of the information in 3d space. Even the music is compressed - just the synthesis from the gameboy! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b26QnlpaVaA
jedanbik··on Commercial submarine trips to the bottom of the Marianas Trench
Keep in mind that these vessels do not have bathrooms.
jedanbik··on Saudi Journalist Wore Apple Watch and Recorded His Own Murder in Saudi Consulate
I wonder if he was using "Just Press Record" to record the audio? It has an Apple Watch app and complication, and it automatically syncs to iCloud. It also works independently of the iPhone, and syncs up later. I share the same question as others in this thread: how did the audio get back to the phone?

https://www.openplanetsoftware.com/just-press-record/

jedanbik··on Testing the June Intelligent Oven
I really like that this oven has a camera, as well as temperature probes, and that it’s all integrated into the oven’s experience through a app on the phone. Do they have any competitors doing this stuff, or are they alone in doing this right now? I am impressed - they’ve decomposed the idea of what an oven experience usually is (stationary waiting and checking) and shifted it to what it could be (check on it from a distance, data driven shutoff from measurements). Very compelling use of simple features. That’s exciting design!

This enables “Put a turkey in the oven, and run to the store and pick up the frozen green beans you forgot to buy - you always know how the turkey is doing.”

jedanbik··on The iPhone SE was the best phone Apple ever made, and now it’s dead
iPhone SE wasn't waterproof.
jedanbik··on Ask HN: Your subjective takes on living a non-boring and pleasant life?
Learn to cook interesting recipes and challenge yourself by shopping at ethnic grocery stores.
jedanbik··on The Supreme Court Is Stubbornly Analog By Design
C-SPAN has a section on their website where they show commentary from each supreme court judge regarding their view on cameras in the court:

https://www.c-span.org/special/?camerasInTheCourt

jedanbik··on A Taxonomy of Technical Debt
Reminds me of risk analysis: Impact times Probability equals Risk.

Contagion seems like a probability factor. Impact is the cost of leaving things unchanged. Fix cost is the cost of fixing the problem.

Risk management in this context then means comparing Impact cost to Fix cost in terms of impact for the business.

jedanbik··on Show HN: I made a Chrome extension to reveal zero-width characters
Meaning, does it mess this up?

https://emojipedia.org/zero-width-joiner/

jedanbik··on Ask HN: What Social Media are you using outside HN?
I use Nuzzel to track things shared by multiple people that I follow on various platforms such as Twitter that are trending over a given timeframe.

Great if you are interested in getting news from a niche area - let's say you follow 10 high profile VR people on twitter, and then half of them post an article about some VR thing, I'll see that on Nuzzel, and I won't have to scroll through Twitter and mentally cluster/count to know about the hot new thing in VR that VR people are talking about.

http://nuzzel.com/

jedanbik··on How I Erased Facebook Comments and Likes
Hey Jaruzel,

Do you think you will share the code on github or something similar? Great writeup.

jedanbik··on Ask HN: What are the end to end encrypted desktop messengers?
Cryptocat - not sure how that project is going these days, but here are some links:

https://github.com/cryptocat/cryptocat https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryptocat https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nadim_Kobeissi

jedanbik··on An Amazon Order Might Lock You Out of Trusted Traveler Programs
Nothing like Briggs and Riley! Not a lot of their competitors offer lifetime warranties, but they do. They have replacement components, so you can fix a broken wheel instead of tossing the bag and starting from scratch.
jedanbik··on End of the conference era?
Conferences can be a great way to meet world renowned experts in your field, ask them questions, and network with them.
jedanbik··on Amazon announces candidate cities for HQ2
Direct connection from RDU to SEA as of 2015: https://www.bizjournals.com/triangle/news/2015/10/01/alaska-...

For Amazon's decision, NC politics probably take points away, but right to work probably adds points in favor.

jedanbik··on How Birds of Paradise Produce Super-Black Feathers
Gotta love bionics!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bionics

jedanbik··on Show HN: Monthly subscription airline with SFO-LAX flights starting at $78
Blog link is dead.
jedanbik··on Ask HN: Founder claims I never purchased options, but I deposited checks
Find an attorney. Don’t give us any updates. Consider deleting this. This posting could be considered legally discoverable. Not hard to figure out who you are from your submission history. Best of luck.
jedanbik··on Open source modular synth software lets you create 70s & 80s electronic music
This frustration is why Korg sold so many Minilogues last year.

Check out this Minilogue review playlist by Marc Doty of Automatic Gainsay. You can see what's happening on the oscilloscope while he's explaining things.

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLAGrtvdn2CyYwV6gxgiXv...

jedanbik··on NSA’s top talent is leaving because of low pay, flagging morale, unpopular reorg
That’s the thing about working for the government. You’ll never make more money than the president.
jedanbik··on Analog For The People: Synth Master Tatsuya Takahashi On Engineering Fun
Tatsuya Takahashi understands the importance of accessibility in design. He has lowered the barrier to entry for new instrument buyers that want to get into analog synthesis, and that’s what has made him so successful.
jedanbik··on Ask HN: Are browser notifications user-hostile?
I have never accepted one. If I wanted to read something regularly, I’d bookmark it and revisit it. Or subscribe to the RSS feed if I wanted to keep up to date.

To me, it’s just as annoying as apps with notifications, or websites with pop ups about newsletters. All of these things are generally just things trying to add more noise into my life.

I value my quiet. Are you offering more value than my quiet?

jedanbik··on As crime dries up, Japan’s police hunt for things to do
What’s the name of the documentary?
jedanbik··on AlphaSmart
Yes! With eInk!
jedanbik··on Show HN: Merchant.js, a state framework for creating idle games
Candy Clicker is a great example. I miss 2013.
jedanbik··on Ask HN: Is there a fitness wristband that is hackable?
And you can also export the data without writing Swift apps, if what I’m reading here is true:

https://github.com/kdesch5000/AppleHealthData

Save your effort for the analysis!

jedanbik··on Show HN: Product job board created with Vue.js
The location filter provides options that are not in scope.

Why suggest I filter on Durham, NC when I type "Durham" into that location filter when there aren't actually results in Durham, NC?

In fact, why not use a map for this instead? You're talking about locations.

jedanbik··on HQ CEO: If You Run This Profile, We’ll Fire Our Host
I wonder if Yusupov realized that this would be the way that I and many other readers would learn about his app for the first time.
jedanbik··on Ask HN: Best way to get started with AI?
Siraj Raval does a great job of explaining AI topics with fun, fresh, and easy to understand topics and examples:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWN3xxRkmTPmbKwht9FuE5A

Here's a recent video where he talks about how to create new Pokemon with Generative Adversarial Networks (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generative_adversarial_network). Nice contrast from the usual MNIST dataset, especially if you want to be inspired to think about novel ways to apply this stuff:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yz6dNf7X7SA

jedanbik··on The Equifax breach may be the worst leak of personal info ever
Not all banks re-service mortgages. BB&T is known to keep servicing mortgages that they originate.[1] Disclaimer: I have a mortgage through Wells Fargo (that was almost immediately re-serviced!), but I work for [redacted].

[1]: https://www.nerdwallet.com/blog/mortgages/bbt-mortgage-revie...

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