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kanapala··on Book of Shapes – Collection of minimal, generative and customizable SVG-patterns
who knows with vibe-coded stuff?
kanapala··on Conway's Game of Life, in real life
Technology Will Save Us, from a brighter past, produced the Arcade Coder as their swan song. It had 12×12 tactile buttons with color leds inside, a companion app to program it with scratch like code blocks, and interactive tutorials. It's ESP32 based. There's an effort to continue it's life, ast the app was on the app store for a brief time. https://github.com/padraigfl/twsu-arcade-coder-esp32
kanapala··on Swiss e-voting pilot can't count 2,048 ballots after decryption failure
There's a goverment issued public & private key right here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estonian_identity_card
kanapala··on Scientist exposes anti-wind groups as oil-funded, now they want to silence him
This article maybe? https://www.witpress.com/Secure/elibrary/papers/ESUS07/ESUS0... * (net embedded energy is offset in 12 monthes)
kanapala··on MIT abandons requirement of DEI statements for hiring and promotions
Other thought “And clean our cities of the crooked nose vermin” so it’s all good?
kanapala··on The history of lead pencils and their lack of any lead (2021)
Conte was French anyway, there’s no h-word for hard in french..
kanapala··on Doom Captcha (2021)
Haha, the Windows screensaver Easter egg level is a nice touch ;)
kanapala··on Show HN: I made Vinlo – Spinning artwork video for your music
Can’t upload mp3 from iOS for some reason. Stays gray in file upload modal. Name is 1.mp3
kanapala··on European crash tester says carmakers must bring back physical controls
A physical control changes position and stays in that position so you can feel it to know if your turn signal is on for example.

Real button changes position when you press it. Haptic button is flat surface with vibrating motor inside that buzzes so it "feels" like a click. Like in a smartphone.

The ones I have seen have a lag, so you don't immediately know if your button press was registered or not.

kanapala··on An Apple district manager's Macintosh Portable in 1989-91
It’s GE ad
kanapala··on The KGB, the Computer and Me – The Cuckoo's Egg Story (1990) [video]
You’ll need Vinegar extension for safari for that. It forces standard video player on youtube.com, and you’ll have to uninstall YT app.
kanapala··on Resetting the timer in my toothbrush
Nice, thanks.
kanapala··on Resetting the timer in my toothbrush
It doesn’t work for me :( 04:1C:C9:AA:BE:12:91 23041911K
kanapala··on Tell HN: Firefox Is an awesome browser right now
Can't use it on a Mac as it won't play ball with Keychain. Not going to reenter all my passwords.