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kentt··on Show HN: Tommy – Turn ESP32 devices into through-wall motion sensors
Could you help me understand the use case for this? I've used PIR and mmWave before. When would you choose tommysense vs some other option.
kentt··on Show HN: Tommy – Turn ESP32 devices into through-wall motion sensors
Fair criticism. I think the generous interpretation of "no hub" means you don't have to buy a specialized hub eg a Smartthings hub.
kentt··on Making my first robot as a software engineer
I can't help but feeling very envious (in a nice way) of your situation with coworkers. It seems like when you had an issue, you had someone 10 steps ahead of you willing to help out, give advice, lend a part etc.

This project seemed to go as well as my side projects, but when I run into a hiccup, I wait a month for a part on AliExpress, or wander around at Home Depot looking for something that I don't know what it is yet.

Kudos to you for surrounding yourself with great people. Thanks for the write up.

kentt··on Taskwarrior – CLI Task Management
Just for comparison, I've had a couple crashes in about a year of daily use. Definitely less than IntelliJ or Chrome has crashed, but more than vim.
kentt··on I sold TinyPilot, my first successful business
You likely dodged a bullet by getting rejected by FE International. I went through a couple of acquisition processes with them. Almost every person I dealt with there was dishonest and unprofessional.
kentt··on Microsoft is driving users away
> (OK he hates Apple so is pushing an alternative but a good POV)

Seem like an odd take. In the article he does say that he still uses it as a daily driver. He can't hate it that much.

kentt··on Police are not primarily crime fighters, according to the data
Totally depends. It's easy to imagine a situation where responding to a noise complaint would ideally finish with a warning.
kentt··on Hunting for Nginx alias traversals in the wild
If I understand correctly, this is a vulnerability in self-hosted Bitwarden only. Is that correct?
kentt··on Apple Rankings
Missing my favourite apple: Aurora. This is the best apple by far. Last long, taste is amazing (though maybe a bit too sweet after a while). I can't rarely find them. Does anyone know how to track down where apples are grown?
kentt··on Tiny
I think it's a great idea. I'm a SWE and have purchased three now. It seems way easier to run 3 micro businesses than it was to deal with everything that a typical job entails. I think the risk is quite low for most SaaS products.
kentt··on Google Acquires North
Yes. Each company I worked for has spent many man hours and consulting wages on SRED. The claims were 100% BS.
kentt··on Show HN: Terminal Multiplexer Inspired by I3
Is this mostly for using w/o i3? I feel like I'm not missing much by using regular terminal windows and letting i3 manage those windows, but I'd love to find out I'm missing something awesome.
kentt··on Show HN: Terminal Multiplexer Inspired by I3
I'd love to help you solve your issue with i3wm and 4k screens. I'm using i3wm on a 4k monitor for my desktop and 3k for my laptop so I should be able to help you.
kentt··on Pricing niche products
Hi. Yes also annoyed by the state of the keyboard enthusiast communities, or rather, I just don't care about having an artisanal key or a rare keyboard, but rather RSI, efficiency, and customizability.

It sounds like you've gone down the rabbit hole with this. Could you tell me a bit about where you've landed especially wrt layout and custom programming?

kentt··on Pixel 3a
Whoops I didn't even notice since it seems like new phones don't have them. My mistake
kentt··on Pixel 3a
Glad to see some cheaper phones from Google. The Nexus 4 and 5 were the best phones I've had.

However, I still want a headphone jack and a smaller phone. I'll be riding out the original Pixel for as long as possible.

kentt··on I Miss Rails
It's absolutely correct to say Twitter blamed their issues on Rails. It's less likely to be correct that they wouldn't need a similar major change if they had started with anything else and grew from an MVP to one of the busiest sites in the world. I personally find it doubtful that they couldn't have done it with Rails.
kentt··on PayPal vs. Stripe for small businesses in 2019
I never leave any amount in my PayPal account that I'm not willing to lose. I've been flagged before which I why I do it. I was flagged for having a surge in sales, which was legitimate but meant I couldn't access my funds to service the customers who were paying me.
kentt··on PayPal vs. Stripe for small businesses in 2019
I assume you are correct about the automatic withdrawal, however I was able to confirm my TransferWise account with PayPal just last week. PayPal deposited the two small txns in the Transferwise borderless US account. It took a lot longer than I expected, but it did work. I was able to withdraw from my PayPal account into the the TransferWise Borderless account (no fees yay).

Hope that helps.

kentt··on Sway 1.0
> Sway includes the features of the i3-gaps patches

What is this about? The look of i3-gaps is extremely undesirable to me. Is it easy to avoid the look of i3-gaps?

kentt··on Ask HN: Did offering a money-back guarantee help your business?
What did he offer this 100% guarantee on? I read this book and thought it was awful.
kentt··on Intel Core I9-9990XE: Up to 5.0 GHz, Auction Only
This isn't for gaming, or even any normal commercial use. I think Intel and AMD have stayed sane with TDP reqs lately especially for consumers chips.
kentt··on Google AMP case study: leads dropped by 59%
Agreed. However, I'm more in favour of AMP because if the reasons you mentioned. Essentially I think Google has tricked a lot of publishers into using less dark patterns and avoiding shooting themselves in the foot with heavy ads and tracking. It's not perfect but from an end user perspective I'm grateful for it.
kentt··on The latest on Messages, Allo, Duo and Hangouts
"We’ve seen great adoption with both among our G Suite customers."

That's nice. For people I've talked to it would be more accurate to say: we forced users off their old working solution onto this and they didn't quit yet.

kentt··on Thefuck – Corrects your previous console command
I used this for a while, but it added a lot of time to start each shell. Might not be an issue for you, but might save you some time if you are wondering why it takes a full second to open a new shell.
kentt··on The high-risk, high-reward world of selling random stuff on Amazon
Warning autoplays video. Blocked site.
kentt··on Ask HN: Is the new MacBook Pro worth its value for a developer?
Just want to echo that i3 is everything I ever wanted on a UI. Everything else feels extremely awkward and slow.
kentt··on Is Rails still relevant in 2018?
Search for PHP jobs.
kentt··on Unidentified Plane-Bae Woman’s Statement Confirms the Worst
Agreed. However, many musicians are not and they are very influential in that. I remember when Dave Matthews was in his heyday, he says he could mostly just walk down the street like normal but not if he surrounded himself with an entourage and dressed up like a celebrity.
kentt··on The best laptop right now: Huawei Matebook X Pro
From your linked article: > It recognized touch input, allowing me to move an on-screen cursor and tap app shortcuts, among other things. But I noticed that tapping the “Show Applications” icon made the app list expand and disappear quickly. I think it’s registering single-taps as double-taps.

To me that's an annoying enough problem that I'd say it does not work.

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