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measure2xcut1xon Show HN: AI search for every photo and every frame of video on macOS

Thanks for suggesting this. I have not tried it because the photos are on an external SMB network drive.

measure2xcut1xon Show HN: AI search for every photo and every frame of video on macOS

How well do you think this would work on stock photography on m1 mac with 32GB ram? For example I'd like to be able to search a folder of ~2k photos for houses with palm trees. Or find photos of kitchens, or find photos of desert southwest landscapes.

measure2xcut1xon Ask HN: Is there a good camping chair that is comfortable for programming?

I use a low folding beach chair that I think my wife got at a CVS or Walgreens store (US). Sorry I don't have a model number or better photo of the whole chair. One "c" clamp is enough to hold a board in place for the laptop. I'm about 61.5 kilos / 177 cm. In a shady spot I can work comfortably for a few hours with short breaks. The low height means I can put my legs out in front of me. The board fits inside the chair when its folded so I can carry them with one hand.

Pics: https://imgur.com/a/1HjaE2W

measure2xcut1xon Ask HN: What lesser-known accessories do you use with your computer?

Rearview mirror at the top of my 52" curved widescreen monitor. I work at home in limited space with family around and there's always activity behind me, doors opening, etc. I also work with noise cancelling headphones. Hard to explain why, but the mirror stops my constant need to turn around to figure out what's happening. It took me a minute to hang, with fishing line and zip-ties. Way less cognitive overhead and fewer self-made interruptions since implementing this. $13 - https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08MFD7BT7

measure2xcut1xon Ask HN: Those making $0/month or less on side projects – Show and tell

https://www.youtube.com/@audiosoundfx

I record sounds with a Shure MV88+ stereo condenser microphone connected to an iPhone. I airdrop the WAV files to a MacBook Pro, where a python script normalizes the audio to a loudness level of -14 LUFS with a level of -1 dBTP (dB True Peak ), generates an HD video, and posts it to YouTube. I'm just getting started. It's more of a hobby than a hustle.

measure2xcut1xon Show HN: A Web-Based Modular Drum Machine for You to Play With

Very quickly added knobs and filters and mapped them to my NI controller with no friction. Legit acid tones within minutes.

measure2xcut1xon Monolith First (2015)

> There are actually ways to manage huge monolithic application that don't require each team to have their own repository, ci/cd, binary, etc.

Would be interested to hear about some of these.

measure2xcut1xon Pricing a SaaS product (2019)

This.

measure2xcut1xon 2019 Stack Overflow Developer Survey Results

As a solo indie developer running my own saas business for 20+ years now, and rarely interacting with other devs, this survey is priceless. I often wonder where I and my stack/tools are in relation to the rest of the field. This report (even if it is biased or skewed) makes me feel like I'm not alone and gives me some validation on my life path and technology choices.

measure2xcut1xon Is Facebook really down?

back up, was down for me maybe 30 minutes

measure2xcut1xon Is Facebook really down?

Down in southwest FL, 500 error

measure2xcut1xon User Onboarding

I'm not sure this is the intended use case, but this website allowed me to check out a few products without having to sign up for a trial. I think I have free trial fatigue. It also introduced me to a few new products.

measure2xcut1xon Ask HN: What does your home office look like?

Thanks, it's a work in progress that I enjoy iterating on.

measure2xcut1xon Ask HN: What does your home office look like?

We prefer to keep a low profile, but can say that our core product is a vertically targeted CMS that evolved out of a few years of custom projects and consulting.

measure2xcut1xon Ask HN: What does your home office look like?

That desk speaker is technically 50 hz and higher. I have not seen the monitor ever move. I try to keep levels low at close proximity. I also use Bose noise cancelling headphones most of the day. The left monitor height diff did annoy me at first. I adjusted the Win 7 monitor position setting to account for it, as well as the Everest background that spans the three monitors.

measure2xcut1xon Ask HN: What does your home office look like?

Thanks, we have been working together for 17 years now and it's great. We limit work hours to weekdays 9-5.

measure2xcut1xon Ask HN: What does your home office look like?

My wife and I run what I would categorize as a micro-saas business and we both work at home. She works part time at a standup desk that I made from furniture parts, and she also uses a drafting style chair that I made from parts purchased on the internet. LOL @ her clocks, looks like one needs a battery. To her left is a small white board.

My desk is also somewhat home made and doubles as my hobby project studio for song writing and recording. Behind my chair (not visible in the pic.) are a 10" sub woofer and a larger white board. I have a tiny bike mirror over my right monitor to avoid a bad shock when someone stops by my desk while I'm deep in a project. The tiny red button on the left corner of my desk is to engage/disengage the sub woofer. Most days my dog sleeps on the rug by my chair and amazingly I have never rolled over him.

My desk: http://i.imgur.com/OfYjTgX.jpg Her desk: http://i.imgur.com/vI4GR7H.jpg

measure2xcut1xon Enom – We are aware of some issues affecting DNS and are working to resolve

It appears by as if Comcast DNS has dropped all Enom domains.

I understand having secondary name servers and switching application IPs, but (pardon my ignorance) how does an web application host or website achieve high availability in this scenario?

measure2xcut1xon What I’ve learned in 5 years of running a SaaS

My homegrown saas application grosses ~$225k USD per year and growing. I started it in 2003 with $0 capital. I don't currently advertise, new business comes from seo and referrals. I am the sole developer/designer. (I use those titles loosely.)

What I have learned:

- Try to think about/plan for ten years out - Make your application easy/pleasant/fun to use for you and your customers - Limit third party dependencies at all junctures - Log everything, it makes support and monitoring easy and fast - Customers don't care what language/platform/db you use - Have a support ticket system - Have a coding convention/style and stick to it - Life work balance is important, take vacations - Run lots of backups - Keep it simple and thank yourself later!

Of course YMMV. Hope that's helpful to someone starting out.

measure2xcut1xon Dark Matter Developers != Bad Developers

Ok, lets keep this astronomical cosmological perspective.

You're are coding on a small planet orbiting a small star that will burn out in a few billion years, taking your planet and all of your code with it.

Is it really of any universal consequence if you're producing VB6 during business hours or building a disappearing <whatever> app at an overnight hackathon?

I think not. Code on dark matter developers, wherever the hell you are.

measure2xcut1xon 33 Questions

Here's my admittedly naive Sunday afternoon spitball on an elegant solution:

I like the idea of a human UUID/GUID type identifier.

I would also like to think that this is solvable using strictly biological and physical properties, sampled at birth.

Otherwise, time and culture factors would seem make it difficult to produce a static set of "apples to apples" questions and answers.

I wonder if the right maths applied to existing genetic and forensics big data sets could produce the 33 questions.

measure2xcut1xon Offer HN: Let Me Give You Ideas For Your Business

Snapco:

A free saas + iaas cloud platform that provides all the plumbing and infrastructure necessary to launch your startup in 90 days ...or else.

If your startup doesn't achieve exit or real revenue target within 90 days, you forfeit ownership to Snapco.

Else, Snapco takes a percent of exit proceeds and ongoing revenue.

</kidding>

measure2xcut1xon Show HN: A DNS server that removes the top million domains

So what's the criteria for removal? I.e. how does a domain get in the top 1m?

measure2xcut1xon Want to learn to code? Don't copy and paste, type out other people's code

I was surprised at how effective it was when I started learning c# by forcing myself to type all of the exercises. What I was also pleased with was that it really helped me quickly recognize and remember patterns(code shapes), even before I understood how they worked. Plus I could leave comments for myself to come back and learn more in the difficult spots. Highly recommended.

measure2xcut1xon Show HN: I'm 15 years old, and I released my first NPM module: Wizardry

ImageMagick FTW Go buddy go!

measure2xcut1xon Show HN: a tiny Instagram projector

I'm pretty sure I have seen something similar to this in a McDonalds Happy Meal - as the included toy. As I recall it was promoting major motion picture characters or something like that.

measure2xcut1xon How to Detect a Toxic Customer (2010)

I also run a business with realtors as customers and I know exactly what you are talking about, some are definitely toxic. That said, I'm sure it's not just a realtor thing but it can seem that way.

We try to detect/filter them in the sales process. Unfortunately saying "I don't thing our product is a good fit for you" invariably seems to make them want it even more.

measure2xcut1xon Guy Points a Gun at Google Streetview Car

Yeah, could also be any number of star wars weapons. Probably not a light saber, though.

measure2xcut1xon $200 for a Fake Security System

My Ford truck came with a forward-facing red LED on the dash that blinks when the truck is off. As far as I can tell, it has no purpose other than to serve as a fake car alarm.

measure2xcut1xon Tech press misses Google/Amazon name grab

I think a more interesting story is the gTLDs applied for by Dominion Enterprises.

- Apartments - Autos - Boats - Cars - Forsale - Homes - Motorcycles - Rent - Yachts

I wonder what percent of US GDP sales of those products represent.