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nemo8551··on Cassette tapes are making a comeback?
I wish the comeback was minidisc. I was just the right age to think this was the future of portable music.

Mostly because I could record radio, other cds and cassettes onto them.

nemo8551··on Slow social media
Due to the time difference, I only login when I’m out for a night out or staying up late. But it’s still an enjoyable experience when I get to log in.
nemo8551··on What Microchip doesn't (officially) tell you about the VSC8512
I adore this series and other deep dives like it.

If anyone can suggest others I would be grateful.

nemo8551··on GeoCities in 1995: Building a Home Page on the Internet
My first website was effectively a wiki on different races from Star Trek.

It was plain text.

With a few pages eventually having an image and it was just stiff said about them in the original series, next generation and eventually ds9.

It was terrible but I miss the excitement of people getting in touch with the other details and episode references I had missed out or didn’t know about.

nemo8551··on Apple Passwords’ generated strong password format
My old work used to give a default month-year-org name and an exclamation mark. The majority of people who still used it was insane. LinkedIn was a treasure trove for logging into accounts.
nemo8551··on A love letter to bicycle maintenance and repair
I’m a mountain biker, I even internally complain about some road cyclists.

The ones who take up far more of the road than necessary, granted because they can, and slow you down prior to traffic lights meaning you hit a red.

But when you hit a red, they swerve onto the pavement, across the junction with the pedestrians and then onwards beyond the red light while I’m still sat at the red. All while not dismounting from their bike.

In the UK, where I live they should stop at the light and not pretend to be a pedestrian. But they’re also entitled to the road, but when they ride in a manner that means I would have to veer well into the oncoming lane to get around them it’s just not worth it. A wee bit if there’s no traffic is fine, but not too much.

nemo8551··on Apple reverses course on death of Progressive Web Apps in EU
Gene Simmons however is a rock star.
nemo8551··on Botanical gardens can cool city air by an average of 5°C
I like the first one, down with minimum parking requirements we want more requirements for minimum parks!

RaRa.

nemo8551··on TOTP Codes in the Terminal
I scrolled down hoping to see this mentioned.

If it wasn’t I was going to bring it up, faith in lip synced music telly reconfirmed.

nemo8551··on Amazon blocks long-running FireTV capability, Breaking apps with no warning
On this I will say they are far more snappy than they used to be, battery life is great if you ask me.

But in real terms I moved my home streaming app of choice to infuse. Between that app and the Apple TV 4K I’ve had since just before they moved the remote to usb c it’s been great.

I will say that it is tucked inside a cupboard and hooked up to Ethernet but aside from that it’s leaps and bounds ahead of the other solutions I looked at /tried over the last few years.

nemo8551··on Developers revolt over Apple's new app store rules
I think they do, my kids play Roblox and Minecraft and buying in app is more expensive (probably to the tune of the Apple fees) than buying it outwith the App Store.

I don’t think app developers were allowed to show that it was x price in the app via Apple and x-fees via the developers own site.

nemo8551··on How French was medieval England?
Thanks, that makes a good deal of sense.

I guess there’s probably been a few places called bifteki around the uk and other countries then.

nemo8551··on Teletext on a BBC Computer in 2024
I used to play the games on that when I was a kid at my grand house.

I particularly liked on called bamboozle if I recall. It was a kind of quiz game.

nemo8551··on How French was medieval England?
This was definitely a tradecraft code word when two dudes passed a briefcase between each other in a cold park one day in Moscow.

Heavy, heavy pronunciation going on to near comical effect.

nemo8551··on How French was medieval England?
I think there used to be a kebab place in Glasgow called bifteki.

It generally signalled the end of a night when you headed there.

nemo8551··on Clicks – Physical keyboard for iPhone
Ooft, that turns my 15 pro into a tall, tall boy.

I love the idea of it but I don’t think it’s practical for me.

nemo8551··on Understand how transformers work by demystifying the math behind them
I think for me it was due to hearing about made up citations being used, I think for legal stuff.

So being able to load a boatload of official datasheets and have them referenced in the design was what caught my eye as being useful.

nemo8551··on Understand how transformers work by demystifying the math behind them
I seen an LLM, or maybe another variant of “AI” [0] a while back that could aid design of electronic circuits by having a pool of data sheets added for referencing.

As you were querying specs for a board at component level it could give you a schematic, I think, with citations to the actual data sheets.

I suppose the same scale up could be used for systems that needed a varying number of specific power supplies.

[0] https://www.flux.ai/p

nemo8551··on Understand how transformers work by demystifying the math behind them
There I was all excited to show off some of my electrical chops on HN.

Not today.

nemo8551··on Why I Threw Away My Apple Watch
W-86 for the win.

I had an f91w until a friend broke the strap, he bought me the 86 as a replacement and the illuminator function was game changing (spent a lot of time in the dark due to work so it was welcome).

My son uses it now, he’s young so it’s a great watch for him.

nemo8551··on Ask HN: What are you reading these days?
Blindsight by Peter Watts and I’ve just finished the sea of rust by C. Robert Cargil.

Both are good, sea of rust was a quick read, informative on the world building with a fast enough plot that kicked in early enough to keep me read more.

Blindsight, is a bit unique so far. Definitely interesting but it’s the two parter firefall im reading which combines the second book too.

nemo8551··on The world nearly adopted a calendar with 13 months of 28 days
Day’ymcdayface. That’s how that will go down.

Referring to “boaty mcboatface”

nemo8551··on Please Pay for a Year of Nothing
Is this a case of can’t get it to work or won’t work on it yet?

With some businesses the drive for features may be driven by the number of users using that feature. I wish my Apple TV could add Netflix to the up next based on which profile we were using.

But it’s not a deal breaker, would be nice.

So I wonder if the work required to get it on there would take resources from areas that more customers are using?

nemo8551··on Nearly 500 brands exited smartphone market during 2017-2023
I’ve just done my first iPhone to iPhone upgrade.

11 pro to 15 pro.

My wife asked what was new/changed. I said “it’s exactly he same and I like that, but it has usb c, better cameras and battery life and the screens a hit different but it’s still my exact phone setup”

Which is boring, but I kind of like it.

Before I moved from android I loved getting a new phone that was different, then I would root it if no could install custom launchers or OS’s. That was part of the fun and definitely not boring, but I actually like this kind of boring and I don’t think we will see Apple do anything crazy until they make some sort of foldable.

You know because they’re brave.

nemo8551··on Nearly 500 brands exited smartphone market during 2017-2023
It was AirPods for me, I was fully android and chrome os (pixelbook), windows on my work machine.

Then AirPods came out and they worked with my Samsung note, but I got an iPhone at upgrade time. 5 years later and I’ve just got my second iPhone and my house is fully in the Apple ecosystem.

The “how do we?” Or “can you setup this” have effectively stopped from my wife and kids.

nemo8551··on Can’t send email more than 500 miles (2002)
Tremendous, it’s almost as if this was planned.

I await next week’s deployment.

nemo8551··on Amazon Andy Jassy shouldn’t make RTO decisions in echo chamber of CEOs feelings
That’s far older than Google plus.

I remember it being well established a lifetime ago when I was serving in the armed forces.

nemo8551··on Oscilloscope watch ships after 10 years on Kickstarter
Ah the machine that goes “ping” This is my favourite. You see, we lease this back from the company we sold it to, and that way, it comes under the monthly current budget and not the capital account.
nemo8551··on Tidal energy is not renewable
The varied response to a global pandemic was a bit mental.
nemo8551··on iFixit wants Congress to let it hack McDonald’s ice cream machines
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37311239

Big discussion on this yesterday with a good amount of comments.

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