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rmbryanon The Accelerant Effects of AI

A complementary-goods framing for AI has been on my mind. I like "things that are just barriers to the direct work" as a definition for technical debt. How does the homelessness that comes from funding cuts fit with this?

rmbryanon Reviving Teletext for Ham Radio

Please consider framing your project in your mind as a hobby. It’s valuable to the degree that you enjoy it. Learning and other external values don’t have to apply here. Just the fun of doing it can be enough.

rmbryanon Ask HN: What user-facing documentation tools for a startup?

    Zendesk: Zendesk is a customer service platform that includes a knowledge base feature. The knowledge base allows you to create and organize articles, tutorials, and other content to help users find answers to their questions.

    Help Scout: Help Scout is a customer support platform that includes a knowledge base feature. The knowledge base allows you to create and organize articles, tutorials, and other content to help users find answers to their questions.

    DocuSign: DocuSign is a document management platform that includes a document library feature. The document library allows you to upload and organize documents, such as user guides and tutorials, for easy access by customers.

    Confluence: Confluence is a team collaboration platform that includes a knowledge base feature. The knowledge base allows you to create and organize articles, tutorials, and other content to help users find answers to their questions.

    Google Docs: Google Docs is a cloud-based document management platform that includes collaboration features. You can create and share user guides and tutorials with customers, and allow them to comment and ask questions directly within the document.

rmbryanon Keeping documentation in sync with source code

Cool project and nice write-up. I wonder why you didn't use the OpenDoc standard format? Were there project-specific reasons for the documentation format you chose?

rmbryanon Show HN: A daily math puzzle inspired by Wordle

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rmbryanon Automated departure messages at Symbolics

“you can be the lizard best adapted to life in the desert, but if you can't swim on the day of the flood, your time is up.”

rmbryanon Ireland to launch basic income program for artists

Saved you a click == They pay the basic income in crypto

rmbryanon Show HN: Topic Play – a platform to discover educational videos and channels

Thanks for sharing. What stack are you built on?

rmbryanon Show HN: A device I built to improve my sleep

Bravo! All you need to do now is rig another Pi to take a snapshot out the window when the speaker triggers and compare the logs with the snaps to see how many false-positives you have.

rmbryanon Freedom is not simple

Thank you, I'm adding "The Fear of Freedom" to my reading list.

rmbryanon How Tube stations got their unusual names (2017)

rmbryanon The Essential Guide to Electronics in Shenzhen (2016) [pdf]

More information from the dedication:

https://www.bunniestudios.com/blog/?p=5626

rmbryanon Amateur Radio

The rich history of this topic: https://hn.algolia.com/?query=Amateur%20Radio&sort=byDate&da...

rmbryanon America’s First Amphetamine Epidemic 1929–1971 (2008)

Definition of iatrogenic : induced inadvertently by a physician or surgeon or by medical treatment or diagnostic procedures

rmbryanon The ego depletion saga demonstrates the importance of effect sizes

I found this helpful: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ego_depletion

rmbryanon Hyperbolic Cellular Automata Simulator

Here's a fun world, N=8, M=4 and 'next': function(x, s){ if (x===1 && (s===2 || s===3)) return 1; if (x===0 && (s===3)) return 1; return 0

https://dmishin.github.io/hyperbolic-ca-simulator/index.html...

rmbryanon Two malicious Python libraries caught stealing SSH and GPG keys

What's the best information source for me to follow to keep up to date on these kinds of library vulnerabilities? I would make a feed of the homepages for all the libraries I know I use, but that won't help me with the libraries I use without knowing.

rmbryanon ApostropheCMS – An Open-Source Node.js CMS for the Enterprise

Confirmed, can run fully-headless or a mix of hybrid with mix-ins.

rmbryanon ApostropheCMS – An Open-Source Node.js CMS for the Enterprise

What makes Apostrophe CMS not enterprise?

rmbryanon ApostropheCMS – An Open-Source Node.js CMS for the Enterprise

Specifically of interest: https://docs.apostrophecms.org/apostrophe/core-concepts/tech...

rmbryanon Worker-Owned Apps Are Trying to Fix the Gig Economy

my question is, as a consumer, how can I find cooperative platforms as distinct from exploitive ones?

rmbryanon Worker-Owned Apps Are Trying to Fix the Gig Economy

exploration =?> exploitation

rmbryanon Basic Social Skills Guide (2012)

I have evidence that they are not mutually exclusive.

rmbryanon Basic Social Skills Guide (2012)

aquascaping sounds interesting. is there an online community you recommend?

rmbryanon Machine Learning with MXNet to Recognize Household Appliances – Gary Sieling

"To do the tagging, I wrote a Zeppelin notebook that creates an HTML page with each image from a video, which someone manually tags and saves off."

rmbryanon An act regarding the use of offensive words

CORRECTION : This is both the official Massachusetts legislature website _AND_ a joke.

rmbryanon Migrating Russian eagles run up data roaming charges

Their crowdfunding appeal, which has paid off more than 100,000 roubles (£1,223), was called "Top up the eagle's mobile".

rmbryanon Pricing niche products

I suspect a set of shill bidders may be at work here.

Is there a way to guard against the seller inflating prices by bidding?

rmbryanon Armed Militias Are Taking Trump’s Civil War Tweets Seriously

does anyone feel like they have a plan for responding to these risks? i see the possibility of nastiness, but the only idea i have is to move away. is there a more helpful response available?

rmbryanon Show HN: Ledonardo, my light painting hardware project

That's fun to read! Thank you for the excellent write-up.