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technolo-gon Ask HN: Share your personal website

There used to be a frustratingly missing section of documentation on how to run Jenkins reasonably.

technolo-gon Design and evaluation of a parrot-to-parrot video-calling system (2023)

My African Grey (21m) also dips his kibble in the water. He's done it for at least the past two decades and changing his water is more frequently required than filling up his food bowl. It's interesting to hear your Amazon does it too. Perhaps it's just logical and "cereal without milk" is universally disliked.

technolo-gon Ask HN: Those making $500/month on side projects in 2024 – Show and tell

I began creating art a few years ago which is beginning to ramp up: https://matthew.bajor.art/

In April of this year my fabrication business switched from side to primary and I traded Jenkins infra (https://cicd.life) for small manufacturing: https://bostondigitalfab.com

I’ll would prefer to never go back, but I do miss some aspects of the old job.

technolo-gon Gamers report memory RGB lights are damaging GPU backplates

This is fairly industry standard in Uv coatings: https://www.hoenle.com/products/uv-measuring-technology/uv-m...

technolo-gon Anger is eliminated with the disposal of a paper written because of provocation

Writing down “distorted thoughts” to visually recognize them as a bit out of whack (or not) and measure the level of distortion is the one of the premises of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT).

technolo-gon Ask HN: What would you do if you didn't have to work?

Continue to pursue a career in sculpture

technolo-gon The Physics of baking good Pizza (2018)

A stone also captures some of the moisture being released, slowing the drying process and allowing the dough to expand for longer. Not likely to affect pan pizza, but important for bread. Source: Bouchon Bakery Cookbook by Thomas Keller and Sebastien Rouxel

technolo-gon World’s longest journey by pumpkin boat

A different approach: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/fungus-answer-climate-c...

technolo-gon The Ethereum merge is done

This would provide visibility into Texas: https://p.datadoghq.com/sb/5c2fc00be-393be929c9c55c3b80b557d... Perhaps there are other such dashboards around? (Link was from HN a while back)

technolo-gon You are not Google (2017)

I call this "Resume Driven Development"

technolo-gon Ask HN: Those making $500/month on side projects in 2021 – Show and tell

I’ve been helping some friends tour their large fire sculptures to various music festivals on the weekends and building my own for the same purpose.

technolo-gon Kinto: Mac-style shortcut keys for Linux and Windows

I do like the project, however after mapping caps-lock to ctrl (or command on MacOS) the cognitive load from switching platforms has been decreased significantly.

technolo-gon Ask HN: What is your favorite place to find work?

My favorite place is at local Meetups of interest.

technolo-gon Look Ma, no OS

Thanks for all the comments! Looking forward to reading them in depth and tuning up the ole' preso :) -- Matt

Twitter: @mattbajor